The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-06
THE PRIM AIRY.

With the close of the election books
tonight. the end of one OF the hardest
fought preliminary struggles for po-
litical preiermant which has ever
taken place in this young state, VIII
be marked.
Every county, from the extreme
north to the Red river on the soutE.
and from the eastern borders to the
Colorado boundaried Panhandle, has
scores of political arpirants who would
be favorite sons
And in the list Of office seekers.
in every county in Oklahoma, viii
he found men who, in point OF polite
al training and knowledge, in point
of natural ability, Integrity and brains,
stand shoulder to shoulder with the
brainiest and the most conscientious
and scrupulous men in the nation.
From the north, the south, the east
and even parts of the west, men nav"
come into this state of great oppor'
uunitles Men of Drawn and brain,
men who have fought the battles o!
lite with more or less varying sue
cess in the older states, men who
know the political game from start
TO finish and. above all, men who
have come to this great young state
of grand opportunities, not alone to
avail themselves of these opportuni-
ties. but to put their shoulders to the
wheel and roll the chariot of Okla
homa's greatness along the highway
of success.
FIVE congressional districts have
their favorte sons TO send to the ma .
tIondl congress ana three congress-
men at large will be selected today
TO take up the fight Of the peoples
interests at the cCuntry's capitol.
Standing wcll to the front in the
ranks OF the big democratic states of
the United States. oklahoma, in to-
days election, will select men to rep
resent not only the interests of The
party of democracy, the party Of
Thomas jefferson, but the interests
of the people at large. The inter-
ests of the people of the nation and
the interests of the peopleof the state
of Oklahoma.
Perhaps the hardest fought battle
that he politics OF any state will sec
for some years is being fought ont in
the towns and hamlets of Oklahoma
under the leadcn clouds and weeping
elements today in the selection of a
United States senator. Two men who
are familiar with all the strategic
movements of the successful politicd,
general, are fighting, hand to hand in
TO the ,ast ditch for this victory. The
trends of both are standing by their
leader and stubbornly struggling 70"
every point of vantage,
This fight, this selection of the man
who, fcr the next term shall serN,
as one Of the representatives of this
state in the upper house Of congress,
has attracted the attention of the peo-
ple-of the voters Of every state. In
her selection of United States sena
,or Oklahoma has drawn TO herself
the eyes OF all people OF all the
states RON the shores OF puritan
ical old New England. from the great
northern lakes. from the eve;Slades o.
furihermost Florida, from the shores
Of the western ocean, all eyes are turn
ed on Oklahoma, watching and wait
ing TO the end Of the battle OF the
ballo;s which, with the sinking TO
rest Of today's sun win say whether
"Eob" Owen. or Charlie Haskell
viii be :he mar upon whose shoulders
the people of Oklahoma has placed
the senatorial toga.
Indications before today pointed &c
a very neayy vote. What the in
clemency of the weather will do IN
the matter of the reduction Of the
general vote can not be foretold a
This hour. But, be the vote what i
may, today's primary is writing his.
tory, and writing ii fast in Oklahoma