The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
Oklahoma and
 the Gouernorship

seys. that from Probate Judge down to Constahuil the eX-train robburs failed to elect a single cannydate at the last gen nerel electsion. We also know Seniter Owens and Seniter Gore quite we'll and they both have in theere campalns for the Senit utterly ignored the train-robbnr vote. l have carefully examined theere records in Congress and at no time have eeither of theese gentlemen maid enny effurt to se- cure pensions for indigint and needy ex- train rohhurs. Indeed theere Is little evvi- donce obtainabull that the eX-train robbur vote in Oklahomur amounts to verry much it is stated on high authority that Seni ter Gore newer saw an ex-t train robbur in the State in all his life.
 We have, therefore, nuthing to base an opnnion on what is likely to happen in Ojxlahomur as to the Guvvernorship exsept upon the men they have in theere Congress sione delligasion. Investigation shows that there is not single ex-train robbur in the deligasion. 1 have red the biografy of evvery membur of the OElahomur delli. gasion, and if enny of them evver robbed q train. they do not mension 1t. On the contrary we beleeve that we cal say with out feer of successful contradiction, that tleere is not single membur of the Okla homur delligasion in Congress but who would unhessitatingly say that train rob bing as a profession has lost much of it's charm, and is not to be compared with the practise of the law. l don't beleeve that I would be stretching it if I weer to say teat they regard it as not being quite respectabull.
 Enny gentleman would be perfectly safe in going enny wheere at almost enny ,1 ,ta .f Il,.. Oklahomur delligasion, without feer of a delligasion in Congriss the plain peepull of enny state could afford to point to with pride. if they wasn't too stuck up We meen the plain peepul-not the deli gasion. Theere is nuthing stuck mp about tue OllIahomur delligasion; of corse Ali falfa Bill and Representative James Sam furd Davenport both reealize that they air gra,o statesmen, but they don't make enny spesialty of bragging, outside of theere districts, about it.
 Seeriusly speaking, Oklahomur has taken q promminint part in the leggisla- sion of the country in Congress, both in the Senit, where she is represinted by two verry abull men, and in the House. The rest of the country looks on the struggle in the State with moor or less apprehen- sion, and wunders if the plain peepul out theere air going to be spectacular enuff to hold up to the yuth of the land as an in spirason the spectackle of an ex-train robbur-howevver sinceerly and thor oughly reformed-as the Guvvernor of q glate State. Uther States have dun al most as bad, it must be admitted, but they can at ieest say that they didn't know it.
 Of eorse it's nun of our bizness-and VIC guess that Oklahomur will subscribe to that, but II they air going to follow that kind of polytics out theere we hope that they will confine it to the State Don't send ennv of them to Congriss, Oklaho mur-the Treasury building is heer, and it is Q grate temptasion to meburs who newer evven thought of robbing train Yours trooly, BILL VINES.
 Washington D. c.