The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-07
Senator Gore, Judge VIII
l;a111s, Lieut.. Gov. Meal
est>>; and Stump Ashby
Cont,ssuted> Their E1o-
quence = the Reunion
This Mor11;11g---Elect;on
Held This Afternoon.

A greater statesman than Judson
Harmon, a greater patriot than
Champ Clark and a greater cham
pion of the peoples rights than Wood.
row Wilson, is United States Senator
Gore. who for more than an hour
held the great reunion Of Confeder-
ate Veterans spellbound with his elo'
quence this morning. Long before
the hour of his speech the opera
house was crowded with eager men
and women and patiently they sat
waiting to hear the blind senator
from Oklahoma. Although many OF
them had heard him before, they
wanted to listen again to his elo-
Quence. The words o: wisdom from
est oratory were 'nterspersed with
bits of fun and story telling that
created outbursts Of applause.
The senator did not touch upon
national politics except in an indi'
rect manner. He referred to the sen
fencing" of Abraham Lincoln to the
Illinois legislature and said that body
was made up of very fine men-both
democrats and republicans--iust as
fine as money could buy
The incoming trains brough many
more veterans to the city last night
and the local committees have been
able to take care of every one. One
wife of a Confederate said she was
being so well treated that she want
ed to make Ardmore her home and
live among just such people as those
We have here.
When General HALEY raped for or
der this morning there was a vast
crowd assembled to hear the pro
ceeGings. Divine blessings were asked
by General Otis p. Brewer. Dr.
Threadgill reported the program for
the day, and added that "A parade
Nuulu bt gwen loIioilo" at /"
O'Clock. The order of the parade was
not stated.
The committee on Confederate re-
ception and sponsors ball announced
that all Veterans would be admitted
on their badges, all visitors will be
admitted free and are urged to come,
all ladies of Ardmore will be ad-
mitted free. The men who reside in
Ardmore are requested to purchase
tickets sufficient to cover the cost
of the social event Of the reunion.
Acting Governor of Oklahoma j. J.
McAlester was introduced and made
a brief talk He said he was no ora
tor, that he wanted to pay his re.
spects to the citizenship of Oklaho
ma and reviewed briefly the times
the people have gone through in this
country He said no state could boast
OF a finer people. no state could
boast of doing so much for the Con.
federatesl under similar circumstances,
and he urged the veterans, their sons
and daughters to take hold OF the
Confederate Home, pay it out of debt
and referred to the time with some
feeling when there would be no use
for such a home, and said it would
stand there as monument to the
nf
Oklahoma and would be used for a
school or for some other state insti-
tuition.
kilograms were read from Senator
Robert l.. owens, General A. NJ. Van.
zandt, commander of the Trans
Mississippi Department, and from
Tate Brady, in which these gentle.
men expressed regret that they could
not be with the Veterans on this oc-
casion.
y. B. Forrest camp at Durant sent
@ resolution passed by that body in
which they asked the reunion here
to adopt as one of its resolutions.
It declared for pensions to the sol
diers instead OF furnishing a home
for them. The matter was referred
to the committee on resolution.
General HALEY requested talks from
the soldiers. and J. W Baird OF Sui
phur responded. He said he had heard
little else except eulogies pronounced
upou the southern generals and said