The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-19


aboard the east bound Frisco train
this city. and set their faces toward
Denver the city among the e! uls.
After making satisfactory arrange
mcnts with me to run their errands,
aud keep their secrets and to perform
all the duties appcrtaining TO the "of.
ficcs of second class bootblack.' We
proceeded TO square ourselves with
the conductor and get down to bust
ness.
Nothing out of The ordinary hap
poped between Ardmure and Holden.
vile To mar the happiness of anyone,
except | began TO have suspicious"
about my fodder for in all my life
did ! ever see men store away all
that was theirs by right and inherit.
ancc and ! was forced To content my.
self with the "shucNs aud cObs.'
Huldenyille In sight and I already
begin to see the sWarms of democrat
ic admirers and svmpathizcrs on the
platform % meet and greet the Ard.
more delegation, and swell the hosts
by taking on a goOdly number bound
for the same plac" and bent ON the
same mission.
Al seemed delighted by the way
people received our dclcgatcs, and
badc them God speed, bon voyage,
be- good, tell them that YOU saw me,
and all like that, so I thought they
were going 10 eat again.
But presently there stepped onto
/ our train certain Mr.. j. ). McNally,
] division passenger agent. and the way
| he did make every one feel al home,
and soon notified MS that tie entire
/ Rock Island system of railroads were
} tu contribute to our comfort
and pleasure, white his guests and
/ boz all my travels with bishops aud
I diguitarics OF yarou, stations and
| tribes. | never observed a more cour
| tcUus aud painslakug gentleman.
/ ] feel it my duty 10 make special
| mention of this compliment To our
1 company. and ] heard on every lip
and tongue the one expression that
| in all our travels rom gloDe to back
again did we ever find an officer of
any concern who was duly bent ON
| showing his guests all the courtcsies
! that would I'm any way contribute
To their Happiness ana pleasure. Even
goig SO far as to extend our tick
. W anu RlNlllA ItAN 'N'lN W lNlbuA
our having so much as to ask for t..
In the big convention when the
widest demonstrations were IN pro
grcss and when banners We're flying
the highest. Judge Stillwell II. Rus
sell held the Ardmorc banner five feet
higher than any other in the entire
convention.
So | am constrained to now ask
all my white friends" when they
start ON vacation not to overlook
the famous Rock Island
oklahoma city and before YOU
know it, We are again surrounded by
friends and loyal democrats, who have
come to wish Ms Smooth sailing" and
TO put aboard our train as true and
tried delegation as ever followed
the democratic lag and among them
our own Ice Crucc, than whom none
took higher honors, as YOU Will SEQ
by and by.
W" are now sailing across the Kan.
sas prairie farms and / DO believe thar
no homes or farms exceed these in
beauty and fertility, unless II be- the
homes and farms Of the grand state
of Oklahoma.
sNtA 70 AltlN IAl'l llNll - HNIN lNllf Hl'I
We know 10 and We are now flying
across the plains toward Denver and
here comes MIR. J. B Champion. the
young giant of Ardmorc's Democratic
! Club, and ! am to shine his shoes, and
make him as prim as can be for the
next appearing but listen, they tell
MS 10 Is not Denver, but Lincoln, the
! home of our next president, and SO
| II is, for | now am To groom the old.
| est and the fastest war horse in the
! party. Judge Stillwell H. Russell, who
! is TO present to MT Bryan the copy
! IF the constitution of our new state,
and | wish all the Ardmore people
could have been there 10 have heard
! those eloquent words, and well round
ed periods as they fell from the
! lips of that honored and gifted son
of our city, as told Mr., Bryan
of his services To the new state and
reminded him that the child of tnis
new creation was largely indebted t.
him and ro the undyng principles for
which We are an cOntcudlug and that
10 was pleasure 10 present this
tn him. and it was a genuine delight
to stand iu the presence of him and
his household and offer to him th"
services and homage Of the Ardmo".
delegation. whose democracy never
knew any shadow Of turning
Then followed the presentation of
the beautiful banner tolMr. Bryan o.
Col Sidney Suggs, of whom all have
heard and read in all the great papers
and suffice 90 say that the speech oi
presentation was bound by solemn
promise ON the part of Mr. Bryan
20 Col Suggs that If elected prcsi-
dent. that favored son of Ardmorc
was 10 carry this gift of the Ardmorc
Democratic club into the white house
al Washington, at the head OF the
inaugural parade.
Now on To Denver, and here we