The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-25

Rssortlng to Any Means to
Beat Out Enemies Within
and Without
Sencial 70 Daily Leader.

McAleSIeT, Okld., Oct. lS.-- A NC hc'
publican party in Oklahoma, as in
other states OF the union, Is making
its last stand this year, and the Dem
ocracy of this state should not for
single solitary moment underestimate
the strength OF the G. O. p, which
Is fighting desperately for its very
life.
When the LaFollettes, the Bristows
the Beveridges. the Murdocks, the
Cummns-that hardy little band OF
political pioneers-ra the flag OF
rebellion against the despotic rules OF
the Cannons, the Aldriches the Nor
gans, the Guggenheims and the I'm
terests'--it meant me marshaling OF
the rstand pat" forces. VINO ror more
than fifty years have with the brass
lSnuckles of party regularity and the
sandbags of protection waylaid and
robbed the American people in the
name of prosperity.
Gorgec with power, the generals OF
the stand pat" forces have for years
disregarded the welfare OF the whole
people until today the party of Lin
coin, Of Grant OF Garfield. or McKin-
ley. is confronted with reyolutio,.
ne people Awakened.
The American people have at last
awakened, and for the first time In
nall a century a concentrated effort
IS being made to throw off the shack
els OF blind party fealty, which nave
so long held in thralldom the real
desires of the American people.
The ammunition OF this great stand
pat" army has always been drawn
from the money vaults OF the great
corporations. which have since the
days OF high protective sneered at
ne men wnos forsht in the ranks,
willie openly pfaising their patrioue
and loyal devotion to duty when the
battle Of ballots was ON.
The great Republican army this
year however. is being rapidly thinned
by reason of the large percentage OF
deseriions from the ranks, while pan
ic-s.riken, the stand-pat leaders, en-
trenched In their high ctadels OF pro
lection, are preparing for long seige
The corporations OF the country,
which for years have been enriching
themselves al the expense of the Re
publican yqters. who have hereto
lore rushed pell nell like sheep after
the bell whether of the flock to the
slaughtering pens, are now thorough
ly alarmed, and goodly percentage
OF their ili-gotten gains which have
been so heartlessly wrung from the
~ ltftsf In
years. Is now being piled into the
breach in a frantic effort to retard
the political tidal wave that Is sweep
ing the United States from Maine TO
California and from Michigan to the
Philippines. and which will not sub
side until both branches of the ma
tional congress become Democratic
and the people come again into their
own.
The Interests" Aroused.
The interests" were first amused
at the revolutionary antics of La
Toilette, Beyeridge, Cummins and
their Republican compatriots; their
amusement turned 10 amazement
when Speaker Cannon was partially
shorn OF his czar-like power as die
tator of the rules OF the house Of rep
resentatiyes, which made il impossi-
bic for the people to get any remedial
legislation. The interests then
sought, by means of ridicule, TO Stop
the onward march of the insurrec-
tlonists, but when Hale OF Maine, Al
drich of Rhode Island, Flint of Mich
igan and Piles of Washington annodnc
ed their voluntary retirement from the
United States senate, which body they
for years had SO arbitrarily ruled, the
utter seriousness of the situation
struck them with more force than hill
arity.
When Tawney of Minnesota, Bou-
tell of Illinosi, Mckinley of Califor-
MIA, Scott of Kansas, Cole OF OHIO,
Burrows of Michigan, and other inn
portant cogs in the AldrichCannon
stand pat mackine were deieated for
denomination. the 'interesss" threw
up their hands and realized that they
were really aud truly up against
il" and that the insurgents had them
on the run
A Great Slush Fund,
The Interests" know but one way
TO wage successful political warfare,
and that is through the medium OF
tainted money--and plenty OF IT, Ey-
prv Qfata fr fn1unrtant In the Infer.