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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28
Reed NOmindteS CLARK

He was not born 10 luxury. He
sprung from that stock which pro-
duced the men who subdued the
West, the people whose hearts are
instinct with patriotic Low of coun-
try and liberty.
"~Twenty-four years g he placed
upon the statute books of his State
a law guarding the secrets of the bal
lot.
He advocated the direct primary
system twenty years ago; and applied
it in his congressional district.
EFT is thirteen years since he con-
tended for the enactment of the most
rigid corrupt practise act to be found
upon the statute books.
Five years G he advocated the
initiative and referendum in his own
State. He was not, as some others
are, disturbed lest tho people should
destroy themselves.
"As early as 1886 he declared for
the direct election of senator's. Five
and for years in Congress has been
it's distinguished advocate.
During all of his long public serv-
ice h. has been one of the most
valiant champions Of tariff reform.
"All his life this man has been a
Democrat. He has not been an occa-
sional Democrat. He does not belong
to that class of Democrats who steal
out o. nights, sleep in strange poltti-
I cal beds, and then come trailing home
about the time they can smell the
breakfast bacon frying.
He is not a fair-weather soldier.
He has marched in the procession
when there was no band to lead. He
did not enlist for the campaign; he
volunteered for lifes
His popularity is confined to no
section. In his campaign he has re-
mained quietly at his post of duty.
He has not afforded the spectacle of
a presidential candidate DANGEROUSLY
parading the country with brass
bands and red lights, soliciting votes.
THE army of the Democracy is
forming in battle array. The u of
hope glorihes the horizon of the
future and sheds its splendor upon
our banners. Above us bends the
myriad-hued bow of promise. We
have been led TO the very BdIe5 VI
the service. Let him continue to lead
and the celestial bow will become an
arch of triumph, benetath which
Democracy will march in glorious VIC
tory.
And SO I nominate this man. who
has fought a thousand battles for De-
mocracy and not n against her;
IN has never lowered his flag or
asked for quarter; who has never de-
serted or taken a furlough; who does
not know how to quit a friend or be-
tray a party; whose back the enemy
has never seen, but whose breast is
| covered with the scars of many a
hard campaign; who Reads today and
who should continue to lead-the Lion
| of Democracy, Champ Clark, of Mis-
! souri,"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28

exercise all his constitutional power
to control dangerous combinations of
capital which threaten the prosperity
Of the American people.
"They want us to nominate a man
who can command public confidence
In his good sense and in his ability
to deal ~intelligently with the prob
lens of the government.
They want us to nominate a man
who can bring the government back
to the ideals of washington, Jeffer-
son, Jackson and Lincoln.
Connecticut has sent us to this
convention to say 10 the represent
atives of the Democratic party gath
cred in council from all the States
and territories of the Union to con-
serve the interests of the republic.
Nominate for President Simeon e.
Baldwin and he will lift again the
banner of the Democratic party and
carry 1t forward to such a victory as
our party has not won in a genera
ton"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28
Ddughertv Names Harmon

service of Ohio, driven corruption
from Its public life, stimulated and
uplifted with new and healthful tone
and vigor the civic standard of it's
citizenship, and under whose leader
ship Democracy in Ohio has become
the protector and evangel OF the
aroused and dominant moral senti-
ment of its people. hat sentiment
which is the onward and upward and
essential spirit of representative gov
eminent.
"Ohio's great Democratic governor
has planned and put into execution
in that State a system of taxation
and revenue just, simple, c~omprehen-
sive, efficient, a system of taxation
and revenue that marks its author as
a constructive statesman of the first
rank.
Here Mr.. Daugherty. gave a sketch
of Governor Harmon, and continued:
"Ohio now names as your nominee
for President her gifted and brilliant
son. he of quiet dignity. superb poise
and spotless life, pre-eminent in lead
ership, in law, in craftsmanship, in
intellectual and moral greatness, the
greatest Governor in all her history
Judson Harmon"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28
Indiana Presents Marshall

