The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-31
BENEDICT AND FLYNN
ARE LUKEWARM
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Benedict and Harris win be brought
out,
Latta Awaiting Chance
The only thing that Harris has
been able to dictate to the leading
Republican papers OF the state rc-
lates to the policy OF Haskellism.
The Tulsa World, an insurgent paper
that Is duly awaiting the end Of this
campaign to renew It's fight for pro.
gresslve government, fight that viii
positively eliminate Harris and his
machine of postmasters and other fed.
cral Office holders, has failed TO com
lpiment McNeal The reason Is pat
ent McNeal Is against the interests
and he Is lover Of all negroes, n
passion in man that a southern in
! diyldual like Tom l.atta cannot ap-
prove.
The Fakir Bull Fighter
Some of the lesser lights OF jour
nalism have consistently carried Me-
Meals picture and made use OF the
ranned drtc.cs from hsadquarttbs,
But there has been no ylta,ty. vim
nor sigor in the campaign that the
nearmetropolitan dallios nave con.
Quoted. The editor Of the Guthrie
Capital saw red cloth In the bull
ben when the campaign opened and
IN selfdefense he has been wildly
dancing before the populace ever
since, There Is no mad bull after
him, but he seeks to have the popn-
lace believe there Is, and he smears
bis crude cries for help all over his
editorial page. believing all the time
that the populace sees a bull There
s no bull. and that the people do not
imagine they see bull Is proven by
the fact that the other Republican
napers OF Oklahoma, knowing the rep
htation OF the wild editor, have no
confidence in what he says and prefer
'anned editorials rather than pro-
fuction of any OF those from the
'uthrle Capital. The populace saw
this same excited editor In the pen
Our years ago and recall that he
anne back three years ago But his
udiences have dwindled appreciably
and his screeches, screams and
iquawks roverberate about three
ines against the walls of the pen
md the audience departs as tho last
'cho dies. The people know that he
Is n faklr.
Tho situation Is pitiful Foul
weeks ago when n series of articles
we're published In these columns tell
Ing about the sentiment of the In
iurgents they were booted at by the
+ | 1iaphina Hanuhltpuuu
"All rot said Jim Harris. "Ycl
ow journalism" sad tho Guthri,
Capital, simply Baron Munchau sol
arms Withn the last ten days nc
: ess than one hundred Republican,
IN Oklahoma have written persona
letters to the Democratic state head
quarters declaring their opposition I,
Harris, to McNeal and TO standpa
platform. Every Democrat spcake
hat has expressed himself ON his re
urn to Oklahoma City from tour o
my district has reported that he ha
, 'ound hundreds of dissatisfied Repub
leans Primarily they are agans
The standpat nominee FOR congress
1t would be meat to say In passin
hat all indications point to soli
: Democratic delegation in the mex
= congress from OklahomaJ
Secondly, they don't like Harris
: whom they charge with being void O
: interest In the welfare OF the party
I seeker of notoriety and an appl
ant for federal position ms r,
: ward for his services. His services
= they declare, are machlne-made an
/; goid OF party interest. This was
!, shown when he had his press burea
: announce his candidacy for secretar
!, )i the interior before the campalg
was well under way It was again @,
!, nmplifed when he flatly refused |
:, making arrangements for Republea
!, lay at the state fair 20 agree tina
j 'ither G.. G. Jones or John Field
! should have any conspicuous part
: the fair grounds meeting It wa
= gain shown when he expressed hi
approval Of the appointment OF jak
+, tIamon as a member OF the state elel
. llon board. And Il has been stea,
? lastly shown In the campaign dop
J, from his Office that contains no wor
!. Of praise OF the personal character q
o ability of Joe McNeal
= Pabulum Not Good
Thirdly. the insurgcnt Republican
j viii not stand TO the trough and ei
n from political manger that contain
only pabulum of the Washington dl
- lated sort politics. In other word
g that permit OF no latitude In answe
: ing the interrogations OF the MIA
q with hoe who liz hled by q hlR
e tariff and higl freight rates. "Yo
70 take this food or nothing and ever
!. thing else be damned that's VIII
n the platform and Harris say to us
4. said an insurgent from Majors com
~ y couldn't stand on that platfor
and spit over my backyard fence
he committed II II were stretched q
IN inch to cover q sore spot In our pa
h ". Harris really thinks that Okl
homans are fools IIo thinks tn
VIC don't read the papers and that '
have absolutely no knowledge
~ what is going on In other stat
=, ~ where reacti0naries are battling I
~ their political lives. Are we pf
~ gressyes In Oklahoma to sit dos
- az tho manager and take what ii
= Harris gives Us and make no eff0
"a 10 reach out In a progressive era Al
- Say TO our progressive brothers
- other states that we TOO are standil
!, for their righteous principles. Th