The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-10
At HEART ARE iGAIAST
CHAIRMAN HARRIS
Facing Certainty Of IgnanIny of
Another Campaign like
That Of 1907

"'~"i Ohide Ott. lU-- mere VIII DG
no active inadrgent movement in Ok.
ahoma this year This state viii
sustain its reputation Of being in the
reactionary column. 1ais does not
signify, however. chat tho Rcpub
lean standpat nominees for congress
VIII be elected Tne Third Congres.
'ional district there rs the same char
acter and practically the same quan.
tity Of feeling against machine die.
tation and slandpal politics az exists
In the Second district Creager has
little 70 show as Morgan to DO elect
ed.
Oklahoma insurgents are free to
talk--as free as tbcy are TO think
but they won't make any noise about
their acting. Seven Republicans out
Of ten IN Eastern Oklaaoma ara at
heart against state Chairman Har
r's. Taey recall The delriina of 1851
when Frank Frantz. ,ber nomino,
for governor asked 20 re elected tnat
he might enforce tbe provisions Of
/ the constitution u, hadn't read.
Bilndly il seems minority of the
party followed the scheme outlined
/ by Charley Hunter 10 oppose the con
stltution, ana their only hope Of max.
| Ing showing was in commitiing
their platform to amendments to the
/ constitution so that Il would SUI
their desire No amendments have
ever been proposed and oven the
minority OF 1907 in the face of the
rogressiye spirits OF the times. are
not willing as a body to 20 into Ger
tain ignomlny OF anotaer campaign
et that Of three years ago
I, Is practically certain that a
large majority OF the Democrats OF
Oklahoma approve on the whole of
The Haskell administration. Here and
there appears q man who doesn't like
Haskell personally or disapproyes OF
some minor act OF his administration,
cut Almost inyariable be is willing 10
admit that governor IS sunian, ana
tnat from the mountains OF dihlcui-
Ties the first governor Of the new
state entered must flow some nutril
streams. The percentage of Demo
Gratis that viii vote against Lee
Cruct because OF the policies Of the
Haskell administration Is SO small as
to be Insignificant On ane other
pand the percentage of Republicans
Nho rold tle progressive Ideas OF
the Oklahoma Democrats is surpris-
lingly large This sentiment Is due
largely 10 machine politics and the
character OF the Republican caudi.
GATE. Machine politics made plat
torn before the candidate was nom
mated and machine politics forced
the rominee TO desert his eminece
Of independence and submit to dicta.
ton by the mae ine and in tie con.
ldict OF tha campaign
Charley Hunters Error
Frank Frant2 aud Charley Hunter
were both rough riders therefore
friends of Roosevelt. the progressive
leader They erred three Years ago
just as their chief erred IN condemn
ing many things, in the Oklaaoma
constitution witch he now APPROVES.
Roosevelt was in a position to speak
this new sentiment but Trantz and
Hunter are not thus TO do. The only
course for them to pursue IL that Oh
the snail and the Flea A new regime
has surplanted them and they and
their followers aud those who bellev-
"a with tlIem must find consolation IN
TIE fact that the tendency at the
time is toward progressiyeism in Ok.
lsh0ms. and that through the instru.
mentality of the Democrat, party
Candidate 4 Postmaster
Progressiveism means cutting
loose from worm out ideals and the
ories and giving UP place and posi-
tiOn II need be 10 the fultLering of
the new cause An example of stand
paiism me ans IS found IN the stua-
iion at Wewoka Donald r. Fraser.
Republican nominee for secretary OF
State Is postmaster al Wewoka, and
! is making his campaign at the ex-
lpense Of time he is supposed to dc.
lvote to his Office. More than that he
iis half owner Of a Repubncan pa
ipef. The Seminole Capital. which Is
edited and partly managed by bis
! daughter He used to BE- United
States commissioner but lost the
place after statehood His partner IN
ithe newspaper business Is Walter Fer
AEhPObs " it ID dtet ahpNt -AtfhANHt VI
/ the Emalaka Mission a United States
school, and the Republican nominee
for representative ia The legislature.
Each man holds an appointed job uu-
der the Taft administration, ana each
/ is seeking the state job at the ex-
lpense OF the time assigned rim by
the government 10 his office. Fraser
Is a re-actionary Of the deep water
variety. He - a personal friend Of
Joe Cannon of Illinois and stands for
every principle of the Aiaflch-Payne
ltarin law, for the retention OF Ball.
iinger and the ultimate elimination OF
Theodore Roosevelt from politics and
tlie pu)4ie mind.
Mixed Government School
! In the school where Ferguson pre-.
kides negroes, lldans and whites.
are irrnipd rs social coilais Therc