Senator Benjamin F. Shively, of
Indiana. presenting the name of
Thomas r. Marshall, governor of In
diana, for the presidential nominal
ton, spoke In part as follows:
II speak for the Democracy of a
State whose vote has carried the
State for every Democratic President
~inaugurated from James Monroe to
Grover Cleveland. Through all the
n~inety-six years of statehood, as In
diana has gone, so has gone the
Union. Whenever in all these years
Indiana has been won for the national
ticket. the presidency has been won.
Whenever Indiana has been lost, the
presidency has been lost.
Through her whole history Indiana
has been the country's centre OF po-
litical conflict, struggle, stress and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28
.Bankhead Praises Underwood

~haphazard fashion from among those
who possess this or that special gift,
unless 1t has some intimate relation
to h requirements of an exacting
campaign, to the chief issue before
the people and to the duties and
needs of our greatest executive office.
What manner of man then" he
asked, shall this convention raise up
to be its standard bearer? He should
have had political training and ex-
~perience, for these are almost as es-
sential qualifications in a nominee for
the presidency as are the clinic and
classroom for the physician and sur
geon. Without any pretentious parade
of the virtue he should be progress
sively, conservative and conservatively
progressive.
HE must be we'll balanced,
thoughtful, deliberate, and yet, in
ability to inspire enthusiasm among
his fellows be "a natural leader of
men,
Forget Mason and Dixon Line.
His availability as a candidate
cannot be questioned. 1t is gratifying
to those who know the generous
hearts of the American people to ap-
preciate the fact that sectional diff
ferences are forgotten. and the once
called Mason and Dixon line has long
since been tramped out by the foot
steps of friendly intercourse and COM
mercial relations.
"Our candidate Is a master of every
detail of tariff legislation, upon which
hang u reasonable hope of relief
from insufferable conditions. Nomi-
nate him, and the platform instead of
being 81 much party declaration, will
become the creed of a waiting people.
KNOWING him blameless In his pri-
vate life; invulnerable in his record
of long public service, imperturbable
in action and impregnable in honor,
Alabama presents for the presidential
nomination the name of Democracy's
real leader and best asset-Oscar w.
Underwood"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28
Wesfcon Names Wilson

militant and triumphant leader a
scholar, not a charlatan; a statesman,
not a doctrinaire; a profound lawyer,
not a splitter of legal hairs; a politi-
cal economist, not an egotistical the
orist; a practical politician, who con-
structs, mobiles, restraints without
disturbance and destruction; a resist
less debater and consummate master
of statement, not a mere sophist; a
humanitarian, not a dreamer of char
acters and lives; a man whose mind
is at once cosmopolitan and compos-
lite Of America; a gentleman of un-
pretentious habits. with the fear of
God in his heart and the love Of
mankind exhibited in every act of his
life; above all a public servant who
has been tried to the uttermost and
never found wanting-peerless, match
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28

The speech placing the name of
81 Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New
Jersey, in nomination for the Presi-
< dency was delivered by former Judge
John w. Wescott, Of Camden, N. ].
SMr. Wescott spoke in part as follows:
New Jersey. once bound. but, by
y the moral energy and intellectual
y greatness of a single soul, now free,
q comes to this historic convention, in
the glory OF her emancipation. to par
ticipate in your deliberations, aid in
formulating your judgments and as
sist in executing your DEGREES. The
New Jersey delegation is not en-
y powered ~to-exercise the attributes Of
proprietorship, but is commissioned
to represent the great cause of De-
mocracy. and we offer 0 as its
FA Eaf.a HLNHLH
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28

