Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-06-28
FIRST GOVERNOR
OF OKLAHOMA
Lee Cuce, Lrdmors's frorits Son
viii Be The Man.
| Ardmore Morning Democrat. I

state the people want a level-headeC
experienced business man instead o
a professional politician. They wan
man in whom there is no guile
against whom no man can offer
word OF criticism. A governor o
the whole people instead of one fol
the corporations.
The taxpayers must know they ar,
in safe hands, sound hands, adj,
hands and honest hands. They must
have a man whose experience in the
business world has been such that he
can meet the great corporation lob
byists, know the ear.mark Of their
handiwork and thwart them without
finchlng. He must be a man with a
known conscience and reputation for
doing the right without being infiu-
eneed or coerced into varying a hairs
breadth from what that conscience
tells him Is the greatest good to the
greatest cumberland in the count he
must reckon the day laborer, the til
Ter of the soil, the small private IN
dependent business man, the peer Of
them all--the real salt of the earth.
This first governor of the great state
of Oklahoma will determine whether
the people or the trusts and corpora.
tons are TO control. And in view of
all these things we again repeat, We
MUST KNOW OUR MAN.
Tho Chickasaw Nation offers such
man in the person of Lee Cruce of
Ardmore. Mr., Cruce is a young.
vigorous, thoroughly alive success
full business man in all lines, from
farmer to banker. He grew up
hard working Kentucky farmer boy.
and continued as such until after his
maturity. He then worked out for
himself a thorough education went
into the mercantile business and for
three years was acknowledged one of
the most successful merchants in his
section. But he had kept up his
studies. later graduated in law and
was admitted to the bar and came
Immediately to the Indian Territory
where he was for ten years member
of the law firm of Cruoe, Cruce Il
Cruce, and all the Southwest knows
as well as the writer, how phenomo-
nal was the success of the firm.
About four years ago a number of
strong capitalists decided to put in
a modern banking institution in the
city of Ardmore, which was already
supposed to have tie best aud stron-
gest banks and BANKERS in the south
west Lee Cruce was unanimously
chosen a. its directing executive
head and remains there today, not
the fact that he is still
heavily interested in farms and stock.
Mr.. Cruce is a mild hammered man,
and as modest as woman and tender
hearted as a child, and yet he has
known and undisputed reputation for
going through the most intricate
business problem in a way that is as
founding to the political and fnan-
cial schemer. Ardmore and the Chi
ckasaw Nation claims Mr.. Cruce as
man whose public ard private life
has been such as to inspire the love
aud confidence of ALL his friends,
and neighbors, and that he is a man
against whom no man could or would
offer word of criticism. Morally
he is a model and he is one of the
broadcast minded and most liberal
men one would wish to meet.
To the voter in all walks of life
We offer MIR. Cruces name, with the
full understanding that if We have
overdrawn the picture of Mr.. Cruce, |
and that he is not even more than |
we claim, We give you a solemn obli-
CATION to withdraw his name.
20 All Steel hay rakes at $l3. so.