The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-01

Der and cast their votes for the nom
inees of their parties they did so
voting for men who were pledged TO
faithfully administer r1e affairs OF
the Offices to which tn had been
nominated. When Che democrat of
/ Oklahoma N-st his vote for Woodrow
Wilson he did so no matter whether
/ before the Baltimore convention he
had been a Clark, Harmon. an
! Underwood or a Marshall man. be
cause he firmly believed that Wood
row Wilson would govern the affairs
of the nation along the same demo-
cratic lines as would me man of his
original choice governed. He voted
Cor Woodrow Wilson because he Lad
Woodrow Wilson's WORD, pledged to
the delegates of the convention which
nominated him, that he would serve
all the people all the time he would
he in office. And for the same reason
these democrats voted for Wilson the
republicans voted for Taft and the
progressives voted for Rc~tevelt. and
for the same reason they voted for
the man from each home county who
would go to Oklahoma City and vote
for such legislation as might prove OF
the greatest benefit to the entire
state of Oklahoma. Cimarr0n coun-
ty, in the extreme northwest, elected
her member of the Legislature 10 do
this; Oklahoma county, in the center
of the state, elected her member for
the same purpose; Carter county, in
the center of the great southern tier
of counties. did the same and so did
every county in The state. And every
county in this staIe-the voters OF
every county in the state-the tax
PAYERS of every county, had a right
10 expect that the member from each
and every county will now bury per-
sonal animosity and do his duty. Tie
taxpayers OF the state have a right
to expect of the men whom they
have sent to Oklahoma City as their
representatives an impartial repre-
sentation of the business interests
and affairs of the state. They have
the right to expect that each sepa-
rate individual member of the legis-
lature will devote his entire time to
representing the people who elected
him. The voters of no county in OK
lahoma have elected n sheriff because
he would arrest some man against
whom he had a grudge; the voters
of no county in the state have
elected county attorney that
he might prosecute some man against
whom he has personal dislike;
the voters of no county have elected
O. district Judge to send some man
to the penitentiary against whom he
has entertained personal animosity,
and the voters of all the counties in
the state OF Oklahoma have certain
ly not elected members to the legis-
lature who win hang ON and on and
sauander the time and the money OF
the state Just as lonS as Lee
Cruce remains governor" because
these members may not like Lee
Cruce, because they may have some
personal grievance against him or be-
cause he may have opposed their !
election
1t might be well for each separate |
member of the fourth general assem-
bly, of the state of Oklahoma, now !
that this recess affords him a chance |
to talk things over With his home |
folks. TO do so and return to Okla
Loma City on June 3 with a deter
to vote as the people who |
elected him wish him to vote-to
vote as the power of attorney vested |
in him bv his people" last Novem-
ber said he should vote, And 1t
might be well for every member who
does not wish TO see ia setting of
the sun of his own political ambi-
tions to forget for the time those
to forget for the time his 4
personal likes and dislikes and to
that he is servant of the
people. hired by the people and Araw-
ing his daily waSc from the public
treasury for services which the peo-
pie expect Of him.
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