The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-19
WHIPPED; NOW WHINING

Whimpering that others seek adj
vantage over them in the state cap
iial removal battle by the Oklahoma
City committee removal schemers ex-
poses the entire outfit.
They drew the bill-thei way. of
of course!
They purposely plugged" II for that
city alone.
They have studiously avoided using
the intelligent criticism Of the daily
psess of the state.
They misrepresented 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 it was a 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 50
cial organization of Shawnee and
Guthrie advocate voting NO"
Guthrie does not wish the perma-
nent location with such provision
for graft-neither does Shawnee.
Why whimper now?
II is their measure.
They manufactured 1t; left the
graft loopholes and prepared for the
harvest they felt at that time was at
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 scheme to take the taxpay-
ers' moneys, they seek to hide be-
hind the charge that Guthrie and
Shawnee newspapers have been brut-
al in their attacks on the bill.
Did they expect the taxpayers OF
the state to stand with hands folded
and allow their loot of tax moneys?
Did they dream someone would for
felt all that was near and dear that
few townsite grafters might recoup
overreaching and again sail the high
sea Of townsite PIRACY?
This is not baby race; there are
no hospitals along side the route those
tcwnlot grafters have to traverse TO
attain their desideratum. Facts are
sometimes, obnoxious to the schemer;
sometimes he would rather the sun
light of exposure be on the other side
OF the street.
Every man behind the townlot bill
knows II was intended to be crooked
there are not three men pushing j
and putting money behind it who
would give the tenth part of a penny
we're he uncertain as to the reward
sfter success struck his flag,
Protesting this state can make mon
ey like the meat PACKERS, the reports
Of tho. companies which agreed to 10
cate In Oklahoma City do not show
dividends from that source.
II profits have been millions. why
not declare a dividend?
Ia there reason to doubt some oil
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
state selling land TO itself for a big
profit!
Four million dollars to haul state
capitol some twenty miles is rather
stiff price. Who wants to foot the
bill? Who will the state sell it's
farms to, and what will be done with
the farm lands?
Let us hit the pike for facts.
Paper assertions of imaginary prot
its are worth less to man who has
taxes to pay and little cash TO pay
with than the promise of future IN
beritance.
Graft can be in the bin proposed -
'twould be almost impossible TO keeI
Il out. Temptation runs high when
three men, with no more than moral
responsibility, are 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 to turn over
S4,000.00O to. and, when finished, have
them report they had erred using
come OF the fund. as your only re-
course?
Swat the blu
Vote sNOl'
Take no subterfuge: accept the ex'
cuse OF no man for such an awful at
tempt at deception.
II that outfit had meant well they
would have at least consulted me
leading citizens OF Oklahoma City. In.
stead, q bunch OF half-broken down
statesmen OF town lots, some adven'
tnrers. and others who use the bank
rzlpt court TO settle strong debts. GOT
together and prepared TO "swipeY ey.
erv taxpayer within the confines Of
oklahonia!
Get ria Of them, They mean wrong:
they practice deception, aAd nov, eS.
posed and whipped, with maddened
populace from one end OF the slate
lo tho other decrying theiT tactics
they set up miserable whine that
they are being abused !.
XIII their attempted steal; then, u
they still need sympathy GiYe u 70