The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-10-02
Les cRUcE AT ALVA.
Ardmore Candidate for Governor
Makes Good impression.


arrived in Alva over the Rock Is
land Thursday afternoon. He was met
at the depot by number of citizens
with automobiles and escorted up
town to the Democratic headquarters
During the afternoon he met many OF
our citizens and in the evening al
dressed the people in the district court |
room The Alva Citizens band |
played several fine pieces and the |
court room was rapidly filled TO over.
flowing with our citizens, large |
number of whom were ladies'.
Prof. w d. Moriarty was present !
with his large class Of rhetoric and |
English literature from the Northwes
tern Normal and many members of the
faculty were also present Mr.. j. ID
Scott. an old friend of Mr.. Cruces
family called the meeting TO order
and introduced the speaker. For one
hour Mr. Cruce held the undivided at.
tention of his large audience and pre-
sented the policies of the Democratic
party as applied to the organization
of the new state i'm a clear and logi-
cal manner. He said in his opening
remarks that he did not propose to
20 back to the times OF jefferson oi
Jackson or Lincoln, but would deal
with present and past conditions .n
! the two territories and the coming
state Mr.. Cruce presented an old
truth in a new light when ha SAID
that i'm one respect the referendum
had been used by the voters Of lie
United States ever since the thirteen
American colonies established the gov
crnmcnt. lie referred TO the adoption
of the constitution of every state that
has entered the Union since 1889,
neither of which became the law of
the state until it had been submitted
to the people and had received the
sanction OF the majority.
lie favored the initiative and ref.
erendum, the employment of convict
labor upon the public highways where
such labor would not compete with
and lower the price of labor in any
line of human industry, the limiting
the quantity of lands to be acquired
+ ~ any corporation or individual es.
peCially aliens, separate schools sep.
Iratc coaches and separate waiting
, rooms for the white and black races
rs being best for both, corporation
md railway commission elected by
. he people with power to enforce
, lust rules and regulations for the pro
p lection of the people, the ownership
I and operation of the coal mines by
< the state to create school fund foI
$ "" public schools of the Indian tar
S r.tory, and the adoption of a primary
e election law to nominate all state Off
4 GERS from governor down to road over
8 seer.
/ We have only given a brief synop
n sis of the many just laws that Mr.
}. Cruce hoped would be placed in The
d constitution of Oklahoma. He showed
;. how the Republican party had always
;. favored the railroads in the Indiar
e Territory. When the cities of the ter
r. ritory asked congress to give them ;
o law 50 that they could organize thei
local municipal governments and lev.
It taxes to create a fund for the educa
II tion of their children, congress finall.
D. granted their petition but exempted
1. the railroads from taxation for tha
" purpose, leaving the burden on tn
Il people who were already a prey t,
A the unlimited freight rates levied b.
r. the favored corporation. He showe
IS hat the children of the Indian Terr
k Tory, outside of the towns and cities
e for years had been growing up withou
N any provision for their educatio
whatever, when the Republican major
IS ity In congress could at any time hav
t. made some provision for them,
,r Mr.. Cruce won the good will of hi
10 entire audience by his fair and candi
n treatment of the opposition and hi
* speech was regarded by all partio
# as one of the best that has been d,
n. liyered in Alva since the opening C.
IN the campaign. Mr., Cruce has bee
II making addresses for several week
&C over the territory for the Democrat
~ campaign committee, not as cand
~ date himself. but the knowledge tha
=, he win, later be in the race for tn
-, Democratic domination for goyerno
is getting out over the state. The SCI
timent is growing mighty fast
Woods county and northwestern Ol
lahO..a hat Lee Cruce is just the ma
to be the first governor of the ne
lie state pf 0kl.boDna