The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-09-25
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Oklahoma City SEPT 35-The state
( calpzign committee seems 10 De
+ In tlu swing roE. The democrats
have about perfected their prelLmi-
uary organization AID are arranging
70 send out great number Of cam
pzizu SPEAKERS. Both the progress
.T=s and The republicans are showing
signs o. activity The republicans
have ce-.--e6 .1e5- attention around
John F5e.ds. --eir candidate for gov
s-uor They are not making any
f campaign .Or The res, Of the ticket
and -hei- candidate for senator,
Judge B-rs0-d. Of Guthrie w.ll not
. be a sc-Cr. a. even The republican
4 leaders admit tas; he has 10 show
70 win.
. The progressive campaign lacks
4 god cez! ot the noise Of the
past bu, is really being pushed quite
( vigorously throughout the state. They
f erpec. 10 have a number Of speakers
on. during the next month. The
-9loOsars' were very much disaD-
pointed when they found that ROose-
/ selt could not make a number Of
/ speeches iu Oklahoma. but they were
/ very much encouraged over the fact
that Kansas newspapers circulated
/ in the northern part Of the state,
/ devoted large space 70 Rooseyelt's
I Kansas speeches. Roosevelt, in his
interview in Kansas City, declared
that the republican party had de
serted the principles Of Abraham Lin
coin. and that there is no longer any
excuse for a Lincoln republican TO
line UP with the old republican ma
chinery. The chairman Of the Ok
lahoma Moose organization in an
Interview points out that John Fields,
the standpat republican candidate
for governor. is being managed and
controlled b. the Old republican
ring. composed Of Cash Cade Henry
| Asp. Cott!ngham, Jake Hsmon, Frank
| Greer and lesser satellites.
Judge Williams opens his speaking
/ campaign at Carmen Sept. 30. Prince
Freezing has already made a nun
Der Of speeches and reports not only
, good crowds, but splendid enthusi
asm. Next week George Key 0
. Tulsa, Honorable Z. B. Howard
Prince Freezing and practically all 0
4, the other candidates for state OF
Z fees, will take the stump. They ar
=. spending this week in Oklahoma Cit.
2 meeting the people who come u
/. attend the fair.
p. One Of the big features of tn
a campaign is to be big state rail-.
@ at Tulsa on the 1ith Of next month
g Efforts will be made to make thi
the big meeting Of the year. Re
n ports received at democratic head
o quarters indicate that there is n,
disposition upon the part OF demo
n cratic farmers to take John Field
o seriously. While Fields runs a farm
i paper, he never walked between tn
d handles Of a plow, and knows moth
r ing Of farm through frst-class ex
o perience He employs a man t
@ write his farm articles and joi
g office 10 print his newspaper.
e) Fields is having some trouble eX
n planning, when he charges democrat
with extravaganza, now it come
o that the greatest per capita cost 0
+. government in this state is found il
q republican counties, like Nowata
!. where the cost IS sG95 per capitt
[. and Washington county sS.49 per car
|. ita. while in democratic counties lik
~ Pontotoc the cost is $2S2; in Ka
!. county, also democratic, $40 and il
q Stephens county $311. The ayerag
n cost Of government in democrati
# counties is 1923 and in republican
@ counties S5.7L