The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-28
LARGE CROWD
HEARS WILLIAMS
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OUT
LINES HIS PLATFORM AND CE'
FINES HIS POSITION.

rather strenuous day here Friday
' night when he addressed a large
crowd Of citizens at the county court
house, and told them in no unmistak-
able terms what they might expect
if he was chosen by the citizens TO
be the next governor of the state.
Judge Williams was introduced by
II. II. Brown, and lost no time in
getting into his speech. lie said tnat
II was indeed q pleasure for him to
ride out to the western part Of tIe
county and note the wonderful de-
velopment going on there and that
it would be one OF his pet policies,
if elected governor, to administer
such laws and have such laws en-
acted as would encourage capital to
come to Oklahoma and help develop
these latent resources.
The keynote Of Judge Williams
ipeech was economy in state, county
and municipal government, and he
recited how that could be accomplish
ID with honest men in office who
would not pay political debts at the
expense of the taxpayer by putting
men into useless Offices and on the
payroll when their services were not
needed or necessary. at is the
gospel of efficiency and economy
hat the overburdened taxpayers want
to hear now, and l believe that l
can install that kind of government
if elected as your governor" said
Judge Williams.
Judge Williams stated that he did
not desire to be understood that he
would be at continual war with the
yarious departments of state govern
ment, but, on the other hand, would
insist upon harmony in all depart
nents of state. 81 would call the
heads of departments into confer
nee with me and we would discuss
these matters and determine what
vas best for the taxpayers of the
tate and when that was determined,
Would be put into execution" he
emarked
In speaking of government to re-
luce taxes he said that he would
make each department of state self
sustaining, or partly so, except such
departments as that of labor, chart
les and corrections, and other aGen-
lies that pertain to the uplift of
humanity.
Referring to the cost Of the courts
he said: at has cost the taxpayers
III an average of fifty dollars for
every case decided by the supreme
court, yet the Judges of the supreme
court have written more opinions
in proportion TO their number than
the judges of any other appellate
court in the United States. The cost
Of this court can he reduced by put
ting a limitation upon appeals and
also by providing for a reasonable
docket fee to be assessed and paid
by the losing party, such fees to be
converted into the treasury to help
bear the burdens of government. This
h. Ippn v-nrlyipo hard
ship or hampecing appeals, and al
he same time reduce half of the eX
pense of maintaining such court by
means of taxation"
Judge Williams stated that the cor
pcration commission could be self.
sustaining, or nearly so, with the
proper legislation to back it up, and
illustrated his point by reciting that
the corporation commission was a
court open to every citizen in 'he
state to be heard, but after a ruling
had been made and an appeal from
that ruling taken, he maintains tha'
the person ~ corporation making
that appeal should be charged rea-
sonable fee for the making of the
transcript from that court, and %
bear all other burdens necessary in
transferring the case, at the same
time there is no law provided Tor
the collection of fees from the ap-
pealing party for making the records,
he also maintains that a reasonable
fee should be collected by the com
mission for all refunds collected by
the commission and converted into
the state treasury in this manner he
maintains that the corporation would
be self sustaining.
Judge Williams made a hit with
the voters when he announced lis
policy with regard to our penal in
stitutions. He said that he was
made governor that he would see
that the convic;s in the penitentiary
were put to work at some useful oc.
cupation and made self-sustaining in.