The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-07
REPuDlATE "A LYING SHEET;
CAST A VOTE FOP GUTHRIE
AND LOGAN COUNTY

AND LOGAN COUNTY
"The Leader told the truth during
the capital campaign" said rep
resentative man. land the splendid
fight II put up is appreciated by the
Guthrie people. The people know
The Leader is also right in this cam
paign, in which il calls for a new
deal, lower county taxation and the
wiping out of negro offcialism. The
people know the Leaders, present
campaign is In the interests Of Guth-
rie and Logan county, the same as
was its former fight.
The campaign is but the opening
of the capital fight and the voters
wtl show their appreciation by re-
deeming Logan. We we'll know that
the lies and abuse Of the Capital have
done up Guthrie and the people
will repudiate the Capital newspaper
on Tuesday The Capital. when at
tackled in weak point, always seeks
to get back" as quickly as possible,
but have you heard word in reply
to the condemnation expressed by
Guthrie Republicans on the Capitals
course.
NJ NJ. Carter, strong Republican,
said the State Capital had done more
to injure Guthrie by its lying and
abuse than anything else.
Have you ever read a line of denial
to caster's assertion in the Capital?
No, because MIR. Carter said it and
II is true.
Mr.. Carter is but one OF hundreds
Of Republicans who have dscredited
and repudated the Capital.
II is lying, dishonorab.e Unworthy
sheet. The truth is not in it.
The Capital knows fuli well that
the Oberholser family board mas in
creased taxation in Logan county. II
knows county funds have been plum
dered, but il persistently goes ahead
saying Oberholser is right; that there
are no joints in Guthrie and SO forth
and SO on. | tell you the people are
sick and tired of this endless abuse
and malicious lying OF the Capital
and they will repudiate that paper
good and hard on Tuesday"
Never were truer words spoken.
The Guthrie merchant is absolutely
correct. The Guthrie Capital has
hurt Guthrie imneasurably and II
will continue to hurt Guthrie and To-
gan county unless quickly curbed.
The capitai lies wsllfulIy, habitually
and msIiciously.
If il has printed three truths in
the present campaign it was by acci-
dent
To show to what contemplate
lengths the Capital will 90 to deceive
the voters it is but necessary to recall
IFS assertions printed Ss1tember 9th
TO the effect "That The Leader has lied
again; Paul Williams is not son-in-
law Of Chairman Ed Oberholser and
Nellie Bodgett. cook at the county
jail, is not oberholser's sister"
Neither oberholser nor his sister
deny their relationship and the re
cords OF the county clerk show
marriage certificate issued to
Miss Masey 0berholser, daughter
Of MIR. and Mrs. Edward Oberholser
and Paul Williams.
Neither Mr.. and Mrs. Williams deny
their relationship to Mr.. Oberholser
Nor does hrs. Paul Williams, the
daughter of Ed oberhoIser deny that
oberholser is her father and that she
is a Deputy clerk in the county
tressurer's office. Mrs. Blodgett, the
sister does not deny being on the
county payroll; nor do Paul Williams
and John Adams deny being on the
county pay roll as tax ferrets.
But this is only a sample OF the
Capitals lying to deceive voters. II
the Capital will utter such brazen
fsisehoods in matter known to all
taxpayers, is 1t not fair to presume
that It's word is unworthy Of credit
In other assertions.
The Capital has avoided reference
as much as possible, TO high county
taxation, TO the plunder Of the funds,
TO S160,000 levy. II has deity side
stepped defense of the county board
its ferret business, its fund juggling
and harks back ten years. Outside
of its Haskellism raania, which .isn't
an issue in Logan, il has not been ir
the campaign at all. Little or no sup
pert It mas given rs own candidates.
It has contented itself win roasting,
1 FaskeiAyrn l1f fcsuse of i $4,000 ioan
: 4&er eNes McNesf and . $1,000 loan
due c. G. Jones, now In court fer col.
lection. and for che further fact that
Haskell caugt~ Greer IN a rank foru-
cry. That's the gum Of the Capitals
campaign. 1t is purely selfish. And
Il asks the taxpayers OF Logan to
forget their own property values and
advance its own selfish Interests.
II Is high time that Guthrie and lo-
rs~ coe~sy r-cri- be selfish 80
Guthrie lost one capital election. be-
cause Of negro prejudice ana the fact
that Logan county is the heaviest
taxed county In the state. Property
d4crez<ed In sslae. but taxes did not
decrease N proportion. Now that we
ne 10 hsxs another capital eleetien--