The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-30

- a. fa.thfsllg. ~ truly ard 50 peil
wa nat as n1lzht at as senato
/. 'r1ni ne s-ats witch he Ioged Geare
. .saa asza: sls4-that he mizh
s@rvs ',r never 40 snort a time A
. 4 member u tast blzhsst and mos
-ss,ezzaols 51Iy--ths United STATE
se-zte Wasn rorn and wsaried win
"a cssseisss strsgzle n the welfare
sr.l ~ .hs gooI az the state and
~ carry ne fhoEzht II the comm 2
% ~ ..r.s when be would sit IN the
szIs os ths nations gTeatness-the
zz.s vhsrs sgca men az Webster, az
1cEz.as. "a Stephens and a. Clay
s-sI saf-srd ziye yoice to hIs seatl-
msnts anG be. far time, the mouths
,.zc4 of ar hon0red and loved
r1nst.rsercy. served as a spur 10
5fzs him IN N greater deeds and
"a more noble batslinzs for the honor
II h.s state ard of his nat.on.
Ann A. last after weary years q"
waiting the dream Was 70 come true
.he vine pas 10 bear fruit-the yision
If 4 grateful people expressing their
gratitude was to becomt A reality.
Joe Bailey. he gifted, Joe Bailey.
the honored. Joe Bailey. the big
hearted. stepped dawn from his sear
in the co0ncils Of the nation that
the man who loved him and whom
he had loved. that the man who loved
Texas and whom Texans nonorsd and
reyered. might realize hls Lfetimes
dream For one short month the
seat n one Of the Texas senator's
would be vacant. And Governor Cot
quit, a. gen erous and "a apDrsciat- [
I've az Senator Bailey. added his mite
10 The ffuItiOn of the beautiful dream
81 r. VI. Johnston Governor ColqIitt .
knowing the ambitions Of the faith
'ol servant Of the democracy N the
state Of Texas, said 10 him, Well .
tone. good and faithful servant" .
while he spread about his stoopinz
shoukIers the senatorial toza Of the .
man who has placed the name oi
TEXAS upon the pages Of the history
VI statecraft of the western world
But the Texas legislature must have .
4 say az 10 Who should be chosen 70 /.
,erYs for he month which sheIl 1
slapse before the seating oi Shep- I
Dard. the man chosen by the people .
" Texas at their last election, for
he regular senatorial term. The
members Of the Texas legislature 4
mus, say whether tho trappings and
'panRles of glory should fall TO the /
PORTION Of the horse who had worked |
III the years ~ his Iife In drawing
he heavy burdens Oi the state-of !
he old war horse whom 80 many
nen nov In the llmellght Of Texas
politics had ridden and driven with |
Dblp and spur 10 their own success
md now men who we're infants In
'ears when the veteran editor was
'onlnctlng crurs 1es for Texas and
Texas dsmocracy-men who arc yet
n baby svaddhng clothes when men
ally compared with the great man
ohuston. have vetoed 10 Kill the as-
'lratlons of lifetime 10 murder the
Ond dreams and pulsing hopes
which have hesltaifyl across the ever
lstant horizon Of one OF the great
st, one Of the braiDlest, one Of the
ruest. one ~ the most upright and
lRh-mlnded sons Of the greatest coun
~ the world has seen since the days
ghen Rome was lf all the fullnesc
I her glory. Men who were first
ronRhi before The public eye by
ohpstcn's pen. men who owe their'
olltlchl birth to Johnston, men whom
ohnston has worked for and for
HON he has sweatc1 drops OF an
ulsh ns well as OF toll while placing
hclr feet npon the first rounds OF
he political ladder. men about whose
boulders Johnstonis sustaining arm
as been placed. men whom he has
aiken from the blackness OF an un.
nown oblivion and made possible
hose arc the men who have sheath
Il the knife or ingratitwde In the
rcnst OF their political creator and
ave severed the heartstrings OF the
cat friend the democracy-thc peo-
le N tho State OF Texas ever knew.
------------------------
Attention X Of pa