The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-11-01
(By Glenn Guernsey.

confidence, is here. The good old sum.
mer time, Coney Island and Matthew.
son are glories that are past The !
last OF the summer vacationers are 4
back in town. The shutters have +.
been taken down from the windows of
the brown stone fronts, and the white /.
lights have been put up at all the /
broadway theatres. Fifth avenue
again presents a scene Of activity. |
The rah-rah boy is here in all his
glory OF loud raiment and louder
voice. So indefinitely. symptoms
might be- recounted to prove that
autumn has overtaken it's destination.
Surest sign of all. however. is the
political excitement that is now agi.
tating this village. During the last
week the metropolis has been invaded
by personages of no less Importance
that William Howard Taf and VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. Sung at their
feet we have imbibed the political
wisdom OF all the ages. Less recently
Mr. Eugene Victor Dcbs whose mid
die name possesses no especial signif-
icance-Debs. the "sun crowned" ora.
tor OF the Coming Revolution. preach.
ed to us of socialism and salvation.
The voice of William Randolph
Hearst has made the welkin ring
more than once in the last few weeks.
One and all New York has accepted
them with exceeding fervor. All have
their devoted followers In this cosmo.
polls Of political faiths, Yet. II the
line Of conversation to be overheard
In public places is TO be accepted as a
criterion, New York is vastly less I'm.
terested In the national election than
In the contest for the governorship.
Whether Mr.. Hughes or Mr.. Chanler
Is to occupy the executive chair at
Albany is the burning question of the
hour
The enemies that Mr.. Hughes has
made through his anti-race track
gambling crusade are many and pow.
erful and possessed of much influence
and plethoric purses. The so-called
better classes" are largely the sup
porters of Mr.. Hughes, although Mr..
Chanler, as person of considerable
wealth and standing. also has his ad-
herents among the socially superior.
Personal liberty is the great issue
in the state campaign, al least so far
as Greater New York is concerned.
The New Yorker demands the right
TO play the ponies and indulge I'm his
iavorite tipple on the first day OF the
week and he thinks that Mr.. Chanler
would be far less likely to interfere
with such liberties than Mr. Hughes.
This may not be great or noble pur.
pose, but the metropolis takes it's
amusements very seriously and has
no time nor inclination for such alb.
stract issues as the tariff or currency
and that is why the national campaign
orators are playing second fiddle 10
the state stump speakers.
Whiskers.
Trivial as it may seem. the hirsute
adornment Of Governor Hughes has
also served to arouse antipathy to
him among the sophisticated Gotham
ties. 1t has been said that truth often
falls in a conflict with error but =,
laughter never. Ridicule is often the |
most effective weapon available in a |
political campaign and the whiskers |
of Governor Hughes have become a |
public laughing stock. BY some
and undivined mental process
the average New Yorker looks upon
a beard as the mark OF "rube." aud !
for the man who wears one he enter.
tains supreme contempt.
II Governor Hughes had visited n
barber several months ago, his chanc-
rs of success next Tuesday would un-
doubtedly be better. New York ad-
mires a shrewd rogue or a successful
scoundrel, but it can never forgive
any violation of its sartorial-or ton
standards.
Publicity Moulders.
II Mr.. Chaner should be elected
governor OF the Empire State, it will
be in spite OF the almost unanimous
opposition Of the daily press of New
York City But there will be nothing
unprecedented in that. 1t is regret
table but true. that the newspapers of
the metropolis exercise less influence
upon the results of a political cam
paign than those of any other city in
the land. Most of them lack even
the support Of the men who write