The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20

that, without thought to cast breath of
reflection against the political integrity or
upright honesty of any present state officer,
we feel that to nominate any of them for any
state office at the next election would be
little short of suicidal from Democrat view
point
In naming the man who shall be the
candidate for the exalted office of governor,
the party must be particularly careful.
He must be man of sterling worth, of
unquestioned integrity, of unlimited ability,
of the most undoubted honesty of purpose.
He must be man who is fearless, who
is open and above board, who is loyal to
party and party's veal.
He must be man who knows how to meet
his fellow men with smile, who can give the
glad hand of friendship without hypocrisy
who can meet and overcome all opposition
who can answer every argument, who can
advance political arguments based upon DEM
ocratic hypothesis which are unanswerable.
lnasmuch as the southern part of the
state of Oklahoma has always been the BAN
ner Democratic section, it is but natural that
the Democrats should look to this section for
the man to be named as the next governor.
We do not claim that this man should come
from Carter county, although we can point
with pride to Carter county as being the
place from whence came one of the best
governors this state ever had. We do say,
however, that man hailng from the south
ern section of the state, from some part of the
the southern section which was part of the
old Indian Territory will be the logical man,
that he will be the logical man coming from
the logical section--from the Democratic Sec
ton of Oklahoma.
1t is full early to attempt to say who
that man shall be. In fact, the passing time
will alone determine this.
But, while this is the case we feel that
The Ardmoreite is justified in saying that
in Bryan county, one of the counties which
compose the very heart of the Democracy OF
Oklahoma, may be found the man who will
fill the bill in every particular, the man who
is fearless exponent of the doctrines of the
party of Jefferson the man who is honest, OF
unquestioned integrity of firm Democratic
faith.
We do not know that this man would
accept the nomination. but we do know that
the Democrats of Oklahoma might look fur
, ther and fare much worse than to name Sen
ator Charles McPherren, of Durant, as the
st.~dard bearer of the party in the next
battle of the ballots.
McPhTren is bold, aggressive, fearless
He is Democrat from the crown of his head
to the soles of his feet. He is man of ster
: ling worth, of dauntless courage of rock.
ribbed integrity.
His record in the senate, of which he is
one of the new members, shows him to be a
man who has the courage of his convictions
) one fo those men who first knows he is right
and then backs his judgment to the limit.
He is man who acknowledges the su.
premacy of no obstacle who knows not the
meaning of the word defeat. He is a good
: handshaker, suave, but honest in his friend
ship man to whom deceit and potica
hypocrisy are unknown.
He is, in word, the man who could be
named as the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor and who would carry the war into the
heart of the enemy's camp in an effort which
: would be crowned with success to redeem
Oklahoma to the Democracy, to wrest it from
the hands of the Republicans, to put it bacl
where it belongs, in the column of safely
Democratic states