The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-22
INQUIRIES LETTERS
USED AGAINST HIM
JUDGE CARRIER IN CAMPAIGN
USES FRESH DOCUMENTS ON
willy CONGRESSMAN.

Enid, Okla, July 2l.-That Congress
man Bird S. Mcclure will probably use
a telephone to answer communications
sent him hereafter is a reasonable de-
duction from the manner in which his
letters written two years ago are &C.
ing used against him by Judge NJ. {.
CARRIER in his present contest for the
republican nomination for congress.
Judge CARRIER has come into possession
of several letters, which are more or
less embarrassing for the congress
man. Every few days CARRIER springs
new letter written by Mcclure IN ms
last campaign. The latest was read
at the big CARRIER meeting at Ponca
City on Saturday last, and was ad-
dressed to a leading merchant of that
city, j. A. Creel. The Creel letter,
which is now in Judge Garber's pos
session, reads as follows:
u. A. Creel, Ponca City, Okla.
Dear Mr.. Creel-I have your ie:;er
upon being in Guthrie for short time
today | am enclosing pamphlet with
portion of my platform marked, !
not only favor a change of speakers,
but a change of rules as well. You
may tell the boys who want to know
my position.
Il appreciate the active support you
are giving me. Sincerely yours,
(Signed) BIRD MCGUIRE
While the issue of Cannonlsm wac
not as important two years ago as it is
now, Mr.. Mcclure was asked many
times during his campaign of 1908
how he would vote on the question Of
choosing a speaker, and also how ne
would vote on the question Of revising
the rules. The copy of his platform
which Mr.. Mcclure marked and sent
to Mr.. Creel contains a clause pleds-
ing the candidate to vote for rules re-
vision, but made no reference to a
change of speakers, as does the letter.
The significance of the Creel letter is
easily comprehended when its context
is compared to statements made in an
interview with the Guthrie State Cap
ital in May of this year. which quotes
Mr. Mcclure as follows:
Il did not run on platform of rules
revision, as has been charged by the
CARRIER adherents. hence did not repu-
diate my platform pledges. Whenever
asked about my position during the
campaign, | clearly stated | stood by
the rules of congress and was opposed
to revision"
The Creel letter is the third to ap-
pear so far in the CARRIER campaign
Practically the same language was
used by the congressman in writing to
II. A. Breitenstein, secretary of the
Enid Trades Council, on October 90
1908, in reply to queries from the labor
orsantzation as TO how the candidate
for congress stood on the selection Of
speaker and revision of the house
rules. In the Breitenstein letter Mr.
Mcclure said:
If will say that l not only favor a
change of speakers. but also a change
of rules. l am enclosing a copy
(marked) of my platform, which an
swers this and other of the questions.
Mr.. Mcclure also wrote to j. S. Nc
Murtry of Maremec. Okla, nine days
prior to the close Of his campaign in
1905 making practically the same
pledges which he made to Mr.. Creel
and Mr. Breitenstein. Just how many
of these letters the CARRIER campaign
management have become possessed
of will probably only be known after
thpV ara all uSad