The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-03

anCe and protection 10 these people \
u may look a lltlc queer to some /
folks that the governor OF state |
would pay any attention 10 such locsi /
transactions but he Oklahoma we be
lleve that IL ia the duty OF The public \
officers TO protect ihe weak against |
the strong ami to see that justice Is I
done 10 all classes"
In pursuance of his determination
protect the small creditors who could |
not AFFORD 10 employ attorneys to re
present tbeir tinteresis sthe EoYeTnQr,I
has 'diaktohs George "a aHehshatwi 'aili
Assistant Attorney General. to inter
est himself In the receivership cases
TO ,Ie extent Of protecting these small
creditors lin his letter OF instruc-
tions 20 Henshaw the governor says
The state is interested in the null
tiiude Of little Claims aggragating
some eighty thousand dollars In favor
.of six hundred or more laboring men,
grocery store kcepcra, and women who
run boarding houses. Their bills re
present what is due them for the
last seven or eight months. They are
destitute and are wholly unable to
protect themselves. II is the duty of
the state 10 interest itself in this liti-
cation to the extent of protecting
these people and seeing that their
claims are made a first lien upon the
property without the necessity of their
paying half or more oi their earnings
FOR lawyers and travelling expenses"
Islands by the Hole and Weeps"
Okahomans will remember with
what eloquent denunciadon Secretary
Taft dilated last fall In ,his oklahoma
City speech, ON provision Of The Ok
lahoma constitution which was moi in
the constitution. Colonel Bryan when
answering Secretary Taft few DAYS
later in Oklahoma City described The
pouderous War-lord as standing by
The hole in the constitution where the
provision he denounced had been
stricken out, weeping
The Guthrie State Capital has as
sumed the same attitude over the gel-
eral election bill as the Presidents
candidate for president occupied In
regard to the Oklahoma constitution.
The Capital has raised a howl that
can be heard in the four corners of the
state over a provision of the general
election law which is not provision
4 OF the general election law. The Capt.
tai stands by the hole and weeps.'
What's the Matter With Oklahoma?
Unreliable and dishonest newspaper
correspondents in oklahoma have
/ done more IN the last eighteen months
to damage the reputation OF the state
among investors abroad than all the
legislation touching corporation con
/ troll that has been written on our sta
tutc books. Inspired either by hatred
of the dominant party or pure love
of yellow journalism a number of Ok
lahoma correspondents have persisted
in sending 10 northern and eastern
papers grossly exaggerated and un-
truthful accounts of the corporation
provisions both of tho Oklahoma con.
lsutution and the enactments Of the
first legislature. As recent example
o this propensity for pure cussedness
on the part of some newspaper writer's
lis The story carried by the Chicago
Record Herald and other eastern
papers with a Guthrie date line herald
ing the fact that the Oklahoma legis.
lature had enacted a law which gave
the state labor commissioner absolute
power TO determine the prices which
should be paid by employers for labor
in the state. This story was copied
in half dozen other leading news
tpapers of ,-e country and in itself
viii work inestimabe harm to the new
state Needless to say TO Oklahoma
readers there Is absolutely not a word
of truth in the story No such pro-
vision Is contained in any enactment
Of the Oklahoma legislature, nor could
such a law be enforced, if enacted. II
Is the lying newspaper correspondents
v no are giving Oklahoma a bad renu
tation among northern and western in
vestors. and not stringent or unfair
laws that have been passed by the
legislature
mo Whisper Of Graft"
In one thing. at least this legls
: lature is unique" said Senator Gun
{ ningham of Guthrie on the CLOSING
? night OF Oklahoma's first senate, I'VE
? have heen here and have labored fol
six months and during that entire
2 time not one single whisper or suspi
cion Of graft or attempted graft h rs
been heard from any place or anybody
This is the cleanest legislature thu
! ever assembled in any state in tht
: Union since its organization"
4 Senator Cunningham is one Of thS
J iye republican members of the Okla
uOind Stale senate. lie was mem
! ber Of TWO Territorial legislatures be
fore statehood he is Inspector Gen
ieral of tAe Consistory of Oklahom,
! and the oldest tnirtythird degree Ma
son In the new state A man of more
S sterling worth, recognized honesty anC
s ability is not to be found in Oklahoma
F What he said of the Oklahoma legis
lature is what he honestly believes
6 after six months intimate association
as a member of thai body The fac
s that the legislature is composed of al
K overwhelming ui~-3rity of democrat
I while Senator Cunningham is q re
3 publican adds appreciaby 10 the value
S of his endorsement
D. Bird Attended the Game.
Just when Congressman Bird Ne
= Guire's press agent had succeeded n
! getting most of the republican paper
q In the first congressional district q
l. boosting Bird good and strong for hi
r "heroic labors for the removal of re
2 isjrictions' comes advices from Wash
e inetou which knock an OF Birds pre-
b teniiols into a cooked hat The cue
e truth dis, loses the faci that Bird wa