The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-05
To the Daily Ardmorelte:

To the Daily Ardmoreite:
| wish through the columns OF your
paper TO call attention to the import.
ance of the election next Tuesday. our
radical constitution with the fact that
the political party who made that con-
stitution has been in power ever since
statehood has so faI kept corpurate
interests from getting a strangle hold
sufficient 10 dominate business condi-
tions in this state.
However the Democrat party in this
state has its reactionary standpat ele
ment which is allied with corporate
interests and these standpats have
number OF employees and flunkies whose
votes they can control. This element
in the Democrat party is opposed TO
Walton, the Democrat candidate. and is
supporting Fields, the Republican can
didate for governor. The Republican
party in this state has large element
composed OF farmers and laborers who
are opposed 10 corporate interests and
corporate domination who are support
ing Walton, and opposing Fields. This
narrows the issue down 10 that of
THE working producing masses VS.. the
special privileged classes" The form.
er supporting Walton; the latter sup
porting Fields. a denial OF this fact
by any one would at this time sound
foolish. Hence the corporate interests
and the special privilege owning classes
knowing the working, producing masses
TO be largely In the majority In this
state are doing everything possible 10
befog the real issue.
Money is being spent by them with a
| lavish hand; the one item OF the paid
advertisement in the press OF the state
Of what Negro equality" story from
Beggs, Oklahoma and to which the one
telling II refused to give his name has
/ been estimated as costing the Fields
managers more in amount than a gov.
ernor's four year salary. And this is
not drop In the bucket TO what is
being spent along the same line.
In many respects the campaign for
governor In Oklahoma resembles the
Ford.Newberry race for the senate in
| Michigan. Newberry Is intellect is a
very ordinary man while Ford is a
genius. The Corporate interests were
not so much In favor OF Newberry as
they were opposed TO Ford. They did
not intend to let that radical. Henry
use OF money In the election could
keep him out. Newberry had no mon
ey to blow IN for his election. neither
has Fields. The same interests that
bought the election OF Newberry 10 tn,
U. S. Senate from Michigan are now
trying TO buy and to bribe the people L
elect Fields governor OF oklahoma.
Can they afford 10 do that is II worth
the money; what do YOU suppose woulC
happen II the Standard oil company, foI
instance. should succeed I'm gettinl
complete control OF all the oil field
in Carter county2
As matter Of fact, OF course, thel
would do the same things here tha
they do elsewhere. They would use a
employees foreigners, Bohunks. dagoe
and Mexicans; establish their own SUP
ply houses, trading stores and pay.of
{ their hands on Saturday night In scrip
. good at the company's store. The
3 would buy their supplies In the easter
e market by the car load and these car
e would not even stop TO be unloaded 4
Y Ardmore. The present laborers in tn
oil fields and the small tradesnen /
o the small oil field towns would have {
y emigrate and Il would not be long unit
Z the owls and the bats would take thos
5 towns This is just one of the incident
L that the election OF John Fields by III
/. power OF corporation money would max
r possible but its only one OF many ,
e like nature. TO save the state from
e thing like this Fields must be defeste'
We have the election of Walton VIC
II we get out the vote. The Fielt
d crowd has the money and the cars
q use In getting out their vote and the
6 will use them. Their strength will
polled and we must poll ours II we WI
/. the election. We cannot win II v
'. fail TO vote.
J. s. ]. woRLEY.
ID Editor Daily Ardfnoreite