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

Is now time for YOU to throw off the
woke OF political slavery. In this yor
nave much to gain and nothing TO lose
Mcclure said TO you that Russell. Is
In the employ OF the Democratic dd
ministratlon. He is either ignorant
Of the records or maliciously lied "a
You, Here is the truth in the matter
last simmer (l907) Russell went Ia
Oklahoma City and established state
headquarters; labored day and uight
and without cost to the state commit.
tee for my personal expense.
When the campaign ended septem.
her H. 1907 Gov Frank Frantz, then
governor OF Oklahoma Territory, in
formed me that at the next meeting
tOctoberl of the regents OF the c. A.
and n. university. that he would have
me appointed advertising agent OF the
university On schedule time the ap-
pointment was made and all was we'll.
All of you know that the state went
Democratic. The good book says:
The wise man foreseeth the evil, but
the fool goeth on and is overtaken IN
the error Of his way
Hence you can see how | happened
10 be on the pay roll of the state rs
Mcclure says Bat the time came
when l took issue with Mcclure, and
opposed his return to congress; this,
of course, stirred the beast in the mem
agerle; and some OF my own race in.
sisted that | should not carry on such
a war against a big white Republican
like Mcclure But now they are get
ting their eyes open.
m. a. 80
charged that Mcclure was a lily white
Republican and opposed TO colored
men holding office. Then the Nc
CURE machine got busy" they tried
the system of coaxing, and 1t failed.
They tried the system OF coercing, and
Il failed. Then they said we viii
cripple him financially and crush him
to the earth.
Then came McGuire's machine man,
Joe Norris. and he issued an edict
that Russell must be oustcd as adyer-
Using agent for Langston university
because he is against Mcclure. They
had willing tool ON the beard Of re-
gents in the person of Guss. When
the board met Guss took the initia-
tory step when they reached Russelfs
name on the pay roll, he then and
there motioncd thatnRussell be drop
ped from the pay roll as advertising
agent for Langston university. | of
course had learned to play politics
according TO the rules of the game, 80
/ DOTTED my hat to other people VINO
had power on The board and as a re-
suit OF that / am silll in the employ
of the state Of Oklahoma as advertis-
ing agent for Langston university.
Mr. Mcclure has been In congress
six years. The census shows that
there are 4,507 negro voters in the ten
counties in the First district Mr..
McGuire's plurality last year as shown
by the returns in the office of the sec
retary of state was / .391 votes. Mr.
McGuire's plurality over his Demo
cratic opponent is less than the mum
her OF negro votes in this, Logan,
county alone, ! win ask You In the
name OF the heaven, could Mr.. Me
Gulre have enjoyed that place If It
wasn't for the votes OF the black men,
1 am surprised at a gentleman Of his
standing making those personal
thrusts upon a poor humble newspa-
per man. Nothing but a poor little
negro trying to educate family 81
eight and trying to make them III
subject for citizenship. When you GET
a congressman that so far forgets the
dignity OF that office 10 condcstend 20
things he has done, am in FAVOR
of relegatng him 10 the rear and send
A man 10 congress who will stand up
ike man discuss issues and not Rih-
sell. What has he done fol black
folk? Done nothing. He tells you
that he appointed a man 10 a place 81
lconium. | beg 10 inform Mcclure at
this time. that there viii be three
votes polled for Hainer in the icon
ium district against every one polled
for him He says he appointed Taylor
postmaster. Yes, confess he dld
Who else would have It. Nothing
there but few negroes, and he was
the only one that wanted It. lie told
YOU about doing something Tor other
colored men. lie goes down 70 ksa
Bird another negro community ana
appoints a negro postmaster Ihese
are places that nobody else would
have except the colored men who ask
for them
submit TO Mcclure through tha
public press and his manager, that the
day that McGuire recognizes 4,oS7
black votes of this district and Sc
cures the appointment OF a decent col
ored man to a respectable place, that
is the day / am going TO pull for him.
But be has failed 20 do that because he
IL a lily white Republican, of the milk
llyorcd kind lie had the brazen gall,
the unspeakabie gain, the unmitlgated
gall 70 say that no kept colored
man on the list OF eliglbles aper he
had taken a clvll service examination
In Arkansas years before he moved
10 Oklahoma, and then had him APP
pointed 10 a place IN Washington lie
had the gan 10 teu you thai lie kept
this nome on the list Of eliMhles Thkt
Is she kind OF stuff that might 30
down in Africa or China, but Il won
go here. Tie states 10 YOU about what
he had done for the black folk 10 rel
Rrenoe 10 LGngston university, am
compelled TO tell YOU IN unchaining
the truth. that years ago one man BY
the name of NcCabe had had prepared
and offered a bill Ia the legislature
OF Oklahoma 20 found and establish
a school al LanEstca for the colored
race That bin failed Of passage thar
YEAR Later on Hon. y. r. Marum, p
Democrat. relntrodueed the bill Ia a
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