The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-24
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
oil course!
They purposely plugged it 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 misrepresented Shawnee.
They sent men out to get names on
that petition, pretending one was from
this 0ity--tliey knew Ii was a lie.
Shawnee suffered likewise.
They knew no responsible citizen
OF either city ever favored the BILL
any such bill.
They know the leading citizens,
backed by ever commercial and 50
ciaI 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 whimper nowg
1t is their measure.
They manufactured It; left the
graft loopholes and prepared for the
harvest they felt al that time was al
hand. N
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 aud
wrong a scheme to take the taxpay-
ers moners tilsr seek 80 hide be
hind the charge that GhFhrie and
SHAWNEE Bewspapers have been hel'l
aI III tlieir attacks on Sic ull
ma they Sapevt Tie taSpaYers OF
the state to stand wAh hands folded
and zl30w tbhir loot OF tax moneys?
DG.l ssbey dtsan someone would for
feiie all that Tas aear and dear thar
. few iowneife grafters might reconp
oVeFreSchIng aud sgaii sail the high
sea u f0wngsse PIRACY?
1fIis is rot baby race; there are
no bcss-it1is along side the route those
tcwnlot gsafters have to traverse "a
attain their desider.duin, Facts arc
SOMETIMES obnoxious to the schemer'
sometimes be would rather the sun
light Of exposure be on the other side
Of hestreet.
Every man behind the townlot bill
knows 1t was intended to be crooked
there are not three men pushing i
and putting money behind it wne
would give The tenth part OF d penny
were he uncertain rs 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, why
not declare dividend?
Is 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--thc pa
per assets are as mythical in value a'
a state selling land to Itself for a bis
profit!
-Four million dollars to haul a state
capitol some twenty miles is a rathel
stiff price, Who wants to foot th'
bill? Who will the state sell its
farms to, and what win be done viii
the farm lands?
Let us hit the pike for facts.
Paper assertions of imaginary prof
its are worth less TO man who has
taxes to pay and little cash TO pa,
with than the promise of future in
heritsnce.
Graft eaI, be In the bill proposed
'twould be almost impossible TO keel
II out. Temptation runs high wher
three men. with no more than mora
responsibility, are turned loose e
handle millions and failure 10 use
good judgment" means no more thar
criticism.
How many men pushing that Okla
homa City capital removal scheme
would you, Reader, like TO turn over
Sl,D0O,001 TO, and, when finished, have
them report they had erred usinF
some of the fund, as your only re
course?
Swat the bill
Vote 4"NOi"
Take no subterfuge accept the ey
euse Of no man for such an awful at
temet at dertption.
N that outfit had meant well they
would have at least consulted The
leading ,eitisens OF Oklahoma CITY In
stead bunch OF halfbroken down
statesmen of town lots. some adYcn
tdrers, and others who use the bank
rupt court TO settle strong debts, goi
together and prepared 10 "swlpe7 ey
cry taxpayer within the confines ol
OkIahomal s
Get rid' Of them They mean wrong:
they practice deception. and now, ex
posed and whipped. with a maddcned
rc~rlace froe one end of the state
10 the other decrying their tactics
they set up miserable whine that
they are being abused.
Kill their attempted steal; then, u
they still need sympathy, give i 10
than In ooOioun doses