The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-18
With a platform that endorses the

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legislative outrages and infamies
of Aldrich and Cannon, in a cam
paign that was opened by the reac
tionary vice president of the Unit
ed States, what hope Is there for
the progressive republican, who Is
yainly endeavoring to wrest the
control of his party from the Grim
inal, corporate influences that now
dominate and control it?
In marked contrast is the demo
cratic platform upon which stand
A platform that was practically
adopted by more than one hundred
and twenty-five thousand voters in
the primary election of August the
second. In the convention that as
sembled in Oklahoma City on Aug
ust 18th, to ratify the action OF
that primary, and to give plat
form expression to the commands OF
The people. there sat more than
fourteen hundred delegates to do
the will OF the people. There were
farmers. there were laboring men,
there were professional men and
there were business men, all ami
mated with single purpose-the
desire and determination to serve
the people and preserve the glory
and greatness of Oklahoma. The
platform adopted meets with my un-
qualified endorsement. From every
proyision of It. shines forth a bea-
con light, pointing the way to good
government. In every sentence OF II
is found the living embodiment OF
the firm determination of the non
est citizenship of this state to see
that the next four years OF OIL
cial rule in Oklahoma shall be o.
for. and by the people. The plat
fom. like our constitution, was WITH
ten by no man, nor any chosen row.
but il was written prior TO the
assembling of the convention III
the hearts and consciences of nun
dred and fifty thousand OF Oklaho'
mas best citizens, and they Will
500 to II that good government is
the portion of the people OF Oklaho-
ma, by electing to office the men
who stand upon that platform and
are pledged to carry out its pro-
visions. And here let me urge upon
every voter in Oklahoma to procure,
read and carefully study the two
platforms, and then as an honest
man and patriot, decide which meets
with your approval. If every voter
will pursue this course, the dem
ocratic ticket will be elected by
such an overwhelming majority as
will teach these leaders Of the re-
publican party in the state, that
they must listen to the demands
of the people, and forsaking the
tactics of obstruction, they have hith-
erto practiced, stand for progress
i've government in this new state
And now permit me to call atten-
ton to these platforms.
While the democratic party has
been honestly and effectively Civ
ing to the people of Oklahoma one
OF the best educational systems yet
devised, the leaders Of the repub-
lican party, true to its establish
ed policy of condemning everything
done by democracy, in its platform
condemns our present system of ed
ucatlon, and in order to discredit
our educational system, has encour-
aged and practiced the policy of
sending Oklahoma school children
away from Oklahoma to be educat-
ed This too in the face OF the fact
that we have as good educational
facilities and as efficient teachers
as can be found in any state in the
union. This claim of efficiency is
abundantly proven by the fact that
children from other states are COM
ing to Oklahoma to be educated.
The republican candidate in his
opening address has never a word
to say about the education of the
children of Oklahoma. Evidently TO
him this Is an unimportant matter,
and yet he talks much of patri-
otism. What manner of patriotism
is this he teaches that would strike
down our constitution, destroy our
educational system, and plunge our
people into the hopeless state that
surrounded them in the days Of
territorial government?
Agriculture.
The democratic party is the cul.
in political form, of the
ideas of justice and right