The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
.TAMEST THING
IN CAMPAIGN
IS NOW OUT
CIRCULAR is BEING CIRCULATED
BY AN UNKNOWN DADDY - He
is INVITED TO GET BUSY AND
PROVE HIS INslNuATloN.

fishing and distribution of a circular
in the interest Of one Of the candi-
dates for governor who is opposing
Chas. West The circular in size is
newspaper page, printed on both
sides. 1t has no daddy, no one seems
to assume responsibility for its cir
culation The only reason why it
should be noticed by this paper is
the fact that it insinuates The Ard
moreite has sold out TO attempt to
influence votes for Chas. West.
We just want TO say this, that the
unknown daddy Of the circular is au-
thorized TO make any kind Of an in
yestigadon he pleases. He is author
lied TO call in his friends to help him
investigate. This notice will be ac-
cepted BY any banker as authority
to investigate our account, and if,
upon investigation, it can be shown
that The Ardmoreite has sold out TO
any man, to any set Of men, either in
this campaign or any other cam
paign, we hereby bind ourselves TO
submit to the sale of The Ardmoreite
and agree that whatever sum is real
lied from that sale, shall be placed
to the credit of the poor fund for the
poor in Carter and Love counties.
The first time you hear man say
The Ardmorelte has sold out, you
tell him Of this proposition and ask
him to get busy and prove it. There
is no time limit. II the unknown
daddy or any one for him, proves that
| his insinuation is true today, tomor-
row, next week, next month or next
year, this proposition Is binding upon
this paper.
No man who supports Chas. West
needs TO apologize TO any man. He
/ is clean, he is capable, he is hard
I worker; he has always been close
| student; he has made a special study
! of antitrust legislation. There was
I never time in his public career
when he was not for the people
and against predatory wealth. He has
! been a friend to Carter county when
we needed a friend. The voters of
the county will be ungrateful if they
do not support him, as a friend to
! Ardmore and to Carter county, we
would be guilty Of base ingratitude
if we did not do what we could for
him. We may have not done much,
but we have done what we could. We
are glad to have the opportunity to
contribute what we have to his cam
paign. We ask all Ardmore and Car
ter county people, who love their own
institutions, to join us In working
for West.
The Ardmoreite stated a few days
ago that the character of the candi
date was responsible for the kind of
campaign that his managers put out
for him. That was as truthful
statement as was ever uttered. The
circular without a daddy which is be-
ing circulated in this county, attacks
halfdozen men in this town. Some
are charged with selling out to the
Standard Oil company, some are
charged with being false TO them.
selves, and to sum up the circular
as a whole, it deserves to defeat the
candidate it was gotten out to help.
The Ardmoreite calls the hand Of
the men who charge we have sold
out. The voters of this county ought
to make them prove what they say,
or else vote soiidly against their man.
The candidate is responsible. The
character back of him is responsible
for the campaign of slander his hench-
men have put out for him. We see
no emergency in this campaign that
! leads us to attack our neighbors and
friends. We will be here after the
campaign, and We will have to work
Just as hard to earn dollar as we
did before We will not be led into
saying things which we will regret.
We are supporting Chas. West for
governor, and If we were to put on a
campaign for him as his enemies have
put on for their man, he would invite
us to keep out of his campaign, and
he ought to do 1t.
We make them a proposition TO
prove what they say. If they utter
falsehoods in an effort to hoodwink
the people and to create prejudice,
should they not be whipped at the
polls by an honest people. who will
not stand for a campaign of slander?
II you know who they are. tell them
they must prove their assertion or
you refuse to stand by their man.
Oklahoma has had tco much Sian
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