The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-04
PROGRESS|vES CH0RTLE
OYER CANDIDATES PLIGHT
New Face viii Be Seen IN
Congress From First Okla
h0ma District
(staff Special

Pawhuska, Okla, Nov. f.--There is
an unusually strong element of politics
In the situation in Northern Okaho-
ma as the campaign nears an end
Since a large per cent of the negro
vote has been eliminated it is practi-
cally foregone conclusion that Bird
Mcclure will not be returne to con
gress. In that event insurgent lead
ers are casting about for man of
their belief who can take the Mcclure
mantle two years hence and aid in car
rying forward the insurgent policies
Hence there Is certain manner of
departure from the real principles OF
the progressives and they are playing
politics for the first time in the cam
paign.
Bird McGures last hope is gone =
said republican today, "and there are
no Democrats more pleased than are
the progressive. Regardless of the un-
derlying principle of white mans
government there is this danger in
the negro vote; it enables a man unfit
for a position to be elected when the
balance of power is in rhe hands of
those most easily deceived Hence II
was as much victory for the progress
sives that the negro vote was elimin-
ated as far the Democrats, for we
were for anything legal and reason.
able that would defeat Mcclure. The
chances are he cannot come back this
year and If he fails this year he may
not have district two years from now
that he can have any hopes in at all,
or ii may be a district wherein condi-
tions will shape themselves so that ON.
ly a progressive can win. Two years
hence the progressive movement will
be much further advanced, 1t will be
sweeping the country with greater
force"
1t is a generally know fact that John
Golobie, editor of the Oklahoma State
Register, and Judge Milton G. CARRIER.
of Enid both of whom were progress
sive candidates against Mcguire for
the nomination, will not support Me
CURE. They desire that he be defeat
ed and their principal hope Is that the
majority against him will be greater
than the negro vote disfranchised, for
then the fact will be demonstrated
that a majority OF the intelligent peo.
pie of the First district approve Of
the idea of anti-Cannonism and anti
high-wall tariff McGuire's expertness
in politics can not save him this year
The insurgents are after his scalp.
The First district this year undoubt-
edly will lead all the others In inde
pendent voting. In il lives Joe McNeal
of Guthrie, Republican nominee for
governor, who under normal condition
and because of his acquaintance and
long residents ought to be able to
command a large support. But what
ever gubernatorial qualifications Me-
Neal may have they are not consider
ed as a counterbalance to his standpat
affiliations and his business relations
with the railroads and other corpora
tions that are linked to the interests
of the East Progressiyes aIe going
to vote against any man this year
who has the faint, whether he be can
didate for governor Of for congress
To say that a candidate for governor
needs not take a stand on national Is
sues, since he has nothing to do with
national legislation, doesn't alter the
situation since the candidate is making
race on a standpat platform that was
dictated from Washington long before
he was nominated and since he aided
the railroads in thus far successfully
coBtesting the reasonably freight rate
established by the corporation con.