The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-18
WATTERSON TAKES
CRACK At WILSON
eContinued from page one.)

tContfnueo " ON PaQa one
measures relating to Governor Will
sons candidacy. Colonel Harvey
stood toward Governor Wilson much
as | had stood five and thirty years
agod toward Mr. Tilden. This APP
pealed to me. Colonel Harvey had
/ brought the governor and myself to-
gether in MS New Jersey home eigh-
teen months ago, and as time passed
| had interested me in his ambitious
| was hopin gl might find in Cover
nor Wilson another Tilden. In point
! OF intellect and availability, | yet
| think Colonel Harvey made no mis-
take in his choice of a candidate: bat
the circumstance leading to the un-
fortunate parting of the ways be-
tween them leads me to doubt Wheth-
er IN character and temperamen--it
may be merely in the habits of
lifetime Governor Wilson is not
rather a schoolmaster than states
man.
have from Colonel Harvey and
Governor Wilson's statements, ac-
eording to the memory OF eacn, touch
ing what did actually happen and was
spoken on the occasion named These
do not materially differ Nothing of
dlscou seous kDnd--eyen OF an un-
friendly kind-passed during an in.
teryiew OF more than an hour. From
the first however, there was Ger
tain constraint in Governor Wilson s
manner, the absence of the cordality
and candor which should mark hear
w. confidential intercourse. lntlmat
ing the existence OF some adverse in |
luence. His manner was autocratic |
II net tyrannous. | did not take this |
10 myself, but thought it related to |
Colonel Harvey, and when Colonel |
Harvey, appareuly Ocercome by !
Governor Wilson's austerity, put the
direct question to Governor Wilson
the SUPPORT of Har0er's
Weekly was doing him an injustice
and received from Governor Wilson
-Ae cold rejoinder that it was, / was
both surprised and shocked.
u had myself, as far back as las
october suggested to Governor VIII
son that in view Of his supposed en-
it might be Wen for cor
)nel Harvey to moderate somewhat
.he rather aggressive character oI
larper's Weekly in the Wilson lead
'rship. ! am not sure that ! had
lot said as much TO Colonel Harvey
himself, but that Governor Wilson,
Without the least show of cOpunctiOn.
should express. or yield to such az
opinion, and permit Colonel Harvey
o consider himself discharged from
he position of trusted intimacy he
lad up to this moment held, left me
little room to doubt that Governor
Wilson is not a man who makes com
non cause with MS political associ-
ties or is deeply sensible OF his po-
itical Cbligatic1s because it is but
rue and fair to say that, except for
'olonel Harvey, he would not be in
he running at all
Colonel Harvey was previously
He had been fighting Gov
rnor Wilson's battle for many years
nd had ideali1ed his chief. Although
was given no reason to suppose
lyself included in the disfay0r waich
ad fallen upon Colonel HarveyI eN-
erienced sense OF something VeI-
iuch like indignation. but on rehec-
ion ! could not rid myself of the i'm
ressiCn that Governor Wilson had
cen receiving letters from Kentucky
ritten by enemies OF mine who seek
, use his name and fame to gain
ome ends of their own. warning
sainst me, and that. to all intents,
sat in the same boat with Colonel
arvey.
~ am in receipt Ct Governor WIFI
ms acerment to the contrary.
isn this aad reached me earlier Il
I've during three weeks of newspa-
IT importunitv refused 10 print
ord on the subject in the hope thas
publicity might be required and
at some understanding could be
ached ! have reason TO believe
at Colonel Harvey witfpald his
atement for the same cause and
th tel same hope It being no long :