i Democracy's real leader and best
Iasset, invulnerable in his record OF
sTlong public service, imperturbable in
Y action and i~mpregnable in honor, and
blamless in his private life, was the
way in which Oscar w. Underwood,
of Alabama, was described to the
convention by William B. Bankhead,
= of Alabama, who nominated Mr.. I'm
: derwood for the presidency.
After declaring that the Republican
Z party 'had become, in the hours of
it's present degeneracy. the embodi-
ment of complacent incompetency
and broken faith" and that, although
1t claimed to be the protector of la
:, Dor, the fruits of labor have been
gathered as dividends by illegal com
i binations in restraint of trade" Mr..
tBankhead asserted that the Demo-
3 cratic party had been acting safely
and conservatfvely.
Tariff. Chief Issue.
Then, going on to describe the
: qualities needed in a leader who could
cess he said it would be logical to
. put MI. Underwood. in command of
Z the forces in thai battle where his
brilliant achievements already had
/. created democracy's opportunity and
= redeemed Democratic pledges. The
chief issue before the country. he
said, was the tariff, and Mr.. Under
wood has fought with the foresight
2 of a patriotic statesman, and will
continue to fight for a lower cost of
living, for an equal opportunity for
all men through the enactment of a
new and righteous tariff"
"The acts of the Democratic party"
( he continued, have appealed to the
Y Judgment of the country as wise, con-
servative and yet safe and progress
sive. @
although success, under right con-
oitions. is within our grasp" he
warned, never has it been more
essential than now for us to nominate
= our best and strongest man. There Is
= no safety in picking our nominee In
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28

Senator Reed, of Missouri. present
Ing Speaker Champ Clark's name to
the convention for the Presidential
nomination and spoke. in part, as fol-
lows:
I'VE are here not to nominate a
candidate, but to select a President,
Today we shall contend each against
the Other. tomorrow we must be
brothers in a battle for humanity.
Ours is a high privilege and
solemn duty. 1t should be met in a
spirit of exalted patriotism. Every
consideration must be subordinated
to the great cause of the people. We
speak not only for a party, but fol
a nation, for mankind and for his
tom. We are about to dissolve the
partnership between monopoly and
government.
Sixteen years this partnership has
levied tribute under the forms OF law.
1t has taxed the crust upon the lips
of hunger. Tt has flched from the
pockets of poverty. Monopoly has
financed the campaigns of Republic
can presidents. 1t has been rewarded
by immunity from punishment for
violation of the criminal statutes.
The people turn to the Democratic
party for relief.
Republican candidates have re-
sorted to every form of false pre-
tense, every trick of demagoguery, In
order to delude the people OF
these candidates has not hesitated TO
attack the courts of law an6 to as
sail the fundamentals of our govern
ment.
I'VE recognize the truth that all
laws and the Constitution itself
should when necessary be amended
to meet changed conditions. But we
refuse to assail the structure OF our
government or to incorporate intel
lectual vagaries and fantastic expert
ments into our jurisprudence.
we stand for government by law
1t is for this very reason we insist
that the law against illegal
ton must be vigorously enforced. IN
der Roosevelt the trusts fiourished as
a green bay tree; under Taft the tree
has grown and spread its branches
until their shadow covers all the
land. .Roosevelt's policies in all their
fundamentals have been p~erpetuated
by Taft. If either is elected, these
policies will continue.
"The situation is epic. In such a
struggle as lies before us give me for
a leader no summer soldier or sun
shine patriot GIVE me no political
di~letantte, who comes into camp when
honors are most ripe to pluck. l
want no h~alf-hedged chanticleer who
is only just beginning to acquire a
Democratic crow. Let me rather have
for general him who has suffered the
hardships of the camp, h tolls OF
the march. the dangers of the field;
who has stood at the Bloody Angle.
who has proven his mettle in the bap-
tisms Of fire.
LET me tell you of such a leader.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28

Mr.. Daugherty spoke in part as
follows:
In the last ten decades in the ma
tional Democratic conventions Ohio
was only a Republican State with no
impressive voice in Democratic coun-
ellis. To YOU today Ohio pleads the
right and prays the privilege of salu-
tation from a Democratic common
wealth redeemed and r~egenerated by
Ohio's great Democratic Governor,
who lost a political battle; who
never led his party to defeat; who
always carried its banner to splendid
victory; who transformed the State
from the Dead Sea of Republicanism
to the paradise of Democracy and,
not by any transitory issue, perma-
nently placed the State in the DEM
ocratic column, confirmed by decisive
numbers in two successive elections
and firmly anchored there by more
than 100, 900 Democratic majority;
who crushed and strangled the Re-
publican State machine, the most
powerful and the most corrupt Of
modern days; who exacts absolute
honesty and rigid economy in public
affairs; who has purified the public
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28

