The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-10
rHE ARomoRe COMMERCIAL
CLUB.


Editor Arduoreite.
Do toIays issue Of the Morning Dem
crat an editorial deals harshly with
The Ardmore Commercial Club. DO
not know whether or not you care to
engage ln newspaper controversy
but ] trust you will give these few
lines space. ! have been member
OF the Commercial Club almost since
its organization and ! have attend
cd many Of is meetings. II occurs %
me that every proposition that has been
advanced has been In the interest Of
the city and this section. The Club
has accomplished great good for Ard
more and 20 attempt TO discredit 81
certainly does not become any one
who does ont know the facts.
The editor Of the paper states that
graft exists and has been carried on
In The club. he seems 20 think that
it o. an organization of graft. yet be
is warmly supporting a man for gov.
arnor who Us the president OF the
club. Would the Honorable Lee
Crce stand for such graft as the De
mOcrat would have the people be.
lleye is going on?
Would the men who are directors
tolerate such graft? Anyone with
common seuse knows that there can
be- no grating as long as the Affairs
Of the club are entrusted to such cit.
liens or the members. II there has
been grating why doesn't the
editor Of the paper come out openly
and state what the graft Is and who
are the benehciarie8? His article is
an insult TO decent and honest men.
and as a wind.iammer he II the limit.
lie says that the directors hold
meetings without giving notice and
have the power TO expend the money
! Every commercial club must have a
board 10 outline lt8 policy and map
out the details. The club Of ArdmOre
is run ON exactly the same lines as
they are IN Texas. The directors Of
the club. learn. meet every week and
any member of the Commercial Club
has right 90 attend the meetings
{ have attended number Of these
meetings and more busincss.likc
and honorable board cannot Boz found
{ don't think that amy member of the
board has selfish reason for serving.
lf he has he would soon lose the r..
spcct and confidence OF that body
u gcoms to me that ha editor Of
the morning paper IS trying 20 do
the town more harm than good II
looks like no came 10 Ardmoro 10 re-
form conditions. disturb affairs and
rum the town. lie hadn't struck the
city until be- began 10 criticise nearly
every proposition before the people.
tie seems TO bo crazy on the subject
o. raft. Some men are crazy on
certain subjects and naturally can't
help it lie started out and organized
la Thirty Thousand Club and In less
than a month wanted 90 CONSOLIDATE
with the Commercial Club. lie said
the club would be run Independent Of
any organization. yet he uoy feeis
that the clubs ought TO me.ge in lie
interest Of the city. Great change OF
SCI umout this man has. Bat hii
proposition 20 merge Is on the lUsis
tIr the Commercial club ought nj
90 tD,ratc. lt seems tina, ha want
tu control the club, and b"cytac hC
can't. he howls. That Is tnH Mind Dl
ma that is workilg for the town ily
should be more charitable In his
gOlhodf
II either of the organizations mad,
mistakes he should deal more klu5!y
v'th ilem instead OF takio, up r.'
Nunlc p'n aud md them h.t ON 80
hurr the Ardmore CuwrCia
Club will continue TO grow and thrive
, and until / am satisfied that the clut
is an organization running IN the IN
tcrcst of any one set shall coutInu,
10 belong and do my best 20 help II
along.
4 MEMBER
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