The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28
ROOSEVELT AFFLICTED
WlTH PLUIOPdOBIA
Comb nations Impudeuiiy
Prosperous DESPITE White
House Wrath

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Washington, D. G., May 2s The
Washington Times: MY policies. y
Ny navy" and MY world" we're ri
dcplcd Ny senator Gore of Oklahoma
in scathing denunciatlln of the re-
publican party delivered at the dis
trict democratic convention for the
selection of delegates to the national
convention hcld at the National RIFLES
armory this afternoon
"Thc chief executive said Senator
Gore, is and has been for some time
afflicted with malignant attack OF
plutophobia. Undesirable citizens,
rapidly filling clubs of Ananiases and
malcfactors OF great wealth are IN the
range of his wrath None can hope
TO escape him and his powerful biz
stick unless they are contributors to
My campaign fund or are I'm My
cabinct'-in other words that they are
in My official family
Louis XIV said: ami the state
Roosevelt goes him one bettcr and
says: | am the United States
in the last eleven years of repub-
lican misrule i40 Industrial comhina-
tions, call them what YOU will, have
been organized in the United States;
4i0 greedy grasping and oppressive
combinations of capital have been
formed for the benevolent purpose of
robbng tie American people from
the cradle TO the grave.
What has escaped their greedy
grasp? They have riiled the cradle
and the swaddling cloths and have
laid tribute upon the coffin and the
winding sheet Could they do it, they
would willingly place a meter on the
mothers breast and charge the infant
by the dram
1--WE should thank Cod gentlemen,
that the administration has been an
tagonistic TO Industrial combination.
With II Osevelts wrath hanging over
them more combinations of concen-
trated wealth have been formed in the
last eleven years OF republican mis-
rule than since the time that the
stars shone and Mfter danced about
a dawnng creation From Iyrus to
Theodore, from Rameses 10 Roosevelt
Combination Shielded.
There can be no question, gentle
men but that combinations have been
formed by republican legislation Tar
IN shields them abroad and rebates
protect them at home.
The democrats and the republicans
differ in the method of revising the
tariff The democrats would revise
Iit to-day The republicans tomorrow
and by its friends II We should ever
fall into a state of anarchy the his
torian sitting among the ruins of q
great republic must ascribe the down
fall TO the abandonment BY the rcpub
lican party OF republican principles
"The people should not trust a par
ty that will not trust the people.
II come from state that stands
foremost for democracy In OklahO
ma the governed govern, but even II
my state the rough riders who are
out OF lob and jail are appointed t'
offices of responsibility.
we should not be deceived gentle
men. by the bwnco.square deal.
Cause OF Panic.
"The panic of 1907 was presumptu
ons. It ought not to have come as 4
did during republican administra
tion The republicans have always
told MS that panics are essentially th'
doings OF the democratic party This
panic came al a most unpropitiou'
moment2 II held up the hollow poli
cy 4 the republican claim that paniei
are the children OF democracy Th'
slanic came during republican al
mlnistration and because OF a higi
tariff fostered by the republican par
ty. II came as all other panics ans
st-ingencies have come through th'
republican principles OF high taru.
"The big FISH wished to swallow th'
little fish He swallowed him ana M
appetite Is abated The day after IA,
panic found the United States viii
the same wealth. the same inteligene'
the same commerce. the same indus
try. and the same ability that Il hae
before the panic II was a move ~
capital and congress should inNesti
gate SIS cause aud inform the peopl'
OF the United States of the names o.
the pirates who shipwrecked prosperi
ptuofratk should Win. 1t fud g5e,
lFtNt SHOULD vic. gentemehee VIII
Akllhiled democracy aud a diviied re
publican party We should repeat oui
GLORIOUS victory of 1892 Possibly th'
republican party viii select the srea
4 Am as rs candidate. Possibly th'
heir apparent has already been nomi
mated and selected 10 sit upon th'
throne. but with our united democra
cy We need fear neither
At the close OF his speech Senator
Gore WAS compelled 10 rsmain stand
ing several minutes IN response q
the tremendous ovation accorded him
Cheers and c-ios of I'VE win, de
moeracy forever and other campaiel