The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-05
THE Liars cHoRus.


the carpetbag and anvil chorus crowd
/ has been frightened into open and
/ brazen falsehoOd No matter II the
/ mmblest citizen knows well he state
ments OF the outfit are false and can
not be trlie. 1t seems the maddened
leaders are bent only on making the
state feel the odium Of their methods.
and from one end Of the state 10 the
other can be found their lieutenan;s.
busily expoundlng whatsoever they
feel may hurt the state administration
or anyone who wears the proud and
honored name of Democrat
The executive, legislative. judiciary
and even appointive officers OF .ho
state come in for full share of this
abuse and vituperation, and the bat,
Pc would impress the stranger or nov
Ice MS fierce"
And, men and brethren, so II is
u is not a fierce battle to dethrone
Democracy; there IS no pretense that
Governor Haskell can be defeated in
purpose or humiliated in his leader.
ship. Not one OF the men behind the
present so-called Republican party has
the least diea of gaining a Democrats
seat, for any Republican in any office
now filled by a Democrat.
But they do want TO save Mcclure
In the First district They know the
congressman is in danger His base.
BAH attendance record is better thar
his record as legislator. To make
matters worse. in a wild moment the
party chose Flynn as a candidate for
/ United States senate, and the two
leaders, Flynn and Mcclure, are be-
| fore the people when they are forced
10 blame someone for their past er.
rors. These two men represented ok
/ lahoma territory in the congress of
the United States throughout the
years Of bondage, and neither ever
made the slightest effort to secure
4 statehood. IN fact II is now dawni1g
ON the people who suffered so long
and so nselessly that both Flynn and
McGuire were opposed to statehood
rand did all possible 10 prevent It, SO
long as they held The position as dele.
/ gate there was no great effort made
by congress 10 accept the new state.
and not until rhe commercial bodies
built a fire under other Departments
was ii possible Cor Oklahonea to get 50
much as chance at self-goyernmenr.
The smallest as well as the biggest
Drained citizen OF the state knows
these are the facts, and the voters
are discussing the why's and where
fores Of such betrayal. The ISLANDERS
Mcclure puts IN the local mendicani
Or the Oklahoma City Prevarlcaior arc
taking no part OF this data from the
minds OF the voters, I'D Il Is ex
lected the increased aid TO Democracy
because OF Flynn and Mcclure agair
'npsQuerading as Republican leaders
viii be well up in the thousands.
The local mendicant has been turn
ed looae for Mcclure. and opened iis
campaign with the usual system, one
more lie on the second than on the
first page, running on this proportion
uEtil The editorial page is reached
when so many appear no other car
Nope TO excel The charges made
there are old ones, few OF them ever
leing reyamped as to verbiage Bni
The governor is depicted as being q
nan OF very strong desire and evi
lpurpose, the proof, we are LETT 10 pre-
aume. TO be forthcoming later
But the record OF Mcclure and ths
story os how Flynn made a millior
icih not appear The candidate fol
the lower congressional body has ;
lrecord according TO his new champion
and for once II spoke truly. but tha
record is either OF deception to Okla
homans, or as bad Of absolute help
lessness and inability to even attrae
The attention of men with disposition
for accomplishment