The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-28
OKLAHOMA DEMocRAcv


democrats of political sagacity do
hot doubt Governor Haskell has done
"hat ne believed was best in his res.
ishatlon as treasurer of the national
committee. Characteristic CT the
man, his resignation was forthcoming
me moment there was likelihood of
I his not being the very best man for
! the position being filed by him That
Governor Haskell has the united sfn.
port OF the Democratic party of the
hepuDlc is not to be doubted His
relentless war against predatory
wealth aud the trusts have made him
marked for ruin by the agents of
these dangerous combinations of greed
and lust
NO man knows better than Charles
~ Haskell he will be followed and
bounded by the agents of misrule and
prejudieei no man has less fear of
me result, or cares so little for the
| fitanic battles now being waged
against all he aspires for. Practical
and intense. he has stool for and been
( all that is nbhorrent to the trusts
aud their fight against him for six
months past has been terrific in inten.
sity
Behind Governor Haskell is the
most militant arm of American Dem.
ocracy. Independent and able to live
without recourse to the trusts saysO
Tor success, the men behind the gov
ernor comprise the most cosmopolitan
and fearless body of citizens arrayed
behind statesman since the dayg Of
Tilden
Governor Haskell came home with
the idea that his fight might be hard
to organize. and instead received the
open and proud expression Of his fcl.
low officials and workers in the great.
est Sabbath day demonstration ever
given 10 any statesman IN the Great
Southwest
II Is noi the way Of Oklahoma Dem
ocrats to rus. II was not the way of
cur fathers shall never be The way of
thelr sons Our cause was given it's
iorethrow to aid the cause OF ndlvid.
ual right when lmelccar stood before
Damascene walls aud Numbered to
the hidden rulers there, man has
the rtght to live as ne believes
proper, II that right does not inter.
fere with the rights OF another. sus.
tanning those whom he has by choice
made dependent on him--rule TO the
contrary being the bestial way
That was thousands OF years agone.
but the age or decade has never been
but that It has grown and kept alive
blessomiug into ripened maturity i'm
the birth OF our country, and in this
our country II shall prevail 1t Is
the cause of good-the nope OF man.
and because he has challenged all who
oppose that doctrine to defend or
abandon their position Charles n
Haskell is leader. Not one who
through clean demagogism struts for
the moment upon l'se stage and then
f2fgotten-bIt one who has stood
champion for the weak; grappied with
the strcng, and today occupies an ex-
allied place among the statesmen OF
the time,
TO doubt his ability TO 20 forward
Is TO doubt right; TO believe falsehood
IS stroger than truth--to doubt the
American sense of fair play and civic
righteousness will prevail
The state OF Oklahoma made no
puny start for the great principles
ct Democracy Behind the chief ex-
ecutiye are the other branches OF mis-
government and the president of the
corporation commission, h mss e / I
marked by the same powers of evil
for slaughter. expressed the senti-
ments OF a militant party. when he
declared we are as one man and
as such can make Oklahoma great:
failure viii put self-government on a
fair basis back a quarter century"
Those who know the governor aud
the chairman Of the corporation com,
missisn are ont afraid Of the leader
ship or too busy 10 fall in the ranks
and march to victory that must be
ours