The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-09
FACTS ONLY

II tho opposition TO tie party Il
poNe- wishes 70 become 4 factor n
Oklahoma politics. il should Instruct
its agents % deal in facts. The sian
der iAuendoe and other matters be-
ing sen. eat AZ his time can he q
10 service 10 d progressive organize.
ton pretending to have party prin-
cipie
The people Of this state demand
facts. ShOs them wherein the party
ia power has heeH negligent or has.
through iis duly elected representa-
lives. failed to rseside Tor the com
mon good. aud 0kiahomans VIII make
4 niTsaty response That old gag OF
general attack viii avail naught The
people Of tits state want facts and
lacis only. Given thar, the voters
will act. and 1t is fair to assert,
there viii De doubt of an intelligent
response from those who do the yot-
ing.
The misinfo,mation sent broadcast
by the opposition press bureau may
effect those who are sh0risighted and
seek to take advantage of partisan
rancor but that element is not pre-
dominant and that SOFT Of policy Will
never have much 10 do with shaping
The deslinies OF our state. That the
party IN power has not done all that
might have been done can be attest
ed because man is always likely TO
err. but there has been tendency
10 be alert and To strive 10 better
conditions Much has been accom-
plished There was given the people
su organic law that promised FAIR
less TO all interests. In a legislative
way oll errors were corrected and
1eW laws passed. With general ten
ieDty TO better conditions. Militant
opposition would be good for the state
is a whole. but the senseless assaults
Jn the good names of certain inaiNid-
lals have aroused little but contempt
n the mind OF the average citizen.
rfere has been no effort upon the
part OF that organization which for
some unexplained reason calls itself
ihe Republican party TO advance
an idea or defend ans cause. There
lave been meetings in otheS states
and cOunseliOrs who never saw Ok
ahoma have sent their parrots from
,ther points up ami down the lanes
o proclaim the doct ines OF protec-
i've prosperity Those talking ma
hines nave sought to convince the
itizenship of Oklahoma that pro.
ective tariff on broom corn and
wheat created high prices The fact
here was never a bale of broom corn
Tor a bushel OF wheat imported into
his country, seems TO have never
impressed the shoulers for the cause
hat has been so terribly shattered in
MS state.
Our people want an array of facts.
,iNen excuse for believing Ia the cor
ect purpose OF amy party. it is safe
affirm that Oklahomans might
hdnge their politics. But they are
lol going - change 10 follow the
ieyious paths trod by those who are
anxious to secure the Jobs they
ear TO assert they have opinions and
fho. brought down TO facts only, have
othing to offer the people. That is
Why the present organization labeled
Republican, is considered a joke.
chat explains why the voters Of the
tate refuse to mingle with those who
'eem 10 ask for power for the sole
lunose OF getting a few Federal Jobs
rom Washington There Is d Repub.
lean party--it IS in authority in this
,epublic Eut no one will accuse the
representatives. ol that organization
Who live in Oklahoma being in ans
nanner energetc enough io become
aa.fafo IL, fact