The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-11

white haired before you get another
chance" was the opening advice Civ
On tho voters OF this section Of the |
country by Hon. Champ Clark OF Mis-
souri, last night In the opening OF bis
remarks. "Opportunity Is saddled and
ready for you TO mount and ride into
statehood. and you should be ready
| to mount and ride into the union or
else hear the bsating hoofs Of the ,
mare as she gallops down the CORR. |
doris OF time You have two ques.
lions TO confront you, the adoption or
the rejection OF the constitution and !
It is for you to decide in less than
one week whether or not you will
| have self government or not IL is
the day Of salvation, and nov Is
the accepted time.
While you are voting for the adop.
tlon Of the constitution vote for the
democratic ticket and pay no at,en.
lion 10 personal abuse The demo
Gratis are getting together. while the
republicans are flying at each others
throats. and think that II demo.
! crat we're TO interfere that 1t would
be- case Of cruelty 20 animals.
Il understand republicans objec,
TO the constitution. 1t Is not perfect
Gladstone said that the constitution
OF the United States was the most
perfect instrument ever written, yet
Immediately after its adoption ten
amendments were ma 'e. Adopt the
constitution first and then amend It.
Il have been thirteen years help
ing the people OF Indian Territory
and Oklahoma to get into statehood,
and have assisted innumerable dele
cations. but heretofore you have
been fighting among each other but
are now together"
The speaker then compared the
constitution of Oklahoma with the
constitution OF Missouri and said that
the proposed constitution OF Oklaho'
ma contains more good points than
any other constitution OF any of the
other states In the union. The good
points outweigh the bad points. In
speaking OF some OF the objections to
+, the constitution made by the republi'
cans. Mr.. Clarke said: Il understand
that they object to the clause forbid
=, ding the governor from suspendng
the writ OF habeas corpus. This Is
one of the best provisions In the
organic law. the writ OF habeas cor
pus is what keeps us all out OF Jail
tonight II is the great bulwark oi
personal liberty, and was fought by
o., the English 500 years before 1t was
secured. =
, Il understand that another objec
.. tion is the primary election section
=. | wish there were never any more
,fl conventions and that even the presi
dents would be nominated by pri
~ maries. II they were Roosevelt woulc
v be the nominee OF the republicans
~ and Bryan OF the democrats, bu
u. by convention plan both may ge
T. euchered out OF 1t.
m Another good section Is tina
~ which makes II difficult to move
10 cases from the state courts to th'
,et United States courts. That is a goo,
" move The whole trouble of thu
o. matter Is that the republicans di'
not get an opportunity to write tn
,e constitution and IL Is question
40 of whose OK Is gored. In this cas-
the republicans OK is badly gored.
remember that right after the enat
ling act was passed | went into tn
democratic barber shop to get
: shave. and as the partition betwee
>, the two shops. the republican an
= democratic is not too high. Bird Nj
La Guire was in the republican shop.
Ia heard republican remark TO Nj
90 CURE after congratulating him. tina
,o he hoped that Mcclure would oe tn
- first United States senator from Oh
=, lahoma. but Mcclure will not b'
Gore and owen will be the two sens
tors The republicans were eXpec
ing Oklahoma to come into the stat
a republican state, but they wer
mistaken. Mr. Clark then told on
=, OF his stories about how two broth
ers who had been farming success
fully in Missouri and one OF ther
- went TO the exchange at Chicago
- and the first day after dealing an
W. after he had made $1,000 in specr
~ lation wired back to the brother o
w the farm, God is good" on the mex
day when he lost 10000 he wire
again, Good God" SO II was wit
, the republicans In this state.
49, don't halIaya that Roosevelt wi