The Carlisle independent., 1910-04-14

struggle in his native spot and to go back to Texas. Before leaving Walthall he made that he would never enter the village again until he could return to his neghbors United States senator.
 That year in Texas was a hard one Gore threw himself into politics with passionate en- ergy. He was delegate to the Populist conven- tion at St. Louis which nominated Mir Bryan and seconded the nomination. In December, 1896, he and his brother opened law office. It fierce struggle with the world. His father, moth and brother lived with him. Sometimes they were without single dollar.
 In April, 1899, Cores fortunes had sunk so low that he appeared in the street with frayed clothing, broken shoes and visage white with deprivation. One day it seemed as though he had come face to face with actual starvation, when old negro woman paid s2 which she owed him and that saved the situation.
 When MT. Bryan was nominated at Kansas City in 1900 Gore found his way to the crowd that surrounded the convention. He was now Demo crat.
 It might help him on his way to the senate if he could make speeches in the neighborhood of national convention.
 Hurrying on to South Dakota--he had only ST left when he got therefore went to the state convention and secured an engagement to speak in the state during the presidential campaign. In this way he picked up s1.000 Then he went back to Texas and married beautiful girl Tt was love dI uTSL SlSuls ne Sdlu, lduSllHSly.
 After the presidential campaign was over Cores s1000, earned in the South Dakota tour, melted away and little money came in to take it's place. In 1901 things went so badly with him and his senatorial prospects seemed dim. that when an advertisement of an auction of land lots in the newly opened Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservation in Oklahoma appeared in the newspapers he decided to leave Texas and pur- sue his great ambition in the country
  haired man, went to Oklahoma and became notary public in the hope of earning fees from the land-crazy crowds. In July 1901, the blind lawyer and his brother went to the new land driving A miles in a wagon to Fort Sill Here Gore lived in a tent with his father and brother in the midst of excited crowd. His father sat inside as a notary, while he attred in an alpaca coat, eolored shirt and sloueh hat. walked up and down before the tent waving his hand and shout ing. Here's where you get your papers out. Here's the right place to get your land papers," In the daytime he entreated the crowd; at night he slept on the ground.
 Failing to draw land claim, the Cores moved out four miles to Lawton, encampment on the open prairie. Here 15, 900 persons were living in tents where the wild blue-stem grass was waist high. It a Babylon of gamblers fakirs farm CTS and business men, all waiting for the open ing of the land on August 6. There were grocery and hardware stores in tents; gambling tables
 
 tents. Even newspapers were printed in tents Poor men rich men, preachers. thieves were mixed up in that picturesque, dramatic hury- burly of mules, wagons, women and children Men were killed. children were born, robberies were committed.
 Three days after the lots sold and while Lawton was still tented camp. there other political mass meeting this time in the biz tent of Dick Russell, saloon keeper Gore was there and offered a resolution favoring the ad- mission of Oklahoma and Indian territory to the Union a single state
 A few days later and the men of Lawton or ganized a citizens committee to get charter and organize city government Of course Gore was there and of course he was on the committed Then commercial club was organized by the tent dwelIers and Gore on the committee to draft bylaws. He missed opportunity that might lead to the senate.
 Presently he bought small lot for $155 and started to build cottage through the help of building and loan agency When his wife reached