The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-15
The NEW DEMOCRATIC RECRUIT.

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Il .s 70 be- hoped when the seats
are agpOrtiOned in he next federal
house Of Representatives that the dem
Ocrafic coaErc7smeu from Maine may
not be given places IN the Cherokee
strip which IS 10 be shifted 10 the
;eWblican side Of the house. The
cherokee strip readers wiz under.
stand. Is the section located On the
minority side that must be occupied
by members o. the majority who can
not find seats on the majority side
because the numerical prepOnderance
Of the majority exceeds the number
" seats located on the majority side.
We shall rely upon the courth2y Of
the democratic majority 20 afford the
country chance TO see a dcmncrat
rise from his place among Texans,
MissisHppians and other sOut Ierners
TO he recognized By me chair as The
Gentleman from Maine We tel now
thr under such circumstance we
shall have 10 journey . Washington
70 look in upon such sstLc be'rGe
We are gathered 10 t9c bpomg Of
Abraham. jefferson, Andrew Jackson
and other democratic sans who are
patrolling tho battlemoo'i Of g'ciy.
We do not recall just when dsin-
ocrat represented Maine In the fed
cra house Maine has been republican
since 1860 Before that It was a5oli-
ton, WING or some other stripe OF
political dcpraylty. Way back yonder
the democrats now and then landed u
man. but II has been so long ago that
1t Is not our intention to claw into
the dust OF ages which has settled
upon Mane's political history to 10.
cate the man or the period.
And then there Is that looming pos
sibillty OF democratic senator from
Maine. What a spectacle that would
be for eyes that have been watching
the portents for signs OF a democratic
revival. A democrat In seat that has
been so long adorned by Eugene Hale,
the successor of Hannibal Hamlin,
who was the successor of William Pitt
Fcsscndcn!
And think OF democrats arising In
the house from seats once held by the
brilliant Blaine, the great Tom Reed
and the shrewd author OF famous
tariff law Nelson NJ. Dnglcy.
Maine has been a long time coming,
but as they would say In South Car
olina she has came and as they
would say In North Carolina. she
has seen her duty and she done it,
or as Major TIcmphill would para
phrase Julia Ward Howe, "hcr eyes
have saw the glory OF the coming Of
the Lord Maine called for lcr dem
ocracy In heroic dose and she smiled
with heavenly grace a she gulpcd II
down, She feels better for It. the dem
ocra'ic party feels better and the
whole country feels better.
We bospeak for the new little sis
ter which the political stork has fetch
I'd TO our house a brilliant career. We
are going 10 see That her footsteps are
trained in the way she should Eo.
That former political rcincarnation of
hcrs when, like Ella Wilcox in the
days OF Richelicu, she was Of great
beauty brainy and desperately wick
cd, shall all be forgotten.
Having landed Maine. We are conf.
IDENTIFY hoping to convert the New
York Tribune 10 the immortal doc.
trinc OF equal and exact Justice to all,
etc, tariff for revenue and 20 hell
with the trusts. Tho year OF Jubilee
has come and every ransomed sinner
must hurry home-IIous'o on Post
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That the home Of James G.. elaine