The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

mention some battle thht hii Dnrnnl
ias ever lost This French -choctaw
~ the man kiplinE spoke of when he
!, said; "'e h all hot sand and ginger
when alive. and q II generally a sham
ming when e is dead" IL Durant can
line up the choctaw and Chickasaw
nations. he can set the solid support OF
. tha oil fields. ana II he does all that he
, wins IL he cannot line up the two
nations OF the south and east. the oil
, men will look for winner elsewhere,
and he loses, The heart OF his candi'
lacy II In the Indian country,
hin Alexander ~ the Machisvelli OF
Oklahoma. lie. like Durant. has never
lost political hattie. lie has run for
office from a time when the mind OF
man runneth not 10 the contrary and
has never tasted defeat. lie has made
an exceptionally good state official. he
has many friends In every section of
Oklahoma. and these friends win sit up
nights planning how they may best
help mn IN the race. II Alexander
wins, Il win bc by following the line ~
least resistance. While his opponents
are ringing the welkin and eNhausting
the vocabulary OF invcciiNc IN their cut.
bursts OF personalities Bn will be- In
the wagon yards making lifelong friends
of the men who never play politics but
who do blamed lot 'of voting The
weather charts indicate that his can.
didacy viii look entirely unpromising
and altogether innocent TN the cold
gray dawn OF the morning after and
thea his enemies viii hold consultations
In order Ia ascertain IN what par; of
the night they We're scalped.
Gault OF Gcary will ae the farmer
candidate. but whether he will bc the
farmers candidate Is another question
Only two men In Oklahoma's history
has been the farmers candidate and /
neither Of the two Is farmer II.
Gault knows how owen ia 1912 and {
Gore in 1914 got the votes from the /
corn rows he will play havoc with "a /
lot of political fences He looks the /
part alright and his picture * vote /
getter He lost tower of strength /
when his political mentor died two |
years ago. but he Is one of the strong |
men Of Oklahoma and ii he can reach !
the men Of his profession, he may start |
IA political revolution in this land of /
the mistletoe With Gault i'm the gov.
crnor's chair the political parasites
would leave the state house for
quadrennium.
New Jersey once sent schoolmastcr
to the White House by way Of Trenton
and Arkansas has Il schoolmaster, In the
chair Of her governor X. II. Wilson has
been thinking of those chapters Of re.
cent history and has no criticism to
offer. Three years ago he carried every
county in oklahoma except two over
a worthy opponent. and half the vote
he got In 1914 would nominate him for |
governor i'm 1918. The school teachers
are FOR him. and the teachers have nj.
Ways named state and county super
ntendents. Eut rule l of politics says
hat ii is not possible to carry two can
iidates If the pedagogues will forget
county superintendent and state su- =
candidate they cnn name :
he next governor of oklahoma. All L
hat Mr.. Wilson has to do is to induce Z
he pedagogues 10 forget every candi-
late but Mr.. Wilson.
win Bill Murray run for governor
Yes win he be nominated? We must h
lave time to reflect. II Murray viii II
ak nothing but statescraft, no man W
n oklahoma can beat him. II Murray u
in personalities almost any
,ody can beat him. If he has thor
ughly learned the lesson of 1910 and p
f 1916 and viii wage a war Of educs- >
ion and principle and will refrain from q
attacks on his opponents -
nd others who differ from him. he will
vim and win handsomely. WIN he do
his? Ask someone who knows. We
My know that the people Of Okla.
oma are eager for the character of
ampaign that Murray is capable of Civ
lg and if he VIII only refrain from
isappointing them. he himself will DE
urprised at the size Of his majority.
wen Wlterlooed Haskell In 1912 by
inform courtesy 1t pays.
AT this writing only two campaigns II
ave been formed and the others are |
et nebulous. Both Robertson and Muir -
~ have all the following they can =
yer command. Their task will be to
void mistakes and to hold their fol.
wing intact The campaigns of Du-
mt and Alexander and Gault and VIII
m must yet he collected and organ
ed. At present the issue is between
obertson and Murray Unless tremen.
,us work is done by the other candi- ke
ties along the lines We have indi- ur
ted, the issue win be between Rob aw
tson and Murray next August. ate
AS to past history. Murray has All col
c advantage The lowest vote he eyer -
II in q statewide primary was about
900 more than Robertson ever got in
statewide primary. Ia four cam.
igns the lowest vote Murray ever got
this congressional district was 5.lOO.
Is highest vote was $500 In four
mpaigns his vote varied only five
inbred. II he has held his following
the state as he has in the
1rth district ne is today an unbeat.
le candidate. But in other respects
Is at a disadvantaEe Dusant will
IT Murray. Gault will hurt Murray Z
ilson win hurt Murray. Alexander
y probably hurt Robertson. This ob.
walton is based on the co1tinppnct