The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-12

| Tor lack OF a DeCter scdpeSOdt, u idJ
it on the people themselves, or their
organization-the Commercial Club.
Then he reveals his wonderful dis
covery which he says he has been
engaged the past two years in max
ing.
Now, listen! Here is what he
says
But, now, after two years service
upon your board of commissioners,
want to say that the fact becomes
more potent every day, that the
fault lies with the officers higher
up ..,
Wonderful discovery-that. In
deed, it took him longer to discover
that than it did Columbus to dis
cover America, and Columbus did
his work away back in 1892. when
things were not quite so swift as in
this age of electricity, subways and
flying machines. ...t g..
Now, when / got this wonderful
letter it made me stop and think.
When | got down to the part where
he had been two whole years max
ing it, | wondered how it happened
that he made known mis- discovery
just about a month before the city
primaries. | thought thought hard
about this. Then, | remembered away
back two years ago when we were
first elected to office, and i remem-
bered that Mr.. Dawson had con-
fided another one of his discoveries
to me.
This time he said: "Cotner do
you know there is great oppor-
tunity here for a Political Moses?'
| confessed that i had been too OBJ
tuse to see it, if there was. Then
: he felt me out to see if | had any
J such ambition, or better, that
wanted to keep away from it. That
it meant poverty. That l had seen
hundreds of good men go to their
graves paupers from following the
political game.
said to myself: 1t is all plain
to me now, very pain indeed. He
still has that Political Moses" mat
: ter in his mind. He is not salts
fled with being a commissioner. He
never was. 1t was TOO EASY. He
5 wants to be an Officer higher up
: But his term as commissioner, to
} which the people elected him, is
e not up. Then / could almost hear
him say to himself: Well, what of
that? I'll show them my discovery
that the fault hes with ''the Off
GERS higher up
: Show them, of course, l can. No
one has ever disputed my word. The
; public has never found fault with
me. Ha, Hal! l have been too
busy helping to find fault with the
, other fellow for them to ever find
fault with me. They will not doubt
: my discovery.
But, then there are the other fell
; lows who have been with me on all
this voyage. What will they say?
; Do you suppose that any of them
will squeal and say that the discov-
, cry is fake" that it is bogus"
and not genuine?
Well, let's see. There is Jones,
! yes, poor old Jeff is gone; his lips
are sealed in that sleep that knows
no awakening.
What about owens? Yes, he might
squeal; and Burnitt, yes, he will;
, and BTidgman, he is bound to.
Well, I'll put the mayor and all
the other commissioners in one boat.
: I'll scuttle the ship before they see
ME and l will sail out in a craft
all by myself III call for volun,
teers to man my ship from the high
seas. It's sink or swim, survive or
perish.
That's it, gentlemen, in my esti-
nation, that's it. That's why this
remarkable letter That's why this
wonderful discovery.
But, friends, the whole world has
learned to be skeptical of discover
les. A mere announcement will not
suffice. 1t has been so long since
we had one. We have been so busy
at other things that we had almost
forgotten how to act when we had
one.
But last summer DIR. Cook claimed
a discovery. He fooled the whole
civilized world for a few days. But,
finally, someone demanded the proof
David or Moses. / know not which
to call you. / am going to demand
the proof of you here tonight. Show
us here tonight why We, whom you
see fit to call the Officers higher
up" are responsible for Ardmore