The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-29
BETTER CALL A HALT.

straight ANYWAY, bUter per dls
sension cannot make a party strong,
nor do those who engage in yitupera.
fIon and slan1er any good Lee
Cruces growing strength gives no
fear that the experiment may fail.
The more completely the voters trust
themselves. rather than be attracted
/ by long-wlnded debates. the more apt
they are 20 find out the real merits
Of the candidates What could be
more heartening to those who believe
In government Of. ior and by the peo-
/ ple2 In this spirit the Purcell Regis
ter says:
is 30 for the good Of the democratic
party that rival candidates within the
party should deem It necessary TO en-
dcavor TO further his own chances Of
party selection by attempting to make
It impossible for any other candidate
10 be- elected II nominated? Isn't it
about time FOR the rank and file OF the
party 70 assert themselves and 10 in
sist that the destiny Of the demo
cratic party IS not indIssolubly linked
with the political fortunes Of any man
or set Of men, is Il not time to say
to those who show disposition TO
raise a Kilkenny cat fight in the par.
Is ranks-"The democracy does not
owe you-owes no mar-a debt Sc
cured by mortgage subject to fore
closure at the will Of the creditor
that debt OF ne individual the par
Is is far greater than the debt Of the
party 10 the individual Give those who
would sec the party wrecked rather
than put aside their own personal am
bitions to understand that they hold
no bin Of sale on any office; that the
Offices are the property OF the people,
70 bee bestowed as they Will; that the
Internal row now being worked up
within the party, and which Is afford.
ing our republican friends a justifi-
able preteNt for much Of the 'ghoul-
ish glee" they are indulging in. must
be stopped, even though such stop
ping would involve the setting aside
OF all those who mistakenly dream
OF stepping to power over a party
wreck. In the race for governor for
instance. the amount Of available ma
torial Is by no means exhausted by
those who are now engaged in making
breaches in the party walls with the
brick bats they are violently hurlng
at each other.
Some Of our party papers are ele-
waiting the individual above the party
and going to absurd extremes in their
Individual partisanship, publishing
statements against other Democrats
that would be- considered too severe
even for publicatoh in an extensively
republican sheet. DO the think that
from such matter as they are now
shoyelLng out car bee made a cement
which will bind into closer and more
bOllu union inc component PH'N" W
the democratic party?
In this fight the register has at
tempted thus far the role of "a look
or on at Vienna" believing that 1t Is
no part OF our duty as a journalistic
defender Of democratic faith to be-
come the rabid partisan OF the one
nor the bitter opponent OF the other
OF the two leaders in the race We say
the two. because It were useless to
deny that at its present stage the race
Is between Cruce and Haskell. Doyle,
who might have become a strong fac
tor in the race, having PRACTICAL,
eliminated himself Two others are
in the race, but they have developed
no strength. being lost sight of in the
aggressive fight that has been inaugu-
rated between the others; yet 1t Is
within the bounds of possibility that
the people. disgusted at the exhibition
now being made, may turn to one ot
those men ard express their disgust
by voting for him In the primary.
THAT we may not be accused OF
beirg "on the fence, a position that
infrequent practice would make an
awkward one for the Register We are
frank to say that. should We follow
personal inclination, "as al present
advised" We would support Mr. Cruce,
although originally favorable To Doyle,
In doing this We would be swayed by
past affiliations Ia considerable eA'
tent and not by any doubt OF Mr.. Has.
kelrs ability, nor would We seek to
disparaGe his service to the people
in tho valuable assistance he has rem.
dered in framing the constitution,
Better call halt. Many statements
are being published which leads mo
TO regret that some Of our leading pa
pers do not enlarge the capacity of
their waste baskets"