The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-07
BANKER JOE M'NEAL
MAKES HASKELL|SSUE
EutooIze0 STATE CONSTITUTION
AND SPOKE AGAINST HIGHER
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.

tiOn something new In the way Of
republican political speech. What n
left out of his speech would max,
volumes and the chief things include,
in the address were statistics taker
from the Guthrie State Capital. q
paper that never made truthful state
ment In it's whole career when poll
tics was involved He failed to say
anything about the party nationally
and in this respect his speech was
out of the oniinary. Ardmorc people
are accustomed TO hearing republicans
/ tell what great things the republican
party has done for the people -, the
I United States but Mr. McNeal failed
TO mention one Mr. Tart or one MIR
{ Cannon or anything concerning nat.
ional legislation. He failed to say any
thing about the republicans tieing III
land titles, he sought 10 make the
democratic party responsible for one
set of bankers that failed in a state
bank but he declined to throw respon-
sibility upon the republican party for
failures of national banks thar are
organized and fostcred by the United
states government He gave figures
showing the decrease of the school per
capita but he failed to remind his
hearers that the scholastic population
Is increased-that the same money
must be divided among more school
children. His speech was a bitter
hsnJ on Haskell who cannot succeed
himself as governor and Is not by any
means an issue In the present cam
paign. He told OF the expense of the
different departments OF state but he
took no account of the moneys these
departments have brought into the
treasury of the state as compared TO
territorial form Of government. lie
talked of the great economy of gov
ernment when Oklahoma was first SET.
tied when nearly all the expense was
furnished by the United States and
when Oklahoma was made up of the
pioneers who had iron nerve as CAPT
tai but had no property to speak Of
to be assessed for taxes. He made a
big bugaboo of the 5000 expense ac-
count of a detective but failed 10 state
what information the detecti,c pIa,-
ed in the hands of the state a. T. urn
for what he received.
one refreshing portion OF the speech
was that he frequently quoted from
the constitution, he seemed willing to
take 1t as law. told of the good to
come from obeying the fundamental
law and made joke OF the whole
when the people remember that
lust few months ago the republicans
were fighting the state constitution.
made opposition to the fundamental
law as their campaign slogan and
when those high NJ in the party said
their opinion of the constitution would
not be fit 10 print" The republicans
have changed their base of warfare.
They are grabbing AT straws. They
have been so accustomed to holding
office that they believe of divine
right they were created TO hold all
the offices and make plebians ont of
members OF other political pa ties.
In the national campaign repub-
licans urged democrats to vote their
ticket because the republican party
was a party that does things and
now the same party is jumping on the
democrats in Oklahoma because they
have done something. Any old thing
to set up to the people to induce the
people to vote the republican ticket.
there II no consistency.
The Juvenile band played a number
of selections on the streets yesterday
evening and banners were carried an.
nouncing that there would be speak.
ing at the court house The house
was comfortably filled and a number
of ladies We're present 10 hear the re.
publican candidate for governor, Joe
McNeal OF Guthrie. The house was
called to order by county chairman
Sam II. Butler, Mr.. Butler introduced
l.. :. Dolman, an old acquaintance OF
the speaker OF the evening, who IN
troduced Mr. McNeal
The speaker began his address by
congratulatins Ardmore upon its
growth and by eulogizing the state of
Oklahoma upon its splendid natural
resources. He told an interesting
story OF his career. ohio is his native
state, he lived in several different
states, taught school, worked on the
farm, on the ranch, hunted buffalo and
finally began his business career by
organizing a $1,000 bank at Medicine
Lo1ge, Kan. His bank grew to $780,
900 bank and when Oklahoma was