The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-29
AT THE MASS MEETING HELD
LAST NIGHT
AGAINST the INDEPENDENT
In Politics and Especially City Poll
ties-To Defeat the Nominees Of
The Democratic Party is to Ruin
Lee Cruces Chances.

The inclement weather in a manner
affected the attendance at the Demo
cratic rally at the court house last
night. While the attendance was not
as large as was expected the enthu.
siasm was full to overflowing. The
meeting was one to bring about en-
thusiasm in the party, and to II pos
siblc warn the Democrats of the city
against boiling the ticket.
The meeting was called to order
/ by II. II. Brown, Esp. chairman OF
the city club. In opening the meeting,
Mr. Brown said: "Wc came in con.
tact with the Republican las. fall in
making the canvass for the delegates
to the constitutional convention and
fought It out with them and won, and
have had written an instrument for
our future organic law that Is the
best bulwark TO our liberties. As long
as the party lines are drawn Demo.
Gratis are faithful, but now the Democ.
racy of the city Of Ardmorc is in con.
tact with something worse than Re
puhlicarism. aud more dangerous,
that is indepondentism, which Is only
a subtc;iuge for Republicanism. The
independent candidate Is more fOrmi.
dablc than any Republican, and is
used by the Republicans to get few
o tho disgruntled Democrats and
Ncker3 to kill the party in this city.
In state and national affairs the Dem.
o,rats are together and by standing
together with our shoulder to the
wheel we have been victorious. In city
fairs the Republicans are stating to
throw aside party lines and vote for
the man. beseeching the Democrats
to play in their hands.
Just at this time the whole state of
Oklahoma has its eyes on the Demo.
Gratis of Ardmore, and should the
voters bolt the party, the chances
of Lee Cruce for the nomination of
governor and Charlie Carter for con
gross viii be ruined, for then the op.
pononts of these two will be given
a club with which to beat them over
the head by stating that the two
could not keep their city in line
which has repudiated the Democrat.
ic ticket. These are but small things,
hut these small things point to large
things, and at this time the Demo
Gratis of Ardmore cannot afford TO do
anything else but stand by the ticket"
The speaker grew eloquent in clos.
ing and without mincing words paid
his due respects to the Independents,
/ by saying that is was such men as
were Republicans that were begging
thcm TO bolt the ticket.
At the conclusion Of his speech,
Mr. Brow nthen Introduced TO the
audience the peerless Indian, Charles
ID. Carter Ardmores candidate for
congress.
The first part of Mr.. Carter's speech
was given over to the discussion OF
national issues, such as the tarin
question and trusts, and how the tar
IN was the father OF trusts. Tho
speaker told of how he became a Dem
ocrat, that his being a Democrat was
from the study Of the great questions
.
that were before the people, in his
case II was from study as up to a few
months ago there were practically nc
politics in this section but that the
Indian was governed by long rang,
red tape. He told the story of how q
Republican politician travelling
through Arkansas seeking votes ap
preached a young man who told hin
that he was a Democrat because his
father and mother were Democrats
and when the politician asked th'
boy II his father had been a horse
thief would he. the boy, have beer
horse thief, TO which the boy re
piled that II sucH was the case in al
probability Il would have been a re
publican.
| Il reached my conclusion In decid
ing as to what political party woul,
affiliate with by falr.minded impair
tial study.
II L.1ts