The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-18

:, Of the trusts and corrupt CONNER
. cial interests that are trying to in
:. wade the province of the govern
:, ment in order that they may the
=. more safely exploit the people.
! The contest in which we are en-.
! gagged will result In committing the
! administration of the governmental
J affairs of the state for the next
: four years either to the democratic
! or republican party, for every vot'
! er will concede that one of these
! will triumph this fall. 1t is for the
: people to decide which of the two
! they prefer. In making this choice,
! the honest voter will make his own
! Investigation and choose the one
: which he honestly believes Will
: best subserve the public good On
the 10th day of July, the republican
J party by its state executive com
mittee, assembled in Guthrie, adopt
ed platform, and at the primary
election, on the second day oi
! August, proceeded to select can
! didate to carry out thatp latform
J In this regard the republican party
has continued in operation in OK
lahoma its time adhered to policy of
ignoring the rank and file of the
party In setting forth its principles,
and has permitted select and elect
few to dictate to the many what
shall be their creed in this con
test. The farmer Is note onsulted'
the laboring man Is ignored, and
the honest business man is brush
ed aside. while handful of SELF
appointed delegates, composed, 1or
the greater part of professional
politicians. and professional federal
office holders, writes its platforms
and saws to the thousands of repuD-
lican voters of the state of OK
lahoma. take this, uphold 1t ana
be satisfied. 'Tis our decree And
vet the republican nominee for gov
ernor, standing upon the platform
has the temerity to speak OF the
tyrrany of kings and the dictation
J of the president of Mexico. Never
: before in history has such abso
J Iute domination OF the masses by
! the selfhppointed few, been at
! tempted How long will the intel
! lipent thinking and self-respectlng
! republicans Of the state calmly
submit to such political masters
J and bend like slaves to the CALLING
! woke prepared for them? When VIII
: Won assert your political independ-
ence and sweep from control OF your
organization in the state the hand
full of federal appointees that Is
now riding your party to certain
political death? As long as the re-
publican party In this state is led
nv an array of trucking leaders,
who faYn and cringe at the feet
of the federal officials at Wash
ington. 1t will deserve defeat at
the hands of the people and will
receive It. This evidence OF ser
Witty Is plainly manifested in the
platform they have adopted Kun
ming through the entire miserable
document is laudation of those VINO
have been more securely fastening
upon the people the shackles OF
commercial slavery and not one
sentence is wasted in sympathy Tor
the toiling masses of our population,
And upon this platform, stands the
republican candidate for governor
pleading for the suffrage of the non
est voters Of Oklahoma. Realizing
that no man can hope to win while
advocating such platform he Is
already vainly endeavoring to shit
the hattie line, and thus avoid the
consequences Of such a declaration
OF principles. | have carefully READ
his opening speech made at Guth-
rie on the 3lst day of August, ana
nowhere in that speech do | ma
any reference whatever to the plat
form upon which he stands. lie does
not give it even a perfunctory en-
dorsement. and yet he has not the
courage openly to repudiate 1t. lie
is placed in this dilemma; II he
endorses it, he will drive from him
the self respecting, fair-minded, free
thinking republicans, who refuse TO
accept the dictation Of the cheap /
selfimposed leaders. and If he re-
pudiates it, he will drive from him
the gang of federal officials in this
state and ALLEVIATE the influence OF
the authorities at Washington.
Choose ye this day whom ye shall
bara warn him that he