The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-17
WILL SECURE AfFIDAV|TS
winch VIII Be- Presented 10 Repub-
lean canyassing Board-Hunters
Tactics Should Receive Psrty's
Condemnation.

From Information ! nave receiver
today am convinced that managers
OF the Republican campaign do not
mean to desist their fgiht on state. .
hood even after II has received the .
overwhelming endorsement OF the .
people at the polls said Chairman
j. b. Thompson, of the Democratic .
state committee last night
In what he terms the most i'm
portant letter sent out by him dur
ing this campaign, Chairman Hunter
OF the Republican committee, has .
urged his confidential workers in the
eastern portion of the new state 10 .
commence work right now in secur-
ing affidavits to be sent in immedi- |
ately after the election. charging the .
Democrats with fraud in the conduct
OF the election.
"'This is the most important letter .
that will be sent to you during the |
campaign says this remarkable com.
munication. In the interests of the
Republican party and TO prevent the |
state Of Oklahoma from being organ.
inzed with a Democratic administra.
ton. you are urged to commence at
once in preparing affidavits charging
the Democratic members OF the va.
rious election boards in your county
with gross fraud. These affidavits
;, should be mailed to me at Republican
headquarters Immediately after the
polls close, so that | can file them
). with the state election board and
prevent the Democratic officials from
receiving their certificates of cleo
ton
'Sulh despicable and unpatriotic
partisanship as Is foreshadowed in
such letter as tha should brand
:, the man who wrote II and every man
who participates in the plot outlined
. In 1t as a political outcast. When a
man belongs to a political party and
Is placed In charge of the campaign
he has right to use all fair means
at his command to secure the success
of his party, but there Is not now
and never has been, condition in
IT this or any other state of the union
that would warrant the recognized
head of great political party to de
liberately plot to thwart the will OF
the people, and by false affidayits
tie up the election and prevent the
~ organization of state government 81
Ie The plot was so apparent as to
H. need no explanation. The returning
TO board is Republican. When the false
v aHldaNits charging Ge Democratic
$ election officials with fraud are filed
We the Republicans figure that enough
&c OF the strong Democraric counties
d VIII be thrown out to give the elec.
ton to the Republicans. Failing I'm
this. the election will at least be
thrown into the courts and statehood
VI VIII be tied up for several months,
~ or until a Republican congress can
= repeal the enabling act. The hue and
= cry that Is raised will be sufficient
), TO blind many honest Republicans
30 and cause them to think that the
y Democrats really attempted TO steal
IL the election. L<ense bitterness is al.
's most certain to follow, and all
through the ill-adyised plotting of a
i halthaked politician whose only
~ elalh to distinction lies In the fact
II that he presided over the commissary
y department ten miles in the rear at
d San Juan Hill.
u throughout this campaign the
democratic committee and the dem.
ocratic speakers have confined
)" themselves to the issue, statehood
- ana the consti,Lllon Eyeryhere
that the democratic speakers ha,
I zone they have exclaimed and de-.
Tended the constitd ton and urged Its
adoption. That is the real iss te.
he only thing the of
Oklahoma and IadIln Territory want
Is statehood under an equitable Goa.
stilution.
While the democrats are fighting
maniully for statehood and the con.
stitution, the republican press and
candidates have conducted an under
handed fight against both. Their
action throughout the campaign is
In keeping with the latest move of
the rought rider chairman to prevent
the installation of the officials hon.
estly elected by the people.
Hunters Vaccinations would he
dangerous II his ingenuity equalel