The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-23

choice of many aspirants for gov
ernor this year. In truth, passing
them in review, they are righs
smart procession. There are seven
count 'em - seven. True, we
hear mostly about three, but
they are all duly filed and will ap..
pear on the ticket when you stroll
around to the polls on election day
For the benefit of the uninitlat-
ed. we presume we had better name
them alphabetically. There's Alex
ander, who modestly advertised last
week that he was the winning
candidate" Davis, who claims TO
have received the largest vote M
Oklahoma; Durant, who rises 10
remark that he legislated tor the
benefit of the merchant and 1arm-
er"-but as he has been member
OF the legislature since statehood
it probably was unavoidable; Gaui'
giyes it out flat that "he, is stand
ing ON his record" if that is true
considering his heft-that record IS
safe and will be right where ne
stepped on it after the primary !;
McCollister-McColl - Hey, boy !;
page McCollister-O, never miho'
ven put him down as a gentleman
because he hasn't, to our knowledge
claimed anything; Murray, the
sage OF Tishomingo," wants to WIN
the war and prepare prosperous
state for our returning heroes !;
then comes Robertson, who states
he is clean and dignified."
All but three OF the candidates
NAV safely be eliminated. Murray
and what the Durant Democrat des-
isnates as band wagon" asplrants'
Alexander and Robertson. After
the closest scrunity of all the pa. .trs
the arguments, the muck-rakins'
what that fellow said and this tel
low said and what nobody said,
sum it up Just fortnight before
the primary, in single paragraph
and then | will show how tins con-
clusion was drawn.
Murray's Telling Platform
Two or three months ago - or
when the gubernatorially inclined
thought the people were looking
their- way-the candidates lined up
ior start. The band wagon can
didates-Alexander and Robertson
brought out their machines. They
were beauties, too. Many months
had been spent in acquiring these
twelve cylinder, high powered wa,
CONS" Apparently nothing hao
6een overlooked. There was gas
in the shape of high priced htera-
ture and oil in the shape OF NICE
lat campaign fund. Murray-Ai-
falfa Bilp'-fished down IN ms
pocket, found the stub OF a leaa
nencil. wrote about twenty lines OF
platform, paid six bits for par OF
rum shoes, cut a pole out OF the
timber and nailed his banner win
the war and make a prosperous
home for our heroes to return TO
it-and the race was on. Murray 5
meagre preparations caused deri-
sion then-they don't now. Inc
race had not progressed tar before
= veritable rain OF calumny, vitu-
Deration and undertaking jealous
les descended on the band wa.
qons" of andidates Alexander and
Pohertson The machines splashcd
such a shower OF mud that Murray
was lost sight of for weeks ana
last Sunday morning, when pause
came. il was discovered that Muir
raw and his gum shoes were leading
the procession and still taking on
followers. while the shiny wagons
we're hub deep in mud, with splash
ed and soiled cushions and wary
and hesitating crowd refusing 10
accept a ride therein.
Now for the deductions. Oniy
in a measure can it be said that the
newspapers are rejecting public
sentiment. This is true because
there has been only random and
very undecided sentiment up to the
nresent time for them to reflect.
The people, as at no other time IN
the history of the state, have
eyinced little or no interest IN pol
itics up to now. And only now,
because the primary is fairly upon
them. There has been much pub
licity. it is true. but it smacks rath-
er OF the paid kind and sensation.
al rather than the calm and
thoughtful which designates the
writer thereof to be thoroughly IN
earnest.
What the Papers Say.
Take one town for instance, our
next door neighbor, Pauls Valley.
Here are three Pauls Valley papers
talking about the same subject and
the same incidents:
The Enterprise says: Judge
Robertson addressed a large
audience. From his reception here
one would judge that he IS the
leading candidate in the county.
The Democrat says: The apathy
of the voters was clearly shown by
the small crowds which Judge Rob-
ertson drew although there
were from 500 to 800 people on the
streets at the hour he spoke, a good
hundred did not gather around him