The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-25
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Arln1OIeg Okla, Oct. 25-From the
days OF his childhood in the vcrdue
strewn hills 'of the blue. grass state
down through the meandcrlng paths
Of the years, Lee Crucc, the Demo
| cratic nominee for governor, has ney
er deserted q FREUD nor IA led to give
liheed and succor to the humhlcst o
earth in, need. Portiops ,cf adversely
and sorrow never wavered hts faitl
in the principles Of tho lniss,on0f MIA
Ito do good---and prosperity anG NV
have never enamored him * he un
| sympathetic drift of the commercial
age.
No better word has been spoken for
Lee Cruce than that he Is true. The
worlds graveyard where are DuiA
once renowned political masters con.
tains few headstones on which are
truthfully written the words: He
was true Treachery, deceit, dlsloy-
atty, SANDER, libel, shame, crime and
disgrace have marked the highway OF
many to the inevitable goal. That
was IN an age when men OF this gen
eratlon were growing TO maturity, an
age that Is passing into which clean
Young men OF the coming generations
should not be permitted to peer
through the pages Of history. The
world Is growing better, and men like
Lee Cruce are the architects OF new
political fortunes, atf
Truth Has Prevailed.
1T was truth that nominated Cruce
for the goyernorshlp. In the heat Of
the primary conflict he never waver-
cd from the path Of the years. Nor
did he permit untruthe to go unchal-
lenged. When tempest loomed inn
minont, possession of the faculty OF
caution wrought fair play, and truth
always prevailed. Until he has mas
tered It fundamentally. Cruce has
never advocated political or govern
mental principle that did not smack
on It's very face of the right, nor has
he permitted unwarrantable or ques-
tionable matter to enter into the build
ing OF a platform or the essence of a
campaign argument
A 6orn Statesman.
E Lee Cruce was not born to be pol
The charge that Cruce lacked stam-
ina grew out OF his acceptance OF the
presidency of the board OF regents OF
The State. university after statehood.
The appointment was made by Govern
or Haskell who had defeated Cruce
for the nomination for governor In
1927. 1t was accepted, first because
OF Cruces loyalty to his party, and
second, because he felt that in the
position he might be of service to
.he educational department of the
state government After his defeat he
loyally supported the nominee. And
when he entered the campaign this
year one of his first utterances was
an approval of the Democratic admin
istration This again was the founda-
ticn for an attack upon him. The far
reaching progressive ideas of the con-
stltution and the laws built upon It,
all framed by Democrats, met his un-
qualified approval, and he would have
gore far of the mark in the course
laid out for the progressive states
MEN OF this age, had he condemned
the administration and the advanced
laws upon which it was operating.
That he viii not be a servant OF a2y
man or set OF men was made plain In
lhls opening address at Fairfax when
he declared hat when he was govern
Or he would be governor, that he
would be governor, that he would en-
ter the position without having made
a single promise to any man. When
ne is governor he will have full pow
er OF selecting good men for positions
Of honor and trust and no man will
dictate to him. He will place clean
active energetic men in those posi-
tions TO the end that the best service
may be rendered. the reputation OF
the administration sustained.