The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-09

J fAtAAAN NMNA1NlnA a'fiNNiANiAA ~ lNfNtlE
the household oklahoma the latest
! arrival IN the American family Of
states, IS the whole show. day and
lnigin. and has all its uncles and aunts
and brothers and sisters. not p speak
Of distant cousins. running around in
circles TO please the infant mind.
ike Napoleon Newlywed little Ok
lahoma can nave anything ii wants at
this conventions All the other mem
bers of the family are envying with
each other to interpret correctly what
She little dear wants when it wants
H. If it smiles. they know II has got
what 1t wanted. and If it crys, II has
not
"Da, aa-d9, da, da,p SAYS oklahoma
and tie cunts and uncles respond to
the cali
1T wants Bryan interprets Auntie
Kansas
"Wer. it shall nave Bryan. the
little darling promises Auntie Ne
braska
pa. da, da-da,' crows sOklahoma
] 1T says it wants Governor Haskell
TO write the platform and be chair
man OF the resolutions committee
explains Auntle Iowa
Let it have all its wants that's
the only way to manage a baby"
7egely advises Grandma New York.
More Da Ds's; More ousn.
/ "Dt, da, dada, pipes the child
1T wants TO run the campaign.
! translates Auntie Missouri.
Give it the run Of the whole house"
says Auntie Illinois "AIr Roger will
give it his playthings. He won't need
taem any longer"
Isn't it little precious exclaims
Auntie Nebraska. 1T reminds me of
my Willie-so precocious and such 6d.
vanced ideas for its age"
Yes, it talks just like Willie.
grunts Uncle Guffey of Pennsylvania.
"Da, da, da, assents Oklahoma.
Such q lusty child there never was
In any family It's animal spirits ov-
erfow and communicate enthusiasm
to the most reserved and dignified
grownups II refuses to be PUT to
bed, but day and night may be heard
growing and whooping 1t up In the
.otunda Of the Brown Palace hotel
And Every Man an Orator.
Wherever you sigat a large crowd
OF people from which emanate the
Joyful sounds Of political oratory with
long geared gestures, there you mGy
be sure Oklahoma is holding forth
snd telling an the grownups how glad
ii is it's on. earth There are 500
Oklahoma politicians on the job and
every one a spellbnder J06-count
'em-50O.
The extent to which the baby rules
10 lf.,. t.I -.
en- time OF the day or night At p.
m, for example, the headquarters of
tle Oklahoma delegation on the sec
ond floor OF the hotel We're crowded
and listening to an address by Sen
ator owen on the glories of the Ok
"'g.& system OF government. Ou
on tue Balcony was an overflow meet
ing OF the home folks listening to l.
few .emarks by Senator Gore, while
down on the stairway leading from
the rotunda Alfalfa Bill" Murray was
swinging his asms and rumpling his
hair and telling several hundred talk
thirsty delegates all about the evils
OF predatory wealth.
81 e Sign Of Oklahoma.
Wlen you see one man buttonhole
another man. lead him aside from the
th-ong and begin TO pound him an
argument in the palm of his hand,
you will Invariably find that the man
is adorned with a long bule streamer
OF a badge inscribed thus.
FIVE HUNDRED STRONG
OKLAHOMA WHERE BRYANISM IS
N PRACTICAL GRAFTON.
Il NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVEN-
TTON DENVER 1905
The buttonholed delegate is being
told OF the beauties OF Bryanlstic gov
ernment-snsurance of bank deposits
campaign fund publicity, and all the
rest.
Up TO date, the baby could not have
been more goodnatured in Spite OF
is lack Of sleep. That, II Is assumed
IS because it's getting everything ii
wants, when Il wants H. It beams
and goo goos and puts its toe In Ia
mouth whenever one Of its aunties
tells Il to.
Decision Of Convention Nurses.
The head nurses In the convention
have decided not to cross the child in
anything. Il is going to get It's favor
ite dOll-one with long hair made In
Nebraskg-an Il can pick out JUS
the kind OF clothes II wants dolly tc
wear this summer and next fall--a be
coming radical red trimmed with bells
$3.50 600. we n do all the spell bindinl
that will be needed in tAe campaign,
said Alfalfa Bill We've got whole
, state fun OF orators and nowhere else
will you find such complete under
standing OF the Bryan policies as II
Cklab1ma. Turn US loose on the
country and wen elect Bryan IN
walk
So the nurses are inclined TO let th'
child run the campaign also II con
trary counsel should prevail Il woul'
be only because of a parental fear o
spelling the precocious and willfu
A darling
Politics the STAFF Of Life.
Politics IS considered the mos
popular Of all diversions in Oklahoma
1ne FOLKS down there would rather =
to a convention tnan a picnic.
They have made the democrStt
gathering here the excuse for graai
excursion. The farmers and busines
men have brought their wives ans
children, and there isn't a woman Il
2 TIE crowd who cannot prove 70 yOi