The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
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whimpcing that others seek ad
vintage over them in the state cap
ital removal battle by the Oklahoma
City committee removal schemers ex
poses the entire outfit.
They drew the bill--their. way, OF
of course!
They purposely plugged" ii for that
city alone.
They have studiously avoided using
the intelligent criticism Of the daily
pess of the state.
They misreprcsented the Guthrie at
titude
They misrepresented Shawnee.
They sent men out to get names on
that petition, pretending one was from
this city--they knew IL was lie
Shawnee suffered likewise.
They knew no responsible citizen
of either city ever favored the bill;
any such bill
They know the leading citizens,
backed by ever commercial and so
cisl organization of Shawnee and
Guthrie advocate voting NO"
Guthrie does not wish the perma'
nent location with such a provision
for graft neither does Shawnee.
Why whimper now?
1t is their measure.
They manufactured 1t; left the
graft loopboles and prepared for the
harvest they felt at that time Was a.
hand,
Whipped. exposed, not by Guthrie
and Shawnee alone, but because the
citizenship OF this state, without re-
gard for party or any other cause re-
fused to subscribe to so open and
wrong a scheme to take the taxpay
ers' moneys. they seek to hide be-
hind the charge that Guthrie and
Shawnee newspapers have been brut
al III their attacks on the bill
ISiG hey expect the taxpayers OF
the state To stand Wita hands folded
and aii0w their loot Of tax moneys
Did they dream someone would for
atit all thar was neaf and dear that
a few toWnsite grafters might recoup
oVerreaching and again sail the high
sea of tcRusiie pIiacy2
This is not baby race; there are
70 hospitals along side The route those
5cwnlot gralters have TO traverse 70
attain their desideIatum Facts afe
sometimes obnoxious u the sChOmeri
sometimes he would rather The san.
light Of exposure be on the other side
of the street
Every man behind the townlot bill
krows 1t was intended to be crooked
there are not three men pushing It
and putting money behind it who
would give the tenth part of a penny,
were be uncertain as TO the reward
otter success struck his flag.
Protesting this state can make mon
ey like The meat packers, the reports
of the companies which agreed to To-
cate in Oklahoma City do not show
> dividends from that source.
II profits have been millions, why
not declare a dividend?
Is there reason to doubt some OF
those profits are imaginary?
Another Oklahoma City institution
advertised profits and failed for mil.
lions of dollars.
II had paper assets and legal debts.
The debts are not all paid--the pa
per assets are as mythical in value as
a state selling land to itself for big
profit
-Four million dollars to haul state
capitol some twenty miles is a rather
stiff price. Who wants to foot the
bill? Who will the state sen it's
farms to, and what will be done with
the farm lands?
Let us hit the pike for facts.
Paper assertions of imaginary prof
its are worth less 10 a man who has
taxes TO pay and little cash to pay
with than the promise OF a future in
herItance.
Graft can be in the bill proposed
'twould be almost impossible to keep
IL out Temptation runs high when
three men, with no more than moral
responsibility, arc turned loose to
handle millions and failure TO use
good judgment means no more than
criticism.
How many men pushing that okla
homa City capital removal scheme
would you, Reader, like 10 turn over
s4,000,00O TO, and, when finished, have
them report they bad erred using
some OF the fund, as your only re-
course?
Swat The bill,
Vote "NOr
Take no suhterfuge: accept the ox-
cusc Of no man for such an awful at
tempt at deception.
II that outfit bad nepnt web they
would have at least consulted the
leading citizens of oklahoma CitylIn-
stead, A bunch OF half-broken down
statesmen Of town lots. some adyeu.
tnrers. and others who use Tie haik-
r,pt court TO settle strong dcbis, got
together and prepared % "swipe' ey-
cry taxpayer within the confines Of
Oklahoma
Get rid Of them They mean wrong;
-frv ~-ariire aeeeniion, and now. ex-
losed and whipped, With maddened
lopulace from one end Of the state
10 the other decrying their tactics
they set up miserable whine that
thcs are being abused
KIN their attempted steal then. Il
they stilI need sympathy, give u ~
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