The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-13
(From Gore Citizen)

Honorable Sam O'Hare, a Wilson
ldeelgate from Oklahoma to the Ma
t!onal convention, In the Skirvil
I otel at Oklahoma City a few day.
ago, attracted our attention by say
ing: We'll I'll be blamed. look a
that We looked atSthat and found
lit was an editorial from the Harts
fcrne News tRep) OF the 18th day>QI
Jrne which reads as follows: \
We believe 1t is very generally UNI
lGerstood among Pittsburg county Re
I'nblicans that they will make no eff
fort to carry the county this year,
lend probably will even forego the
fcrmality of putting a ticket in the
neld. This is a wise conclusion, for
III the present disrupted condition OF
the party in this county there is a
General apathy that presages defeat.
Such condition in any party ab-
solves It's members from what would
otherwise be party obligations. and
privileges each individual to cast his
ballot accordingly Thus a way is
opened for the accomplishment of
nuch good by the intelligent. indie
PENDENT and conscientious voter And
at this particular time the opportun-
ty for such voters in Pittsburg coun-
~ Is golden. The hydra-headed Has.
kell machine has reared itself up in
this county and unless administered
a crushing rebuke at the polls there
Is no telling TO what extent ring rule
may be carried in the affairs of this
county. Unauestionably there are
Haskell candidates out for every off
ce in the county. and it is equally
IS certain that they are holding to-
eether as against everything in op-
position to Haskellism. If the Re-
.ublicans will poin the Owen forces
md vote against the Haskell machine
'andidates in the primary August g.,
hey will have to their credit a share |
y the honor of putting that outfit for
'Ver out of business in Pittsburg
Well. what about ii, we quered =? /
Why, yatd ToAtfarp-- -is--a Re.
pbHcan party newspaper, in fact.
he leading Republican paper of the
'hoctaw nation. proposing that the
.epublicans of Pittsburg county aban-
on their county ticket this year
nd devote their entire time and en-
rgy to helping Senator Owen defeat
(. n. Haskell for the Democratic
omination for United States senator.
'hen we realize that Pittsburg coun-
is a pretty close county: that Bry-
n beat Taft in that big county less
ian two hundred majority; that
ittsburg county is the third county
population in the entire state OF
klahoma, and yet the Republican
arty newspaper Is SO anxious to make
kiahoma a Republican state that 1t
ivises the Republicans Of that coun-
to forego the effort to elect a coun-
ticket this year Just for the pur- ,
)se OF defeating Haskell. Why
I'D O'Hare. that reminds me thatt
hen in McAlester few days ago
'ard the biggest Republican in that
'unty make the statement that i'll
le Republican organization could
1t Haskell out of business they.
ould then stand a good show tc
rry the state of Oklahoma. This is
ltting a mighty high price on onel
ans political head. but the facts
e Haskell has in the last five years
ct the Republican machine from jim
arris down to Theodore Roosevelt [
lth such vigor and determination
at he really has got the whole Re-
Iblican bunch half scared to death
I'd | expect the editor of the Harts- [
'rne News has said openly in This S
ltorial what the whole Republican,
achine think and wish in private | s
"Of course, | am a Haskell man
yself, said OHare. and one ofI
$ active supporters. We know he
honest and fearless and is q man
10 does things. He is never selfish;
stands boldly for the interest of
e whole Democratic party from
nstable to president, but the veryl
ct that the Republican machine are
determined to put Haskell out of
litlcal life in our state should be =
warning to every Democrat in 81
Ilahoma that we Democrats are ec
to run our own primary "
'ct.ons and nominate our own Dem
ratio candidates and we do not