The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-24
LEE CRUCE:: THE MAN, THE STATESMAN
HONEST, SINCERE; PEOPLE BELIEVE HIM
Democrat and Destiny.

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His doctrines are politically sound
and righteously pure. Destiny made
him a democrat and the spirit CT the
age produced him for an application
of the democratic principles. Ho
written for a democratic people He
stands for the law that protects The
peoples earnings that have reen de.
Iosited In the banks. He stands for
the segregation of the races and The
continued superiority of the white
race. He stands for reasonable freight
and passenger rates, the essence of
a doctrine Of reform that is sweeping
the nation like a gale. He stands for
uniform taxation and hasn't a single
apology to offer for the tax burdens
that fall upon the people during the
construction period following the ad.
vent of statehood. He stands for the
character OF schools that have been
installed under a democratic admin
istration, and believes that the edu.
cation of the children OF today is alb
solutely necessary to the production of
citizens OF tomorrow who will carry
on this great reform. He believes In
agricultural education in order that
farming may become more enjoyable,
more scientific and more profitable.
He believes in fair treatment to labor
and fair treatment to capital And
he has unbounded faith in the ability
of Tire party to carry forward the great
statehood construction policies that
are to make Oklahoma noted as the,
reform era progresses.
Confidence in FeIowmen.
Cruce has an abiding confidence in
his fellOwmen. The whole of the race
depends largely on the degree of char
ity extended to the whole people, but
the principles involved demand an
eXpurgation of the bad when tempests
bring it to the surface and its con-
influences are felt. Cruce
Is slow 10 condemn but quick to ap-
prove. His breeding demands a tact
full, unostentatious elimination OF greed
and graft in public affairs and con-
servative, effective enthronement Of
righteous principles or republican gov
Over-confidence IS seldom
a deceiving factor in his career His
faculty of PERCEPTION is acute and his
judgment is mature, so that waves OF
doctored reform ideas in a community
or the parade of false virtue In an In
livdual do not ensnare him to offer
;uccor or support. His abundant con
'ijence in a friend is counterbalanced
~ his peculiar discernment of the
ham of supposed friend The in
rigues OF politics play no important
'art in his consistent tread of an ele-
ated plane where their fruits can not
lpen nor their thorns inflict a scratch. ,
Morals His Foundation.
All that Is strictly moral in Lee I
ruce does not form the basis for a /
arade of virtues. His morals are the S
of his structure of con-
.ructive craftsmanship, and the prac- G
cal adaptation of his ideas to any 1
leasure of reform. while based on /
,riptural admonition in their incipi-
nCy, Is merely the common sense a
lethod Of applying a remedy for the s
rong. He Is a practical matter-of- {
lct, every-day-sort of n likeable fel- /
wv. and with ideas and ambitions
lat are rare in the practical matter a
i-fact, everyday crowd. s
Reputation at Home. Il
Ii has been charged that his for
wing nature has immuned his stam- a
ia and made him compromising for p
lie sake OF peace. In common par h
nee, they say he has no backbone.
: business man VI AluluOlt Hls Z
'putation in Oklahoma prior to his o
ltry into politics was made No c.
an OF Shattuck whose information
omes from a doubtful source and r,
hose mind Is open to prejudice, a.
lould pit hts hastiy-formed opinion y
a man against the opinion OF those Ia
nOng whom he has lived. No public
lestion has arisen in Ardmore in in
'ars that the judgment OF Cruce was er
" counselled. No matter OF great AZ
siness moment has been projected
'eCting the public good, that Cruce OF
8 not been made a leader of men. ct
the bank his Judgment has been CT
preme. As director In a wholesale WI
Dcery company, his word has been no
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