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

Strong men OF oklahoma who have
| heretofore stayed out Of politics have
/ become active this year. II is good
sign. 1t means that the mere spell
/ binders are going TO be checked in
| their grab OF important offices. 1t
means that a new star has risen in Ok
/ lahoma politics, it means that men
have begun unselfishly TO work for the
election OF men who can do things and
who will reflect credit upon the state
OF Oklahoma.
The speech OF Judge c. B. Ames OF
Oklahoma City for Samuel W. Hayes,
candidate for the United States SEN
ate. is reproduced here. The Ardmore-
ite reproduces it because ii represents
the kind Of politics this paper has al
ways stood for. Men and measures
have a right to be discussed but we
have never helped in a mud-slinging
campaign nor allowed our columns TO
be used for that purpose. We have
always refused TO sell space to poll
ticians that tried to blacken the per
sonal character of their opponents.
Voters are interested in candidates
and in what they stand for and for
that reason we publish the speech OF
Judge c. b. Ames as it was published
in the Daily Oklahoman OF Sunday,
July 5.
The Record Of Gore.
Excerpts from speeches of United
States Senator Thomas p. Gore, in
Texas in 1896, when he toured the
Lone Star state, denouncing the demo
cratic party as Judas like" and as
party Of Statesmen without states
manship" were read by Judge c. B.
Ames in an address to between one
thousand and one thousand and five
hundred voters at the corner Of Main
and Broadway Friday night, which
marked the opening of the Oklahoma
county campaign in the interest OF the
candidacy of Judge Samuel w. Hayes
TOR Senator Cores place in the United
States senate.
In the Texas speeches from which
Judge Ames read excerpts, Senator
lGore severely criticised work on tariff
| legislation in the ffty-secOnd congress
and declared lit will take them 1900
years to complete it and the benefit
will be like a life insurance policy
you have to wait until you are dead
to get the benefit of it,"
At the time this speech was made,
Judge Ames declared Senator Gore
! had failed to secure office in the
state of Mississippi and had tried his
fortune in Texas, and only returned
to the democratic party in order that
amongst strangers and in a strange
community, he might seek high office
| Ifs nn1rnnurp and
where only his melodious voice was
| heard"
Judge Ames called attention to what
he termed widespread resentment on
the part of the people of the state
who believe that an unjust and un-
righteous effort was recently made to
blackmail Senator Gore" and declared
that "if we were trying the question
of his guilt or innocence of that
charge ! would vote for the senator. y
Such things as that, Judge Ames de-
clared, were not issues in the cam
paign, the main question he said, be-
! ing the qualification of candidates,
and then proceeded with an analysis
of Senator Cores record in the SEN
ate.
,Amss speeeh.
! Judge Ames was introduced by
Judge James r. Keaton, and spoke in
part as follows:
"On August 4 the democrats of Okla
homa will name their choice of United
States senator. This is the most i'm
portant office within the gift of our
people. 1t pays a salary OF $500 a
year. which is the highest salary paid
any public officer in this state. a man
is elected to represent the people of
this state before the people of this
nation and the world for six years. 1t
is "A position of great dignity, honor
and power But while this is true, it is
not an honor to be conferred upon
man because We may like him per