The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-21
APPOINTED, OR
ELECTED WHICH 2
MEMBER OF THIRD LEGISLATURE
VERY YEMPHATIC IN FAVOR OF
ELECTION.

which of course had its origin in the
governor, as he appoints the heads OF
the various departments. Many
speeches We're made pro and con. in
the caucuses and herewith Is pro-
duced one made by a representative
from the southern part of the state.
His name will not be disclosed for
various reasons, principally because
names are not mentioned in party eau
cuses
Following is what he has TO say on
the subject;
Since my advent into public life,
have had occasion to note many
phases of humanity, and have often
thought that the human family, es'
pecially those living in a republic
where the people make and admins
ter their own laws, were adverse to
office-holding especially by appoint
ment. Thinking of course that the
emoluments of the office were a sec
ondary incentive to the holding of Of
flee, and that the main feature was
the satisfaction of men having and
expressing confidence in you, that be-
ing the chief incentive to perform the
duties of such elective Office merely
as matter of principle and as a
demonstration of your appreciation Of
the confidence so expressed.
No man can dispute the fact that
office seeking through such motives
is excusable and even laudible. A
man, who through his patriotic pro-
clivities, seeks office is in every sense
of the word man that should be ap-
preciated. The emoluments of the Of
fee are always inadequate to bal
ance the expenditures in the pursuit
of the office, especially Legislative
or judicial office. In view Of these
facts it is amazing to witness the
amount of people, who by scores and
hundreds, yea, even thousands, flock
about the capital daily seeking office,
who want the appointment for vari-
Gus reasons, and seldom is a reason
offered of peculiar fitness or ability
to perform the duties of the office to
which they aspire.
The chief slogan is, Had it not
been for me Cruce would have lost
this, that or the other counties" and
az least five hundred are individually
responsible for his nomination. All OF
whom were working and sacrificing
time and money purely through pa
triotic motives, and every one wanting
job purely because they were so pa
triotic.
Some one said consistency was a
jewel | believe if the uthor had
lived in this age of progress and in
vention, he would have changed the
word by saying, "Oh! Patriotism, thou
art a Jewel"
1t is pitiable indeed to see the Grip
pies, mentally, morally, physically
and every other way, as they walt
without the gate their turn to ap-
proach personally or through medi-
ator the power that appoints men to
office. They in many instances,
should not be criticised, for in many
instances they are actuated to seek
the appointive office on account of pa
triotic principles, but in ninety-nine
out of one hundred instances, it is a
plea of Il tickled you, you tickel me. y
| am disgusted with the entire sys-
TEN of appointing officers. 1t is a
stencil in the nostrels of the Goddess
of Liberty; every office, small or
great, should be elective. then, and
never till then, that good hour will
come when people will be free from
the egotistical Job Seeker.
1t characterizes men of all political
parties. The Carpet-Bag rule of Old
Territory days has been condemned
by the democratic party, but never
in the history of those days were
there any more hungry republican ap-
plicants for jobs than in the present
more balmy and congenial days of
democratic rule.
! love democracy; it is the only
hope of our great republic, but it is
a lamentable fact that no man will
attempt to deny that We as democrats
persistantly push our claims as demo
Gratis to appointive power, as any re-
publican, and condemn others for do
ing the same things We our selves do.
Let's get rid of this appointive pre-
rogative, and do away with the sys-
TEN that permits it. for man hold
ing an elective office would be re-
lieved of the embarrassment Of being
threatened with defeat bcause he had