storm and is today the unfailing ba-
rometer of national political temper,
political purpose and POLITICAL for
tune. The candidate who a carry
Indiana for the national ticket can
carry all the States necessary to the
election of the national ticket.
would you have a candidate who
by his practical and solid wis
dom In the administration of the
high office will render his party in
vincible In the respect, esteem and
confidence of the whole country?
Such a candidate the united democ-
racy of Indiana names and
to this convention in the person and
character of Thomas r. Marshall"
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-25
BOY SCOUTS HELP
THOUSANDS DAILY
SAVE LIVES BY LEARNING METH
OBS OF FIRST MD, PERSONAL
HEALTH, ETC.

Three hundred and fifty thousand
boy scouts OF America ale working
for the welfare Of the country. That
statement was nfde , To-Day II
James L. West, Chief Scuui Ex-
ecutiye of the National Heal
quarters of the organization, who in
a striking interview explains how the
boys in the spirit of fun are doing
many things that tend to protect
the lives of people Of the country.
He referred to the training which the
boys are getting in first aid to the
injured, firemanship, rescuing people
from drowning, and personal health.
The boy scout movement" said
Mr. West, "is proving a great asset
to the nation. They are helping
thousands of persons daily. Reports
which have come to the national
headquarters show that the boy
scouts have saved lives, have done
good turns and have given happiness
to great numbers OF persons. They
have sold stamps to help the fight
against tuberculosis They have
cleaned towns of tin cans and debris.
They have collected food and cloth
ing for the poor; they have helped
succor the flood sufferers along the
Mississippi In countless instances
they have helped persons in need"
Down in Kentucky recently" said
West, "a girl was rescued from the
water after canoe in which she had
been was upset. but because nobody
in the party knew anything about
first aid to the injured or resuscita-
ton, the girl died. She had been
in the water but a short time, and
it was perfectly evident that had
there been anybody present who
knew the first thing about resuscita-
ton. the girls life would have been
saved. That incident emphasizes just
what the boy scouts throughout the
country are doing. They offer badges
for boys who learn first aid and
resuscitation. The boys go through
these courses largely in the spirit of
fun, but they are learning things that
are of tremendous value to the COM
munity. The boys are taught not
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-25
How One Merchant BEGAN.

One of the most successful bust.
ness men Of Ardmore built the first
little cottage for himself and wife
in a Building & Loan company. 1t
taught him to save. 1t taught him
the value OF a dollar. Today he
owns a handsome home on pretty
street and owns two business houses
on Main street and a big stock Of
goods, besides farm lands.
Ardmore has a company that o.
rers you many times the benefits
of the company he went into. COM
pany approved by the laws of Okla
homa, a company that pays no rents,
no taxes, no salaries. You can
make more money IN the Ardmore
company than he made in his COM
pany. Will you investigate? II you
have from 81 to 800 a month will
you see what advantages are Of
fered?
Ask the secretary,
w. A. EDWARDS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-25

Vote for him for congressman at
large at the democratic primary on
August 9th.
He was democratic state chairman
from 1906 to 1910. He conducted the
campaign for the adoption Of the con-
stitution and for the election of the
first state and county officials.
He conducted the presidential cam
paign in 1908, which gave Oklahoma's
vote to Bryan.
He is now state senator from the
nineteenth senatorial district, COM
posed of the counties of Garvin, Nc
CLAIM and Cleveland. His record in the
politics of Oklahoma and as state SEN
ator stamps him as public servant
who favors what he believes to be
right, Independent OF influences.
He is recognized as an able. brave
and tireless worker in the interests of
the people.
He introduced and secured the pas
sage of bills through the senate pro-
viding that cases in the supreme court
should not be reversed on technicali-
ties; reforming the divorce laws of the
state, so that people can not secure
divorces without a just cause; pro-
hibting race track gambling; provid-
ing that the attorney general should
be the law officer of the state, and
prohibiting the employment of outside
attorneys.
He is a PROGRESSIVE and RE-
FORM DEMOCRAT.
He voted against and fought every
bill that provided for the increase of
salaries or for the creation of addi-
tional offices.
He believes in and worked for a
thorough-going primary law. accompa-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-25
EFFORT TO REMEDY DIVORCE EVIL
BY UNIFORM LAW IN ALL STATES

