The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-01

lSel lHdt with Governor IidlnOu ~
President of the United States We,
would reclaim from the long years OF
misrule this great government of ours.
and restore il to the control OF tho
people. Inspired by these feelings We
have gotten together and have re-
solved that the people should not
pass judgment upon Governor Har-
mon without a full knowledge of who
he is, and in urging or suggesting
Governor Harmon as an available can
didate for President We do not wish
tC be considered as immcal to the
ether great men whose names have
been mentioned in that connection. lt
seems 10 me- that the time is auspi-
cious for democracy TO again take
charge of The affairs OF the national
government, and from our viewpoint
Governor Harmon possesses qualih-
cations OF availability superior TO any
other mentioned for the high honor
OF the Presidency
'lt is matter of little concern VINO
the Republicans may nominate. for
with Harmon as the Standard Bearer
of democracy, | think success is as
sured
Il think ii safe to predict that Gov.
Harmon Of all the men mentioned can
more certainly carry Indiana, New
York, and even New Jersey and the
State OF Ohio, than any other man
the democrats can select He ia loved
d.. Itnpt,a1iEnI
ment OF the people of his own state.
He has no factiona fights on his
hands and is nationwide character.
And do you know that ii is largc,y
due TO GOV Harmon's action and rec
concentrations made in connection
with the investigation OF the Santa
Fe and the Colorado Coal. Iron and
Fuel Company. that the idea origin
ated that the managers of the great
corporations should be held espon-
sible for the misconduct Of the in
terests they represented and from
that suggestion and from that time
prosecutions have been insistent and
persistent to dissolve the great COM
! binations entered into by these great
corporations under which combination
the system Of rebatin9 had grown to
such an extent as to destroy all legit-
innate competition
"Nou remember the striking example
Of the controversy that arose between
/ President Roosevelt and Governor
Harmon, which lent special emphasis
to this feature, when Mr., Harmon
reported to President Roosevelt that
one of his Cabinet Officers, Mr. Paul
Morton, while acting as General Man
ager OF the Santa Fe railroad and the
mining interest referred to, was gull
ty OF gross violation OF the criminal
law In giving rebates, and sugges ed
the institution of criminal proceed
Jlngs against him. President Roose-
welt. instead OF following the sugges-
tions made by Governor Harmon
quietly had Mr. Morton transferred
from his position to the Presidency
OF the Equitable Insurance Company,
one OF the strongest corporate bodies
In the Union And you also rem EN-
ber the memorable words of Cover
is always personal. So long as Off.
cials can hide behind their Corpor-
tions no remedy can be effective
When the government searches out
the guilty men and makes corporate
wrong-dong mean personal punish
ment and dishonor the laws will be
obeyed' And you also remember,
having regard for his personal stand
Ing and esteem and self respect, he
Immediately declined further employ
ment by the President in prosecuting
the Investigations OF these great cor
porate combin atons, and It can be
safely said that every act In his pub
lie career has been in the interest
OF the whole people, and especially
against special interest.
"A final word The people Of Okla
homa are probably under greater OBJ
legations to Governor Harmon than
any other man mentioned for the
Presidency. The magnificent endow-
ment of our colleges in the original
reservation of Sections 13 and 33 in
what is known as the Cherokee Outlet
is due to him. They were reserved
by President Cleveland under a dis
cretionary power granted In the act
OF Congress opening these lands to
settlement. As Attorney General OF
the United States, personally appear
ing on behalf of the Government, to
test the question as TO whether or
not Greer County was a part OF the
State of Texas. and upon the deter
mination Of this question II is a mat
ter of record that he asked that the
decision be withheld until public proc
lamation could be made Withdrawing
these lands from the public domain
in order that the right of the settlers
thereon could be protected in their
homes and improvements, which re-
suited in the passing OF an act Of
Congress giving to each settler in
Greer County the quarter section oc-
cupied by him and one additional
quarter section under the homestead