The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23

love his fellow democrats well enough
to pass the pie around. His reasoning
is false. My opinion is that the sheriff
should neither know republican, social
ist or democrat in the discharge of his
duties and if he has to feed them, pass
the pie to all or none.
His question, do ! expect to be made
putty as a reward for my labor? No, l
am neither ashamed nor afraid to plow
and have never been reduced to that
point where ] had to ask or to receive
hand outs political or other wise. About
the whiskey he captures turning into
vinegar there is nothing stanrge about
that There is lots of cases where
the parasites that thrive on the weak
ness and mistakes of there fellow men
have been buncoed by taking and buy
ing cold tea and if can believe the pa
pers there were forty three quarts OF
whiskey, bottles and all evaporated
into space in the city lately and fifty
dollars reward cannot call forth an ex-
planation.
This pie hungry voter says we have
neither kings or czars in this fair land
with many thanks to brave and intelli-
gent men that are gone ] declare, no,
but what has that to do with prevent
ing us from adopting a business prin-
oipal in our county administration. Let
us reason out the point from your view.
You pie-hunters make the assertion
that we are a nation of good men and
true" Then how do you account for
the fact that we have SO much dis
content and grumbling in the United
States and in every state and in every
county and city and township. No
sooner is an election over than you
pie hungry people in every state and
county begin to cry out about machine
politics IL it is not a Folk machine In
Missouri it is another Stubbs machine
in Kansas; a LaFollette machine in
Wisconsin and a Haskell or Cruce ma
chine In Oklahoma. The voters of
your kind, pie hunghy, have. nearly
put it out of the question for a self
respecting man to run for office or ex-
press an opinion because his motives
will be measured by your standard and
the purer his motives, the quicker and
surer the crucifixion. II he did not
pass the pie and il his conduct was
equal to Washington's you pie political
hunters are so blinded by greed that
your country's welfare is never taken
into consideration. The pie hunting
politicians have done more real harm
to our country than all the horse
thieves that ever infested it with their
presence,
"He is comfortably fixed now with
fine horses, handsome modern home,
automobiles, etc." that is no reason
why the voters should dispense with
his service. Rather it is proof of frugal
ity and standing condemnation of his
political enemies in past elections.
like q great many others heard the as
sertion that Ridenhour was anything
but a fit man for sheriff, of no sub
stance or means, Now your argument
proves the contrary. Let me draw the
attention of pie Willie to the fact that
there are always a grea many more
voters than Offices and each voter has
the same right to hold office, But the
fact that they can't all have an office
division of offices idea on the head, and
although they have the same right we
have not the same qualifications and
INV advise to the voters is, with the
great amount Of discomfort at the pres
ent rate of our axes, | advise my tel
low citizens to not experiment with ouI
offices but to hold to those that have
made good and | still advise my far
mer friends that the man that car
keep law and order at its highest and
the number of prisoners at the lowest
is the man for us, regardless of who
gets pie. That assertion of him being
short in his accounts thousands of dol
lars, | take as bosh. But If it is real
that is a question for his bondsmen te
consider. | am advocating for more
business principles in our county at
fairs and it is a business principle to
look to the bond signers for any short
ages in cash accounts of all our Off
GERS.
About Ridenhour asking for time to
clear himself before the judgment was
passed on him, in the name of God has
it come to that pass that man has tc
beg that right from pie hunters whose
only stock In trade is the defamitior
of character. Answer did his bonds
men deem themselves insecure or draw
off that is the question for intelligent
voters to ask, we cannot all become
familiar with our county officers but
their bondsmen must or they make
good. That pie hunter says justice is
blind. / don't know about that asser
ton but | was considered desolute