The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-13
FIELDS agrees
TO CLEAN OUT
STATE CAPITOL
Pave Williams Administration
Huge Compliment But He
Flags Robertson in
Speech


ORDELL-The individual demo-
cratic voters are no more responsible
Tor the state Of affairs at the state
mouse today than are the republicans,
out the time has come when every
voter should be an American first and
hid in cleaning up the state govern.
ment,' John Fields, republican candi-
date for governor, told his audience
here Tuesday afternoon
Every seat in the courtroom was
taken and not an inch of standing
room available. His hearers sat on the
tloor around the speakers table and
clustered in the doorways seizing upon
every word and hearing the speech
throughout with wrapt attention.
Promises Clean Up.
Thunders of applause greeted the
candidates declaration:
"lf elected your governor / am pledg-
ed TO give this state an honest admin
istration in the interest of all people
and Will drive that bunch of looting
bankers and grating politicians out of
the capitol for at least four years be-
cause they know that 1 mean what |
say and because they know that have
'he Intestinal equipment to do what /
say I'll do, that same gang are shoot
ing their poison at me now"
flelds charged that the authors of
the Shawnee program were insincere
even in their promises to the social.
ISIS who had Joined the deconstruc.
ton league under the lead of men like
George Wilson and Oscar Ameringer.
In pledgiug their nominees TO a pro.
they did so not in an honest
gram OF state socialism," he said. "they
dd so not in an honest attempt to give
the state q socialist administration.
nut rather to first get their votes and
then to inaugurate such socialistic en-.
lerprises as might best enable the lead.
ers to share in looting the state treas
uFy IN company with unprincipled poll.
leans who have krown rich in recent
Years by milking the state"
He Scores Robertson.
Scathingly arraigning the Robertson
administration for its conduct of pub
lie affairs, the editor candidate com.
pared the accomplishments Of the prc.
Vous democratic administration with
that of the present
When Bob Williams took his seat
as governor he did his utmost to give
MS state an honest administration,
with dollars worth of service rem.
dcred for every dollar expended. Fields
said.
And Bob succeeded in doing that very
lhlnS, IN spite OF the gang OF blood.
suckers who bounded his footsteps
throughout his four-year term.
Compare the building Of the capitol
under Williams with improvements
made in that building under Robert.
'on.' he challenged Governor VII.
liams completed that work and | dc
not believe that any state ever received
more for the money ii expended than
were received through the construc.
ton of that building. But look at the
capitol building today. siS3 900 has been
appropriated for the identifying of the
capitol grounds under Jim Robertson.
Yet the grounds are covered with weeds.
not tree has been planted and the
building stands today in a sea OF mud,
after every rainfall.
Dislikes TO Remember.
That Is why Robertson is attacking
pe today with his petty piffle." de.
clared Fields. HE hates to be remind.
ed OF his maladministration. He hates
even 10 have me read that first plank
of the Shawnee platform in my speech.
cs. lie asks me to explain what /
mean when l charge that there has
been graft in certain departments OF
tho state government. Why does he
not ask that same question OF his own
candidate. Mr.. walton?" the>.republl,
can candidate inquired. II have mere.
ly been reading from the mayors first
platform"
Washita county presents an enigma
10 the dopesters. Walton carried the
county IN the primary but many bus.
mess men who did not support him
then say that they are now going to
vote for Fields. Fields only lost the
county by 26 votes In 1914 In his race
against Williams and his friends count
heavily upon the silent vote TO bring
him into tho final lap as factor in
this strong democratic county.
Meets Warm Reception.
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