The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-04
JUMPING REEoRMER.


u was certainly unfortunate that .hc
Republicans Of Knnscs s1ouli affirm
thc wori. OF the Oklahoma state admin
istration and approve Of the deposiors
guaranty law so far as il concerns
lthat great reiormer and pilot frr good
Grandpa Nelson of the Kansas City
star Mr. Nelson has never been ao-
easpd Of being in teaeun with she
tnlsts and combines OF the East.f 10
fact. save icr the little combinations
grandfather has made right IN Kansas
City n can be said with much tipth
that his newspapers belloN in the
right direction most Of the time He
even had to have his valet hold IL wn
his nlghtshirt aud take coplous doses
OF smelling sa,s before he could get
the sherman vice presidential dose
churned far enough down into his
stomach without producing bad re-
suits
Just when grandpa had convinced
his conscience tae way t. handle the
deposit Law was to play hard on The
Taft string and make his Star and
Times accordccns whecze "waiiawhile'
melodies when. To- and behold. the
Kansas Republicans smashed into his
program w.:h flatfooted indorse-
metn Of the bank deposit guarantee
law. and he had to make one or the
other Of siatements--law IS proper or
bad After buzzing protest 70 the
effect that time would be required TO
make tie Change and deep and power
| ful reflection would be better for ali
| concerned and all the time anxlously
awaiting aid from the Cincinnati gen
| tlcman. Nelson was Id to lay 10 and
pound the law full and fair. Those of
us SO close TO Kansas City as 10 know
| tlc ins and outs OF municipal, state
and national politics aud the various
clques ana clans which control tho
press The bench and pilpits by display
OF sentiment, feel tr;flo $ rfy for the
war-likc publisher Of the Times and
star Many the battles fought
! where he was the commander and al
no time was he ever found to he q
puny foe, hut ihc difficult task OF fir
Ing bank deposit affirmation into KaA
sas opposition ammunition at y on
| old Missouri. ana sort of dumdum bul
lots at Ckaham, with tllc li's' bat
tered out OF as" intake tic man Mel
son play "a role not before attempted in
newspaper puliiicn and. of course Is
nf more than ordinary interest Okla
homa once had To put up with the ad
vice aud rulc OF those from other
, states, and cditors west of the Missis
( sippi who did not at least three times
per day advise us how { do and waai
TO say were not considered worthy ol
being retained on the staff Aud, true
cnough Judged by the timber sent tr
Washington and advertised as oui
leading cit!zcns" ii Is possibly true We
deserved the fate that was ours.
Less than year old as "A state, We
have been making history and setting
patterns for the older states &c Try
for. but of all the good things said
and new heights attained. none Is Sc
filled with joy to the average Okla
homan as the knowledge that Oklaho
ma law and Oklahoma ideas of gov
ernmeut have made Grandpa Nelson
Jump up and wn at the same time
ior oi all the advisers without being
asked. none were 50 frequent. pernici
ous and determined as he was under
an sorts of circumstances
Scoldlng Missonrians and approving
kansans ~ the same time for tn,
same ideas. Is no easy task. and let Va
pray that even more of those forme
guardians whr icered us in cur days
OF bondage WIN wonder why they ar
being iimmied into bad shapes an,
made the bait OF local rdicule through
having tried TO keep the pace Of people
who have bullded a state and made !
famous in spite of those who interfer
ed and refused rs S.0 In the perio'
when we We're m 81 needy,