The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-11-11

have been furnished with a state.
I ment of the presidents own thoughts
which | offer:
/ He thinks that New Jersey has
been victory. As = matter Of fact
| 1t Was so far from victory that u
| { Oh twenty.four hours after the
closing OF bhc polls to find out
whether MIR. Roosevelts man had
been elected. or whether She state
had gone democratic The victory
in New Jersey was like that Of
which Napoleon once said. One
more such victory and We are un.
done. The republican ticket was
! elected. true. but the long time re-
publican majority was brought down
20 pitiful plurality.
Then We have Rhode Island The
democratic candidate for governor
was elected by a fine plurality; so
too aryland. The presidents ser.
ius statement is that he can place
against this sweeping victory in
Kentucky. That is entirely true.
but Mr. Roosevelt was not in issue
in Kentucky What the democratic
party failed To do there was largely
due to democratic weakness. The
really vital points were Cleveland.
O., New York. Rhode Island. Mary.
Ia ~,
sachusetts is not fair 10 be tested
for there the split was between
the democratic factions as against
an anti-Roosevclt republican candi.
date. Some day the real truth
about the Massachusetts campaign
will be told Sometime the story
as to how certain republican sen.
ators would like to have Henry
NJ. Whitney elected on the demo
cratic ticket to the destruction OF
Curtis Guild may be made public
lhat fine and aristocratic old state
of Massachusetts, plays politics In
a way that even the Bowcry in
New York could not understand
And the scholar" in politics plays
his game cleverly and we'll
The Ohio Men.
Two men in Ohio are well worth
watching. One is straight out
and out democrat, avowed and loyal
The other processes non-partisan-
ship. but is "a democrat essentially
to his fingers tips. | have known
both for nearly twenty years. The
avowed democrat Is Tom Johnson,
just triumphantly reelected mayor
Of Cleveland; the other is Brand
Whitlock just reelected mayor of
Toledo. To me Whitlock is the
more interesting character OF the
two. though ! know both, and ad.
mire them equallq But WhitlocK
is as far as know man of
slender means. n man who has
been a newspaper writer and a
magazine writer and novelist.
He has been carried upward by
mis- unvarying adherence to the
things in which he and his sponsor
in politics, Golden Rule Jones" be
lieved. lie has done what to my
mind Is one OF the most extraor-
dinary things in politics. secured
election twice as mayor of a great
city without using patronage and
without any personal fortune at his
disposal. think he will go far.
and deserves to go far.
And yet Whitlock of Toledo, n
man of no means, and Johnson
OF Cleveland, very rich man. are
working along the same lines and
are men Of like character Neither
one is a machine politician. Neither
one is man who would subordi'
nate his personal views to the i'm
mediate necessity OF being elected.
They are talking about Brand Whit
lock now for governor Of Ohio.
Yet democrat candidate was run
against him in Toledo. My own
guess is that II he should be nomi-
mated for governor. the influence
of Tom Johnson would be thrown
for him. Indeed II appears that
In the state of Ohio there is an
inclination to discard the old line
democracy which urged victory at
any price and which had no sort
Of principle. That political plan
did not succeed. but now with
johnson in Cleveland and WhiEock
In Toledo, there seems to be some
opportunity for real democracy in
the state as against machine demo
cracy.
This Is good time of the wear