The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-13
TO VOTERS OF CARTER COUNTY
LAST NIGHT.
CONSTITUTION IS ATTACKED
On Account Of the Change in County
Boundaries in Oklahoma-Taxa.
ton Article Also Ridieuled
and Relief Offered.

The slogan of battle 1f the repub.
lican party in the present campaign
is. Square deal TO everybody. elect
Frantz and he republican ticket and
assure statehood" This was the text
used last night by Hon ST H. Reed
of III Reno, candidate for attorney
general: A. d. Murln of Oklahoma
City. candidate for labor commission
er; u. \. Grafton, candidate Tor cor
poration commissioner, and l.. Morti.
mer Sulwell candidate for state
treasurer.
Considering tha weather AMI the
number of republicans n this city,
a fairly large crowd greeted the spell
binders OF the republican party In
their opening gun of the campaign in
this section.
The tone of the speeches were To
find fault with that supposed terrible
gcrrymander of the state legislative
apportionment, and to lamhas; IN,
supposed bossism of Haskell AM u ir
ray.
Due respects were paid to the taxa
tion article of the constitution and
the change of the number pf counties
In the state, especially on the Okla
homa side. The main speakers of the
evening were A. ID. Murln. formerly
president of the Oklahoma City Fed
Grafton OF Labor, and 5. II Russell of
III Reno. The school tax article OF
the constitution came In for its share
of criticism, and the usual arguments
that the republican party was the
party of achievement were used 20 a
finish by the two main speakers.
business men, and when their turn
came to address the people limited
their speeches to telling the people
who they were, and what office they
wanted. Mr.. Grafton Is a railroad con.
iuctor and Mr. Stilwell an oil man
w. B. Johnson OF this city and
candidate for Justice of the supreme
bench on the republican ticket, was
the presiding officer and ntroduc ID
speakers. On the stage with IN,
visiting republicans were l.. ). Dol
man. candidate for county Judge; G
I ia, ..t
torney; Guy T. Cobb, county chair
man, and candidate for the legisla
ture, and one or two other republi
cans
The first speaker of the evening
| was A. ID. Murlin, and after being in
| troduced Mr.. Murlin spoke of the
/ thrift and enterprise shown by the
city of Ardmore and then launched
out into his subject. He spoke oi The
/ incompetency OF the demo ra;ia arty
and the compelling of the powers tina
be to have the constitution al. end
ed. He pointed out the strong feat
ures of the instrument, and thel
| endeaVored by the use of statistic
to lambast the convention for ,It MAX
ing the school tax greater. His tex
was the only hope for statehood wa
the election of FrantZ and the prom
ise of the republican party to amen'
the constitution. During the cours
of his speech he quoted from a speecl
made by Mr.. Gore in Texas. He CAV
the republican party credit for every
thing that has been done to secur
statehood, and without the republican
party statehood could not have bee
secured He used the fact that tn
democrats have not as yet endorse
the amended constitution as oliti q
thunder, although the or.gl Ial insur
ment had been endorsed. Due spect
were paid TO candidate Haskell an
w. H. Murray for being bosses.
Mr.. Reed opened his remarks b
endeavoring 10 correct a lie. as he @,
pressed II, told by Mr.. Haskell o
the occasion of his visit To this cit
not long since. In Frantz's pardonin