The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-21
HOOVER SEEKING
REELECTION AS
REPRESENTATIVE
Record During Last Term of
Legislature of Having
Never Missed Roll Call
is Remarkable.

Believing that Carter county. should
have representation In the state legis.
lature Of sterling worth, friends Of D. s.
Hoover have succeeded in persuading
him to offer himself for reelection sub
Ject TO the democratic primary in Au.
gust, and today's issue of The Daily
Ardmoreite carries Mr.. Hoover's formal
announcement. He will file for candi-
dacy at Oklahoma City within a short
time.
While /. 10 matter Of record that
the democrats We're unable TO carry
out their program and did not have any
great opportunity to do much construc.
tive work during the last legislature,
MIR. Hoover stood within the Democratic
minority in every attempt to carry out
the ideals Of the Democratic party and
its wishes He fought hard that all
state institutions should have proper
maintenances and through this fight
s><"s Things were accomplished
Promote the Schools.
Mr.. HooveI states that he intends to
carry this fight on, if he is given the
opportunity, that every state institu.
ton shall have the appropriation ade.
quate to have them conducted in q way
TO reflect credit on the state Of Okla.
homa. He also voted for all measures
calculated to promote common schools
throughout the state, especially the ru-
raj schools, and while the so.called RE.
publican economy" defeated practically
every measure which led up to this.
Mr.. Hoover waged a persistent fight,
bringing forth commentator from all
Of his supporters.
Another bill staunchly advocated by
Mr.. Hoover, and which also was defeat
ed, was the state marketing commits.
sion, intended to assist farmers by fur
nishing markets for food and feed, and
which was intended also to assist the
truck growers, cotton growers and 9th.
er agricultural interests. He also
strongly supported the passage of the
warehouse bill, which eventually went
down by vote of the republican house.
Secured Appropriation.
In spite Of all odds, Mr.. Hoover sue
cceded in getting through approprla-
tions for the Oklahoma Confederate
home, located in Ardmore, and which
included s37 900 for heating plant and
septic tank. That he accomplished
this feat without trading votes on any
proposed bill of the Republicans was
we'll known and favorably commented
upon.
Mr.. Hoover was one OF the three who
introduced the bill to increase the pen.
sions for Confederate soldiers This
still has his hearty and sympathetic
support, as he says that throughout the
I. state can be found old soldiers who can
not live on the pensions now being paid.
His staunch support Of the hospita,
proposed for the disabled soldiers
brought him thousands of friends from
the ranks Of the ex-service men. He
voted for every bill which tended to
assist in this work. Il am for the Le-
Sion boys first, last and always, as my
vote records will show" Mr.. Hoover
declares.
Never Missed q Session.
Another record, probably not held by
any other county in the state, during
his entire term, four sessions OF the
legislature, Mr.. Hoover attended every
days session.
In seeking the denomination for the
office Of state representative Mr.. Hoo.
yer states that what he has done N the
past can be safe basis for his friends
70 count on in the future.