The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-24

the government In the hands of the
\ people. They have finished their work
and now give It to you for your ap-
proyal' The speaker dwvlt for a
considerable length of time ON the
three forms of government. monar-
chial, aritocratic and Democratic. He
told how the forofathors bravod the
seas in establishing government
for and by the people on the Ameri.
can continent.
1T was the spirit Of Democracy.' -
he said, that caused them to brave
the seas and settle in the wilderness.
In the early days Of the republic.
Alexander Hamilton endeayored to
place upon the American soil an aris-
tocratic rule, which has changed into
the plutocratic rule, while the demo-
cratic rule has never changed and has
always stood for the doctrine that
the governed shall rule the governors
The Bill Of Rights in the consti.
tuition OF the state of Oklahoma is the
declaration of independence brought
down to date and improved upon to
suit the present time and the modern
state OF Oklahoma. | cast my vote to
have 100000 copies of the constitu.
tion printed at the expense Of the
state so that every voter may have a
copy.
q expected opposition when was
elected and expected to be maligned.
and did not expect to get through
without being maligned by the repub-
llcan party. The republican party
even went so far through its press
bureau to give me the nick name OF
Corporation Bob | wrote the Pub
/ lie Service corporation provision for
| the constitution and borrowed the
best from every constitution of the
states of the Union. | hadthree copies
made and Kept one in my pocket and
| put two in the desk Of the committee
room. both of which were stolen"
/ In defending his action in borrow.
/ ing from the other constitutions he
cited how the old Roman did, and
how that country borrowed from its
neighbors. In speaking further on
the provision and especially on the
railroad commission form. he said:
The state must either control them
or own them or condemn them. The
people must be the masters and not
the servants of the corporations.
81 was one of the immortal
thirty.two that voted for the Jim
Crow provision, and | did So to carry
out my pledge. was in favor OF
putting 1t in II II busted the entire con.
stitution because | had given my
word for It to my people. ! did 1t
in the face of the warnings which we
received from the senators and con.
gressmen at Washington. am to a
certain extent glad that It did not go
in. for | had rather see statehood
than to have 1t in the constitution.
| was condemned for not talking
more than | did to the press, but
went there to work and did not pro-
pose to tell the newspaper men ey-
orything that knew, a man that does
that is fool. A Jim Crow car law
will be enacted as soon as statehood
is secured and when the first legisla-
ture meets
The speaker in no equiyocal terms
denounced the misrepi of
the proceedings Of the reports sent
by the Republican press bureau and
especially the report sent out on the
Public Service corporation provision.
Continuing, he said: THE Demo
cratic party need have no fear to take
the constitution as a platform. The
railroad men are satisfied, and every
class of the people is satisfied. Ev-
cry class Is protected in accordance
with their rights" The speaker
took a whole lot OF credit on himself,
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ter part of his speech he spoke of
how he introduced clause that put
the Confederate soldier on the same
footing with the Union soldier.
c. n. Haskell, another of the Trim
ity, took his turn at speaking and
for the period of one hour defended
the constitution as written, and the
action of himself Bob Williams and
I"Alfalfa Bill" The speaker told OF
how unfortunate It was Of him to be
born in state, where 1t was an hon
or to be a Democrat He told OF
what work he did in Ohio for the par
ty and spoke at length on explaining
who Haskell was. thinking that the
people did not know him. He told
of having moved to the Indian Ter