The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-30
CHARLEY CAMPBELL BROKE 4
SOLEMN PROMISE.

SOLEMN Promise.
The people of tn Fourth oklahoma
congressional district are fortunate in
having a man like Charley Carter OF
Ardmore on the ticket as a candidate
for congress. If every one of the dis
tricts in the United -tates could be
represented by man like Carter this
old government would return TO the
simplicity and honesty that character
lied the early days of congress when
men legislated for the people and not
for the trusts. Such great measures
rs the tariff bill would be written IN
the interest of the people and not in
the interest of the great manufactur-
ers organizations that have the men
at the head of the government on
their payroll This latter statement
concerning the trusts having these
men on their payrolls will be regarded
lightly by many people for they Will be
inclined to regard 1t as only campaign
talk. But it is true, every word of it.
When Mr. Carter lhrew this charge
into the faces of the men who are
guilty they entered no denial.
When Charley Carter was connected
in an Official way with the national
affairs of the Chickasaw nation he
proved to his own people that he was
a man of very high honor and man
of broad ideas of popular government
and his name was never used in con-
nection with any of the uncanny tribal
matters.
When Charley Campbell was in
Washington and observed the work
that was being done there for the peo-
pie of Oklahoma by Congressman Car
ter he made the promise to Carter
there that so long as the Fourth dis
trict was represented by Carter that
he (CampbelD would never be a can
ddate on any ticket against him. But
the secret Is this. Campbell has
nice fortune which he drew from the
federal government at the rate OF
about $600O0 year when he was dis
trict clerk, the republicans knew they
could not win in this district, they
knew furthermore that they could not
get n campaign fund contributed by
the republicans in hopeless ngnt
and they began a campaign of urging |
Campbell to become a candidate-not |
that he could win, but for the sole /.
reason that Charley Campbell was
generous enough with his money to
bear his own campaign expenses with |
out calling on the party for help. They |.
induced Campbell to break his prom /
Use to his lifelong friend, the voice of .
the wiry politician was listened to ana .
the flattering tones of the republican .
press, all OF whom understood the .
matter, induced him to get in the .
race.
Charley Campbell belongs 80 the |
stand-pat element of the republican |
party, it IS the element that has been .
repudiated this fall in every election |
that has been held, It Is that element /
whose viciousness threw Maine into
the democratic column. It Is that ele-
ment that has robbed the people for
years and has placed the wealth of the |
United States into the hands of the .
few, II is the element that believes I'm .
making the great finanCiers more F.
wealthy and forces the people to pay .
tribute to them in every purchase they /
make for the supplies of life. It is the .
element of the party in Oklahoma /
that will be in the minority just as .
soon as the lines are drawn and they .
are being drawn closer each day. The /
same element that induced Campbell !
TO get into the race against Carter is .
the element that nominated Joe Nc
Neal 10 get in the race against Lee
Cruce. The republicans are now sore
over their own acts. They are wish
ing that they had progressives on
their ticket But the die has been cast
by these politicians and they cannot
8 wap their candidates for progressives
and they cannot induce their party 10
support their candidates.
The republican party in Oklahoma