The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-08-09
URGES HIS FOLLOWERS
TO VOTE THE TICKET
Supremacy of Democratic
Principles More Import.
ant Than Men

selfand friends to support Haskell
and The Constitution"
Ladies' and Gentlemen;.
During the recent campaign I Wis.
tied the husting city OF auskogee,
and during all that campaign ] visited
no town in this state where / was ac-
corded a more royal Welcome than /
received ia the city Of Muskogee. In
my address In that city that night
told the people of NIuskogee that If
Haskell ever came to Ardmore
would guarantee him that he would
receive just as respectful attention
here as J had received in Muskogee,
and ! say tonight when l look int
the faces Of my friends that my prom
ise has been redeemed.
My friends, when ! went to Musko.
gee | went there trying to make ad-
nereEts to the Ice Cruce cause In
this J failed hope when this meet
ing Is through tonight the Hon. c. NJ.
Haskell will have aligned with him
in this contest the united Democracy
of Ardmore and Carter county They
have said in Oklahoma that Bcr Cruce
was dissatisfied and d'sgruntled.
they have announced all over this
state that Lee Cruce and his friends
were not supporting the nominee OIL
the Democratic party Let me say to-
you tonight my friends, that Lee
Cruce. or thS supporters of Lee Cruce,
are not made of that character of ma
terial. (Cheers.3 Whatever else you
may charge against us, il can never
be said that the men who went down
with me to defeat on the Sth day Of
June are anything but loyal Demo.
crtts. We cannot have everything
we want in this world, and | want to
to say tonight, my fellow citizens.
that Ardmore holds nothing against
Muskogee. We have our friendly
rivalries. w are each battling for
supremacy in this state, and while
MusaJgee may have been more for.
tunate in her efforts than Ardmore.
] say TO you tonight you may search
the round world over and you will
find 40 better friends Of Democracy
than you will find in the city Of ard.
more (Cheers)
And let me say TO you further that
those who al sending the message
over this state that the people of Ard
more and Carter county are not go.
ing TO support the Democratic ticket.
are not Democrats: they are Republic
cans. And when the battle shall have
ended on the 18th day of next month.
we will show by the vote we give the
ticket in this town and county that
Ardmore and Carter county are true
TO the prlnniples whirh they profess
And let me say TO you further my
friends, every Democrat in this state
SUPPORTS the nominee of the Demo-
cratic party for governor as Loyalty
as | do; II every Democrat in the
state votes the Democratic ticket
as straight as Lee Cruce. there will
be no question about our first set of
officers
We are approaching. in my judg-
ment. the most Important election that
will ever be held In this new state
You young men may live to be old
and gray headed but YOU will never
cast a more important ballot than
You viii cast on the 18th day OF Sep
tember There are two great parties
bidding for your suffrage the Demo.
cratic party and the Republican party.
They have both spoken In their con.
yeniiOns, and they have given TO the
people OF this state their respective
platforms The Democratic party
comes to You stating that the all
important question I'm this state Is
statehood for the two territories. and
that the only way 10 procure that Is 10
ratify the constitution which the
people have, through their delegates.
made for this new state. The Repub-
lican party on the other hand ja5t
yesterday In convention at Tulsa
adopted their platform IN which they
condemn the constitution, and then
come before the people OF this state
after having hindered IN every way
they could the election which Is TO
occur on the 18th Of September; after
having hindered the writing OF this
constitution, they rome 10 the peo.
pie OF this state and ask them to al
low the Republican party to put the
constitution into execution DO you
think II is right? Let me ask YOU
my fellow Republicans, n you are
here tonight II you had rather lei
your constitution when Il Is ratified
and becomes the oTgsnic law Of this
new state, be Interpreted BY those
who have been fighting 4 or BY
those who have been It's friends?
say you would rather have Il inter.
preted by those who made it. and
who are It's best friends say that
ihe Democrats cf this town and coun.
y and the rank aud file OF the ReDub-
icans 0f this town and county want
statehood above All things. and Ihey
want men who are heartily IN sayos
ef statehood as the candidates foe
me OFFICES OF the new state, and you