The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-06
Candidates Measure
Swords in Debate



On the land question he showed hi
record In voting for this law in th
First legislature and exhibited his Ia
receipts for 1909 aid certificate iron
= the treasurer Of JohnstoY county tina
hs had pait a;s tax every year sine
statehood. he Naeclared that Nj
cfuce would not Show that he ha,
paid his tax every year on his Tndiai
land.
He severely arranged the "Olxlaho
man" and the people present cheeret
him heartily. n fought me for presi
dent oil the constitutional convention
and lost 1t supported Mr. Cruce
three years ago, and lost. It support
ed another franchise for street car
lines in Oklahoma City, and lost. II
fought for charter for Oklahoma
city, and lost. II fought for the repeal
Of article 2, and lost. And it will lose
again August 2nd.' Cloud applause.) }
He closed BY paying a tribute to
women and the home and was the
only candidate that was cheered by
the women present.
AIr, Ross was well received when in.
troduced.
He declared in favor Of curtailing
the power Of the executive That the
people should elect all officers, and
pardons should be granted BY board
elected BY the people.
Touching on prohibition he said he
would destroy all whiskey and the
knowledge Of its manufacture If he
had the power but if this could not be
done he would provide for local op-
tion, strict restrictions and absolute
enforcement OF the law. He declared
that if local option failed to carry and
the people voted in favor Of statewide
prohibition that no whiskey would be
sold in the basement Of the aJtel
where he lived II he was governor OF
the state.
His other remarks were along the
same lines as his speech in other
places over the state. He closed BY
describing the early history Of the
state.
Mr. cruce was introduced at Il
O'Clock and many who had left the
room returned. He was received with
enthusiastic applause He referred to
the speech Of Mr. Murray as being
good socialist speech and that BY Mr..
Ross as being good republican
speech. He was opposed to the state
owning the coal lands and building
railroads for that was socialism.
lie quoted statistics to show that the
democratic party stands for economy
and the republican party for extravas
gance Of government.
He denied having any mortgages on
record in Carter county. He said
there might be some mortgages in fa-
vor OF the law firm Of which be had
been a member but none in his favor.
He did not deny that the Ardmore
National bank had mortgages on rec
ord in the county. He said he opposed
the railroad amendment, but did not
say he voted for it the day OF the cleo
tion. He questioned Mr. Murray's sin
certify regarding the referendum and
the initiative as there was nothing in
the Sequoyah constitution relating to
it. He showed his tax receipts for
the year 1909, but made no statement
regarding the taxes for the other
Years. He named several parties in
Carter county who were opposing him
for governor because OF his stand On
the Indian tax question.
He quoted from the records of the
constitutional convention that Mr..
Murray introduced the provision to
exempt the Whitaker orphans home
from taxation and that this provision
was made a part Of the constitution
and the same clause Of the constin.
tion prohibited the taxing Of certain
Indian lands
lie opposed the Torrens lard law
as it was undemoeratic He said that
the law was not in force in a single
democratic state or democratic county
in the United States He did not
think it democratic for the govern
mcnt to protect any business transac-
tion made by the citizen. He declared
that the law originated in New zea-
land, a social country.
He said that the land titles in the
Indian Territory part Of the state were