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

tRNNAhNA VI phAiiAbllld Hittlt lllt CIll
! Ia Fe railroad. the master OF Asp.
pay it's just due taxes. and that since
Frantz and other Republicans have
been in charge thc railroads have paid
little or no taxes. lie told how the
cities could not tax the home Of the
widow and orphan for It's support ana
let the heartlcss corporations go free.
While on this subject he used stats.
tics to back up his statements.
Lee Cruco closed his speech by stat
ing that after the election home
would have to be founded Cor the car
pet baggcrs as they would be out OF
business.
Our candidate made friends oy his
open. frank manner and his talk wcut
straight to the hearts of his hearers
without any flow of oratory
Chas. ID. Carter, candidate for con.
gross, was scheduled to speak at nlgnt
but there was wild clamor ana
popular demand for him to sp ak In
the afternoon and his friends rolled
a goods box onto the square and lit
orally picked Mr. Carter up and bore
him upon their shoulders To the i'm.
/ mOviscd speakers stand. Everybody
/ either knows or knows of Charlie Car.
/ ter and he needed no introduction to
the people of Madill. They were al.
ready friends To him in the political
| battle before they heard him speak
and now since they heard his d,cla
ration Of principles and listened to
his logic they are enthusiastically sup
| porting him. MIR Carter stated that
/ this district was interested moro in IN,
removal of restrictions than In any
thing else and again committed him.
self TO this IOlicy of legislation which
he has always clamored for He spoke
lcarncdly of the mineral land nopu.
sition and advocates the sale of the
coal fields to the state to be used rs
a permanent school fund and the sale
of the surplus to bona fide citizens
in blocks of not exceeding 100 acres.
/ He advocated the distribution uf tn,
surplus unallotted lands In a manner
fair to the whites and just To the In
dians He wants to see all tribal af.
fairs speedily wound up so that the
state will have absolute control Of an
internal affairs. AnOther grea. rrinci.
pie which Mr.. Carter pledged himself
TO is the payment To the Indian OF
the funds belonging to him in the fed
oral treasury. This will give every In.
Gian "A sum sufficient to build pretty
homes on their hOmesteads and will
bring an era of prosperity to every
section of the district
Mr.. Carter said that the first con
gressmen from his state would have
but little time to devote to national
issues. There are matters IN our own
midst that closely affects the pros
perity of every man that must be rem.
edied first. That work will have more
to do In the committee rooms than of
flaming oratory in the congressional
halls
Mr.. Carter was cheercd time after
time and II was soon very plain
that the people were in sympathy
with the principles he advocates. They
realize that man of Indian bloc
will have more influence than any
other man ana from the very nature
of things he has been close student
for years of the questions he will have
| To- deal directly with when he is elect
| I'd to congress.
In closing his address Mr.. carter
said: Il am not here to promise you
as did one of my opponents. that, If
| elected, / will return TO you Democ-
/ racy's banner unspottcd, but ! Dc
promise you that will return II bear.
ing this inscription: The removal oil
restrictions and the sale of the sur
face coal lands to actual farmers in
farms not exceeding 100 acres"
c. j. McPherren. the other candidate
for congress, followed the tried In.
dian, and took an entirely different
view of the situation from Carter
The platform OF Mr.. McPherren rad
ically differs from the other candidates
in so far as he wants all OF the re.
strictions removed at one time. Mr.
McPherren takes the position that the
laws that will bc enacted in Okla
homa will be sufficient to protect tn
Indian. He took the position that even
the restrictions placed on the minors
property should be removed. In no
state in the union do we hear OF the
indian suffering. The homestead laws
of Oklahoma are sufficient to protect
the redman whether full blood or mix
~ blood.
Tho speaker closed his speech by
paying Roosevelt a tribute and stat