The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-02
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE
WILL HELP THE OFFICERS

OlUI AIdIU july anu ul A'N Ni"' ''''F
good man In Ardmorc stand by the
law. suppor, our officers. and declare
our purpose to invoke every powc'
the laws of our country can give u'
In upholdmg the ends OF Justice AMI
puuish.ur the guilty.
The permanent chairman, Mr.. War
rem. stated that he had never had
an honor so nm, Npectcd but would
show his appreciation OF 1t by do
ing the best he could for those cnoos
inv him for the place. \ man OF
fcw words. he could not say what
he would wish in as carefully chosen
language or as eloquent strain +.
rs many others in the assembly, but .
he did know what he thought should
he done, and he would say or do /
ANYTHING those appointing him chair
man thought right. and he believed
to be right For q years he had
lived I'm the state, for fifteen years
near Ardmorc, virtually In It, and .
the last four right in the town.
During that time the lawlessncse
has increased. OF late, instead ot
diminished. and Il is worse now than
I'm the days when only Delaware
/ Bend could surpass ~. ono reason l.
that where in New York murdcrcrs
80 TO Jail here they are hailed ou'.
Hero they are cleared. there they
never leave Jail save for Sing Sing
or the electric chair.
Mr.. w. Randol said that h
and the jurors were helpless because
when they would question some
good citizen, he would say he knew
nothing of the bad conditions; II
they got one OF the undesirable
before them and demanded to know
, whore they kept their whisky whe e.
, they gambled. the answ was 81
/ don't know" and even threats. ol
Jail would not make them confess.
Then how can jury do anything
, without evidence.
Saml Butler was made permanent
!. secretary The next speaker said that
e # lay with the citizens themselves TO
r say whether the movement would bo
g only spasmodic or a lasting influence
o for good. lie said that only when the
I people OF town agreed together IA
J. put down lawlessness could anything
I In af
7 Houcycombcd with vileness unspeak
1 able her very officers with the law
F" breakers, yet when the people banded
y together for the right. the right pre-
u vailed, and now there is no cleane
Il city.
70 Mayor Dick said his feeling wa
y, no stronger now than II had been al
" along I'm regard to the status of al
fairs i'm Ardmore. lie had known tina
;, there was much amiss. but could so
- no way of reaching the WRONGS con
=, plaincl of until the people would So
, that they were neglccting the weight
N or matters. In his eyes. there wa
=, no crime so great as murder nothin
". so sacred as human life. To talk q
n. enforcing the law as to whisky an
n. gambling. and at the same time, t
n suffer a coldblooded murderer to wal
free is to be guilty of afolly almos
he too great TO be classed as less tina
N. criminal. If man has a whisky bo
Al. tie in one pocket, and a six shootC
~ in the other, 1t is the sixshooter thi
IT, should be dreaded (Cries, "They 8
m. togetherD Yes. they go together, mu
lis der. siXshooters and whisky, but | al
go afraid of that which takes life directl
ty The main trouble lies in suffering u
ne murderer to go free. Why, how lor
en- do you think Thaw would have stage
Hu in jail here, with two millions behir
lg' him? Voice, He'd never have gol
iat there.D No, he never would, but
hu did in New York. In states that ha'
proper laws I'm regard 10 murder as
iui bailable offense. a man will hesitate
~" long time before he touches the tr
ger. ! practiced law, said Mayor Die
w and a man must be protected, J
-, lawyer has the right to use eve
49, means to see that he has, or will ha
~ anarchy. but, when the murder
wn walks free, then other men think
av why. | might as well kill my mi
,.s I'll never be molested.'
en- Mr.. West then made strong ca
protest on the part Of the sheriff
, force and the other Officers who
Mr.. manner Of discharging their dutI
air. had been assailed. He told Of
sed fact, that right now unlawful thin
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