The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-20
FIGHT AGAINST STATEHOOD.


lican campaign committee. that he
will charge fraud in the election
and try to defeat statehood. The
people OF this state need not be.
come alarmed The republicans. that
Is the partisan ones. have thrown
every stone possible In the way OF
statehood SINCE the dclegatorial cleo
tlon, but step by step the state is
nearer the goal 1t is seeking. Their
fight upon the constitution weakened
the party in this election and lost
1t nearly every county In the state.
Seventy thousand republicans in the
new state voted for the ratification
Of the constitution despite the efforts
of the republican party and the
special interests to defeat IL.
The statement is also made that
the brewery interests are putting
up the necessary funds for the prose.
cution of the fight agSnst statehood.
The brewery interests should re.
member that the constitution has
been ratified by a majority OF l00,-
0OO aud that for the liquor people
to wage war against this majority
Of the people means the sure de-
feat Of any proposition they may
ever advocate. The people Of Okla.
homa will resent at the polls any
attempt to defeat their desires.
Hundreds OF former republicans have
Joined the democratic ranks for the
reason that the republicans have
gone on record as being opposed to
state government and this last move
Y 1t should be prosecuted, will re-
suit In dismal failure and will bring
thousands OF additional recruits to
the democratic party.
In these United States II Is i'm
possible to imagine that any man
elected to office by the people should
hc so rank In his prejudices as
to deny free people the right OF
| local government for the mere reason
| hat the majority OF the people In
tha, state does not agree politically
with the party in power.
When Mr.. Noah applied to mem.
bers Of the supreme court this sum
mcr. asking that a supcrsedcas or
der be granted, which would have
| resulted in the further delay of the
election In this state. he was not able
TO convince the judges that his
scheme was not one of petty poll
tics. and the enemy of state govern
ment failed IN his mission. This
last move will also be "a failure. Iht
partisan republicans in this state
will never convince Mr.. Roosevelt
that their scheme Is not born OF
the rankcst sort Of partlsauism and
the president will never be influenced
by the efforts of any special inter
csts and against the people. More
than all else is the fact that III,
president does not have plcnary pow
er i'm the matter. His duties ar,
defined by law and he cannot dc
otherwise than issue the statehood
proclamation.
This move ON the part of Chair
man Hunter came as no surprise t'
the people. Last Tuesday the Adr
moreite published an interview VIII
Chairman j. b. Thompson, OF th'
democratic committee, which out
lined this attempt to defeat the VII
at the people, Chairman hunte
rucw very well that the republican
marty would be turned down AT TN
polls and he advised this plan Il
defeat the people of oklahoma"
MIR. Thompson in his interview
said in part:
prom Information | have received
today am convinced that mana9er
, of the Republican campaign do no
m,hn to deslst their fight ON state
hood even after II has received th'
% overwhelming Endorsement ot th'
% people at the polls
"ln what he terms the most i'm
portant letter sent out by him dur
= ing this mapaign, Chairman Hunter
of the Republican committee has
urged his confidential workers In the
: eastern portion OF the new state to
. commence work right now In secur
lng aiNdayits 10 be sent in imm'dl
ately after the election, charging the
Democrats with fraud in the conduct
OF the election.
" This is the most important letter
that will be- sent to YOU during the
: campaign says this remarkable com
; munication. In the interests OF the
p Republican, party and TO prevent the
q state of Oklahoma from being organ
lied with a Democratic administra