The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-18

breezes OF the electric fan and have
this voter come TO them and shake
their hand after he has washed the
stain OF the weeks soil from his own?
Why rush before the people at al!
when SO much can be saved by not
doing so? Just think OF it-syery
particular farming section will sav'
its annual picnic before the primary
and if they are active candidates Win
well known and advertised opponents
in the field they viii have to attend
these picnics and buy pink lemonade
ard pay for THEN dinners and ride il
the merry 90 round and buy chances
at the ball racks ana kiss the babies
and all that sort OF thing which Will
necessitate the letting loose of =
lart OF the cream which Tor the past
few years they have been smoking
undsurbed from the tit of the pub
lie COW. And the country schools VII
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on closing days with little speeches
by their little men and women, and
they will be expected 10 be there too
And above all some of the churches
may even give a few box suppcrs ana
OF course they should have to be
there and maybe he forced TO buy
box and take some ones girl TO eat
ii with. This in itself would not be
so bad but the box itself would cost
something, maybe as much as a dol
lar-a half dollar any way.
The one thing that has been the
curse OF every county in every state
in the Union is the organizing OF
'Court house rings These ciiGLes
are formed by those in office with the
View of shutting the gate and keep
ing all others out. They are formed
by the ones who have fatteneed on
public office and who are willing -
sacrifice their friends and their party
10 perp"tuate themselves in the sat
airy drawing line at the public crip
Sooner or later the founders of these
rings are jumped upon by an indig
nant public with both feet and told
to go away back and sit down Blu,
unfortunately the party TO which
these ring formers claim to belong 10
frequently made the goat and in de.
leatiug the ring leaders the party
goes down with them. That there is
court house ring in course of form
aiion in Carter county now there is
rot the possibility of doubt and Il
should be the earnest endeavor of
every true Democrat, of every Dem
ocrat who cares for the welfare Of
his party to resolve himself into
committee of one TO burst this ring
to nip it in the bud and cause it to
die borning."
The Ardmoreite IS talking for the
interest of the party. As a newspaper
the Ardmoreite has always been for
The good of democracy; there has
never been fight tnat it has ,,
pulled Off its coat and arrayed itsel;
on the side OF its party. There has
never been a fight made upon a true
and tried democrat that the Ard
moreite has not thrown open its col
umns without seeking or asking or
expecting reward and defended C..
attacks which We're being made. For
ms reason, for the reason that We
want to see the democracy stay IN
The saddle in Carter county, We ar,
ing 70 fight the forming of am
court house ring.
The legislatures NAV enact all the
laws that it may see fit to, it may
gerrymander senatorial and congress
'cnal districts and pass grandfather
laws" for he next fifty years, but it
can not prevent the defeat of the
democratic party in any county that
has Court house ring"
Court house rings lead ultimately
10 tn plundoring OF the public purse.
When few men can handle the
county as they please, they may be
L,
but ii leads to fraud in the purchase
OF supplies for the county and spec
la favors 10 a few Of the most init
mate friends.
There ought TO be a free and an
open campaign. Every man without
being taunted or Inundated by some
fellow seltishly trailing him, should
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