The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-22

II you we're an honest farmer or
business man IN Oklahoma enjoying
the love OF your friends and the es-
TEEN of your neighbors and had been
raised to believe in the principles OF
the republican party; II you Mad qeen
Swallowing the bitter tdoses .ia- the
shape Of federal spbointihehtr. fotced
down your throat by a republican ma
tional adminiaration for c'ghtekn
years without a murmur, and had
continued tosydte the republican tick
et; II yo't had seen your PARTY align
Itself against progress and freedom
and declare against the fati1ication
OF the constitution and statehood and
had still stuck u the old Gag. voting
for Frantz and she rest Of the carpet
bliggers, under protest; if YOU had
seen your party 90 down ID the most
overwhelming and disgraeeful defeat
In the annals OF political history. and
emerged from the contest with the
single consoling thought that since
statehood had been obtained. al
though your party was bruised brok-
en- and utterly routed, that at last
the rule OF the carpet-bagger the
corporation and the coon ia republi.
can politics was over forever; n you
and other honest republican neigh
bors had talked the matter over and
with heart swelling with pride at the
memory Of past achievements OF your
party. had determined 10 put your
shoulders TO the wheel and aid In
the rejuvenatlon and rehahiltation OF
Oklahoma republication on : plinei.
pie that built from the people up to
the office, instead OF a system that
operated from Washington down to
the spoils
Wouldn't IL Jar you Just a little to
wake up some fine morning and dis
cover that your party in theiF first
convention under statehood had been
completely dominated BY the same
old bunch OF the carpetbag graft
ers? Had nominated a carpet-bag
federal judge as their candidate for
associate justice of the supreme
court. a carpet-bag district attorney
who resigned to be a candidate for
delegate TO congress, was reelected,
made a district to suit himself in the
enabling act and is now a candidate
for reelection in the hrst congress
siona district; a carpet-bag receiv-
er OF the land office as candidate for
congress in the second congressional
district, a carpet-bag federal oil in
spector who resigned to accept the
nomination in the third congression-
al district, and whose federal position
Is still being held open in order that
It may be restored to him after his
defeat in NovemberY And then, IL
added to that. you should find that
you had carpet-bag chief clerk OF
the school land department, and lat
er clerk OF the federal court as chair
man Of the so.called state eommit-
tee. and a carpet-bag deputy of the
district court as secretary Of such
committee. wouldn't 1t begin to loQk
TO you like the same old Gang was
in control. and don't you honestly be-
lieve that it's about time that you
administered to this bunch OF politi-
cal graf,ers so sunging a rebuke that
they would be driven out Of the party
and the state?
Now. honest republicans, aren't the
conditions described Just about the
condition Of your party today in Ok
lahoma? Wasn't J. T. Dickerson. re-
publican candidate for associate jus
tlce of the supreme court, federal
Judge IN the southern district Of In
dian Territory until statehood ended
his job?
Didn't Bird Mcclure hold the Job
Of assistant district attorney and
wasn't II the only occupation that he
ever followed until he resigned to
become candidate for delegate to
congress? Wasn't Dick T. Morgan
receiver OF the land office al Wood
ward until he resigned to accept the
REPUBLICAN nomination for congress
In the second district? Wasn't c. e.
Creagor federal oil inspector at Tul.
sa and didn't he resign his place TO
accept the republican nomination for
congress sn the third district?
Wasn't Joe Norris for years chief
clerk in the school land department
in the territory of Oklahoma and
was he not later clerk OF the federal
court at Guthrie until statehood ter
minated his job, and did you ever
hear Of his having any other occupa-
ton than that OF a federal Office
holder? Wasn't II, G. House deDu-
ty clerk of the federal court at Ma
rietta until statehood terminated his
Job?
Now, do you think you and the
other honest republicans are making
much headway in eliminating the
carpet-bag control Of the republican
party. when every candidate and the
campaign managers are ex.federal
Office holders?