The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-18

sovereign people thai we today Ell.
10Y the boon of statehood
ln this connection my FELLOW oiii-
ems, we find The old a. o p in
uost unsavory and critical condition.
We find him oat Ia the iimgles OF his
dfis OF omission and commission lie
trempeiing he Is beating the air;
ie scents impending danger. This
nimal my fellow citizens possesses
be most acute instinct OF any ami
nal that roams the political forest
le now realizes lhat mighty tariff
over that he bulded With SO mnch
are. pride and precision has bueome
opheavy and mweiidy His instincts
ell him that Il 81 falls that ID viii
aither crush his life out or leave him
naimed forever; So iu his anguish
md delirium he throws his ponderous
weight against its crumbling base ard
rumpets 20 Cunmins. OF Iowa. on
he opposite side Quit that pushing
J. this whole damn tottering mass viii
lury Hs both.
Ny fellow citizens. the way of the
.ansgressor Is hard; the mills Of the
Gods grind slowly but they grind ex-
eeding fine with the nations who
are guilty OF wrong-doing as It does
\ ith the individual
Now let MS appeal 10 reason. We
ind the Republican party in this cam.
5aign has discovered chat the old song
If prosperity from the iniQpitous womb
# false prosperity that enriched the
iasses and impoverished the masses,
las today lost us old time harmony
md melody. and Is falling upon dcaf
,ars and has become a stencil in the
lostrils of the party and in the ma.
ion. This situation is indeed pollt
cal tragedy without scarcely a par
.llel. They can anDeal to only one
,ource for campaign funds and that Is
he clnsses that they have enriched
the years tha. have gone; stolen
rom the brawit and brains OF the la
,oring classes OF this country, and Mr.
taft is compelled TO go to Sheldon
nd make a contract for a considera-
ion ard in lieu of this fact he Is com
Delled TO Dr1misa ard deliver the
yoods. and then he gees straight
vas and eSecutessa a promissory note
o the American people With eternity
or renewal that II elected he viii
al an extra session of congress to
adjust the tariff sschedule FelloS
,itizens, this alone indicts the Re
publican party 5of Aaving persistent.
y invoked iniWitous tariff and ig
lored and trampled upon the rights OF
he great masses Of The common peO-
ile; ard, is it any wonder In the
light OF these conditions that the grea.
latriodc masses of our thinking citi-
ems should rally around the stand
rd OF William Jennings Bryan, who Sc
conscience has been aroused at any
urther inroads being made upon the
aerad rights and possibilities OF 8
.ong suffering people. Now under
stand thoroughly, that The peerless
one has for the last twelve years adj
yocated policy as written IN ON
original constitution. Let the people
rule. who constitute the government
ie is q born prototype OF the great
liucon, Of the common people and
,ith the common people.
IL IS an easy matter t9 divide the
COMMON peaple from the 'enholy com
binations OF capital by classes. which
IS an arlstOcraCy. who would have you
believe they should reign by divine
right and the common people forever
pay tribute 10 the king. There never
was a tone rang out from old liberty
bell that had one single note set for
his kind OF music, hut rather TO the
tune OF My coanuy, lis of thee, sNea,
land OF liberty: of thee ! sing whose
magic has encircled the globe with its
splendid melodies tuning the hearts oi
the peoples OF the earth under tyranna
and oppress'On's ru,c for ultimate
hopes OF untrampled and universal
liberty, as God Almighty intended IN
the beginning. Il was upon the sa-
cred soil or this continent our fath
ers reared The standard OF universal
liberty They consecrated Il with theif
blood at Valley Forge Concord Lex
lngton and Bunker Hin, and under
the providence OF God no party shall
destroy this condition. A GOd.ieariHg
and righteous people VIII hurl them
from power and drive them in the sea
OF their sins where We find the old
@. o. P today lloundering mid the
wreck and ruin which he has wrought
in he past forty years in The adnlin'
istration of ihe affairs OF this govern
ment and In this year. lypS, he Is
facing a billion dollar congress, a 81
gaatic panic, and an empty dinner pail
aud ! say TO YOU, nay countrymen, ihe
Democratic party Will mark the end
OF The reign OF this diabolical usaril
er of power in The ldos of November
by the election Of William Jennings
Bryan.
My countryinen tho lustcr of his
name and spoiless character
shall Dc token that will inspire
confidence which Viii lriumphanl's .
clsot him, and a grateful nation VIII
place upon his brow crown Of ioN
ing affection aud eternal devotion and
This button shall rest secure nndef
nemocralie rule hard bS the throne
81 lepersou's idea OF soNernmeni r.
A,id down huihe constitution, for ~
ty Hgs more OF our national lie en-
ioyhM TIE blessings OF government
of tne people. for the people and by
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