The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-24

headquarters, 70 find the officers or
members of the board of directors,
4 and II was discovered that no per-
sons by such names ever existed
there. Jake, don't you suppose that
hundreds of people In Oklahoma
kno wwho committed the frauds? Of
course, you didn't know, but doesn't
/ il look just a trifle bad that YOU
never took any hand in an effort 10
prosecute the guilty men all the time
you were getting fees out of the Ger
tificate holders?
Before The Committee
You remember. Jake, that YOU tes-
tilted before the congressional investi-
eating committee at Muskogee that
you offered TO finance Senator Cores
/ next campaign II he would secure the
I passage of the Rowel bill and that
! be delivered the goods. You remem-
Der that YOU said you and tht sen
ator conspired against the govern
ment to buy townlots in a Lawton
addition and that you feared YOU
would be indicted by the federal
grand jury at Enid. You know you
tried to lead the public to believe
that when you went to Washington
last MAY you went there principally
as attorney for Governor Haskell.
when as matter of fact that was
? secondary consideration and you
were the paid attorney for other peo.
pie.
Rocky Road Travelled
Jake, YOU have Travelled a rocky
road in Oklahoma, but YOU are a good
fellow like you and your friends
like you. We have met on many a
! dark night to counsel together on
political ar,i financial matters and
your Judgment is excellent i'm many
of them. You have been my legal
counsellor in this fight. my dear. dear
friend, Jake, and ! can't give You up.
You stay in oklahoma, give no furth-
Ter heed to that call Of the wild. Out
live your political reputation. hold
up YOUR head and you'll become a
useful man and useful politician,
ever II You don't like Taft and the
/ siandpat platform as well as | like
lit Brace up. old chap: don't be dis.
couraged don't be down.hearted; the
worst is over We won't have 10
1 Fight Gore for four years and during
that time you can be of great serv.
Ice to us in watching his record and
finding hooks on which we can hang
! charges after we have worn Haskell
ism threadbare and lost the fight in
this campaign
We haven't got the candidate for
governor that we wanted, Jake, old
pal, but we have to make the best
OF bad situation. Charley Jones is
i fighting me- Emory Brownie Is fight
ing us. John Fields is fighting me.
John Golobie is fighting me. Judge
CARRIER is fighting me. Joe Sherman
Is fighting me- Il. A White hasn't
any use for me. Cash Cadc is nv
political enemy. Dennis Flyrn hasnt
any use for mt am awful lofr.
some. Jake, old pard. and | want 81
TO stay with me to the end. You ar.
a good loser and 1t will be so CON
forting to be with you after Novcn.
/ her s. We can sympathize with eaca
other Not many other men will
sympathize with me. { will be an
awful blow to Taft. And that Roose-
veil person, the consummate disturb
er viii shout as loud as the Demo.
Gratis and about 25.000 insurgent Re
4pubicans In 0klaboma will shout
+ with him, Jake. think hear echoes
Of the shouts coming now They are
horrld things. They nearly drive me
mad
But J am dreaming, Jake. Let's
talk wiile-awake sensible things
again. You stay with me. idol of my
heart, and wt'll manage this campaign
and we'll put every son of gun in
the pen who trys to steal votes. We're
i in earnest about this honest election
business, me and Joe You stick
your ewes on those ballots and II nee
essary ] want you to stick your nose
lin every ballot box III the state az.
ter Novembre 3 and II things don't
smell right. we'll start a publication
crusade Amt We the dandy purity
lboys though, Jakc?'