The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-08
EX-MAyOR OF THAT CITY
is a clese Student OF Thos Econo.
mic Problems now Confronting
the People-lmbued with
Stock Of knowledge.

to the will Of the people at the pri-
marles and in the Democratic con
yontiou. Mir. Rutherford has been
mayor of the city OF Muskogor for
one term and practicing attorney
in that city for the past ten years.
In aspiring to the high Office of
United States senator, Slr Imther-
ford comes before the ueoDio with
a splendid equipment of that knowl-
edge which makes for good states
manship. For many years he has
been a close student of those eco
nomic problems which now confront
the American people lie has made
a careful study OF that most perplex.
ing public question, the tariff. His
libarary contains the leadinA works
on political economy by European
and American authors. lie has read
widely and intelligently on those vi
tai subjects which concern the future
welfare Of this nation.
\ word about Mr.. Rutherlord's
career is not out OF place in this
connection. As his boyhood days
were passed in the country near Ft
Smith. Ark, his early training
brought him the benefits OF industry,
economy and frugali,y. Passing
through those unhappy days of the
reconstruction period only made him
a deep sympathizer with the rights
of the common people 1t was not
pleasant experience at the time. but
IL proved to be a good school, for II
taught him the lesson OF humanity.
Men of the great south who lived
in the days following the Civil war,
know how difficult it was to get an
education. Mr.. Rutherford was no
exception to other boys OF that time,
and he passed through the same
hardships as the others. He looked
upon himself as lucky when be
could teach school for a short time
and then attended the little college
AT Cane Hill, in Washington county,
Ark This was preparatory, for by
teaching he earned enough to matri-
culate at the Emory Henry college
of Virginia Here he was graduated
in 1883 with first honors in a class
of forty.nine students. Thus equip
ped he returned 10 Fort Smith and
entered the law Office Of Du Vail &
Ciayens as student.
The active career of Mr.. Ruther-
ford began when he received an ap-
uointmcut as United States court
commissioner at Atoka, Indian Ter
litoy in 1893. This position he
held until his appointment as Uait-
ed States marshal for the Northern
district OF Indian Territory, which
then comprised the present Northern
and Western districts. He received
his appointment as marshal March
%. 1895. At that time the entire
country was in terrible condition
OF lawlessness. Railroad trains were
being held up and robbed, stock was
stolen nightly and no man was safe
in his person or property. 1t was
this chaos OF outlawry that Mr. Ruth.
erford faced as he took the oath Of
Office. He had twenty.three depu-
ties. many Of them fearless men, who
needed but a commander as brave
as themselves to capture and i'm
prison the hundreds of renegades
and outlaws that infested the coun.
try.
Thetime is not so long ago that
many citizens will vividly recall the
war that was made on the organized
bandits by Mr.. Rutherford and his
deputies through the years 1885,
1896 and 1897, This was the be-
ginning of the end OF outlawry in
this section of Indian Territory. The
organized gangs of thieves were
broken up and those that were not
imprisoned fled from the country TO
escape punishment by the courts or
death at the hands OF the marshals
when they resisted arrest 1t was
fight to a finish and Mr.. Rutherford
and his deputies represented the pow
er OF the United States government in
the suppression of crime.
II is freely conceded that the Dem.
ocrats of this end OF the new state
are entitled to United States SEN
ator who shall represent the interests
Of all the people. The party is just
now in need Of an organizer and Mr
Rutherford is amply qualified for the
task. As a candidate for United States