The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-08
LEADING AROMORE|TtS
ENDORSE TOM HARR|LL
AN ORGANIZER AND A PARTY
RkER-HARMONY IN THE
RANKS HIS FIRST THOUGHT.

The selection OF Tom Harrill Of
WAGNER as chairman of the demo
cratic state central committee meets
with the hearty aproya1 of all dem
ocrats who have the welfare of the
party near to them. Particularly
may this be said of the democrats OF
Ardmore Tom Harrill is an DID
/ Ardmoreite and he still has a warm
spot in his heart for the pcoT.e OF
/ Ardmore and has maHy friends n
consequence in this city. He is a
democrat of unquestionable 'nteSri'
ty and an organizer of great excel
tive ability. A few of our citizens,
upon being asked their opin! 4 of
his selection expressed themselves
as being particularly we'll pleased
C. l.. Byrne, business manager of
the Ardmoreite and one of the rep
resentative democrats of Oklahoma,
said: "The democratic party of Ok
lahoma did good thing and made a
wise selection in choosing Tom Har-
ri11l as chairman OF the statecentral
committee. AS a democrat he has a
record beyond reproach and as an or
ganzer | do not think he has an
equal in the state nor superior any
where. And this is one thing we need
in this state at the head of our par
ty. A man of ability, brains and
firmness We do not need man as
ch.erman who goes about singing
mud at the different democratic can
didates for political preference, but
a man who is a democrat from prin'
cip1e and leader or -:rmnesS' and
good organizer as we'll The demo
cratic party are in the ascendancy
in Oklahoma today and with such
men as Tom Harrill as party lead
ers it will so remain for years to
come You may quote me as saying
that in my opinion tra committee
could not have made better
choice"
Col. Sidney Suggs, state commits
sioner of highways and president of
the Ardmoreite Publishing com
pany, a democrat of state-Wide rep.
utation said The democracy OF
Oklahoma is in safe hands with
such a man as Tom Harrill at the
head OF the state central committee.
He is a democrat, an organizer and
a worker He could not be aught
else than "A democrat OF the working
kind His first glimpse of daylight
was through democratic surround
ings, his first nourishment was
drawn from democratic breast and
he was rocked in a democratic era
die With such a history | consider
the party has made a wise selec' ion
and il has now at the helm " it's
party'S ship a man who will keep It
safe from lee shores and guide = lnl
keep it in channels of safety.
Representative Tom Rexroa' said.
You may put me down as saying
that the democrats of Olla"Oaa are
in safe. tried and true nar1s with
Tom Harrill as chairman of their
central committee. The, could fa'e
gone further and farei llch ' )rsc.
He is a democrat AM AZ organizer
and will see that parry armOny
reigns supreme. Yes, | 'hi@& he
choice good one-in fact the best
that could, under any circumstances,
have been made
J. Il. Pennington, wholesale gro
Ger Of Ardmore and a lifelong demo
ccrat. SAID: Too much cannot he
said of the selection of Tom Har-
rill as chairman of the Oklahoma
democratic committee. For years
Tom Harrill was citizen OF Ard-
more and he needs no Introduction
to the democrats of this locality. He
IS known to our people as staunch
| and all-wool democrat Of the truest
blue The democratic party now h1v"
a man in charge Of affairs who
knows the needs Of the party who
is for party and harmony and who
will have harmony. Keep such rock
ribbed democrats as Tom Harrill at
the throttle of Oklahoma's democra
cy and YOU will find her in the dem
ocratic track one hundred years
from now as she is today"
]. T. Coleman. a leading lawyer
and democratic politician, said
"The democratic central committee
of the state of Oklahoma did a most
commendable thing when thev ei-"l-
mated from their consideration for
the chairmanship of their body anv
and all persons not already upon the