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


more and the merchants Nost thou
sands and thousands of dollars by
this one thing alone, as all the
money paid out by this court was
spent right here in our city. Why
didn't you tell them that the loss
of the land office and its employees
and that the hundreds of people
that came here daily to file, had af-
fected times in Ardmore? Why didn't
you tell them that the filing of the
$4,000 land suits in the United States
court had placed cloud on every
title in this part of the country
and had also scared off all the
buyers and kept people from the
outside coming into Ardmore and
the Chickasaw Nation and spending
their money. Why didn't you tell
them that the four years crop fail
ure had made this cotton raising
| belt consisting Of Carter, Marshall
Johnson and Love counties to de-
crease in population since 1907. That
this and many other natural causes
were what had caused dullness in
Ardmore up until last fall, when the
Lord blessed us with a good crop.
which has turned the tide in our
favor.
Let us look at this remarkable
letter again to see if there are any
proofs. Yes, here it is: Notice what
a broad glittering generality 1t is.
He says: But it has long been
known that Dawson is minority
on the board of commissioners, and
that for some reason or another,
the record of the votes cast in the
meetings of your mayor and board
of commissioners, where vital mat
ters concerning your welfare are con-
cerned, such as the expenditure of
your money, shows DAWSON upon
one side, and the concentrated weight
of the mayor and other commission
ers upon the other side"
Now, he says the records of the
vote cast at the meetings of your
mayor and the board Of commission
ers shows this Now, you know when
/ struck that word record" that
hit me with great force. Records are
my long suit. Miss Ola Holloway,
Uncle George Henry Bruce, Hal
Buchanan and Tom Deen and Mr..
Tandy and Mr.. Bridgman, will all
tell you that / am a horse on rec
ords. l have spent nearly all OF
the past two years working on rec
ords-bond records, waterwoIks bond
records, sewer bond records, park
bond, records, school bond records,
high school bond records, pavink bond
records in numbers of districts and
refunding bond records. They will
tell you that I have worked them
all down in relays on records.
When fellow gets through getting
up records for these technical bond
lawyers he never will forget that
word. Why when l got up these
bond records, l came pretty near
having the affidavit of the twelve
hundred people that voted for them.
Well, as ! say, when my eye
struck that word record" l said
at last l have something tangible.
Records-me for the records. / got
them and / read over every vote that
has been taken since we went into
office. There has been 750 votes.
Think of it, $50 votes. Now, how
Dawson opposed the other commits
sioners on? Or let us put it, how
many do you suppose there were four
stubborn men disagreed with Mr..
Dawson? If / had relied upon the
statement in that letter / would
have guessed about 749, but my men,
ory told me that it could not be so.
So l got down the record and count
ed up every proposition where the
other commissioners disagreed with
him and found that they numbered
20.
Now, let's see what they were
even-hundred4and-for roll call
up to February 20, 1911.
Voted no" on Buck Garrett ap-
pointment, page 4.
Voted mo" on G.. II. Bruce ap-
pointment, papge 8.
Voted mo" on John L. Gait ap-
pointment, page s.
Voted no against purchase of
fire team, page 8.
Voted mo" against chicken ordin-
ance, page 81.
Voted mo" against amending Sec
ton 52, Ordinance 81; page 46.
Refused to vote for confirmation
of ]. H. Hargrave for city physician
on account of his own family ply