The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26

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monweal.i And Into the arena came
iis sncient enemy, the Republican
parity dominated and directed byI
corporate Influences and determined
to faaten upon the state c0ntinua-
tlOn Of the nefariuus government
which had disgraced old Oklahoma.
The one pledged Itself to engraye the
rights Of the common people on the
wallis Of the temple oi liberty: ine|
other promised It's master 10 embrace
no creed. and to advocate no doc
trine unfair to the intertst of the
Santa Fe railroad And On the flpqr
nL 4DiiNe tlq0Rstil lutional c9ikentlon
itherelwas created an lorg4Ige law
euloglzed..-by every lover dH liberty
as being the best constitution ever de-.
Nsetl by man, but anathemhtzed by
iAe yotaries OF monopoly an being,
ine very worst constitution fhat tne
human mind has ever conceived
nI'he constitution having RECEIVED a
vote OF confidence from the people OF
The state and q DemocraticI 9dminsr
trati0n having bene chosen TO adj
minister the laws of the state, the
battle was transferred to a new arena
Wherein ii was the hope and deter
mination Of Democracy TO give the
people Of The state an honest govern
ment and the hope and determine
tion OF the Republicans to dscredlt
every act Of that administration,
whether good or evil Even before
the governor and his co-adjutors had
taken the oath Of Office a corporation
paid bureau had been established by
the Republican party to discredit
tie state administration at all haz-
ards and to advance the prospect "
Republican victory by bringing shame
upon the name OF Oklahoma How
Iwtll this bureau has performed it's
task is seen In the slanders published
throughout the commonwealth and re-
produced in every state capital be-
tween the two oceans. From me
opening hour OF our constitutional
life the Republican policy has been
campaign Of defamation.
The answer OF Democracy to the
SANDER of its enemies is read in the
wholesome laws enacted by Demo-
cratic legislatures and signed By a
/ Democratic governor and in a state
administration against which no speci
hc charge has ever been brought that
could be established by credible EVIL,
dence. II has given the state a con
sttuton that IS so nearly perfect
that no amendment has ever been
proposed bv the party of its enemies.
| 1t has given the state corporation
commission under whose supervision
the corporations have been the serv-
ants and not the monsters of the peo
pie IL mas given the state a bank
guaranty law, by the provisions OF
which the people have been given the
same security that the banks have
always demanded for themselves. l,
laas built 5000 school houses and has
brought the priceless blessing Of free
education to 100000 children. 1t has
opened the highways and bridged the
streams and brakes Of the East Side,
thereby making possible the full de-
yelOpment of one OF the most fer
tile lands beneath the sun. it las es
tablished department of labor whose
superintendent is the only superin-
tendent OF labor in America elected
Dy direct vote of the people. 1t nas
established department Of charities,
by means. OF which the blessings oi
mercy aud decency have been brought
10 the prisons and asylums of Okla
homa Il has brought back the con
yicts from Lansing prison and built
a commodious states prison at Nc
Alester, thereby saving annually $40
600 to the people of the state. II has
heard the prayer of the miner, rotting
unprotected in the mine, and has writ
ten just and adequate laws for mis-
protection. II has needed the voice
.of union labor, and by writing e.e
twenty-four Legislative and prohibi-
live demands in the organic law OF
the state it has given the laborer
more rights and more profession
than he enjoys In any other state. IL
aas kept The faith. But in the en-,
actment OF legislation and in the ad
ministraton Of government its path
has been over great mountains: for
the Republican parry has opposed ey-
cry step in this benefcent program
with a hatred as relentless as that
ever displayed by the myrmidons of
hell
With such record behind it ana
with grateful peoples approval De-
nocracy has nothing to fear in the
present state campaign, 1t has new
er won 2 victory by default, and has
never failed to battle for its concep
ton OF right. The most thrilling
pages OF our nations history have
been written by the champions of mil
liant Democracy. The star of war
had reddened above its cradle and the
very bell that sounded its baptismal
not already quivered with the roll OF
the tocsin. In the glory of a nations |
dawning il arose, the guardian angel
of the constitution. Its infant hand |
rolled back the curtain as a new born |
Renublic, born of the travail of fire |
and carnage, stepped upon the stage |
OF national life Adown the century
il has fought its way. with the beauty
OF truth upon its banner and the pride |
OF the morning In its heart. And /
when in the future ages the myriads /
of this great land shall look back
through unclouded vision the smoke 1
and the stain of slanded shall have
vanished from the Democratic flag
The patriots who in the days OF peril
state government on the
virgin soil OF Oklahoma will stand be-
fore the bar of public Judgment with