The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-11
RUPTURE IN
THE MACHINE

Dissension among the leaders chosen
by the Republican state comm.ltee to
have ehatge OF TIA campaign In okla
homa bids fair TO make the present
contest more Of a fiasco aud an ea5ies
victory for the Democrats than was
the contest for delegates TO the consti-
tnilonsl convention. and the election
)f the first state officers
An open rupture is daily threatened
between Chairman Joe Nosrls and
Secretary House arising from differ
ences ct opinion as to the proper
method OF conducting campaign
House Is Texas Republican. accus-
toned 20 defeat, and believes that the
Republicans OF Oklahoma should go
ont and make straight forward fight
FOR Taft and the entire ticket. Pursu
ant TO this idea Secretary House be-
leves that Norris ncti9n IN declining
10 permit Dennis Flynn TO imfiil HIS
remaining fifteen engagements 70 meet
Governor Haskell In Joint debate, Is
an admission OF weakness that viii re-
suit harmfully Ia the cause OF the Re
publican party aud cut down their al
ready light vote in Oklahoma. So
Droncunced Is the disagreement be-
tween House and Norris that the form
er IS known to have declared that had
he known what kind Of man Norris
was. he would never hs.se accepted the
position as secretary One rumor has
gone SO far as to declare that House
would tender his resignaton as secre
tafy within the next ten days
Co-incident vita bis disagreement as
to how Norris should conduct the cam
paign, and his refusal to permit Dennis
Flynn to keep his engagements 81
joint debate with Governor Haskell
House Is also very much iucensed at
the manner in which the Republicar
press bureau is being conducted
House realizes that II the Republicans
make decent showing in Oklah ma
il is Necessary that they should secure
Democratic votes, and he also realizes
that the vicious and groundless attacks
being made every day by the Republi
can press bureau on everything Demo-
cratic. will have no other tendency
than TO lsne the Democrats up and
make them vote the straight ticket
Norris approves Of this idea because he
Is not particularly interested in getting
votes for TAFT IN oklahoma. although
Republican State Chairman Norris is.
an iChilAt Ont1 t4tii ifaiEh itialiotNt w
Bird McGuires and it's McGulre's re-
turn 10 congress alone that Norris rs
seeking In lis conduct OF the cam
paign. The First congressional dis
trict Is normally abont twenty-five hun.
dred Republican and Norris believes
that II the Republican press bureau
could succeed in spreading a suffici-
ent number OF ialsehoods concerning
the Democratic state administration
throughout that district that the re-
suit win be TO line up che Republicans
for the straight ticket just as II viii
have the effect of lining up the Demo-
crats IN the four other districts OF the
state The suspicion felt by many Re-
publicans at the time OF Norris elec.
lion that his choice meant the spend
ing OF an The time aud money al the
command OF the state committee in the
First and Third congregational districts
10 the entire neglect OF the rest OF the
state. is being more than justified by
the manner In which he has ccm-
menced this campaign As a result,
the real Republicans arc growing more
disguised with the state management
every day and like Secretary Honse
are almost ready for open revolt
against the McGnire-Raymond carpet
bag negro combination that has secur'
Jed control Of the Republican organiza-
iion.