The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-26
NATIONAL SECRETARY
PRAISES LEE CRUCE
UREY WOODSON SAYS DEMO-
GRATIS OF STATE OUGHT TO
BE PROUD OF MAN LIKE CRUCE


acter and principles of Lee Cruce,
democratic candidate for governor;
the remarkable progress Oklahoma
has made under a democratic ad-
administration and constitution; and
the bright prospects for a state an
national democratic victory, were
the principal subjects at an infor
NAL discussion Saturday night in
the Lee-Huckins hotel, where
number of prominent democratic
leaders met to honor Urey Wood
son, of Owensboro, KY, secretary of
the democratic national committee
Lee Cruce, it was declared, has
the backing of every democrat in
! the state in the coming campaign
and the leaders declare that he will
receive a large number of republi-
can votes from those who have had
enough of the McNeal-lIarris regime.
! With state constitution which ev
cry state in the union is initiating,
| head of the ticket, the democrats
will sweep the state, Mr. Woodson
declared.
The conference was called at a
late hour and had none of the iea
lures of a formal meeting of leaders.
There were present Governor C. n.
Haskell, Urey Woodson, John Will
liams,, Fred Branson, Moman Prui-
ett, boss Lillard, l.. w. Vance, JUS
Tate Brady of Tulsa, Duke Stallings,
Z. j. Giddings and w. a. Ledbetter.
The democrats of this state ought
to be proud of man like Lee
Cruce,' said Mr.. Woodson, and |
honestly cannot see how, under the
state constitution you have, the
splendid development the state has
shown. and with its sterling brand
OF democracy, Lee Cruce can have
All opponent. The prospects in Ok
lahoma are excellent and / predict
a big victory.
1T Is a great source of pride to
me to realize the kind of a man
the democrats have chosen to head
the ticket. Cruce comes from fam
lily whose name has never been
stained and whom | know personally
to be the best stock in the south.
By every act he has shown himself
to be democrat of whom the party
can be proud and one that will car
ry his standard to victory.
Il want to say emphatically here
that this state ought to be proud Of
its constitution. 1t has been criti-
cized from every standpoint; ma,
the butt of ridicule by the republi-
cans, but nevertheless it is the doc
ument which other states are seek
ing to emulate in every possible
manner and contains some features
which l believe are worthy of
Jefferson.
ocratic victory was never better.
The wave of democracy which is
sweeping over the country as typi- |
fled by the recent elections in Maine |
is the result of rule which the |
republicans have exercised for years |
without questioning the ultimate re-
cali hoIl
ers confess to me that the next
congress would be democratic and
that there is little chance for a re-
publican president If the democratic
wave keeps spreading.
True it is that the republican
party to a great extent is putting its
faith in Roosevelt, with the hopes of
electing him president in 1872 but
there is a large faction opposed to
him, and l doubt If he will prove
the port of refuge which they are
seeking. His doctrines of new ma.
tionaliSm which he so loudly pro-
claims are nothing more or less than
the very principles you people have
endowed in your state constitution.
Democrats all over the nation
are awakening to the fact that
certain victory awaits them and they
are being joined by the great mass
Of laboIing people AMI people of all
classes. In Oklahoma the democrats
have shown what can be done. This
tate at the present is the wonder
,f the ration and the people will
leve: let it slip from Under the
ule which has made 1t great, to
20 into the rule of party advo-
'alinR the principles which char
Icte"i7e republicanism
Mr. Woodson spent a great por-
ion Of the day in conference with
he democratic campaign leaders,
iscussing the situation both locally