The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-11
DESPERATE METHODS
ADOPTED BY SPECULATORS
Committees Visit Holsls and
Guests are Urged and
CsjOIed 10 Vote
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( Oklahoma city, June II, Not in
ihe history 81 the Southwest has
There been such effort % muster Il
8ieaniic vote us has been done here
fLoday The ordinary efforts to get
out the vote were surpassed and the
men Of affairs could take lesson
ftom the townste managers, whose
Neouts asked "whomsoeyer win" 70
come and vote.
Hotel guests were accosted, men
OF one hours acquaintance were be-
seised to cast their ballots. and the
city was wholly In the hands OF those
seeking TO secure removal of the state
seat of government
A morning paper announced. In
black letters ON the first page. the
city was entitled 10 more than 13.-
OO0, Notwithstanding the half of that
number had never before been polled
and the total population Of the city
Il less than four times that amount
Lone third the population being adj
venturers who came here to speeu.
late and who really live elsewhere.
Great sums Of money were in cir
culaton today--almost enough to
have met the bad checks OF recent
date from speculative tub on clear.
ancp
The city Is in the hands or the real
estate townslte artists; they rule all;
The mayor having declared holiday,
one travelling man nc the L.ee-Huck-
ms asking II this be not the scheme
to allow all to vote once Ia each pre-
cinet, and the bustle Of the "busy
voter from one precinct to another
indicates the Knight OF tho Grip"
was somewhere and sometime clear
reasoner.
That Famous Message.
But the talk Of the city and oil the
adherents OF the removal clause. as
well as those who are not eulhusi-
Ilsiic on the question Is the publish.
ed stories sent out IN circulars and
the press:
You don't have to be registered to
Vote for Oklahoma city,
This palDable effort 10 solicit fraud
llent votes violated tactics OF even
the old-method politicians, but the
desperate condition OF the wildcat
townsite agents seems TO have caused
scruple to be thrown to the winds.
Dad News From South.
Bad news poured in yesterday from
two sources--Chickashas awful crit
lclsm of the bill and its clearly
fraudulent loopholes caused a caucus
and the hurrled.up meeting called
there at Grady's capital was attend
cd by trainload Of Oklahoma City
boosters and twenty citizens OF
lhickasha.-result a resolution drawn
up and voted for BY the imported au-
dlence. resembling the resolutions OF
he organized bodies Of the beautiful
Grady county capital.
The boosters who were at Bartles-
ille and In the oil country wired
roid receptions aud bad sentiment,
and hHiry-up agents drifted into that
section, 81 to no seeming good.
Another toppled castle came from
Noble county. II had been the
scheme TO take the following OF
those old-line politicians and gather
Noble 10 the removal cause. and tho
chiefs did not realize until last even
ug that The support was wholly OF
dFe generals, the rank and file Of
A0blt county being solid line up.
The orly hope OF Oklahoma City mag
liNg headway In this section Is TO have
ne voters out then their neads OF
nesses may count In their favor
Down in the Southwestern tier Of
! ouniies, which were supposed 10 be
SOLO, comes word me farmers arc
not favorable TO the terms of the oil:
vaile this city will get those coua.
ties, the vote VIII by no means be
overwhelming In favor Of the propo-
yil on.
There are many enthusiasts who
hink all Is well, but those who have
host lneide information n 10 what
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