The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-19
CHARACTER SKETCHES BY BOOT.
BLACK..DENVER CONVENTION

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higher until We feel that everything
around and about MS is below us. Roll
ing slowly in to Union station We dis
embark and form In line. Col Suggs
heading thep arade bearing the Okla
homa banner. and followed by the del.
egation, and two brass bands, up l7th
street to the Brown Palace hotel. IL
blocks away, and having to carry the
banner and pull the additional weight
of j. II. Champion and w. F. Gilmer
who were hanging on TO the corners
OF the flag and refusing TO leave
thir lunch baskets. But such is life
with country people.
At the Brown hotel at last. and
before We know 1t Il tmporay stand
had been improvised, and the elo
quent Lee Cruce was upon il pouring
forth as he only can pure democratic
doctrine to the inhabitants of and ia
the city of Denver.
You may boast of popularity. but
let me tell YOU that Congressman
Chas. ID. Carter of Ardmore had the
attention and many honOrs of all the
/ people In our company and especially
| the politicians. and ladies'. They say
he is "A coming man, but If can so"
| straight, he is already mere. Talk to
me about travellers, hut / believe MIR
| Carter is the best traveller In the
| bunch why when Mr.. Randol and
] Louis .edbctter would get homcsick
{ lie would simply apply some kind of
| speech to their mouth. and that
/ would be- the last of It for day or
so.
/ Everybody seems to want to shake
| Mr.. Carters hand at once, kinder
made me feel sorry for the others.
Well ! don't know, either there
was Mr Terry, who seemed to know
everybody, and had been to every
place whore We went and could stand
and tell you all about how he and
"cb Pike happened to find pixies
Peak, and how they fought the wild
tribes back and gave MS this beau
tlfuf land, as a heritage for our
Summer delights .-...
Then Mayor Dick is not to he over.
looked either, for let me tell YOU that
he and Judge Mason let several of the
pople where We went know that they
were not accounted small potatoes
in Ardmore
Several speeches made by them
sounded mighty good to me and
only regretted that there was no one
else there to hear but me. and tnen
you know that some speeches sound
as good in the car as they do in a
house.
Mr.. Gilmer is no slouch when
comes to making things happen. wnr
that man Is as good as elected . the
legislature right now. for heard IL.
telling lots % people so in Denver
And he knows just how to persuade
men, and before they know It they
don't know anything, and that settles
IT, | am for him
Grove Chase, big lnjun from Cha
girls, was referee for all differences
which arose and proved his efficiency
in prowess and knowledge to the sat
isfaction Of all.
Now this little squid would not be
complete without telling you that Mr.
Spragins is one of the youngest old
men you ever saw get away from
home, as soon as ne would get his
shoes shined right TO market ne
would go and when he came back
always wanted TO bet some one that
Bryan would be elected. Speaks right
out in meeting, and they tell me he
stood right up among the biggest in
the convention.
am proud to tell YOU that no state
IN that great convention had more
prominent mention. and the loyal sons
who represented us there, are reput
ed to be the peers of any living men
The 46th star cast a radiance over
the eNultdnt thousands gathered in
Denver, and | am pleased to tell you
that she took her seat high in the
galaxy Of states, and prophesy that
in years to come her sons will be
prominent factors IN shaping the des
tinies of this great republic, and hope
the day will never come when hel
fair escutcheon will be furnished by
an ntaitnul servant,
Youngest child of the union, faires'
among them all, less than one year
old and walking alone.
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