The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21

Doard Is said by Frank Wright, editor
OF the News Republican, to have met
the approval of the republicans OF
this county. Since lannon's useful.
ness as a citizen of the county has
never been questioned from the stand
point of purely commercial interests.
his reputation as a politician is fire.
quently overlooked in the heat of the
strides of progress. He controlled
Bird Mcclure in territorial days. He
was practically McGuire's dictator.
and Mcclure did anything in his power
to favor Hamon in the matter of legis-
lation and departmental rulings af-
fecting southwest Oklahoma. hence
Lawton was the recipient of a great
many gifts from the government the
like of which no other city of the state
has ever received.
AS a good fellow" Hamou is with.
out a superior. AS a politician he
grades excellent. AS a town booster
he is marked 100 per cent. AS a good
fellow, as a politician and as a town
booster he has acquired property valu-
ed in to the tens of thousands. He
is master of the art of manipulation.
When he needs money, he gets it.
When he needs support, he gets it. He
is like brother to a friend. AS
lawyer he lacks depth of thought. but
hp .F,,J
Brazen effrontery and bull-dozing are
his most effective weapons there. He
has smile of uncommon delineation
that is impressive in it's breadth and
manner of manipulation. He walks a
gait that distinguishes him in any
gathering and possesses a mischievous
eye that commands reckoning. He
is good natured loser and retires
with a pronunciatmento that another
day he will come into his own.
Appointment Splits Party.
lannon's appointment as a member
of the state election board has split
the republican party wide open SO
far as actual sentiment is concerned.
What the outcome will be is prob
lematical. One class of republicans
commend Governor HaskelPs action.
on the ground that it is a reward of
merit. Another class hold that it is a |
debt that Haskell owes Hamon Still |
another class now positively refuse to |
have further to do with Chairman Jim |
Harris. Hamon is Harris personal |
friend and legal adviser They have |
been on many a round together in Ok |
lahoma City, in Guthrie, in Muskogee,
in Washington, and in other places.
They think alike, act alike, look alike
and frequently hold closed door con-
ferences on political and business
matters. The appointment has plung-
ed Oklahoma republicanism into a
mass of enigmas from which extrica-
tion is necessary to any sort of re-
spectacle showing in this campaign.
He Stands Accused.
why didn't Hamon refuse to
server" asked local republicans who
charges the appointment with being
Harris trick. He may lead a
blameless life in politics, society and
business. He may be as square as
mortal can be. But the public must ,
judge him by the scarlet letter that
he wears. So long as he stands ac-
!
cratic member of congress as being
guilty of offering undue influence in
behalf of a friend and has made mil
lions out of the Indians, he ought to
be relegated from political RESPONSE
bility. The American people like JUS
tice and they are willing that an ac-
cused man may remain innocent under
the law until he is proven guilty, but
until his innocence is established they
are fair enough to society and to the
accused himself to demand that he
not become further involved in mat
ters affecting the public veal and his
own welfare
Not Necessary to Steal. Il
mo necessity exists for stealing h
this election from the republicans. In I
the primary the democrats polled 1885, !
900 votes and the republicans $4,000.
The grandfather clause has eliminat- !
ed 10000 republican votes, thus leav- t
ing the republicans over 10000 in '
the minority We can't win by the h
fairest methods that a man can de- :
wise. Then what's the use of the state :
chairman compromising the party by f
declaring himself pleased with the ap- '
pointment of Hamon? Haskell is not
to blame for it. We are too anxious
to throw calumny when democratic :
governor acts. This is true particular
lily in this administration. We fail to /.
place the responsibility always where /,
it belongs in matters of politics. We !.