Crittenden record-press., 1910-11-03

defeated in that race by Haskell but
the people have shown by thegreat and
complimentary vote. given him in the
election just had. that they are glad
of anNoppertunity 10 correct that mis-
take. Mr.. Cruce has achieved what Of
success is his, unaided by wealth ex-
cept of his own earning, but We might
say his genius energy and native abih-
ty have been strongly assisted by his
brothers who have all stood 'oyally by
him in all his ambitions. Will and Cavit
made speeches and Laurence ana Lafe
worked too, so reports have il. From
the Ardmorite we clip the following:
WILL CRUCE AS A POLITICIAN
! Will Cruce. good old honest Will
! Cruce, has come back from a caAs
! paIgn of the western counties of q
state. Will Cruce looks TO be vefy
much at home in the Sunday School, IL
seems natural to see him engaged in
the trial Of the most perplexing law
uits that come up in the state, he
seems most natural when addressing a
jury of farmers. but in our imagina-
tion we can scarcely conceive Just how
he looks at campaigning the State.
He tells his hearers thet he is no poll
tician and he is not. He never so
much as dreamed out in hts mind anyA
vote catching scheme, much less &c
tempted to put one into execution. Butt
those who have heard him, say his
logic is unanswerable He goes at hisP
crowd in rather an easy manner at
first. his looks betray his absolute
honesty and he does not stand before
a crowd for one minute until the crowd 4
is willing to take his word upon any 1
question. And when the onhdence 4
and the enthusiasm of the crowd be- 1
gins to reflect itself in the attitude I
of the speaker, viii Cruce becomes
eloquent with his logic and home-spun
expressions and II is said that no man
in the state has done more effective
work in the campaign than Will Cruce.
And during the entire campaign he
has arranged bis speaking dates so
that he could be with his Sunday school
except upon one occasion and that was
caused by late train which forced
him to change his schedule. VIII
Cruce is not at all seriousness. bat
there is funny SIDE To his make up
and he enjoys fun as much az any one
else !
On his return trip he tells this story
on A. c. Cruce.
''At Hobant" he says. 81 had the
smallest crowd of any place I spoke.
Whenever VIII Cruce was announced
in the circulars. good crowds came.
but when ! arrived at Hobart the first
thing that greeted my eyes was cir
cular announcing that A. G. Cruce was
10 speak there that afternoon. Well. /
! knew the jig was up then. and sure
enough that was the smallest crowd I
had. " He t~lls the story where A. c.
can hear il and he finds a great deal fof
sport in teasing his brother.
When viii Cruce gets to one side
where A c. can't hear him he saws
really he had the biggest crowd at
Hobart because he spoke there on a
Saturday afternoon when all the far
mers were in town, bat he would not
have A. c. know for it any reasonable
sum.
A great reception was rendered the
Governor elect at Ardmore his home
and many speakers We'd with each
other in landing the name of "honest
and unsullied Lee Cruce.
The Ardmorite closes the lengthy ac-
count of this reception as follows:
Amid the strains Of "My Old Ken
lucky Home" Hon. Lee Cruce then
stepped upon the stage. and for fully
five minutes the air reverberat ID with
the thunders of applause which greeted
him and when the band broke into
Dixie about half Of the audience leaped
10 their feet and pandemonium reigned
again. Quiet was finally restored and
Mr.. Coleman introduced Mr.. Cruce.
Mr.. Cruce thanked his home people
for the splendid reception and stated
that after he had completed his stew
ardship to the people of the state Of
Oklahoma that he would return To
them and spend the remaining years
Df his hfe in Ardmore.