The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-20

Herbert s. Hadiey the first Repub-
ican governor Of Missouri in forty
years. owes his start as public off
cial tu the sting of a blottle fly at a
psychological moment, according 10
Who's Who and Why. in last
weeks issue Of the Saturday Evening
rost In relating the events at the
Republican state convention at 81
Joseph, July IS, 1904 the magazine
saws
The Republican leaders by dint OF
gagging and cnioroforming and bludg
coming had forced several protesting
citizens to take nominations for ait
the state offices, from governor down,
except for attorney general. Ihal
place vas omen one young man
wanted it,. but he wouldn't do, even IN
a wear so hopeless as this, when Joe
Folk was running for governor on the
Democratic ticket The weather was
Not the hall was hotter and the dele
gates hotter still They wanted to
get away from there and they grew
Impatient at the leaders who We're
.hestating about putting up "a man for
attorney general
Dodgacst it, easped the dele
gates. Put up somebody ANYBODY
and lets get outen here
Mann Sent up.
Desperate and hot, the leaders.
sent Homer Mann, a Kansas City ora
tor. up to the platform, ana told him
to make a speech nominating a can
didate for attorney general The lead.
ers said they would hand Mann the
name later, and Went to the rear Of
the hall 20 consult Homer look oil
his collar he had taken off his coat
previously-and went at it For five
minutes he dwelt on the qualities de-
sired in the next attorney generai
Of Missouri, all the time keeping an
anxious eye on the consulting lead
ers at the rear Of the hall When
Homer had finished his recital OF the
virtues required. he had no name:
so he thrust his hand through his mat
ted hair. shook lis fist at the lead
ers and began again. This time he de
seribed the perfect creature he mad
in mind for the nomination TO hear
Homer tell il his candidate was a
whale He had old Blackstone ana
Old Mr. Kent al sea in storm, and q
leaky rewboat without any oars
Fails TO Get Nome.
This man. yelled Homer. step
ping aside so he wouldn't get his feet
vet in the prespiration that was drop
ping from him to the floor- Ethfs
man. then whom ! may say there is
no greater. no more rising, no more
popular. no more
Tile stopped and waited for the
leaders.
Keep it upt they shouted GO
to Il! Wen slip yon name in min
ute.
Name him" demanded the dele
gates Name him who you talllin
about?
"Than whom continued the ora
tor-than whom there is none more
than whomer-than WHOM
Right there-rlght at that identi-
cal Psychological moment-a large
and sassy bluebottle fly that had been
sampling the various delegates light
ed ON the back of the neck OF Herbert
$. Hadley If Kansas City, sitting IN
the front row as a delegate from Kan
sag City. a young lawyer
THE bluebottle fly nlpped the neck
Of Herbert nipped it good aud Her.
bert exclaiming ouch or Dammit.
as the case may have been made a
wild swipe al me fly and the heated
air and half rose to his feet as he
did so
The eagle. but moistened eye Of
Homer saw Hadley
Than whom, roared Mann
there is no more brilliant exponent
of the law and the immortal princi
Plies of the Republican party in Mis-
souri,, refer, gentlemen Of the con
Yention, TO Heroert S Hadley Of Kan
sas City whom ! present to YOU as
your candidate for attorney general
This time Herbert rose entirely,
Quit H." he yelled Stop IT,! say /
won't have IL don't want IT, Nix, /
tell you, Fate and the bluebottle
fly and Homer Mann had done their
deadly work hcweyer The Kansas
City delegates cheered wildly ana
chased Herbert Out into the street
and The convention adjourned sine
die
'Hadiey told Homer Mann what he
thought 81 hin for playing ii low
down in that manner: but he didn't
withdraw. for he soon found the Dem
Ocrais were split over the election Of
roik The old guard was fighting
the Young Democratic candidate
whom, IL will DE remembered Ma
pOie0n BOnaparte locked like Also
a. Roosevelt Was running for presi
dent on the Republican end of il
And when it WAS an over f Roose
velf had carried Missouri-and so had
Eadley; though Folk was elected 10