The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-27
THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.


The democratic party is the party |
Of the people, the poor. down-trodden
people. II says SO itself, and not sat /
isfied with the mere assertion It |
writes II in all the party platforms In |
big black face type So all who run |
may read. AS further proof Of its |
claims to the support of the overwork |
ed masses 1t provides a primary sys
ten for the nomination Of all candi
dates. and that this works out to the
interest OF the man with the hoe, the
AK, the hammer and the trowel. and
gives every man n square deal in his
race for office We have ample evi-
| dence AS an Illustration OF this fact
we will take the case Of Hon. Brandt
| Kirk, that well known and distin
/ guished democrat, who is intensely
| popular throughout Oklahoma and In
! dian Territory, late candidate for the
nomination of T. S. Senator.
The race of the mllionaires for
this office in the new state has driv-
on this poor man from the campaign
/ for the democratic senatorial nomi-
nation.
Brandt Kirk is general Of this di
vision of the Confederacy and with.
drew Monday. He had raised the mon.
ey to pay for his state committee
assessment, but when he considered
the expenditure of thousands of dol.
lars for the campaign. he stopped.
The direct nomination system as in
effect in the democratic party in the
new state. makes It impossible for
poor man to be a successful candidate
for state office, when there is a con
test
An Oklahoma dispatch says: 1T is
current report that a candidate for
the senatorial nomination, in this city,
has already spent over $4,000, and
that his total expenditures, before the
campaign closes. will be in excess of
10000, and a Muskogee candidate
has spent $4,000 for postage alone
up to date.
About democratic headquarters IT
Is said that no democratic candidates
for senator expects tn get off with
an expenditure as low as $4,000. 1t
Is the year of the CRATER.
Men claiming to be labor leaders
ana 10 have control of large unions.
but who have hardly a vote there:
men claiming to run influential news
papers. but whose circulation rarely
gets outside the press room; men
who claim political influence but
whose Influence doesn't extend be
yond the corner saloon; all these and
hundreds OF others are on the payrolls
of senatorial candidates at $50 a
week, and $50 week for expenses
81 felt that couldn't afford to
make the rum" said Kirk today, when
asked why he had withdrawn.
" If | had the money to spend on
a campaign that some of the candi-
dates are spending, | know | could
beat them; but as / haven't | felt
that IL would be foolish of me to
spend everything on the chance.
q" didn't enter the race to hurt
anyone else and | didn't throw my
support TO anyone when | pulled out.
It's a question of the cash I'm no
millionaire. That's ALI.
This is the positive proof that the
democratic party is the party of the
people; the poor, dOwntrodden peo-
| pie and shows conclusively ON the ties.
timony of one of it's most honored
members that In the mad scramble
for office the poor man has an equal
chance to stay OUT with the million
aire able To buy "A nomination. The
sum of 100000 would be a conserva.
tive estimate of the amount spent to
date 10y each of the two leading can.
didates for governor on the poor
| mans ticket and every day adds to
the sum, all of which goes to show
/ that the man behind the plow. the
hoe, the hammer, trowel had as well
hope to own a private yacht, marry
an actress and become one of Pitts.
bnrg's 400 as TO be nominated for an
important state office by the demo.
cratic party in Oklahoma in which
the offices are created only for the
rich ana whose motto ought to be mo
poor man need apply.'-Muskogee
Phoenix.