The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-28
WHIPPED; NOW WHINING

vantage over them In the state cap
iial removal battle by the Oklahoma
City committee removal schemers ex-
poses the entire outfit.
They drew the bill--their way, Of
Of course!
They purposely plugged 1t for that
city alone.
They have studiously avoided using
the intelligent criticism of the daily
psess OF the state.
They misrepresented the Guthrie at
titude.
They misrepTeseDted Shawnee.
They sent men out 10 get names or
that petition, pretending one was from
this city-they knew it was lie.
Shawnee suffered likewise.
They knew nc responsible citizen
Of either city ever favored the bill;
any such bill.
They know the leading citizens,
backed by ever commercial and so
cial organization Of Shawnee and
Guthrie advocate voting NO
Guthrie does not wish the perma-
nent location with, such provision
for .graft--neither does Shawnee.
Why Bhimper now?
It is their measure.
They manufactured 1t; left the
graft loopholes and prepared for the
harvest they felt at that time was at
hand.,
whipped. exposed, not by Guthrie
and Shawnee alone, but because the
citizenship OF this state, without re-
gard for party or any other cause. re-
fused to subscribe to SO open and
wropg q scheme to take the taxpay
ers moneys, they seek to hide be
hind the charge that Guthrie and
Shawnee newspapers have been brut-
al Ii their attacks on the bill.
Did they expect the taxpayers OF
the state to stand with hands folded
and allow their loot Of tax moneysY
Did they dream someone would for
felt an that was near and dear that
few townsite grafters might recour
oyerreaching and again sail the high
fea of townsite PIRACY?
This is not a baby race; there are
no hospitals along side the route those
4owulct grafters have to traverse tc
attain their desideratum. Facts are
sometimes obnoxious to the schemer
eometimes he would rather the sun
light Of exposure be on the other side
Of the street.
Every man behind the townlot bill
knoNs II was Intended to be crooked
sr-there are not three men pushing i
and putting money behind it who
would give the tenth part of penny
were be uncertain as to the reward
after success struck his flag.
Protesting this state can make mon
ey Ike the meat packers, the reports
of the companies which agreed to 10
cate in Oklahoma City do not show
dividends from that source.
II profits have been millions, VIII.
not declare q dividend?
ls there reason to doubt some o
those profits are imaginary?
Another Oklahoma City institution
advertised profits and failed for mil
lions OF dollars.
Ii had paper assets and legal debts
The debts are not all paid-the pa
per assets are as mythical in value a
a state selling land to itself for a bil
profit!
Four million dollars to haul stat
capitol some twenty miles is rathe
stiff price. Who wants to foot IN
bill? Who win the state sell III
farms to, and what will be done witt
the farm lands?
Let us hit the pike for facts.
Paper assertions OF imaginary proi
1fs are worth less to man who ha
taxes to pay and little cash 10 pa
with than the promise of future in
heritance.
Graft can be In the bill proposed
'twould be almost impossible to keel
II out. Temptation runs high whel
three men, with no more than mora
responsibility, are turned loose t
handle millions and failure to us
good Judgment" means no more thar
criticism.
How many men pushing that Okla
homa City capital removal schem
would you. Reader, like 10 turn owe
94,000,000 TO, and, when finished, hav'
t1em report they had erred usinl
some Of Che fund, as your only re
course?
Swat the bill!
Vote ''N0l"
Take no subterfuge; accept the ex
.cuse Of no man for such an awful at
tempt at deception.
II that outfit had meant well the!
would have at least consulted th'
leading citizens OF Oklahoma City. In
.Stead, bunch Of half.broken dowi
sealesmaA OF town lots, some adyen
tilrers. and others who use the bank
Tupt court to settle strong debts, go
together and prepared TO "swipe" ev
cry taxpayer within the confines o
Oklahoma!
Get rid OF them! They mean wrong
they practice deception, and now, ex
posed and whipped. with maddenet
.pcpulace from one end OF the state
10. the other decrying their tactics
they set UP miserable whine thai
they are being abused.
XIII their attempted steal: then, I
they still need sympathy, give It Il
tbsm IN scpipus doses.