The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-06

as silent as shadow. Inc republican:
stand for principles though that prin
ciple may be wrong, and they will al
ways fight you in the open, but the
democratic party is Judas like, it viii
kiss and betray At the rate the demo
cratic party reformed the tariff by the
Wilson bill, it will take them 1,60C
years to complete it and the benefit
will be like a life insurance policy
you would have to wait until you were
dead to get the benefit of it. The fif
ty-second congress did only two good
things. One | will not mention and
the other was to adjourn. On the free
list of the Wilson bill | find dried bugs
gold bugs. | presume | find gold
headed canes, so the farmers may
have a goldheaded one free of duty
to walk out to milk his cows. ! find
diamonds on the free list to set off
your hickory shirts. l find sticking
plaster, balm of Gilead, stray cattle,
skeletons, indigo and fiddle strings.
| find a tariff of 125 per cent on tine
ture of iron, because if the people
purified their blood they would not
vote the democratic ticket | find a
duty of % per cent on Bibles, and if
there is anything a democrat should
learn, it is that commandment in the
Bible, Thou shalt not steal
Those Knocked.
| This quotation from Cores speech
| in 1896 shows his oratory at its best
and at its worst. Statesmen without
craftsmanship sounds fine. 1t makes
the enemies of democracy laugh. Who
were some of the democratic states
men at that time whom our distin-
guished senator charged with having
no craftsmanship, and no patriotism
and no heroism? One OF them was
Woodrow Wilson, now the president
of the United States. Another one
was William j. Bryan, now the secre-
tary of state. Another was Champ
Clark, the present speaker of the
house. Another was Oscar Underwood,
present leader of the house. Another
one was Robert L. Owen, our present
senator. Another one was Lee Cruce,
the governor of Oklahoma. These men
and millions of others in those days
stood Loyalty by the principles of
the democratic party while the
present senator from Oklahoma
strayed off after false gods and only
returned to the democratic party in
order that amongst strangers and in
a strange community he might seek
high office where his record was un-
known and where only his melodious
voice was heard.
Those Complimented.
"Note also that this distinguished
gentleman at that time said, The re-
publicans stand for principles. And
who were these republicans that our
distinguished senator complimCnted
so highly? There was Mark Hanna,
whom Gore says stood for principle.
There was Matt S. Quay, whom Gore
gives a certificate of good character.
There was Penrose of Pennsylvania
Barnes of New York. Yea, more.
There were Frank Greer and Jake Ha-
mon, intimate friends of the senator.
These are the democrats against
whom Gore directed the shafts of
irony, and these were the republi-
cans whom he proclaimed as the men
of principle, and our distinguished
statesman by lucky chance and the
pleas of sympathy upon such princi-
! pies has secured a seat in the Uni
ted States senate and is now seeking
another one.
"The second qualification (and this
is of equal, if not greater, importance
than the first about which we should
| inquire when We employ a United
States senator at a salary of $500
year is his character-his private
life.
, Il have nothing to say about Sena-
tor Gore on this point. | leave you
| to conduct your own investigation.
| but you should conduct it as care
fully as you do when you employ a
man to handle your money or teach
your daughter ! want to say to you
that Samuel W. Hayes is an honorable
man, that there is no blemish upon
| his record, public or private; that if
| he were a teacher you could trust
| him to teach your daughter, that his
private life is as clean as a woman's,
| SO clean that no breath of suspicion
has ever blown against it, so clean
that no designing persons have ever
selected him as the object of their
| attack, so pure that you can hold him
| up as an example to your children
and advise your sons to follow in his
footsteps.
Hayes Record.
! "A third matter about which We
! should inquire when t comes to en-
ploying a United .Stares senator is
his official record. Judge Hayes has
been in public life in this state aid
/ in the public eye since 1906. He was
a member of the constitutional CON
vention, and there Gay in and day
out, before the people of this sta'e
he labored on our fundamental law
and brought to the work of that body
untiring energy, calm and sound judg-
| ment and faithful and efficient serTice.
Ever since statehood he has been a
member of the supreme court of this
state, and | wish. to say here that
court has rendered this state magnifi-
cent service. l have no sympathy
with the attacks which are being
made upon that court and none Of
| its traduceTs can point to a dishonor-
! able decision ever rendered by that
body. | make bold to assert that it
is and has been composed of men far
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