The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-04
HEADQUARTERS OPEN MONDAY
State headquarters at Oklahoma City
10 Be Thrown Open Labor Day
Cruee to Deliver Keynote Speech
Abou, Middle Of the Month.

the democratic state committee as
chairman of the democratic state
campaign committee.
He will conduct the campaign for
the election Of Lee Cruce and the
other democratic candidates.
An advisory committee has been
selected from the various congress
sional districts TO assist him.
Williams will select his own i'm
mediate advisers, including a cam
paign secretary, and also his Of
flee assistants. He will select his
own press manager and dope max
ers.' He will open headquarters
in the democratic state headquarters
In the annex TO the Lee-Huckins
Hotel Monday. September 5th and
commence an active work along or
sanization lines. Later he will call
a meeting OF the various state and
legislative candidates 10 further pro
mote campaign plans
State Chairman Fred Brauson's
relationship with the campaign CON-
mittee will be the same as Joe
Thompson occupied as s. ate chairman
during the Haskell campaign, that
IS, In an advisory capacity. He may
have charge Of the speakers bu-
rcau \ committee of fifteen will
be se.ected by Chairman Williams
from the five congressional districts
to advise with him as to the poli.-
ical needs in those districts Then
a committee Of probably eleven mem
bers will be selected by Williams
from among the prominent demo
Gratis Of the state As general advis-
ers on campaign matters This com
mi'tee in all probability will con
sist of Governor Haskell, Hon. VIM.
Murray, Hon. L. p Ross. Hon. Tom
Doyle, Judge Jesse Dunn. Judge r.
l.. Williams, J. p. Doolin. Tom
Owens Lon Frame, Senators owen
and Gore and Congressmen Carter
and Ferris and others.
The men who will be connected
with the campaign in an active way
are the democratic standard bearers
and the strongest supporters of
democracy in the state. This or
'anization would present a formida-
bic front in any state Il is a winning
crowd Mr. Wi'@ successfully
handled the reins Of the campaign
or the nominee OF the democratic
larty in the primary, and now he
'iil have the honor and pleasure of
eeing his creative work carried on
with himself at the helm.
The first big gun in the campaign
vii be fired about The middle of the
month with Mr. Cruce', opening
peech
In this keynote speech it will be.
ound that his laudation Of The dem.
cratic administration means the
raising Of every democratic office ]
older from the highest TO The low. {
st in the state He will by compari.
IN show that republican government
Old Oklahoma was a government
graft and greed, as at least two
stances, yet fresh in the minds of :
ie people. prove These are the &
iN-up at the Norman State Insane S
sy'um and ;he Capitol y tional +
ank failure p
The democratic administration of a
ate affairs will, and probably fl
lould be, a campaign issue. The per il
'nal affairs of no member Of the al
emocratic party can be made a 81
'litical issue any mo.e than can "a
e question of Ballinger's action. Il
hile secretary of the interior. in
The cry of fraud In the primary al
ection is one that cannot he at.
ibuted TO either party as the ones fr
oSt guilty in Oklahoma county h,
here a recount is being held. have Y,
en- republicans. The Daily OklaAo- a
an, a strong Cruce supporter and n
'mocratic paper, leads the fight III
ainst these frauds with money al
d the free use of its columns to m
nvict those guilty of crimes il,
ainst the elective franchise.
The sO-called Gore investigation
Il assist John X. Williams in the
nduct of the democratic state
npaign BY showing the corruption
the republicans in the manage ho
mt OF Indian affairs past and pres
That the republicans are UP in %