The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11

OF VICTORY
hRDMORE DEMOCRATS HAVE
GIG RALLY FRIDAY NIGHT.
Speeches by n. n. Brown. Lee Cruce.
c. D. Carter W. A. Lcdbetter.
end j. c. Graham-Celebra.
ton Noisy One.

Th. uN, red man ,ao covbu,
the hnuNrr tine cattle king. and th,
| sturdy uDcr of the soil. and the con.
scrNuiyy business man rubbed should.
Irrs Friday night and met together as
20 unit tp gloufy me victory of that
grand old party that for years has
TODD for equal rights to all and spvc.
ial privileges to none.
The spCakin" was Gttiuply held nm.
der The waving nag of the rcpub.
lie, with the brightest star of an in
the galaxy of stars, the brilliant new
red star of Oklahoma.
Notwithstanding the fact that ror
time the Qualification meeting looked
as 10 II would be but small affair.
the crowd present dispcllcd this idea
idea. and the clans gathered from far
ana near to help the independent cit
i2cn OF the greatest city iu the new
| state celebrate a victory Justly won.
II did not take the blaru of trum-
| pets or the blaze OF hcraldrl To bring
! ont The crowd hut the fact that The
/ oomWun people the people who have
! made tine republic tho greatest of an
/ nations uI earth Uyrn "uiug to- v.ly.
ola.. 1000 event that is unparalleled 60
/ Jh' political annals OF % STATE.
| I0. town was awake. for had not
| D1D N.H. of cannon crackers and tho
InHo u.u off the fire department down
| the street to thu rlauliug ur bells
/ IaNa..uoI Jho entire crowd THAT had
! Ialr Hlt gutHuryd tu help glurity yC.
! tu" "mE from DLa tools OF corporate
/ interests
s.. the appointed hour II. 81. Brown.
| |ur"sidDut of the Arjmurc Democratic
! club mounted the platform at the
/ AIdmorc National huuk corner, am
/ InOwcad what the gathering was cali.
/ ed for and i'm few words that could
/ in u0 wise be- misunderstood. intro
duccd the next standard bearer of
the Democratic party for governor.
/ Hon. Lee Crucc the warhorse, ass
speaker
Mr.. Cruce needed 10 Introduction
to The people Of Ardmorc. they all
! know him and know what he u.s. I'm
/ Che introductory speech. Mr. Brown
said The movement that started
| IN the northwestern part of the state
| To pI aScrNc our liberties I'm the face
Of difficulties has swept the state from
! one end 20 the other and the liberties
land rights of the people will be looked
! latter by the Democratic party / in
troduca to you the next candidate for
governor and who will be yout next
governor as the first speaker Of the
evening, Hon Lee CrucC'
Mr. CrucC spoke about as follows:
Il am not going to talk long and
| will hold your attention but "A few
minutes We have come together to.
night 70 rejoice over the victory won,
! not by the democratic party but by
the people, and ! will tell you some
reasons why We won an overwhelming
victory The victory was as certain
| To- come as it did come from the first
! day the campaign was launched. The
( people believed what the Democratic
party told them il would do. The par
| ~ had q record and that record was
one to be proud Of The Republican
party had a record, and a platform,
| the record was such that all who could
| run may read, and the platform was
a conglomeration of inconsist, cic5.
This victory was without "A parallel
|UletC The gerrymaudcring of the
districts in itself was sufficient to dis
gust the high minded Republican who
/ had the love of his family ana state
lat heart. A mere dozen out OF ~
men put up was the best they could
do The Democratic parry is united
and we will stay together Nom Of
us will prove false the trust imposed
and tho platform of the party will be
carried ont an organic law that
win be above rcproach will be- writ.
item for the benefit Of an.
Tn gerry wandering OF the state
by the two districting boards of the
two territories was a curse and am
outrage upon the people Of the now
state.
The people believed what the Dom.
Ocrats told them from Greer county to
The Cherokee nation and from the
ChickasaW nation to Kansas. Every
platform declared for the same priu-
Cipcs. The battle cry was reform
and not let well enough alone The
ma uwho would stay at one thing by
letting well enough alone and adhere
to the stand pat idea would soon de
cay.
The self respecting white Ropub.
lican allied himself with the Demo
Gratis so as to protect his home and
family, iur no self respecting man
believes in the MIXTURE of the races.
Sclf preservation is the fsst law of
nature.
What is the record of the Demo.
cratic governor in 1894, at Alva sta.
tion ON the Santa Fe when the receipts
at that point were $4,000 per month
the Santa Fe was assessed at $1,000
per mile, and in 1906 when the re-
ceipts amounted to $4,000 per month
the Republican governor assessed the
property at S3S00 per mile. The Re
publicans stand for classes against
the masses When the income was
about eight times as much, the assess
mcnt vas half, and then when farms
were valued at $500 under the Demo
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