The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-28
HAMON
IS AFTER
THE COIN
RIBS UP FANCY GO r f
STORY AFTER REACH
ING LAWTON
Special to Daily Leader.

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l.awton. Okla, Oct 2S-- Slmultan.
Pously with the advent Of honest
Election Jake lIamon into his home
town the other day there was cir
culnted the rumor that a special agent
~ the department OF the interior was
here Interviewing purchasers OF lots
IN the Gore addition as the prelm
mary to a searching investigation Of
the methods by which the lots were
obtained The reporter failed to find
the man that was making the inyes'
tigation or even to learn his name.
Nor did he give the names OF any
lot purchasers that were interviewed.
Senator Gore did not enter Into a
conspiracy with Jake Hamon to de.
fraud the government In the pur.
chase OF lots In the Gore addition. IN
The heat OF his testimony before The
congressional investigating commit
tee at Muskogee, Hamon, humiliated
and chagrined by the direct and N.
disputable testimony OF Senator Gore,
searched the hiddenmost rocesses OF
his memory for counter charge
against the blind senator and furtl-
or degraded the reputation the sem
ator testimony had established for
him by convictng himself Of Il con.
spiracy to defraud the government.
IIamon appears to think that one
of his principal duties as an honest
election official IL TO continue a fight
on Gore. He enters Lawton with 4
flourish of trumpets declares McNeal
le greater man than President Taft,
predicts victory for part OF the Re
publican Ticket, and circulates a rum.
or that his and Cores actions are be
Ing investigated
tianaon After The Dollars
Jake Hamon long ago lost all IN
tcrest in the welfare of the common
people He Is after the dollars ,aat
flow from the system" aud he's
thoroughly system man. The
system Is for the standpat Repub
licans The Oklahoma Republican or
! SANITATION is of that character, there
fore Jim Harris, Joe McNeal, Jake
IIamon and other spotlight Republic
ans are attached 10 the system z
The three Republican congressman ~
Oklahoma are ftandpatters and there
fore system" men. Corporation Joe
McNeal Is system" man to tn,
core. Neither he nor Harris ever en-
tertains progressive ,dea. The
"systtm seems TO have demande,
that. In Oklahoma at least the cam
paign consist of derldlng the party II
power without offering a single rem
edy that smacks Of reform idea.
The Oklahoma farmer doesn't care
a rap about the IIaskellIsm cry lie
knows that the first Oklahoma admin
istratiOn has been an excellent one
lie knows that nearly every dollar
OF his taxes are levied by his county
commissioners for improvement pur
poses. What he Is Interested In ars
that greater questions that effect the
price of his farm products, the price
OF his labor. the price he has TO pay
for lumber and coal, and the freight
rates with which he Is burdened II,
gets not word of hope from the Re
publican party, this year. y
Mcclure Doubie-Crosser
Every Republican congressman II
Vhlhublld nd0 Uf'n u hbhbi'-iAu -
pure and simple. Take Mcclure. foI
instance. His platform In 1903 de
clared for free lumber. free woot
pulp, and for commission Here IL
part OF his record later, as giyef
by United States Senator La Foil
cite:
I'm the contest over the revision
OIL the tarf. Bird Mcclure, reaction
ary Republican congressman, display
ed no recollection OF bis identity witt
Bird Mcclure. progressive Republic
an candidate. on every vote he stood
unsweryingiy for higher duties, 10
special interests. He voted agains
the Tawney amendment TO strike on
the duties on lumber He votet
against the DeArmond amendment
providing for the admission free 0
all lumber from All countries of th'
Western Hemisphere. He yote'
against the Clark amendment for fre'
lumber and against every othc
amendment providing free lumber o
for a reduction OF duty on lumber
and In voting for the tarin bill oI
passage he voted IN violation Of hi
platform pledges. and without pro
test for duty on pulp.
"McGuirc's only participation II
the tarifr discussion was plea 70
duty on hides. He boltcd the rol
call on the motion to strike out th'
counteryailing duty on oil, but ol
every other roll call of importance
IN the tarlff contest he adhered strict
/, ~ to his real character tina OF re
dictionary Republican congressman
from Oklahoma but for the system.
Morgan In The Same Boat
Dick Morgan OF the Second distric
10 In the same boat. Occasionally
representative In congress may fin
Justification for ignoring his ante-elec
ton promises, but In this progressive
age. when the great newspapers AM
magazines are making the creates
dgnt In the history OF the nation 10
honest representation for the peopl
In congress. the man who stood 10
measures that robbed the pockets 0
the honest citizens can find no es
cuse TO OFFER other than that of be
Ing regular. The cry OF being reg
ular was worn threadbare by ~
/, Republican party years ago. Once !
, was deceptive. Unusual prospeflt,
, had sunk the average citizen TO stun
:, ber and while he slumbered bi
t, house was ransacked .
! One OF the most rcpulsive thing
flto ,he aeeen, citizens OF Okiahoin
!. Is the parading about of a discrsdl'