The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-09
LosT. the REAL PARTY.

For some time The leader has re-
fused to believe the actual republican
party had one of the faith among tho
so-called leaders parading themselves
followers OF that faith here In Okla
homa or course there are members
Of the rank and file who revere the re.
publican doctrine, and who stand by
the tenets of the faith as truly and
heroically as in the days when it stag
gryved under the name CT whig or fed
eiAl party
AS proof of these statements we
cite the vote of the party IN the SEN
ate. on the resolution to elect United
States senators direct by vote of the
people
The party members in the senate
voted as an unit against the proposi-
ton and not few of their frierds
chided them for the vote thus rem
dered. And yet the senator's cast the
only vote they could with consistency.
The indirect election of the United
states senators was the cause OF the
partys birth. and it's existence
throughout the various periods of our
history.
Alexander Hamilton never deceived
the people concerning his ideas OF
government, nor did he ever seek 10
change his views to meet with popular
approval. Reared to believe the gen
eral public could not be wholly trusted.
he finally agreed I, the government, If
the senate be provided for and ar
ranged as much like the English house
- Mt
would permit
The party he gave the sanction
OF statecraft was created for the
sole purpose of maintaining the senate
OF the United States away from the
popular ballot. and to prevent the
public having direct control OF It's leg.
islatiye affairs That idea has been
the one tenet of faith for the party
throughout all the history of its ex-
istence 1t is true that the party. in
order TO get close TO the people and
their ballot. has deviated and wan
dered after false gods; done all possi-
bic for public favor, save get the gov
ernment closer TO the ballot of the
people. but no one dare say that the
party as a whole or noticeable minor
faction thereof, has ever tried to favor
the public with direct power to make
or unmake it's laws Therefore II was
not strange the members of that party
IN the state senate should take un-
kindly to the effort of Governor Has
kell TO elect the senators by direct
vote. II would certainly be a strange
sight TO witness the five lone represen-
tatives of the Hamilton party in the
senate to be voting to elect men In a
manner so different as to threaten the
very existence OF the organization
But Il shows the kind Of republicans
to be found among the old regime
Theirs Is the faith OF the officeholder,
the act OF the place-hunter The,
care little about party principles, If
the principles are in manner a hinder
ance to full operations al the Federal
pie counter Their ambition Is to sup
ply as many Offices as can be gathered
at the public trough, and they are nov.
ices nj many things but not as to pie
counters
The years roll by, and eacn year the
faith of Hamilton becomes clearly con
trary to the good of the land Educa'
tion has driven the mask of deceit
from the public vision, and It's only
by MISREPRESENTATION or determined
will to make the voter believe In some
local issue which gives the party the
license to live
Oklahoma is a democratic state ana
the vast majority of the voters are for
the direct vote on all important posi-
uons. II is safe TO assert that half OF
the republican voters favor the people
deciding. aud the vote OF the sen
ators. declaring their opposition to the
election of the two senator's by direct
vote Of the people, is the first indica
tion The Leader has had OF there be
Ing an organized republican party
within the state OF Oklahoma.