The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-29
EDITORS ARE AT WORK.

by tho d1itors who attended th'
association at Guthrie has begun IL
real earnest. Many papers come II
with comments on the territories
and IN every case the injustice o
further delay is pointed out. Wher
congress meets and a bill is prcsen
ted and arguments for and against
are presented there papers will al
come to the aid of the territories in
their fight for the privilege of man
aging their own affairs.
One Of the strongest advocates the
| territories secured through this con.
vention Is Major W. S Screws. eX.
president of the National Editorial
Association and editor OF the Mont.
gumcry CAlabama) Advertiser We
take the following editorial from a
recent issue of the Advertiser:
"if the people of this country gen
orally knew Of the splendid condi-
uons existing in Oklahoma and Indian
Territory they would make their sen.
ators and representative understand
that gross injustice is being perpg-
tratcd as long as they are kept from
statehood The two territories have
largely over million population.
possibly "A million and a half. and al
the present rate Of growth will show
2.OOO.O at tide next census Each
territory from the standpoint of Ian
ded area. and intelligent population,
is entitled to be state but com.
bined into one they shoJld have long
ago been admitted into the national
fold.
I'VE will not undertake 10 combat
the views Of those who have so far
held out against their admission,
further than to say that it must have
been political exigencies which caus-
ed this great wrong Of exclusion TO
be perpetrated. The interest of no
political party should stand in the |
way of justiCb 20 100000 pOple. |
No matter what may be the political |
complexion of the new state, men Of |
all parties should be willing to do
their fair and honest part. Oklahoma .
and Indian Territory as state would |
furnish more territory than all New
England and more population than
mothird of the states which now |
have senator and representative in
"Out in that comparatively new F.
country there has been practical and |
palpable illustration of the doctrine
of survival of the fttest' Men of
all sorts and conditions gathered f.
there and entered upon the race for
wealth. and position. Those of the
nev,rdo-well class fell by the way.
side. as they had already fallen In |
the older settlements. The wide
wake, open-eyed. brainy ones pushed
to the front, and as many of that
class Of men and women can be found
in the two territories as in any equal
area in the Union. They are the equals
in culture, intellectual and musical
gifts. in commercial grasp and intel.
ligolt farming of any similar number
of people this side of the Mississippi
river The cities have grown as II by
magic and are going forward by leaps
and bounds. The land is fair to look
upon, and no matter in what direc
tion the eye is cast, settlements and
happy homes will be seen.
II congress Is disposed TO do the
right thing It will. before a week pass
es after its meeting in December, ad. |
nit Oklahoma and Indian Territories
into the Union and place the name |
Oklahoma upon the national flag |
The effort to tie them into New |
Mexico and Arizona should be aban.
doned."
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Francis b. Loomis has been sent TO
Paris to receive a body alleged To
be all that ia mortal of John Paul
Jones, and later in the season he Is |
to be honored by the president with
u 'yGry Important MISSION. Having |
bd n vindicated Mr Loomis stands
high in the favor of the administra.
tion; having been fired eX-Minister
Herbert \. Bowen is telling his trou.
bles TO the newspaper correspondents. |