The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-15
CRucE AND LABOR.
(By a Laboring MANI

| nave NtdI0 80 many nltt tloilfh
about Cmcc. a candidate for governor
Of our new state. that | cannot re-
fraln from saying something, let It be
good or bad, for him. | have tried to
keep a cool head and not Join in tho
mad rush unless / soc a cause for H.
I know nothing Of Nh Cruces life ex-
ccpt from hcarsay. but am inclined
TO be- little bent TO the old adage
that "whorc there IS so much smoke
there must be some fire, 'and in this
case ! think the indications are such
as to Justify a little reasoning and IN
yestiea,ion. Mr.. Cruce or any one
seeking a public office cannot feel
offended at reasoning. II he deserved
the Office. therefore | venture to ofer
somu thought that may be well APP
piled before wo vote for any oandi'
date for any once.
We see him from reports In his first
usefulness to humanity as a country
lad actively engaged In the produc'
tIon Of the very subsistence OF lie
itself. and at the same time growing
in knowledge Hero We feel for him
the tondcrost and hndest way than
man can feel for man. but now we
1lcw him In a little different light
HoLs no longer an actual producer or
wealth. but rather steward or ma
nlpulatorof wealth from the fact that
lie is no longer an actual producer OF
banking; therefore. gains his living
from interest and rent. Now with the
proposition II Is generally conceded
throughout the labor world that the
manlpulators Of wealth are depressing
producers Of wealth. II that is true. 1t
will be the widest folly for producer
of wealth to use his suffrage TO place
a manipulation Of wealth in position
to make laws or be instrumental in
any way in making laws to govern
tho conduct of manipulation oil
wealth. and expect results favorable to
the grayance. Now | call myself a
proluccr OF wealth. and insignificant
| as II may be. | expect to vote for Mr.
/ Crucc II feel on election day a'
4 do now: not because he Is Demo
|crat. not because he Is financier;
not because he belongs to my church
organization. not because | have ever
received any personal fayors at his
hanIs.or ever expect to. for this
would be selfishncss to a criminal de
gree. and | would rather be accused
of petty theft My reason for giyinl
Crucc my support is wholly bccaus
a feel that ho IL TOO broad-minde'
and has too deep an understanding q
tho duties of true Christian, to us
anything that God has given him, I
tho detriment to sinful degree G
| the community in which he lives, a
: lowing even the share of seltishnes
in his nature that the average man
heir to. feel that with his conccptio
: of the requisites of man to obtain IN
hest of life he could not conclud
that It would be to his best inerest
| for example. to foster condition,
, encourage sysem under which I'LL
cracy and ignorance would thriv
even houI it would add to hi
; mower. or "A system under which Sc
yltudc or honest labor could not haN
possibility Of deliyerance from o
I preston. even though it make him
lord or system under which central
zatlon or monopolization of wealt
" would place in suhioction a commf
.populacc. even though it would pile M
y lions In his hands Now has he been
Z good stcward?Can We trust him?
, mot, then who'
INDEPENDENT VOTE