The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-20

Editor Leader Il IS for the peo
PIE 70 take their choice whether lhc
state shall control TIE railroads, or
railroads control the state Shall the
state be rohhed 0l IT'S constitutional
rights and observation-disclosures
made slaves OF by e0rporaicd greedgl
sfail lhe constitution be .rampled W-E
der foot and intrasate railroads be-I
come vietimi2ed handicapped, and
pressed into financial bankruptcy and
into he hands OF a receiver and the
ownership ami control of interstate
roads and Glit of the control Of he
state, or shall We IKE Texas force
the Interstate roads no domesticizel
and come nnder The control OF theE
state and submit 20 the state laws
aud state courts instead OF the fed
eral courts Where so many corpora
lion attorneys preside as appointed
Judges, so ordained By the money
power that be
Now there are p few questions ana
measures tha The people have anal
swered vice ii Che last few months.
land are called on 30 answer aganl
mex Tuesday
Vote NO, q thousand times no
Make il as Gladstone said Hard ior|
Idishonest men to do wrong. and easy
tor honest men to do right Make III
SO tnai ihe biz companies can't hound
Irailfoad builders like Wm Kenefeck
OF The continent driving him into
\ France where he 60 money 10 build
the NJ o e G and where he with
! Governor Haskell will eet more mon,
ey TO build 300 miles more railroads
lin oklahoma and thcy are NOT asking
any change In the constitution either
land another railroad is being hnanc-
eG from Law on Oka 10 Shreye-
port La and other roads are ar.
ranging to build. provided the I'VE
Interstate roads OF The state do not
Knock on their projects and threaten
10 Withhold business from capitalists
l. they advance the money to finance
. amy new eHterprise In the stale. and
! prevent them from obtaining money
( from the money ceniers OF This coun
/ try thereby driving hem into failure
or to foreign lands for money.
One Mr. Scott was In France at the
< time acdon was taken 10 call an eiec
4 zion to change our constitution and
IiGe French told Mr. Scott II this was
done, that rhe big roads would force
, the small roads into the hands of Ne
} ceivers and dominate the state law.
, and eyade state control
81 Listen State control regulated b,
, law and cooperation is the sure sigr
OF civilization and progress and Z
great people on the right side OF san
e ity and safety for the masses, whil(
2 on the other hand, the domineerini
! Of the people by the few, is a sur,
2 sign OF weakness, and decay of civ
e iiization in any nation II was so II
h Greece and Rome and in every civil
y 2ation OF the past
5, Where the few own ALL the mass
& as become subjects OF charity with
+ ont education without hope Of ad
k yancement they mus pass out "
S many great nations have done in th
U long ago
T will only ask where are the an
e cient cities Of Asia minor Where +
e Antioch with her miles Of street
@ decked with marble and double col
onades Of splendor and beauty
& where there beds Of silver and table
e Of gold where are their bankers tha
$ ornamented the temples OF the liyini
p God
4 Where are the banquet dishes q
e pure gold. where are the $S00,890 o
n iewelry chat Paulna wore All gon
y with the master of that dae and agt
g who rampled liberty and dwarfe
2, and degeuerated meR into ruin an
S the nation to obliyian
r The best minds of the loftiest brai
5 and the deepest fnanciers adm
e that we will have to submit to stag