The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-16

The governor had no alternative, since
Greer is printing the election ballots,
and he was forced to place Jake Ha-
mon on the board The appointment
was made simultaneously with the
presentation of republican resolutions
at FL Reno demanding an honest cleo
ton and a fair count
Hamon Made a Failure.
Hamon made such poor chairman
during the territorial days that the
State Capital (Which has been defend
ing him with all its resources and
power ever since Senator Gore pre-
ferred his charges) during the cam
paign for the election of delegates to
the constitutional convention demand
ed his removal and the selection of
Jake Admire of Enid as his successor
I Afterwards, HamOn kicked the traces
ana announced himself for Fairbanks
/ for president against the candidacy of
Taft. He is out for keeps with Roose-
velt because Roosevelt contributed TO
! his failure as state chairman by re-
fusing to heed lannon's dictations IN
the appointment of men to federal po-
sitions in the territory. When Roose-
welt heard that Hamon was for Fair
banks all hope for reconciliation
was passed
Republicans of eastern oklahoma
cannot endorse the action of the state
committee in recommending Halnun
for place on the election board Har.
ris has added to successive bad
steps that have characterized this
campaign. Aside from the fact that
Hamon has been discredited in the
state, they discount his apparent val
ue to the party because of his unfor-
tunate political record
Blunder of Harris.
Harris made an awful blunder," said
republican today. IF it could not
have been avoided under the election
law it would have been an easy mat
ter TO have trumped up a disqualifica-
tion for Hamon or Hamon could have
refused to serve, so as to make an
opening for some other man. The
woods are full of republicans who are
| qualified for the job. am inclined to
| look upon the matter as the result of
a deal whereby Harris hopes to throw
the responsibility of a bad situation on
other shoulders, and it means a much
smaller chance for republican vic
tory"
Extravaganza Charge Hooted.
The republican platform stands dis
credited in eastern Oklahoma because
of its charge of extravaganza and the
false charge that the special session
or the last Legislature was called for
the express purpose of dsfranchising
the negro vote. One of the laws en-
acted during the special session saved /.
the people something like a half a
million dollars a year in fees and sal /
aries. Another gives the state a di- |
rect income from corporations through
the license tax, of another half a mil
lion.
Eastern Oklahoma has to have court
houses, jails, bridges, school houses
and all the other necessities for set
ting up state government. In Okla
homa Territory the republicans had
established three state normals with
a population of 100000 from which to
draw their clientele. Statehood doubl-
ed the area of the state and the demo
Gratis established three state normals
on the eastern side when the state had
increased its population nearly five
times. Agricultural schools, a school
for the blind, a school for the deaf,
university preparatory school, peni-
tentiary, boys industrial school, an
insane asylum, all these have been es-
tablished in land that for years was
restrained from progress by a republi-
can administration.
Eastern Oklahoma needs more i'm
provements yet. 1t would rank with
other great states. If the republicans
promise more meager appropriations
and less improvements than the demo
Gratis granted them they are looked
upon in eastern Oklahoma as being as
suredly of the standpat faith and hav-
ing nothing of the progressive spirit.