The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-11
CHAMP CLARK STIRS THINGS
NOW IS THE DAY OF SAIL LVAT|0N


ton Of the new state has on its |
shoulders that Of prohibition for
tweuty-one years Missouri was both.
cred with securing admission on ac-
count OF the slavery agitation. and
had to 20 through the ordeal Of two
compromises Then Michigan. on ac.
count Of a twenty-five mile strip OF
territory on its northern border. |
Utah on account OF the polygamy !
question. and Texas had four all OF
which she made herself California 70
her credit never had to suffer the
pangs Of a territorial government
and should be congratulated
The speaker then spoke at some
length on the value Of the citizen
voting and from this MIR Clark then
advised the laboring man, and farm
or to support the constitution on
account Of the twenty.four provisions
endFafted into the organic Law for
the benefit Of labor. and spoke at
some l'uEA Au Oh A4' llNl fd0' W
wealth Of the country The speaker
then spent some time in discussing
the Monroe doctrin. and what it
meant and did considerable Blowing
OF his own horn, or that Is the horn
OF the democratic party. He quoted
Mark Twain. on that point and said,
Mark Twain. says Blessed is the
man that bloweth his own horn, lest
1t be not blowed."
From this the speaker spoke at
length on what Thos. jefferson did
for this country. =
In speaking OF keeping out person
alities in the campaign. he said: IL
understand that the republicans have
sent to Ohio for an attorney general
to do some mud singing on the per-
sonal character Of your candidate for
governor. why don't the republicans
| discuss Issues. venture to say that
| Kate Bernard one OF your candidates
| can run MN out VI lH' sldtt Wilhiii
forty.eight hours II he were to at.
tempt TO discuss the Issues of the
constitution with her. This remark
brought forth hearty round OF ap.
plause.
From this the next subject dis.
cussed was the railroad rate legis-
latlon and told as to how Bryan
claimed that Roosevelt stole the idea
from him when the idea originated
with. and first put In to use, by that
grand old man. John II. Reagan oI
Texas From this the question o'
trusts was next dealt with, and II
opening his remarks on trusts, Mr.
Clark gave Speaker Reeds definition
that trust was BODY OF rich mer
= surrounded by ler. tn" trust'
are due to Il ligh tariff th'
tariff question ne democrats 10
p gether. and the republicans split in
to three classes, the stand patters
who believe in letting things alon'
: as they are, the reformers who thini
| with the democrats, and the strad
dlers. He quoted Governor Alber
II. Cummins OF Iowa, a republican
tariff reformer on the subject, VIII
said "All the stealing done b,
the insurance companies did no
4 equal one.twentieth OF the amour
stolen annually from the American
people by the high tariff"
Then Mr. Clark spoke on the reciT
rocity question. In speaking on re
ciprocity the speaker was his old sci
again and gave one OF his origina
, definitions to It. Reciprocity is
long sounding latin word, and vii
tell YOU what 1t means, you tickl
II me and III tickle you
While discussing the various ma
: tional issues. the speaker told anotf
er story OF the expression In stat
= quo. and said that the Russian ger
II eral Kuropatkin, wired his govern
= ment, that he was In statu quo, an
that message was wired all over N
'' world In some little town in Nil
souri, a crowd went to the villag
wise man and asked him what
meant. The wise one did not know
but said Il means "Kuropatkin is 1
= hell OF fix" and so Is the repul
J. lican party on the tariff question an
other national issues. want you t
!" vote for the adoption of the const
> tuition which will be ratified by 5000
majority, vote the democratic ticke
i straight and elect Haskell governo
u by $4,000 majority, and elect Charli
i Carter for congress by big ms
q jority, and be sure TO elect the den
Il ocratic nominees for the legislator
which will insure the election c
III Cora and nWan n tha gauata