The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-28
BY THE pLoPLE OF THIS ctrY
FRIDAY NIGHT.
MANY SPEECHES MADE
BY the Leading Lawyers and Citizens
Cleveland Held Up As An
Example Worthy For
The Young.

. III an dttH past anu III an ''NU
tries. IL has been time honorcd cue.
tom that when great man and a
+ leader of men died for the people of
/ that land To meet iu asscmblaEe and
pay tribute To his memory In ac.
I cordancc with that custom the people
! Of Ardwurr without regard 90 polit
/ ical party affiliations and without re-.
gard To- creed met in the Broadway
dcthOdist cnurch FRIDAY night to pay
/ tribute 10 one OF the greatest men pro.
duccd In modern times. Grover ClcNe-
| land
The services. like the funeral ser
vices held over his bier. were marked
Wit. simplicity. aud his life held up
as one worthy Of emulation Boy
young men of t.c day The meeting
Friday might was held under the aus.
pieces of the Nrduurc democratic
cub. on account of the fact that Gro
yer Cleveland was the only rcrIc
sentative of tn party who has ever
occupied the office of presidency in
the period OF forty years
ne various character sites which
marked Grover Cleveland as lead
ing statesman were culogilod as only
the speakers of Ardmorc can culu
giZc tuCm.
j. - Champion president of the
Democratic club. presided and after
announcing the object OF the gather
ing called upon ,tcy. i. W Sims. pas
tor OF the congregation. 10 invoke
the uiyinc blessing on the meeting
which was done. Mr. Champion then
p4ulA "a Tau Of 0 I.,
man whose memory the people had
gathered together to honor and intro.
duccd Judge Stilwell II Russell as
the first speaker.
Judge Russell spoke Of the man
as citizen, as a statesman and as
president In the opening of his re
marks judge Russell said: I'VE have
been told that Grover Cleveland IS
dead To all right thinking people
the news OF his death was indeed
sad on March Is. 1897. there was
ushored into this world a lad who was
I destined to occupy the highest gift
/ In tha hands of man, the presidency
! Of tn United States. and on June "a
/ there was taken away from this world
. ADD consigned To mother earth all
that was mortal Of that man crowned
/ with honor The funeral was with
out pagcantry but was marked wiz
| simplicity, the same as the life Of
/ the man had been marked"
Following judge Russell, A. G.
/ Crucc was introduced Nr Cruce
had the honor of having been a2-
/ pointed as district attorney for the
{ Southern District OF the Indian ter
! rtt f,, h.. .I .f..t g....
The theme of the remarks Of Mr.
Cruce was the moral courage Of
Grover Cleveland, who was man
larger and more foresighted than his
party and who never flinchod a duty
imposed upon him, and although de-
loat looked him In the face on one
occas on. took that defeat rather than
10 submit TO being bossed by ring
Mr. Cruce spoke Of the honest de
termination of the late statesman TO
have all his appointees do their full
duty.
MIR. Cruce spoke also OF the fact
that Cleveland held no III will aginst
those who opposed and rebuked him
in the party. The speaker also told
Of how the people We're beginning to
see that Cleveland was right in the
position that he took
Following the remarks of Mr. Cruce
w. A. Ledbetter spoke. Mr.. Led
better drew a comparison OF the lives
OF Grover Cleveland and Oliver Crom
well, and showed how 10 ascertain
extent the two lives were alike IN
both having been loved and hated
and now both were revercd Mr. Led
better spoke of the integrity displayed
by Cleveland as president in 1894 In
establishing a precedent Of sending
troops 70 Chicago 10 qucll the riots
when the governor ~ that state was
without backbone enough % call Oul
the state 10 prevent interstate trlf
nc. q precedent that every president
will follow and no man wI,Iout back
bone would have done the same. The
speaker referred 10 Cleveland as be
ing q man Of the highest integrity
who had a patriotic devotion TO duty
and i'm all the patriotic citizen that
We should all be.
Chas ID Carter, the congressman
from this district, followed Mr. Led
better and took as his subject the pos
sibilities of lIfe I'm this country, how
q boy Of humble parentage may rise
TO be president. He referred 10 Clevo
land as being a man Of courage, on
ergy and pluck. The speech Of Mr.
Carter dwelt almost entirely upon The
life OF the man and his struggle. II,
spoke OF his first rise from a teacher
TO that OF president and how the deaC
man arose TO that height
Following the speech made by Mr.
Carter speeches were made by J. I
Coleman and w. ID. Gibbs Both o
these gentlemen made excellent talks
AN nool nIayerg In Ardmora sbouIl