The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-05-23
A COMPARISON.

tdAhS AOA e~A~ 49,
about his opponent, Dr. A. j. VOL
verton, being a national banker,
and weeps great buckets of croco-
dile tears over the crime of '73."
This comes in bad taste from one
who has given the best years of his
life in defending and proclaimlng
the principles of the republican
party, the party that created the
national banking system, com
mitted the crime 1873, and demon
etized silver during reconstruction
times. Col Marcum was a member
of the republican party-a carpet
bagger in Arkansas, aiding and
abetting the party that was humll
iating southern manhood and WON
anhood and enacting laws that are
today resulting in squeezing the
! lifeblood out of labor, and foster
ing and building mp gigantic cor
porations, that are becoming more
powerful than the government IT.
self, while DR.. Wolverton was us
ing every means i'll his power to
build up the broken fortunes OF
the south, wipe away the tears OF
widows and orphans, and drive the
despoilers, with his vote, from our
homes. and stay the influence that
sought to republicanize the south
. and place the negro on an equality
with the whites. Yes, while DIR
Wolverton is banker, he is an
honest man, and every dollar he
has made has been made honestly
and not by political summer-sault-
ing and carpet bagging. He is no
quibbler in politics, religion or
morals. He is an honest, sincere
free silver democrat, and has eyer
-Ibeen. He is not today a democrat
and tomorrow a republican.
If DR.. Wolverton's honesty. sim
cerlty' and democracy are to be
questioned because he is a national
banker how must the honest demo
crat look upon a political charlatan
d like Col. Marcum? He is wired
e in and wired OUT" deceiving anC
/, being deceived, huntiug'the crumbs
C that fall from the spokesman S table
l. being anything and everything t
get an office. From the honore(
g position of Federal soldier he be
q came carpet Dagger, and with
% commission in his pocket he goe
!. to Arkansas to espionage upon tn,
!. homes of southern chivalry and pat
riOtism in the hour of dlreSt gloon
and soeSt trial and disappOint
ment. When that position wa
: taken from him. in his wrath b
{ became democrat.
It Yet this man, with the unblush
le ing gall of turn coat, . polltlca
Is mountebank, seeks to east suSpi
r cion upon DR.. Wolverton's pOliti
a. cal honesty and sincerity, becaus
10 he is a banker and happens to hav
~ money with which to pay his bills
m One has ever been true to part
i party principles; the other has ney
at erbeen true to his party and il
70 principles. One is true Souther
gentleman and democrat, neve
having sought office before. Th
lr other is a disgruntled republica
le carpet bagger, a political charlatar
lr a chronic office seeker, who hayin
d lost his position under carpet-ba
er rule sought the office Of Unite
}" States attorney under Grover Clev,
S land, a gold standard democrat.
Which is the more deserving {
s. trust and confidence, the one WI
n. is true to. his convictions, or tt
~ one who is ever changing, who;
ns convictions are as easily change
so as his coat? 1t seems to us, Il
alf man who is true to himself. to h
better manhood, and has straigl
nt forward course in life and pursu,
on it to success is the man worthy
he confidence and trust. Such ma
is DR.. Wolverton. lie is no cha
latan. He is plain, honest, sill
III cere man, and if elected nation
as committeeman will serve the dem
or cracy of the Indian Territory vii
It. answering fidelity.
III We would never have referred
les Col. Marcum in an uncomplimel
rs tary way. or dug his political recol
lce up, had it not been that he made