The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-29
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
OF POLITICAL SITUATION
Starting an Aggressive Cam
paIgr, Republican We're
Forced on Defensive
lslaM specIaIl

Oklahoma City, OKLA, Oct ga
comprehensive review Of ule political
situation eight days before the elee'
tlon forces the conclusion that there
Is no doubt of Democratic victory
commensurate with the conservative
appfised value OF the Democratic doe.
trines above the inflated values OF
the Republican doctrines The Re
publIcans have made ng1t, not so
much against the state Democratic
administration as against what they
have chosen to term "Haskellism.
During the past week Governor Has.
kell In n series Of articles entitled
building A State" has replied with.
out reserve TO every. important unjust
criticism OF the administration aud
pointed to the people of Oklahoma
and To the rest of the warld mnrv-
elous example OF the state structure
that Is without a parallel IN the his.
tory of the nation.
Beginning with standpat plat
form that was dictated from Washing
ton, al time when the president was
wrlthing under hle sharp inclsions OF
insurgent knives and expecting an
utilization of his political hopes nnlcss
forces were repuIsed, the Republic.
ans have relied on tue goneralliies OF
that document for their national pm
buum and ignored every progressive
idea OF the party leaders of other
states that their OTHER efforts might
be concentrated on the lssuo Of Has
kellism.
Choice OF Issues Now
In the words Of a Newkirk cores.
pondent. the people don't care rap
about lIaskellism, this adminIstra'
tlon Is nearly all history; what they
dcmagd is some promises from Me.
Neal relating to unjust freight and
passenger rates, the cncroachmcnt OF
corporations, Tie enforcement of laws
on the statutes, and the relle of the
people from the continued exercise
Of standpat rights Before Tie pri,
mary. as Mr. Cruce has said, the peO'
pie looked to the choice OF men. nov
they look 10 the choice OF issues. T1G
people do not believe that conditions
in oklahoma are nearly so intoleraD.e
rs the Republicans have pictured
them. The marvellous commercial
and industrial progress OF the state
III three years Is Itself sufficient an
swer to the charge that the states
credit is low and that investments
will not come here The contented
state of the people under Demo
cratic administration, insofar as con
tcntment could be established under
the continued gloom Of federal inter
ference, Is sufficient answer To the
Republican charge that the Democrats
have been extrayagant and the state .
money foolissily spent
McNeal Corporation Candidate
The campaign thus for has failed 10
reytal a single trait OF McNcala
character that Is above mercenafy
consideration. Under grating terri
torlal administrations he anassed his
fortune aud maintained relations al
ways with corporations that were
rObbing the people While the rail
roads were taking that $54.0OO,9Dl
that Cromwell said they got lninstls
McNeal was riding on their passes
looking after their territorial inter
csts and helping them In every move
against a helpless, misused people
After statehood. when wise and jus
laws had become operative In th'
interest of tle people, the first mai
TO come TO the succor Of the railroad.
was McNeal: not that they might ge
relief from obeying the small regn
lations OF the corporation commits
sion. but that they might arbltrari
ly TX their own outrageously car
bi;ant freight tariffs and compel th'
people to pay tree cents q mile fol
passenger fare. Joe McNeal signet
the appeal bonds for the railroads
that this might be accomplished.
McNeal Negro-L
The campaign has proven the fac
that McNeal believes In, the socia
quality of the white and black races
The negroes have thus pointed hin
out, along with Bird Mcclure, tn
First district standpat congressman
In face OF the fact taat the grandfath
er clause was adopted by clear ma
jority OF more than $4,000 votes. Nc
Neal has assured the negroes that NJ
law Of that kind exists and the ne
groes are on the verge OF an insur
rection. The utter fallacy of his tale
to the negroes was proven last weel
when the state supreme court upaeis
the grandfather clause. If negro bIoo'
or white blood Is spilled on election
] day, it will be on the hands Of Re