The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-12
bond; page 15S.


Against resolution requesting MI
Sayre's resignation; page 159.
Against payment of $500 to
w. Maxey Co.; page 167.
Against the payment of six days
services due Mr.. Sayre, portion O
month; page 176.
Against taxing fruit cars $500 fol
peddling from cars; page 27O.
Against same proposition at $500
per car; page 27O.
Against allowing special estimate
of P. J Meredith & Co.; page SOC
Now, when they are boiled down
there are but three things that the
other commissioners and mayor dis
agreed with Mr.. Dawson about:
LIST. Appointments of city officers
2nd. Filtration plant.
3rd. Dismissal of Mr.. Sayre.
Then, he says, another thing tina
! agree with. He says it is YOU
duty to find out whether Dawson was
right or whether the mayor and boart
of commissioners were right. If 6
majority of you think that we were
fatally wrong when we appointed Un
Gle George Henry Bruce, Judge Gait
Buck Garrett and DR.. Hargrave, anC
when we saved the city 100000 on the
filtration plant, and $4,000 annually
for all time. And If you think we
were wrong in dismissing Mr.. Sayre
when he refused to do what we told
him. and that all the other work we
have done does not overshadow these
honest mistakes, then it is your duty
to get rid of me.
He says that is the question in this
campaign and not whether by reason
of a sunny illumination of counten'
ance, this or that candidate for mayor
is able to round up the biggest bunch
Of floating voters. Guess that was
meant for me but you know | just
can't help that sunny illumination.
You know I am one Of these unfor-
tunate fellows who have nothing but
good health, great appetite, some
real friends and abundance Of hope
and good prospects. They are some
times known as optimists. No mat
ter how dark the cloud they always
see the silver lining.
But, say, you talk about being able
to Ground up these voters. Now, l
have tried to get votes several times
in the past, but our friend, Dawson,
is a past grand master at the art.
He has me skinned a dozen city
blocks in that game. Why he told a
story down at the city hall the other
day that sent a chill to the marrow
of my bones. He said when he was
running against Lafe Cruce for COM
missioner in the First Ward that two
men came UP to him on election day
and told him that their wives had
instructed them to vote for Daw-
son before they got too drunk to
vote; that he prepared their ballots
and saw to it that they were put
in the ballot box and that Lafe
Cruce still thought they voted for
him.
Now, that was when you were not
- ~ than fiftNr
feet from the polling place. But.
he has way of convincing you that
he is good fellow and with you.
He has convinced me SO many times
about being right with me that I'll
bet right now he could convince
me that he was going to be for
me in this race for mayor.
You know he has a way of calling
you off and making few assertions
and insinuations that would raise
a doubt in your mind about the
honesty of everyone. He don't come
out and say so in pain words, but
he leaves the impression somehow.
tell you he beats any man l ever
saw for that.
Why do you know | thought |
knew Bob Dick as well as any man
on earth and | always had implicit
faith in him. l thought him abso-
lutely honest, but when we were
running for office two years ago,
Dawson almost had me wondering
If the records would not show that
Dick and all the other councilmen
were thieves.
He can decorate better with the
glittering generality and insinuation
than anyone / ever saw.
Now, listen, here we are, here in
this next utterance in this famous
letter. Here it is-the glittering
generality and insinuation. Both as
adroitly drawn as a Philadelphia law
yer would draw a gold bond. He
says: ut is time for you, as a tax