The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-05

OF the only case which grew out of
his employment jyst as he had no
connection with the trial 4 num-
ber OF cases in which | was employed.
Soon after this we dissolved partner.
ship. and this case fell to him In the
division of our business ! have tried
three cases for fire insurance com.
pany. The Indiahoma Farmers Union
operates under charter and is,
therefore, a corporation. have been
repeatedly consulted by the officers
OF the Farmers Union about law
matters arising in connection with
their business. have been glad to
assist them TO the best OF my ability.
I mention this because | find that
report is being circulated
TO the effect that resigned
railroad attorneyship In order
that | might become candidate for
the United States Senate. A more un-
truthful statement was never made.
My practice has always been FOR my
home people. The people know that
wherever the railroads and public cor.
porations can do 80 they always send
the lawyers who represented them to
the United States senate. 1t Is
not true that the farmers have n far
better right to send the lawyer
who has represented them to the
United States Senate? The railroad
lawyer works in the INTERCEPT OF his
clients. His sympathies are with them.
He knows all about what the iail-
rcads want, and knows little or notn-
ing about what the people want The
lawyer whose clients have always
been farmers and plain people knews
what the farmers and the plain peo-
pie want; and II sent 10 the senate
by them will work for equal oppor-
tunity. equal protection and equal en-
couragement to all.
The great evil Of our time is that
the government has drifted too far
from the people. The only way to cure
this evil is in the selection OF officers
who will live close to the people. n
n man has not done this in the past,
how can the people expect him to do
so in the future? No man can repre-
sent the people unless he ts in sym
pathy with them and knows their
true condition. their wishes, their
hopes and their difficulties. He can
not learn these things from the Wash.
ington lobby. He can only learn them
by meeting and mingling with the peo-
pie upon terms of friendship and equal
ity. | earnestly submit that what the
people need Is someone to represent
them who understands their condition
and who is In sympathy with them.
The fact that candidate boasts that
he has conducted extensive farming
operations does not show that he Is
in sympathy with farmers. On the
contrary 1t proves that directly oppo-
site is the case. There are two kinds
Of farmert. One cultivates the raim,
the otner cultivates the farmers. The
man who cultivates the farm, works.
The extensive farming operator cul-
tivates the farmers and does not
work. II matters not what candi-
dates ability may be. II he ts not in
sympathy with the people. his ability
Is an element OF danger to them. As
TO whether n candidate Is In fympa-
thy with the people must be deter
mined by his past life and his envi-
ronments OF course, man may
change. but II is dangerous thing to
try experiments.
| wish could take every poor boz
in Oklahoma by the hand. would
SAY to him, do not become discour.
aged on account OF your surroundings
Difficulty is only challenge to cor--
age and a test of sincerity. II you
will take the history OF our country
you will find that, with a few ex-
ceptlons. the men who have been
great statesmen, and who have se
cured the enactment Of laws which
have benefited mankind. were poor
boys. and have lived and died poor
men. They never placed their affec-
tions on the accumulation OF money.
but they spent their lives III working
for the betterment Of humanity. While
they were poor in purse. they were
rich in the confidence and good will
OF the people, and in the happy reflec.
tions consequent upon a well spent
life. So do not become discouraged at
your condition. A rich man may raise
his children in idle luxury, but he
cannot hire anyone to study and learn
for them. This every man must do for
himself. II you have the metal in you
and will apply yourself, you can rise
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