such as judges and attorne,s general
and others OF ability and standing,
will be assured.
Mr., Norris declares that at this time
there is widespread interest in behalf
OF marriaSe and divorce laws calcu.
lated better to conserve the family
and promote public morals. When a
man is legally married in one state,
and legally single in another; when
he may marry on one side OF IA state
line, while on the other he would be
bisamst for doing the same thing;
when divorce can be secured on the
flimsiest preteyt in one state, while
in another only limited statutory
grounds will he considered. and we
observe the complicatng results of
these conditions all around us, it is
plain that something is wrong, de-
clares Norris.
In previous instances where the ma
tional legislature has put matters OF
uniform law up to the states, some
states have been tardy in responding,
believing that their state rights were
being, in a measure, usurped. But
the states could certainly entertain
no jealousy when the federal gov
eminent frankly announces its help.
lessness in this particular field OF
action, and merely asked them to con-
slider the uniformity that is desired.
The appropriation of federal funds
to meet expenses of such a conven-
ton would ne only further evidence Of
the wish of the federal government to
promote good enterprise, without
assuming either to dictate or usurp.
Mr.. Norris declares he has in mind
various other problems in which like
co operation of the state IS desirable.
If some useful results could be
achieved in the direction of uniform
marriage and divorce laws, it would
be an indication of useful possibili-
ties in the plan as applied in other
directions. II machine along the
lines of that proposed for the pas.
sage of divorce laws could be organ
lied for the consideration of various
other problems which our dual gov
ernment involves, the problems would
be far on the way to solution. The
initiation Of this movement py the
federal government will, it Is believ
ed, appeal to the states in most
effective way. 1t is generally admit
ted that a closer cooperation and
understanding between the states
and national governments Is badly
needed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-25

For some time experts have rscog-
Missed that the so-called arid country
in the Rocky mountain region must
some day be made to yield vast
amount Of agricultural products. but
they also have realised that this
could not be accomplished except BY
irrigation.
The soil In that section 10 rich and
the water supply Is said to be ample
once It is properly stored 20 ~ to
assure the farmer Of continual sup
ply during the growing season. This
is being accomplished gradually.
Colorado excels all other states In
the amount OF land under irrigation.
The census of 1910 showed that 4.000.-
900 acres were under ditch. and 1t
was reported that with the compile
ton OF irrigation projects under way
and in contemplation. the acreage
would be increased to 5000. 900 acres
This Is approximately one-fourth OF
the arabic area of the state.
In the past the mistake was made
often OF over estimating the capacity
of an irrigation project. Time and
experience has taught the builders to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-25

avoid this error and the aim 10 to put
just enough land under ditch that can
be adequately wstered during tho en-
tire irrigatinS season. This policy 10
restoring confidence in irrigation and
will eventually cause the state to be
completely settled with prosperous
farmers.
Colorado's annual agricultural out.
put Is now something more than
900. 900. 900. This includes fruit rails
ing. which. In normal years. aggrs
gates about 37000.000. ne
Reliable data shows that the yield
OF an irrigated farm in Colorado 10
more than twice the yield Of land In
q rain-belt country. II IL estimated
that the net returns from we'll cul'
tivated irrigated farm Is at least 20
per cent on the valuation Of the farm
1t is not unusual for q Colorado farm
to pay for itself In two or thres
years where the farmer couples In
telligence and frugality together. Ap
proxlmately $6O.OOO.OO0 has been OK
pended In the construction OF irriga
ton projects In Colorado. The total
value OF Colorado farm lands is placed
at 1850, 100000.