The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-30
ONE CHARLEY RUN7ER
BUSY IN WASHINGTON
Seems 10 Have Completely
COWed Element That For.
merIy Fought Him

)Washington. March 30. That nag
resolution OF which Scott Forris. 81
l.awton was the auiAsr IS agmn in
The limelieht This time Tor the rea.
son that Senator Gore does not now
much enthu9iagm oyer the matter and
60 date he's not hr1uglr tho matte. n !
T IN the senate as ia his privilege The
iact that the resolution was what lp
parliamentary language one would call
2 joint resolution makes it necessary
that Die measure pass both houses OF
congress before 70 becomes effective
Senator Gore has D.. pestedlv pruinisei
TO take 40 the mntfar. int has not
done SO to date
Ia the meantime the much oveted
flag Is Ia the possession Of Mrs. Bird
MCGUIRE, wife Of Cohgressnian Me-
Gulre. who does not propose To lart
from the historic emblem. Thc fact
that il was the first flag TO fly from
the capitol containing the oklahoma
star makes IL Of great historical value
10 the state, and. should by All means
be turned over to The State Historical
society, where 1t really belongs
Ia view of the many erroneous stare
nenis made in regaist to the ilas and
It's short history il Is perhaps well to
say that the flag was nor purchased.
as az first stated by Mr. Mcclure. but
was presented 10 him By an undefling
IN the office of the clerk OF the house
OF representatives When Scott Fer
ris heard Of the deal he at once in.
qulred into the right OF any employe
OF congress 10 dispose Of government
property In that or in any other man
per without warrant Of law
When Mr.. McGnire heard of the
l.awton mans activities he at once
circulated a report that the flag was
never government property and later
stated that he had paid the govern
ment clerk in question 81 SO for the
flag, Tn an interview given out IN
Oklahoma City since, and during the
recent republican state convention Mr..
Mcclure Is quoted as having used TIL
following words.
AN this talk about the first flag 10
be manufactured by the government
with the iorty-sixth star included as
representative Of the admission OF
Oklahoma into the union, is all bosh.
voted for Scott Ferris measure. but
his motion had nothing to dn with aud
lld not contemplate the disposition 81
the FLAG that is now flying over the
lhreadgiil hotel IL was given as a
courtesy by the government. The
second flag which is nov flo5ting over
the national house and which at fhe
end of the session viii be sent to
Guthrie. was the ono incmlei Ia tae
Ferris resolution
Il VIII be noticed that according TO
MIR. ACGuires latest words the fl.g
was slit as a courtesy from the gov
.ernment ID Is q little strange that no
one here VIII stand sponsor for the
gift, and the further fact that Speaker
Cannon, of the house. knew absolutely
nothing about the so-cailed gin Is al.
tested by the tact that Speaker Can
non on the same day the flag was
taken away informed Nr Ferris that
he bad no objection TO the Joint raao.
mtion proposed by Mr. Ferris and that
ne would endeaVor GO lind time 90 rec,
osm1e him for lts representation Bnt
enc time never came until the follow
ing day when the measure went
through with q whoop H. is under.
stood that McGuire was in his seat
voted for the measure and laughed up
pis sleeve al the thought that che llas
had already been htted hy his clerk
ana was now safely on i,s way to Per
~ where Il was 10 be used at a county
convention and later az Oklahoma
city.
When tho facts are EnoWn there is
little question but that Mn. Mcclure
VIII nave 10 surrender the flag. Ia
Tie meantime it s. lor Senator Gore q,
gel busy and push thn resolution
through the senate So as 10 make this
possible
Hunter busy in Washington.
The smile that won't come off Is
surely possession Of one Chmles
Hunter. chairman of Che republican
state central committee of Oklahoma.
who Is az present Ia the city hobn0b.
bing with the powers that be ana
lodging Representative Bird Mcclure
Of paWnre his arch enemy and l,olif