The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-24

from Cincinnati, and the others as
being in two trusts.
II called on those present to put
themselves In the position OF the 100
delegates sent by the democrats to
write constitutions lie called ON the
people TO investigate before they crit.
icisc the instrument. "ln any event
We are entitled to an inycs tigation O.
our work. His entire speech was Bou
aud me, Bob, Hcnshaw and me
He defended his position In opposing
the Jim Crow car provision Ho tolu
of how the delegates wrote to Wash.
ington for the opinion of a number OF
senators and congressman and the an.
swcr they received. He defended the
/ convention in the time It took To con
struct the constitution and stated that
only 81 days were actually employed
/ by the delegates. and cited that other
states took from four months tu ono
year.
He then took up the constitution
which was bound in red ami which
he said means that 1t Is a danger sig
nal. and the latter part Of his speech
was taken up in comparing the one
prepared and presented by Asp and
the Onc that was written boy the mo
Gratis. Mr.. Haskell also paid his due
respects To Clarence Douglas an
called him an encyclopedia Of know
nothing II cdefended the gcrrymandcr
nothing. He defended the gcrrymandcr
ing done by the republicans
lie closed by advising TO elect only
officers who were true and tried demo
Gratis. and followers Of w. j Bryan.
Mr. Haskell closed his remarks with
the usual hot air talk on the red, white
and blue uf the American flag.
The last speaker before tnc crowd
left the opera house was the
future goyornor OF the state, Hon. Ice
Crucc. the champion Of Democracy
who lives in the fastest growing city
in the Indian Territory, Ardmore.
mir Franklin, i'm introducing the
giant OF democracy from the SUNNI
City. paid a glowing tribute in rcfcrr-
ing to him as one of the many that
did not help To write the constitution,
but who gave of his money, his tim
and his energy in working iur tn
welfare of the party. His words OF
enconium on this friend of the farmer
were listened TO with marked atten-
tlon as were the words uttered by the
great worker of the masses.
Mr.. Cruce unlike the speakers tha'
preceded him, did not take up the
time Of his hearers with hot air com
pliments, but got down to business at
once and delved into his subject. He
told how unpleasant It must be for
men like the ones that spoke before
him to defend their action and their
work. and stated that the constitution
needed no defenders, but that 1t stood
for itself and was the best one ever
penned by any set of men. The SPEAK
er then quoted from a letter issued
by him to the democratic voters last
July, long before he thought Of enter
ing the race for the nomination for
governor, how he stood for the iden-
tical articles engrafted in the consti'
tuition. He dwelt for n considerable
time on his position on the initiative
and referendum. and control of cor
porations by the state Mr.. Cruce said
Il favor sending any officer of any
corporation to the penitentiary who
would use the funds of that corpora
ton to secure the election of any Off
Ger or for any political party.
Il do not believe that the rank and
file of the republican party Will vote
against the adoption of the constitu.
tion but that the rank and file is In
sympathy with IT, The only ones that
are fighting the adoption of the or
ganic law are the ones at the pie coun.
| ter. Mr.. Cruco spoke of how he IA
vored working the convicts on the pun.
/ lie roads of the state.
Mr.. Cruce defended the Ardmoreite
and stated that no citizen ought to
want to live in a townthat the press
could be controlled by one man. Tne
press should be free and untrammeled
He told how he favored the public
school system and wanted the state
of Oklahoma to have the best sys
te mof public schools of any state in
the union. While on the public school
system Mr.. Cruco went iuto the dc
tails OF how the Southern states paid
a greater per cent of the taxes for
the cause of education than the rich
Eastern states, in spite of the fact
that many of them were poverty
wrecked after the war.
Mr.. Cruce paid his respects TO the