The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-30
WHIPPED; NOW WHINING

Whimpering that others seek ad-
vantage over them in the state cap
iiaI removal battle by the Oklahoma
City committee removal schemers ex-
poses the entire outfit
They drew the bill--theIr way, OF
guf 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 city--they knew il 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 so
cial Organization OF Shawnee and
Guthrie advocate voting mo-
Guthrie does not wish the perma-
nent location With such provision
for graft neither does Shawnee.
Why whimper now?
II is their measure.
They manufactured It.; left the
graft loopholcs 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
wrong 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 In their attacks on the bill.
Did they expect the taxpayers of
the state to stand with hands folded
and allow their loot OF tax moneys?
Did they dream someone would for
felt all that was near and dear that
a few towpsite grafters might recoup
overreaching and again sail the high
sea OF townsite PIRACY?
This is not a baby race; there are
&C hocpsals along side the route those
townlot grafters have to traverse TO
attain their desideratum. Facts are
sometimes obnoxious to the schemer;
sometimes he would rather the sun.
light Of exposure be on the other side
OF the street
Every man behind the townlot bill
knows IL was intended to be crooked
There are not three men pushing it
and putting money behind 1t who
would give the tenth part Of penny,
we're he uncertain as to the reward
sfter success struck his flag.
Protesting this state can make mon
ey like the meat packers, the reports
Of the companies which agreed to To-
cate In Oklahoma City do not show
dividends from that source.
3 II profits have been millions. why
not declare q diyldendY
K is there reason to doubt some OF
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 as
state selling land to itself for big
profit!
-Four million dollars to haul a state
capitol some twenty miles is a rather
stiff price. who wants to foot the
bill? who win the state sell it's
farms to, and what will be done with
the farm lands?
Let us hit the pike for facts.
Paper assertions of imaginary prof
ite are worth less to man who has
taxes TO pay and little cash TO pay
with than the promise of future in
heritanee.
Graft can be In the bill proposed
'twould be almost impossible to keep
II out. Temptation runs high when
three men. with no more than moral
responsibility, are turned loose TO
handle millions and failure to use
good judgment" means no more than
criticism
b How many men pushing that okla
Z hopa City capital removal scheme
would you, Reader, Hike 20 turn over
~ 600 900 to, and. when finished, have
them report they had erred n using
some OF the fund. as your only re
4 course?
Swat the bill!
Vote "NOi"
' Take no subterfuge; accept the ex-
cuse Of no man for such an awful at.
tempt ~ deception.
II that outfit had meant well they
would have at least consulted the
leading citizens OF Oklahoma City. In
stesd, bunch OF half-broken down
ealesmen OF town lots, some adyen'
turere. and others who use the bank
fupt court 70 settle strong debts, got
together and prepared TO "syipev ev-
ery taxpayer within the confines OF
Oklahomai
Get rid Of them' Tboy moan wrong;
thoy practice deception. and now, ex-
poded and whipped, with msddened
pcpulace from one end of the state
70 the other decrying their tactics,
ehev set un 4 miserable whine that
{GtY an being abused
XIII thoir attempted steal: then, II
they o(iu need sympathy, give Il 10
&hn1m IN no0loun doQo4