The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-04
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Tahlequah, Okla, oct. 1.-THE large
spern whale Of Oklahoma Republican
politics that has ifolicked nolselessly
around beneath the surface ever since
Joe McNeal signed contract with
Jim Harris to have and 70 hold for
ever all right. title an dlnterest In and
for stardpat Insignia has spowed in
Tahlcquah The Tahlequah Herald
has started d boom for jon nFlelds OF
Oklahoma City for Republican nomin.
alton for United States senate TO sue
ceed Robert l.. Owen. The boom rs
similar TO that lnaugurated at Still.
water last spring b ythe saltwater
Gazette for Fields for governor, and
1t bids fair 70 spread throughout East
ern Oklahoma with rapidity among
the anti'Harris men who may be styl-
"a progressiyes.
Republicans throughout this part OF
the state feel aggrlved because OF the
refusal of Harris originally to permit
Fields and G. g. Jones OF Oklahoma
CITY, both OF whom were insurgent
candldats fof governor aFqinst the
machine candidate Fergisoa, to have
ass important part In the Republican
day exercises at the state fair last
week, aud they want 10 show their
appreciation Of Fields ability as a
Statesman as well as farmer aud
editor
The Fields boom Is the first overt act
of the Eastern Oklahoma progresslYes
III opposition to the dictatural pow
ers OF tho Harris machine aud IL
doubtless means a fight to the finish
There Is certain degree OF apathy
among the pr0gressiyes here because
OF the lOng practlsed rule of the Re
publlcanR TO plasipE the surface OF
every contest with makeshift har-
mony, no matter what the throat.cut-
ting antics may he underneath. hence
may 0f them afe unwilling 10 come
out boldly against the machine before
the election The Fields boom is a
forewarning 70 Harris Of the bitten
fight that viii be made on him after
the election stealing march" iB
shai souic of the "sore' ones call 10.
After Harris Scalp. -. .... =. ...4
Eastern Oklahoma progressiyus
have for several weeks been c0nHid.
efing d move chat will Ia effect dis.
credit The Harris organization. They
are determiued that Harris himself
shall not receive the appointment oE
secretary OF tue interior Il they can
prevent IT, They want Flynn to have
that JOB. FOR he Is OF their ilk and al
though he Is not on the best OF terms
with Roosevelt. | nfaet il seems 10
be a Finn move. He was the last
nominee Tor the United States senate
and that reinstated him degree Into
the good graces Of R0osevelts man
TAFT.
Another faet il potent In Eastern
Oklahoma Hundreds OF Republicans
viii not support the state ticket. large
II for the reason that they are pro-
gresslye and don't like Harris or any
candidate that will stand hitelied 70
his wagon MeNeal will get COM
naratively iisnt Republican vote In
this section. An interest created in
the candidacy Of Progressive for
the UEitel States senate will over
shadow practically all interest mani
Tested IN behalf OF NcNeai.
progresslves Have Press Bureau.
Somewhere in Oklahoma there has
been established a progressive Re-
publican press bureau. Il has not
been located. but Il exists without
a doubt IN several weekly Repub-
Ican papers last week appeared this
editorial The Oklahoman says Jim
Harris and the Oklahoma City Times
have read Dennis Flynn ont OF TIM
Republican party. and are now hot on
the trail Of {. q. Jones and John
Fields II this be true il looks like
a couple OF hairs on the tail was try
ing 20 wag the dog"
jim Harris and the Times are desig-
nated as "a couple OF hairs on tho
tail' One OF the Eastern Oklahoma
papers that used this canned editorial
was thc Coweta Times. Progressive
Republican paper. that is edited by
n. a. Leftwieh. L6ftwich Is taking d
dumb interest in the campalgn fpr
ilarcis candidates but looks forward
iubIiantly to a bumper crop. His
most interesting editorial last week
said: The bumper crops raised in
the Arkansas valley are eye openers
to strangers at any old time, hut this
pear they surprise even the home
folks