The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-05
LEARNED JUDGMENTS
OF GAME IN TEXAS
attMs Coming 10 Oklahoma
Had Become SkIIIsd Master
Of Political AT

Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct o.
Say nothing Let the other fellow
do all the taikiaa Wherever lie says
Dies going to do anything or an
ncgnces where his strength lies, JUS
CRIT right in and 90 for the stront
lpaim anil you beat il down p0nl
give your opponent chance g. ei
itafk you in the same way The 1Oln
lination was won Tor Crnce. the ndH
from Ardmore. by tais method"
Therein is the political creed OF
JON Il Williams Of Hobart, chair
imam OF the Democratic slate cam.
paign. committee. who successfully
managed tho primary campaign for
lthc "man from Ardmore.' TO The pO-
llitsal thinker It represents the
acme Of political success, to the
average man Il represents the hig
est creed for the manipulation OF any
line OF endeayor toward the goal OF
snccess
John Williams has been praericing
HIS creed for more than twenty
years. He learned il in Texas. OF
which state he Is native, and prae
ticed il yalliantly In the historic XII
gore congressional campaign On
tie broad acres OF the cattle ranch
when The times foreboded the en-
trance OF a new civilization; he prac'
ticed 1t among COW punchers as 4
ranch boss ana as ranch 0wler.
ana il won for him both friend ana
temporary foe the loftiest Of en-
conlums
Master Of the art political, WI
lams occupies IN Oklahoma today IA
position Of high political onlr and
Of high political trust. He believes
in the sacredness Of thep riaciple'
Of tie Democratic party aal places
honor alcrtness and loyal activity
above the sordld menialities of the
muckraker, the character assassin
and the political mscreant whose
ambition IL 70 become boss and
ne leader OF a host that is pushing
him forward toward tile counter OF
governmental pie.
Once his mind Is fixed on a propo-
siti0n the chances are ten to one
that he Is right. He is close stu
dent of Affairs, q close observer oi
the actions OF men, and the analysis
that he employs In arriving at a iuds
ment seldom has missed the marx.
.Tsis does not signify. however that
he even approaches the position Of
Tan egotist, for he Is one of the most
tactful Of listeners. He courts the
ideas ami suggestions of his friends
and coiahorers ana is cordial. con
genial companion IN the praeincts
.cr his headquarters. in the lobby, at
me club or on the street.
Cold bloodedness as a fine art has
been developed in Williams to TIE
masters degree. 10 his most iati-
mate friend he can say no with the
fnest courage aad most cordial spir-
IN. Imaginable. The whole scheme ol
politics with him is Ike the scheme
pt business An advantageous dick
cr IN q horse trade. barring tht rules
oi INSCRIPTIONS iockeyism is made
Hita tHe same precise abandon OF
friendship chat he employs in al
las 10 an unauthorized applicant for
erst Job Of politics a pronounced
alow OF denial But there Il ends.
The next minute he is buying q cigar
for the other horsctradcr and they
sre figuring together how nue.
profit tlere might be In bunch Of
cattle on neighboring ranch. The
dictum OF rebuff is never employed
when he deals with an honorable
man but he can say no Just the
sane.
As fancher in Southern and West
ern Oklahoma for many years, as
United states commissioner IN the
Southern district of indian Territory
dtlrlhg Cieycand's last admnisHras
iie1, and finally as manager OF tne
Honman campaign in 1907. Williams
Acquired tue arr OF successful deal
ing with men And the at seldom
deeeiyes him
Newspaper men never fail TO get
courteous treatment in Democratic
headquarters Williams has never
courted publicity tie hasn't the re-
motest idea that a newspaper writer
has prepared ths brief and crude
analysts OF his character as o pollti.
cat leader When he has anything
70 say there is no doubt that 1t would
he said. aud he sends f0l. the news-
PAPER nam and eites II ont. usnally
matter Of importance in the cam
naign Is involved and he sees that
every newspaper man in the state is
supplied aud that release date Is
fsed He nerr talks extrayagantly
nor boasts His Is the quiet conyer.
ssaiional manner that inlpresses the
auditor wi.a the mans sincerity No
IRISH nronises 70 the public aud no
riittsring statements o. the prospects
ever get away from him.
Perhaps no more systematic cam
nagn was ever waged in Oklahoma
tran that Williams Is carrying on.
Every man In headguartnrs has a