The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-01

ridor of the Arlington at Washington.
The bishop looked at me and said: II
You sir. are from oklahoma. What
pray, is the matter with oklahoma
| replied. Your Reverence. the sick
ness of Oklahoma is as old as the
hills. New England had the same dis
ease. China. in the Orient, has been
similarly afflicted for centuries. The .
conformation of oklahoma Is defective
in principle Oklahoma under cor
stitutiou that looks like my grand |
mothers quilt. has set itself apart
from the states and nation. 1t has
placed a stone wall around it. like
China Il has sequestered itself, like
the Five CIVILIZED Tribes of Indians,
Oklahoma has devoted all its energy
to the development of its individual
valuation. II has done nothing to en-
hance its cohesive valuation. Oklaho-
ma is great unit, as New England
and China were great units. OKLA
homa is an ingrowing toe tail, Okla
homa grows towards its own centre.
This is an ancient error II is an old
school fallacy.' / said Your Rev
erence il is contrary to the teachings
of the Catholic church The mod.
ern principle of organization Is eN-
pansion. Oklahoma failed to catch IT,.
The true principle of progress is to
wear sticking plaster and get near
and next to all. To correspond 5000
miles of railroad is surveyed in Okla
homa and is waiting for foreign cap
line. Colonization and emigration goes
around Oklahoma or through II like a
dose of salt All is invited to stay
out. Oklahoma now experiences a
condition of arrested development be-
cause il does not correspond. Okla
homa is a corn stalk in the open field
it has everything except productive
life. II is not good for man to live
alone. II is not good for state to
live alone.
In one row is the republican party
In the other row is the democratic
party. The other rows are her tracks
From the coordination of these poll
tical energies We achieve politica
growth
, Morality is the test of politica
party. The people may be weak "a
individuals As mass the people arr
: moral Politicians accordingly assume
, virtue They so down when the pee
B. pie find the flaw in their armor.
|. If the constitution makers OF Okl7
l. homa have again conspired TO hog u
the democracy of Oklahoma and c)i
o tnue the control of the machine .
d the election of the seer of Tishomlng
for governor and the recost of the ba
n actors OF the old regime If back /
!. the generals tent there sits Charles
l. who has said. - am the state, an
D.. who is laying his final pipes for
D. seat in the L. ) senate II thcs
plans are I'm the making, something
q sought to be accomplished by indire
q tiou that could not stand up 10y dire
v tion. This is as abhoreut in poii''
Al as IN the law. It is immoral
~ If the fool friends Of Theolo'
* Roosevelt stayed at the post in &c
lo grcssional district in Massachuset
N and another congressional district
rs New York, and propose to repeat ga
nf programme until the ldes of Mover
a ber, SO as to insure democratic ca
is gress and revive the demand for q
presidential nomination of Roosev,
,u in 1912 This is immoral,
70 " the mayor and commissioners
Ardmorc are guilty as charged Tn
n. is immoral.
~. The wages OF sin is death T