The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-19
THOUSANDS HEAR SENATOR OWEN
GIVE REVIEW Of HIS PUBLIC ACTS

Standing in "a transfer wagon
drawn up on the wide side walk un-
der the lights of the Ardmoreite of-
flee. Senator Robt. l.. Owen address
ed an audience last night OF from.
one thousand to twelve hundred en-
thusiastic supporters.
Hon. II. II. Brown, of this city In
troduced the senator to the as
semblage. Mr.. Brown said thaut
was one of the proudest moments OF
his life to have the opportunity al
forded him, not only OF listening TO
this great Oklahoman, but OF pre-
senting him tothe people of southern
Oklahoma.
This is the man" Mr.. Brown said,
of whom it has been charged he
owns enough swamp lands to fatten
all the alligators in the country upon
that he own more oil stock than docs
the Standard Oil Company; that ne
has bank account which won
cause the Rothchilds to tremDle with
envy. A patient hearing is all he
asks-give him a patient hearing and
and every one here will go away
tonight feeling that he has been ben
Gifted.
Mr.. Owen opened his remarks by
stating that he was, or should be no
stranger to the people OF Ardmore.
He said that he came TO this section
first in 1888, intending TO engage il
the mercantile business, that while
here he stayed all night with old
man Henderson" now of Berwyn he
stated that he felt he was doubly en-
titled to the name of being an Okla
homan. His mother was born in
this country in 1881, his great grand
father brought the first Cherokee In
dians west of the Mississippi river.
He was born in the grand old state
of Virginia.
The speaker said he would endeav-
or to confine his remarks to the mat
ters of national interest i'll which he
had represented the people. H.
He then went on to show that a pub
lie life of thirty years hadfitted him
particularly to serve the people o
oklahoma as their senator-that his
work as "a public servant had famil-
iarized him thoroughly with the
workings of the different branches
OF the ndJlOIldl COuSi coo.
The senator in telling OF some OF
the things which he had done since
entering public life, spoke OF his
fight for the interests of the Choct-
taws and Chickasaws wherein, in the
year 1893, he had recovered $2,9S1,-
900. He stated that he had famil-
iarized himself with the management
of affairs in congress by thorough
preparation; that he knows every
senator now and knew every sena--
tor when he first took his seat
that from experience and training
he was Tilted to perform the duties
incumbent upon a senator.
The senator said that the great
problem that confronted the people
now was equality of opportunity Tor
the masses. An end should be put
TO the unjust treatment of the mass
es by the few. The high cost OF
living should be reduced and that
every one should have fair return
for the fruits of his labor. He said
that a small aggregation of men
controlled the price of beef and Oil.
The few men who control the Oil
market said tha Oklahoma oil should
be worth only sixty cents Darrell
while Pennsylvania oil was worth
$160 a barrell.
It takes $3,000,000 to maintain the
the government of the state OF Okla
homa. This is only small sum as
that required to maintain the United