The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-08
euNco ARTISTS FINAL STAND.

BuNco ARTISTS FINAL STAND.
At last the Oklahoma City townlot
capital scheme removers have made
their strongest appeal
1t is the same made by the man
who wants you to play the squeeze
spindle
The man who wishes you to pick
the pea from beneath the she'll
The man who wants you to play
his game
The man who wishes to do you a
favor at great expense and inconven-
ience to himself
The man who has purpose other
than to see that you get entirely
the best OF the bargain
In fact, it is the old, time-worn,
"somethingfor-nothing'' game in all
it's sheer accursedness.
Here it is, fresh from the bat of
the Morning Townlot, of Tuesdays
issue:
The taxpayers of Oklahoma
have the chance to get something
for nothing. Oklahoma City's
capital site proposition means
a fine capitol and grounds with
out a dollar of expense to the
taxpayers of the state
That sounds familiar to those who
have heard the "barkers" tell how the
unsophisticated break up The fakir
business.
There Is certainly no citizen OF
this state who is so fool sh as to
think that townlot fakirs expect the
state to get off without paying Tor
the states capitol building.
The fakirs make the assertion OF
free building in the face of the fact
their proposed bill asks for the i'm
mediate appropriation from the
states general fund Of 100000.
The townlot brigands declare there
is to be no cost, yet ask more thar
a half million dollars prior to start
ing to play
There is an old legend, to effect
that once Texas rancher beat some
"sure-thng" gamblers out of almos
fifty thousand dollars in poke
game; that the gapblers sent hin
out to get witness to prove he coulr
have paid,had he lost, then ran Of
with all the MONEY in the pot.
The Oklahoma City outfit mus
have read the legend-at least the
pledge the state they will build
capitol building for nothing
But they want the immediate us
OF 100000, 'as a starter full thre
years prior to starting to build tn
capitol.
Surely every voter in the state ca
distinguish the departure of the roa
leading TO free capitol building an
one wherein 100000 is to be expen,
ed, three years prior to the tim
building operations are to commence
Likewise, it Is proper to suggest ths
the three years in which townsite
can be advertised, ought to net tn
townl0t grafters quite handsom
sum, even though the state taxpaye'
be not allowed to get that promise
something for nothing"
When bunch OF townsite CRATER
band themselves together and agre
to do million dollar philanthroT
when they are financially unable
comply with their pr0mises-when
chamber OF commerce board Of dire
tois pledge themselves to do thinl
as a board of directors which is NJ
financially responsible and ellmlna
any pledge that might make them a
sumo individual responsibility, it
well for the taxpayers to prepare
battle with the taxeater and the a
tack of the latter will, as is ever Il
case, be made from the point whe
the least responsibility is attach,
to him, too.
This "sometbing-f g-for-nothng'' outi
has apparently offered the following
A sree capitol building
A dig surplus for location
-Four options to the state
Pledge OF chamber of commerce {
rectory to make good
Pledge of one individual to give q
state S5,000000 worth of real estat
In fact II has offered:
NoTHING!
There Is but one answer to the
bunco artists-that's to kill the bill
There Is mo other way
Those artists lied when they secl
ed the signers to the iniatory pc
tion; sending men out to proclai
they represented Shawnee and Gut
rie. getting signatures of citizens W
would not have otherwise paid I
least attention to their scheme; tn
lied when they attacked Guthrie
an opponent with them for state C;
1tal honors under the terms of II
bill. l(they well knew there was
other community in this state WI
enough citizens ready to violate t
constitutions acceptance OF the {
abling act to even propose measu
similar TO the one we are to vote
next Saturday,
That bill Is the acme of unrig
eousness; the highest type of wro
intent that the English language b
yet produced; TO conceive It, the
had to be most unholy liason
Evil Intent and Wrongful Ambitio
to give IT birth, there had to be
stretching Of the Law OF Nature a
Dlabolical Inspiration to preve
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