The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-23


oppose your candidacy. You see moth
ing improper in men holding high ju-
dicial positions, some of whom owe.
in measure, their preferment to your
appointive power, actively interesting
themselves in your campaign, but you
can at once discern the wrong and the
evil OF any elective or appointive off
cial opposing your candidacy. 1t meets
with your entire and hearty approval
for members OF the legislature while
yet holding commissions OF trust re
posed in their hands by the sovereign
voters of this state to not only ac-
lively support your candidacy, but to
forsake their business and spend their
time at your headquarters directing
your campaign and its warfare against
this administration, but if the COVER
nor undertakes to exercise the rights
which are accorded to every freedman
in America and express his choice, you
heap upon him anathema and falsely
charge him with trying to build up a
political machine.
You charge that there is a School
Land Department machine, a Board Of
Health machine, and a Board of Al
fairs machine, all opposing your can
didacy. ] deny that there is any ma
chine i'll any department under this ad-
ministration; but if the term ma
chine" as you understand it, will in
clude the departments you have men
toned, then by the same determlna-
ton there exists i'll the State ENalnl-
ner's office a machine, i'll the Bank
Commissioner Department a machine
in the Fire Marshal's department a
machine, and in the Game Warden's
department a machine, and all these
machines are actively supporting your
candidacy | have watched these de
partments as closely as | could, and
j deny that a machine exists in any
OF them. The only department OF gov
ernment in this state where politics is
the chief topic of discussion is i'll the
Game Warden's department, and the
head of that department is not re
sponsible for that condition Mr.. Don
Lawhead, one of your ardent support,
ers, has earned the title of the political
dope dispenser" df this administra-
ton, and the type of political dope
that he has been giving out TO the news
paper reporters of this state is all IN
! The interest OF K. l.. Williams candi-
dacy for the democratic nomination tol
governor and he is n perfectly compe
tent man to manufacture such dope
Lfor the newspapers, having served. a
republican official in territorial day
in oklahoma and served his appren
I /. ,,ltttr1l rannrtpr
| am not surprised at your attacks
upon my administration, for you have
never been in sympathy with this ad
ministration or with anything | have
attempted to do in the interest of th'
people OF Oklahoma. You have no
been in my office for more than two
wears, and the last time you entered
it was to come as a suppliant begging
me to appoint Fred Parkinson to M
present position. now understand why
this great condescension on your part
Your troubles with this adminlstra
ton began when you undertook, through
YOUR political manipuations, to torc'
upon the people of this state specia
session of the legislature and failed
Before special meeting of the demo
cratic executive committee of this stat
and in the democratic convention hel'
lin this city in the early part of 1912
Won brought to bear upon me ever.
political influence within your power t.
compel me to call special session o
1.-THE legislature and gave as reaso
for wanting it that we should divorc
the federal from state elections Ill I'M
state, whereby the illiterate negroes o
Oklahoma would be permitted to vot
in all federal elections Had | lstene
TO YOUR advice or submitted TO TIN
coercion, at the approaching election a
negroes. without regard to qualification
, under our constitution, would nav
been permitted to vote i'll the race to
limited States senator, and in the va
rious congressional races of this stat
I had the temerity to stand out agaln'
. YOU. and thereby incurred your dis
pleasure.
The next conflict between you an
the present administration came owe
the location of the records IN the tow
!, OF lay, in Delaware County. That wa
\ contest between w. ]. Crcekmore,
-. real estate speculator and the Ia"
abiding citizenship of Delaware count,
In that controversy stood with III
people and against Mr.. Creekmore,
I not only incurred Mr. Creekmores er
!. mitv. but likewise yours, and when yo
/ came to write your decision in the cas-
/, wherein you cited General Canton
!, appear before you to answer to
= charge of contempt, which was brougl
= against him at the instigation OF NJ
= Creekmore, you absolved General Gar
|, ton from any contempt and then ger
I erously devoted pages Of your oplnio
. 70 a criticism of the official acts {
= the governor of the state.
n Unable TO control the goy.erne
= through political conventions and OF
e panized efforts of coercion, and unabI
= 10 swerve him from his view OF h
e obligations and duty to the people {
r. this state, as manifested in the Jay a
c fair. YOU began. and have CONTINUES
e \ series of criticisms and attacks tn;
= should be contemplate in the eyes
F. anyone aspiring to the high othcse {
:. governor. Your duty was to lend m
= all the aid and encouragement posSlh
{ in the administration of tins otfc
- There has never been a time that yo