The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-04
GREAT GRAFTON ACCORDED GU.
eERNAToRlAl CANDIDATE.
CROWDS HEAR HIM SPEAK
At Opera House In Defense Of the Con
stitution-His Talk Was Clear,
Manly, Logical, Impressive
and Instructive.

II any ont ldu any uVuuNS hupu'
the loyalty of the democrats of Ard
more or Carter county as to whether
or not the ticket would be- support.
ed and c. n. Haskell, the head ot
the ticket, those doubts would have
been dispelled as easily as the snow
melts before the MONDAY sun. TIL
head of the democratic ticket In the
new stat was accorded one of the
most rousing receptions ever tender.
ed a man or candidate in this city
or county The beauty of the whole
picture was to see the wool hat. one
galius farmer lad elborwnig with
the man of affairs and banker and
our own Lee Cruce walking arm in
arm with his former opponent to the
hotel
The crowd would have in all prob
ability numbered near one thousand
professional men and farmers. Head
ed by the First Regiment baud a
line of march was formed and the
leader of democracy in the state OF
Oklahoma escorted To the hotel where
he made a speech from the front
veranda upstairs. The large crowd
present were unable to get "A glimpse
of the next governor of the state
when he alighted from the train.
raised a cry for a speech from him.
Col. Sidney Suggs, in few words,
introduced the next governor of the
state to the citizenship of Ardmore
and Carter county. Mr.. Haskell said
in part: Had |, beside me, the man
chosen at Tulsa TO represent the re-
publican party, in It's fight against
democracy, he would not care to pur-
sue the fight any longer. There are
enough democrats in Carter county
to buck and gag every federal Of
ficeholder and carpetbagger in Okla
homa and send him back to Illinois.
'di t'l 'oultl iiS an lH' u'Hi''i h''
nece ssary TO elect the ticket. but In
case there are not enough i'm Carter
county. reserve may he secured
from the other counties in the state.
wish to thank you for this hearty
reception rendered me-"
Haskell and the constitution was the
battle cry raised Saturday night. and
the reception rendered the man from
Muskogee, and the speech of introduc
tion made by our own Lee Cruce which
assured the man from Muskogee that
/ Ardmore and Carter county may b
/ with the clear, clean cut argument put
with the clear, clean cut argument puI
| forth, will make Haskell leave Cartei
county with the assurance that his
majority here will be the greatest o
any county in the state.
The people of Carter county anc
Ardmore had explained to them wha
democracy stood for and why changes
in the constitution We're made for 81
rs that instrument may be understoo,
by the lay man as well as the proles
sional man.
The whole tenor of the speech Of G
n. Haskell Saturday night was the de
fense of the constitution offered 10 b'
adopted and the differences In opir
ions of the two parties. The one, th
republican party stands for tn
principal that the railroads may CO,
tinue TO take from the pockets of Tia
people over 100000 per anum, an
the payment nito the Golfers of tn
trusts an unlimited amount of none
and the pardoning of negro ape fiend
by a republican governor while tn
democratic party means that the poe
man shall have the same treatmer
as the rich man.
The first speech was made by v