The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-26
OPINION or W. J. BRYAN


W dA r.
Mr Crucc. in introducing the speak
cr, said in part. we have with %
this evening one VIII, ruWiuugiy cost
me the governurship of Oklahoma re.
aliaing the popularity of the man
someone circulated a false report that
! was opposed to Bryan politically.
Falschood travels rapidly before truth
can oyertakc it. and before the false
hood could bc corrected the primary
was ON. don't hold that against him.
for ! had rather see him president
OF the United States than to be- gov.
ernor Of oklahoma. We have with
us a man the peer Of any living Amer.
lean, clean in politics, good In gov.
crnmcnt and pure in home. lie is
a man of advanced ideas. ana his
ideas are ahead of the times. The
ideas that he is Introducing are being
adopted | introduce 10 you the great.
est lvIg American. William Jennings
Bryan of the United states"
Immediately after Mr.. Crucc finish.
ed speaking paudcmonium broke loose
with cheers and It took several see.
onds before MIR Bryan could speak.
Mr. Bryan. in his personal appear.
ancc. Notwithstanding the fact that
he travels both night and day seems
none the worse for wear and tear cx.
copt e little hoarscncss. The man may
hc perhaps little more bald than
when here scv,ral ycars ago. but
looks as young as he did then.
Prior TO beginning his lecture the
Ncbnskan digresscd and took an op.
ppItunity To speak a good word for
the adoption of the constitution. The
first part of his speech was of "A DO
litical nature, when he switched Off
to his lecture on non.partisan sub.
icct
Mr. Bryan in speaking on the DO.
llical situation in this section and
on the constitution, and on Ardmore.
said in part: Il can hardly realizr
that | am in Ardmore. Twelve years
ago ! was here, and If had been
brought here not knowing that it was
Ardmore, the improvements | find are
so great that | would not have known
the same town. The prospects of YOUR
city in the future, governed by the
last, are great" In speaking of n
man running for Office and being de.
ieated, Mr. Bryan said: 81 think that
he will agree with me when | say
'he chnnce given man to get ac.
quainted with his neighbors while a
candidate, 1t is better to have been
defeated than not to have run at all.
For the loyalty shown me. is a reas.
on for me to be grateful to my friends
In speaking Of myself | may say that
! hope to do nothing that will shake
the faith of my friends I'm me. I am
here to make a non-partisan speech
but on account of the opportunity az.
forded me, | cannot refrain from soy.
ing few words I'm defense of the
hest constitution in the United States
today.
i have read It carefully. have read
/ It all over the union. In New England.
and In New York, and ! say that
/ yo uhave a better constitution than
the constitution of the United States.
J. L. D..
drawn with its protection policies
for the rights of the people. The Re
/ publcans will not vote against IT,.
/ Initiative and referendum placed in
/ the instrument makes 1t possible to
correct any errors, and fill any
wants. II there is something In the
constitution that should be removed
II can be removed by the initiative
ana referendum clause. | am anxious
10 see the constitution speedily adopt.
ed, so that Oklahoma may take her
place in the galaxy Of stars and be
admitted into the union"
In speaking Of national politics, he
continued by saying: Some Of YOU who
are middle aged perhaps have never
cast a vote, and some who have NOV
ed here from the older states have
cast a vote prior 10 coming here, but
want to tell you that never I'm the
eleven years of American politics
since have been In the arena has the
Democratic party been yindicatod as
much. The money question, for IN
stance, was the paramount issue in
1896. We said that we needed more
money, the Republicans said we did
not. They won. It matters not how
they won, they won. Since 1896 some
thing unexpected has happened and
money has increased in volume, and
God has been more pitiful and gave
MS more money. We have what the