The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-07
.lANDRUM GAME LOSER
Cherokee Politician Tells oil
Defeat for Office in Indian
Lialcct

The following is by Senator Lam
drum, of Tahlequah, who was de-
feated by Charles A. Taylor, for tho
nomination for state examiner and
inspector. Senator I.andrum il OF
Cherokee blood and is the most prom
inent Indian in literature since the
death of Alex Posey the Creek poet,
who was drowned in the North Cana
dian river in 1908. The following hui
morous description OF his trip up Salt
river is given In Indian dialect. lie
also takes in four brother senators
namely, Jim Crow Clint Graham, can
didate for attorney general; l.. X.
Taylor, author of the election law
and grand father clause. candidate
for clerk of the supreme court. Anti
Standard Oil' Joe Strain. candidata
for COZ lporation commissioner, and
pipe Line" P. J. Yeager, candidate
for lieutenant goveror. Senator Lam
drums write-up follows:
In bis last contribution, The Tale
Of Salt Creek Senator Landrunl
under his pseudonym OF bill Kant
fraid," gives most amusing descrlp'
tion of how he and his fellow senators
went up Salt Creek in the primaries.
We'll he's all over that politics
what YOU call primary. | tells YOU
les bully one fight. He's long time
busy everybody iis' run up and down,
an roun' an roun, all over the couil'
try. iis' like 1t hound pup playing with
II ole hat or gum shoe. tell YOU he,
ihis ole primary. he git tbinned out
that crop o. candidates same like
thinning out corn crop. The people
nes all come together that politics
primary August end. pull II out all
them suckers and leave standng all
them good uns.
Guess | got took for sucker plum
GOOD an plenty. alright
"Yes. he hit ne somethin' last
Cbucsday an' | aiDt foun' landin' place
till while ago. I'm fust one TO II
that salt Greek, IL seem, SO I'm watch
ON others KUN IN You know he's
might, fine. III water.
Il int wait long until here purity
soon fall in II pete ycager. and when
he hit the water that Pete Yeagcf
he ~ splash lilila bit tYnagcr Is 4
small n3nl same like one these here
turtles slid,1f oGa iog. But hfo
could talk II With Ycager oil frlen
mine. howe he come here, down COM
I that mother ol' friend Joe Strain
/ tScuator strain is a large stout man
tells you he's knock plum dry that
salt Creek almos' and most drown U
all rest of us.
"Purty soon sen comm from 10
ward the south comet jis like, an
wonder If It thai HALEY Comet com
in back he's iist red with a string
ing back someihin like tail OF lire
|, comes un whizzin an bits Sal'
Creek sizzlin' an see noihr oil
frlcn. II Clint Graham. an What
thought fire is jist his red hair waYin
I in the wind
And JUS that time him mother
! fall in without word but mad as II
wasp and | see mother oil fricn' Elcc
tion Law Taylor.
Then somebody say why u is Sc
many git licked. and he's want know
allerbout why's and wherefores an
talk about 1t these pro and con.
tell him I don't know ut s'pro and
con. hut do Know a Chuesday was
awful bad day for them senators. He
done lost IL meal tickets all them
senators, Graham, Yeager, Strain. Tay
lor and L.andrpm.
Senator Landrum continues In his
amusing skit, TO tell Of the arrival
oi other politicians. illeludils In
Cockle Burr Alfalfa Bill' William h
Murray who don't like II that water
an kick an holler like ever'thin' IN
,til purity soon along come that Cruce
an Haskell an l,ransou an push TIA