The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-06
Republican Candidate for Governor
Speaks Here and Deals Out
Drastic Denunciation Of
Democrats in Okla.
.RAPS PLATFORM
OF OPPONENTS
Declares Election Laws FlsgraniIy
Violated and Rid:cules "Rigid
Economy and Honesty" and
Criticizes the State Debt

Bitterly attacking the Democratic
party, referring to the state Demo
cratic officials as a gang, band,
discredited bunch, ripping the state
election law up the back and down
both sides and taking general broad
side at practically every act of the
party in power, John Fields, Republi-
can candidate for governor of Okla
homa, spoke yesterday afternoon to a
good crowd at the market day sale,
his remarks being punctuated from
time to time by loud cheers from his
supporters.
J. w. Kayser introduced the speak
er, proclaiming him as the next gov
ernor OF Oklahoma" Immediately fol-
lowing which introduction, Fields took
up the Democratic platform adopted in
Oklahoma City, and, calling upon a
finished vocabulary of sarcasm, ridi-
culed the document
Having paid tribute to Woodrow
Wilson as an able man and one upon
whom dependence may be placed. Mr..
Fields said, But look at this bunch
here at home. Look at that platform
they adopted in Oklahoma City. As
you look it over, you will find from
time to time. new plank. Every
new one covers up some rotten hole
in the platform. The election planh,
isn't it a pippin?"
Regarding the Democratic primary
held in August, Mr.. Fields repeatedly
referred to the guessing off of the
Democratic nominee Continuing, he
said in part, THAT bunch will promise
to fix anything that ails you. They
state that we need new election law.
We don't need new law, we need
obedience to the laws already in force.
In this guessing off Of the Democratic
nominee, the state should have had
the returns within 4S hours after the
polls closed. The result trailed along
for two weeks and finally they had to
call in Chas. N. Haskell as media
tor. Now Charles is some mediator
"The election laws were disregard
ed No returns were filed with the
county clerks and the election boards
withheld the result until they had re-
ceived orders from headquarters to
turn in the predetermined result,
81 had man ask me the other day
if he would be put in jail if he voted
for me. having voted in the Democratic
primary and having filed as Demo
crat. Why? This discredited bunch
at Oklahoma City will make you be-
lieve that the goblins will get you il
you don't vote the Democratic ticket
in November The next skunk that
puts that up to you, ask him how he
! is going to tell how you vote, then tell
him there is no legal or moral obliga-
tion to prevent you from voting for
whom you please. You may have
taken the oath. If you have-well if
there is anything that would make you
absolve that oath 1t is the manner in
which this Democratic primary cleo
tion was guessed Off"
Referring to the Democratic plat
form the speaker read a paragraph
therefrom and discussing it he said;
"They state that they favor rigid
i economy and honesty That's old
stuff and they knew it, SO with ex-
treme unction they inserted that
i rugged thrift and efficiency" One
would never suspect this bunch of be
ing either honest, economical or effic
lent. For instance the constitution
provides that the state debt shall
never exceed more than 100000
That's plain English, and the average
man would presume that It means
what il says. State bonds were votet
to the amount Of sl,460,000. II this
bunch who have been in undispntes
control for seven years had heede'
the constitution, then the state deb
would have been nor more sl,f6o,o0e
don't want to tell you anything bu
the truth, for that's bad enough. Th
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