The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-24

straint OF what? II owes all, and !
owe this classification to my friend
and your friend. DR.. Gunsaulus, to the
intelligence, sensibiiity and will Of
the people. The head. heart and
band OF man Rome, Jerusalem aud
Athens. The executive, legislative
and judicial departments carved out
by the federal constitution. How Is
America governed? BY federal
constitution. Would It not be bet.
ter T. have despotism7 Would
1t not be better to have Roosevelt
or Taft rule this country? Is not
the constitution obsolete? As well
inquire II the sun in the heaven Is
obsolete Does not the will OF the
constitution grind slow? Our an
swer is that II grindeth exceedingly
small. our answer IL that either
Roosevelt or Taft is puny and only
person As well try 60 harness
the flood with broom stick
The white color contains all the
colors of the rainbow. You cannot
get the pure white color from the
red color or any other color. You
must mix all the colors to get the
white color You can not get a
pure governmental control with one
person You must combine the vir.
tue of the persons in America to
get In America what We cal public
opinion and change the American
government with that momentum
that has advanced II to the front
This proposition. This system. What
has 1t done in about 100 years. With
the puritanism OF New England as
a leaven, with the chivalry OF the
south as crown. with the cour.
age of the north and the bigness of
the west 10 fortify IT, II has ac-
quired one.third the wealth of tho
world 1t has proven the Second
Commandment OF God. The man who
imagincs this system OF government
has been failure is an unrecon.
structed ass. 1t makes us tired. ac-
coring to Oklahoma slang. President
Taft stands for the constitution. He
is "A constitutional president. lie does
not rule. The people rule. in the
oldfashioned way. President Taft is
orthodox. DO the people want to be
ruled by one person? Taft Is not
that person. Here and there men
have urged him TO rule. His answer
Is, "YOu ask me TO betray the peo-
Pile" The people rule. True. when
the Apostle of Error tempted the
people to follow him into socialism,
Roosevelt. the Apostle of Truth, fas.
cinated the people whose eyes we're
blinded by the brillancy OF the Apos-
tie of Error by out-Bryaning Bryan.
lie proposed legislation more advanc-
ed than the proposals of Bryan be.
cause he knew the congress and su.
preme court would not stand for Il,
would protect the people. Roose'
welt saved the people fromthemselvee
until the excitement died down and
Bryan returned TO the Chautauqua
course. Roosevelt met error with
error until the people had time to
take their second and last though
The so-called insurgents have never
recovered from this temporary eN.
podicnt OF the great politician. rhey
are s,il bayng at the moon. Pres.
dent TAFT declines to play the par'
of tae politician. He takes the
people into his confidence. lie lets
them rule, through the constitutional
system. lie trusts the emperor tca
turc of our government
Now - The Hague. There is an
other tree. It has number %,
branches and tiny trunk. by O.
stands today thc most startling fie
mr OF the century, Theodore Rcost
Welt Having presided over the ua
ticn during the institutional period
ana hayin" roadiustcd capital and
labor into tu. rO'atioueuin, havnl
temporarily uJayl the country OF
much error and lctharey and ,no-
ouah'y aroused .r. public cnn#.'u.
lt t.n p.sh.. ,.n.ns. of u'.H,,
mH conserve. jglur tr. Huuo.
.. uwot'su o' Theodore Roo .y.l'