The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-27
MURRAY $ TRIP IN
WEST IS REPORTED
PLEASING SUCCESS
IN ALL OTHER PARTS OF
STATE ALSO, SITUATION
IS GOOD.
THE GRANDFATHER STORY
Bound to Become "Blowed-Up
Sucker" Says Mr.. Murray's
Friends-Remarkable Reception
rendered at Oklahoma City.
(By Charles H. Adams, Staff Cor
respondent.)
to The Ardmoreite: =:


respondent.)
Special to The Ardmoreite:
Oklahoma City, July 2.-William
H. Murray's swing through the
counties in the western portion OF
the state was concluded yesterday
at Anadarko, where he was given
an enthusiastic reception. Mr..
Murray's speeches on his trips over
the state in the interest of his cam
didacy for the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor of Oklahoma
have been an agreeable surprise to
his audiences.
While two of his opponents have
devoted a great deal of their time
to vituperative statements regarding
Mr.. Murray, he has merely dis
missed each charge with a brief
statement of fact and the comment
II know the people of Oklahoma
know my record too well to be led
astray by false charges and false is
sues
Brief Time to Opponents.
Mr. Murray has not devoted more
than five minutes to any statement
made by his opponents who have
been devoting so much of their time
to him. He has calmly discussed
the statements credited to Robert
son and Alexander, offered his ex-
plantations supported by facts and
records and then devoted the re-
mainder of his time to a clear-cut
discussion of what Oklahoma and
the nation should, in his judgment,
do to aid the boys over there" and
what the people lover here should
do to make certain a proper prep
aration for the serious crisis bound
to follow the signing OF the peace
treaty.
In every city and town Mr.. Muir
ray has visited this week he has
spoken to large audiences, often to
what have been DESERVED by the To-
cal newspapers as "the largest au-
diences that ever heard candidate
for state office here"
Interested Attention.
In every instance the crowd has
given strict and interested atten-
ton, although Mr.. Murrays
speeches often approach two hours
in length, and not always under
the best conditions, for i'll Western
Oklahoma this week it has been
hot, dry and dusty. At the close
of the meetings he has been enthus-
iastically greeted by old and new
friends and the statement "You
made lot of votes tonight" is typ
ical of the expressions in each
town. Mr.. Murray's Western Ok
lahoma trip has been an unquili-
fled success and reports coming
from other portions Of the state in
dicate that the situation is good ev-
erywhere.
Those Campaign Canards.
Like the grandfather clause story !
that was sprung from the Robert
son headquarters the fore part OF
the week. the cumulative vote I
iost" which a morning paper gave
n,iderable prominence Friday is
.und TO be. in the parlance of the
'outhwest, become a "blowed-up !
sucker" If the reader will COM
pare the language of the cumulative
vote resolution, that is that part
to which the Robertson forces seek
10 build up resentment on the part
OF the voter, it will be found that
Is Just exactly the language OF the
constitution Of the United Ststes.
And it does not require much more
of an answer. Like all the rest of
the Observation-Disclosures rhoo.-
backs directed at Murray, accord
ing to Mr.. Murray's friends, il Will
not be found to have any founda-
ton when once the scrutiny OF
fair-minded person is turned to IT.
Capital City's Reception.
Tonight Mr.. Murray received a
remarkable reception from Okla
homa City and county voters. His
meeting had been well advertised
and the people were much interest
ed in his address. The professional
politician found little to interest him
in Mr.. Murray's address except to
Stir his patriotism and awaken him
(Continued on page 81. II