The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-15
HEADS OF THE CLANS ARE
FIGHTING OVER SPOllS
May Mean the Complete Ellni.
natiln Of the Present
Party Bosses

reged ~ Oklah lma Is now ON for the
lca. q. shlp CT the Republican party
OF the state and petty jealousies,
factions and felds are rampant. II
the war IL continued II means the
nnnhiaton of Mcclure, Creager and
Morgan, the three Repub ican con-
eressmen; the elimination of Nation
al Committeeman Cash Cade; the
shelving of Judge Frank Gillette Of
FL Reno; the destruction of Dennis
Flynn; The ousting of Safe Chair
man Harris and the creation Of a
new political Moses to lead the on
slaughls on the Federal pastry pa
vilion.
Al Want Jobs.
Joe Norris, assumed the chairman
ship OF the state committee under
rather auspicious circumstances and
The rank and file commenced 10
breathe easier, when II was sudden.
ly announced that Norris was using
his position as a jimmy with which
to pry himself onto the Government
pay .oll To begin with, Norris
would have been satisfied with the
job of secretary of Interior but that
having been decided upon he cast
his lamps on the same job that j.
Il Jenkins, an editorial writer on
the paper owned by Tams Bixby at
Muskogec had also laid his wires to
capture, and so the assistant com
missionership Of the Indian office
went 10 n Nebraska man
In Desperation.
Norris was growing desperate and
finally accepted an inspectorship in
the Indian service. II Norris had re
msincd on the job in Oklahoma, al.
tending to his knitting instead OF
spending his 'ime at the national
capital, seeking plum pudding, he
might have uuited tho various fac
lions iu the Republican party, wlth
some slight degree Of success.
VIII IN Norris refused to resign the
state chai manship. after being
handed Federal job. The dynamite
commenced to fly. and one feared TO
venture out lest he be blown to bits
with a political bomb hurled by some
insureing Republican politician.
Feud lo Still On.
The MCGUIRE Morgan feud will not
be patched up. Mcclure was the
lone representative of Oklahoma in
congress for so long that he had com
menced to feel that he was The lead
er of Republicanism by divine right
and he resenls having new man
blow into Washington and attempt to
nsurp some of his powes. Even al
hat. Mcclure, when he was alone
in congress. was moi as influential in
! getting things as he is now, but with
three Republican congressman, II
4 necessarily means division Of the
spoils, and so far Mcguire and Nor
gan have refused to divide theil
| cake. Morgan gets real peeyisl
I wien any one even suggests that he
might give in to MCGUIRE once In Q
I while.
I Creaoer Side Seps.
Congressman Creager has SO fal
| held aloof from getting in over hi.
\ head in the chickering's between the
two West Side congressman .althougf
4 he Is bound TO sooner or later bt
4 drawn into the maelstrom, for op
position is poking up its head righ
ioyously in the Third district ant
some Of the insurgents who are in
! surglng. mostly for political reasons
/ against Speaker Cannon and Cannon
ism IN general, are becoming rea
noisy and real insstent in puttinl
out an anti-Cannon man TO rul
against creager. In Washington, !
is not thought that H. E. p Stan
! ford ',f Okmulgee can land the nom
nation. and Creager's creates
strength right row lays In the rumo
that two or three candidates vii
compete with him for the nomination
next summer.
A Hard Fight.
Morgan Is having a hard fight I
retain his hold In the Second distric
and he Is In state Of political III
rest. that augurs III for bis re-ele'
lion for he cannot correctly dete
mine whether II Is better TO be a
insurgcnt all the time or only whe
he Is home al Woodward. He r.
Gently came out with statemer
that he was opposed 10 the fe-ele
tion Of Cannon for speaker but befoI
the INK had dried on the paper. |
was debating in his mind, wheth'
: or moi he bad accomplished gre
political stroke or made a bloomi
ass or Himself
Must Play Fair.
Tho trouble liz. everybody fee
: real independent at home, bu; witt
they come 10 Washington they rel
: ize that there will be bur little doll
Ii. lbs i dist.iels u.4less talJ p'ag
with the house organization. wal!
doles out the committee assignmcu
and otherwise helps the good. star
nat boys, 10 get goodies' for th'
districts when Federal iobs ARE ii
handed out or he pork barrel tappt
l. Dennis undoinr,