The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-05
NEW POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS

for governor; Elmer Fulton for con
gress." This Is the slogan OF the dem
ocratic campaign workers Of north
western Oklahoma The results next
Tuesday win show surprising demo
cratic gains throughout the second con
gresslonal district. Il did not require
the disfranchisfng Of the negro to ac-
complish this: the sentiment OF the
people favors men who are as good as
their word, men who hold patriotism
above partisanship and Who viii act
for their constituency rather than the
constituency Of the trustowned stand
patters Of other sections Of the coun-
try.
AS a congressman Dick Morgan Is
a Joke" said an insurgent today. Just
as huge a joke as bis mental calimer
vii VII permit. any msn is joke who,
in the heat Of controversy like that
involving Speaker Cannon. sends out
to all ths publications Of his district
a signed statement TO the effect that
he Is unalterably against Cannon and
cannonism and then on the first op-
poftuity repudiates that unaIterabIe
statement and votes for Cannon and
cannonism.
We Of the insurgent stripe believe
in being republicans Just as long as
II is safe to be regular and serve the
people. but We fail to see where an
honest man can satisfy his conscience
BY remaining regular when all over
the nation periodicals and men are
raising cry that rings round the
world against the system Of Cannon
ism and that trust benefactor, the
farmer-robbing tariff.
Regular For Regularities Sake.
There is a certain degree Of poll
tlclans involved in the fight for fame.
But aside from politics it must be
seIf-satisfying feeling for a man to
possess when he can rise in his physi-
cal might and shout to the world that
he stands by the people who elected
him and against the interests who seek
TO control him. Had Dick Morgan had
any political sense be would have come
out on the side Of the people and made
himself safe with them. There was
no occasion, no provocation. for him
to be regular, he was regular because
Bird Mcclure, system man, was reg
ular. and because Charley Creager,
Cannon protege and tool, was regular.
1t was bad politics and it spelled de-
feat for Uncle Dick.
One Of the most ambitious oppon-
ents Of the Oklahoma constitution was
Dick Morgan He stumped the state
with a mouthful Of heated declarations
that the constitution was unsafe and
unsound. and the Guthrie State Capi.
tai. that Greer sheet in which no man
has confidence and which Jim Harris
has more than once condemned, ap-
plauded him as one OF the saviors of
liberty and Justice The people Of this
region are satisfied with the c0nstItu-
|tion and a majority Of the laws; they
are not satisfied with a representative
whose every act appears to have been
dictated By the enemies of good gov
ernment
Mor1sr Stands For Nothing.
rs a man to be sent 70 Washington
in these enlightened days merely to
remain regular and get postofice ap-
pointments and appropriations for fed
eral buildings and pensions for old
soldiers and distribute garden seed? !?
j. that the measure Of man We Amer
leans want In our national legislature ?
VIII be stand with the statemen of
the country for liberty and justice and
thus aid IN the great battle to main
tain the standing Of the nation as the
greatest on earthg Dick Morgan stands
for nothing. He never has initiated
anything more tnan puny measure OF
local interest. Is a man to spend half
his time IN congress making trades
on little bills and the other half acting
and veting with the enemies OF good
government? What's a congressman
for anyway Evidently in this district
he Is sent to Washington to put such
a high tariff on lumber that a poor
lhomesteader in the Panhandle can't
afford to build a house but must hud.
die his family in a hole IN the ground
as a residence. Why doesn't Dick Nor
gan do something TO get American
citizens out OF the holes In the ground
Northwest Democratic.
There is scarcely county in North
west Oklahoma this year that win not
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