The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-18
Ardmore Citizenry Turned
Out en- Masse to Listen to
Words of Wisdom of
Distinguished Visitor
GREAT MAN, FAVORITE
SON OF GREAT STATE
EVENINGS ADDRESS REPLETE
WITH THOUGHTS OF WISDOM.
lNTERSPERSED WITH GEMS
OF WIT AND HUMOR


Vice President Thomas r. Marshall
addressed large crowd OF Ardmore
people last night at Convent on Hall.
lie and Mrs. Marshall arrived here
over the Frisco at 1880 in the eve
hing, they were met by a committee
and accompanied TO Hotel Ardmore
and from there the vice president went
to Convention Hall.
Seated on the platform with him
were Judge Thomas w. Champion,
Judge Cham Jones. Judge Rutherford
Brett, w. G. Davisson, o. C. Lasher,
and United States Commissioner
Spaulding.
Judge Champion introduced Judge
Brett, who in turn introduced the
J speaker. The speaker was presented
as a descendant of the famous jurist
John Marshall, the greatest chief
justice Of the United States supreme
| court.
The vice president had not been
on the floor a moment until he had
his crowd laughing and one sentence
of the highest logic followed another
in quick succession throughout the
evening.
81 was introduced to you as a dis
tinguished citizen" he said, but for
the past two weeks have been feel
ing like an extingushed citizen. l
thank you for this cordial reception.
The American people have the kindest
hearts Of any people on earth--you
show the tenderest consideration for
the dead
When the speaker rose before his
audience the people stood and cheered
and gave him the creates ovation that
has been given any public speaker in
this city for many years.
After starting his crowd off with
laugh the vice president began to
deal out to them some logic in short
quick sentences that made his au-
ditors think. His was a rare, INTEL
lectual talk, 1t was brimfull OF wis
dom.
II remember in my school geography
when / was ten years old picture
Of Atlas supporting the world On his
back. / remember the panied ex-
preston on the face of Atlas as he
carried his load and / decided then
that / should never carry the world
on my shoulders and that philosophy
of life has always followed me.
did try to carry Indiana and Oklahoma
recently, but It all ended in failure.
Anyway, / am not much for parti-
san politics. II
For seven years I have presided
over that great school OF oratory.
the United States senate. have pre-
sided over those who are the greatest
men to those who do not know them.
AS you approach greatness II shrivcls.
Only those are great who do good.
1.-THE greatest man l ever met was
not q man at all. she was Evangeline
Booth. She Is a woman who has Of
fered her life sweet sacrifice on
the altar of her country. and therein
lies greatness
II am not oppressed by the re-
suits OF the election. / have some re
publican friends here and to you L
want to say God bless you, you have
bit off more than you know II is
much greater to growl than to be
growled at When the Armlstice was
signed we thought we had made the
world safe for democracy. Tho people
We're drunken with peace. hut that
peace lasted just about sixty days.
"1here Is not much patience on
my part with what is known as high.
er criticism, / was raised up In that
spirit OF Kentucky Presbyterlanism
and still believe that whatever is 10
happen will happen, whether II ever
does or not, but / do not subscribe
10 the doctrine that the voice OF the
people is the voice OF God at least
not since the election.
when was in college I had to
so TO church. Tho boys don't have
to 70 now. Religion IL not considered
a part OF modern education, but in
those days we had to go and I had
10 listen to n series OF seven sermons,
preached by my Greek professor. to
explain 10 US that the Lords Prayer
had not been correctly translated. De-
liver us from evil,' really means De-
liver us from tho evil onc.' IL what
our professor told us. h-
4 'Atttr tne ATiilNuF NaS tiEncd
there camo one trouble after another
in quick succession. That reminds mel
OF time In northern Indiana when
We all had the chills and fever. I
thought then II we could rid our
selves OF the chills that there would
be no more sickness. We drained the|
country and fought out the malsriH
and the chiils let up. but no socnce|
had they gone than the doctors dis.'l
covered that we had appendices and|
they have been cutting them out evcr|
since.
"And 30 II Ia In our lives. II wa|
desire TO be good We begin to ovcr-|
come the evil one and as fast AZ onc|
evil Il overcome another rises to vek|
us. II We would be healthy. AZ soon
as we overcome one disease eno(n1r
rises TO vex Us. and Il II thu - ~
tlonsl life. Az soon a. ~ noyo -
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