The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-05
CRUCE LANDS HARD ON
PLATFORM OF ENEMY

Oklahoma City, Oct 5.--"The repuD-
lican state platform was framed on
June 16 by handful Of self-appointed
delegates in a star-chamber meeting,
long before candidate was selected
for governor, a proceeding unprece'
dented iii the history Of political par
ties in this country. If you win read
that platform and the history OF the
man who was chosen TO run on it you
win find that the republicans could
not have made better selection"
This represents the opinion Of Lee
Cruce, democratic nominee for COVER
nor, regarding the machine-propelled
actions of the state republican ma
chine. It is an excerpt from his dig
nified, we'll applauded address before
thousand people in the auditorium
at the state fair grounds in Oklahoma
City. Democratic day, Oct. 4.
&C. G. Jones would no more fit that
platform than right would fit wrong,
proceeded Mr.. Cruce. John Fields,
leader among the progressive repub-
Iicans Of Oklahoma, would fee from il
as the people would flee from pesli-
lence. A platform has not been made
IL fifty wears that contains so few def.
mite promises to libertyloying
American people.
THE democratic platform was writ
ten in the hearts and conscience OF
more than 125,0oO people on August 2
when their candidates were chosen,
and It was framed BY more than four
teen hundred delegates to a state con
vention called for that purpose. 1t was
dictated by no man. It is the platform
sf, for and by the people. That plat
form is a sacred contract, with the can
didate as party Of one part on the one
hand and the people as the party OF
the other part on the other hand, and
the contract should be kept as inyiolate
as any other contract ever made.
"Our constitution. it has been fre
quently said. is the best basic law even
written for commonwealth Of this
union. Three years ago Mr.. McNeal
went over this state declaring that il
was an iniquitous document and recon
mending that the whole matter OF state
hood be referred back to congress
Three years ago the republicans in
state convention at Tulsa denounced
the constitution in their platform with
many and bitter anathemas and
pledged themselves to rid It Of its In
iquitous features if they we're put in
power. Three years have passed and
not single amendment have they pro
posed. and yet their candidate for gov
efnor. the man who denounced the con.
stitution as iniauitous, asks the people
OF Oklahoma to place him in a position
to administer the doctrines OF that in.
strument. Had the people of Oklahoma
taken the advice Of McNeal Oklahoma
would have been in the same almost in.
tolerable condition Of New Mexico and
Arizona whose rights OF selfgovern-
ment were denied in their enabling
act by provision which required that
prior to the institution Of statehood
their constitutions should be approved
by congress What trayesty on the
inaIienable right Of local self.govern.
ment"
Mr. Cruce declared that while the
policy Of developing great oil, gas, min
eral and commercial industries must
meet general approval, yet the best ex-
penditure OF money that has been made
in Oklahoma or can be made in Okla
ohma is that invested IN the educa-
tion Of 100000 boys and girls OF this
state. whereby intelligent men and
women viii be produced and the ends
Of wise and Just government conserved.
He declared that the democrats have