The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-04-13


ed entirely upon his Swedish descent
And yet even more than Minnesota,
North and South Dakota are populat-
ed by scandinavian citizens. Every
state In the Johnson district, save
Minnesota. which has not yet held
~ uonyeuiton, has instructed for
Bryan.
And furthermore for the general
information Of our readers, We may
point out that SO far every state con
vcntion held has instructed for Bryan
and progressive democracy. with the
single exception Of Rhode Island
which selected seven Bryan delegates
out OF the eight chosen.
Humor and a Fact.
As a rule the congressional record
graph from a speech made by John
sharp Williams aud cmbalmcd In
that melancholy publication deserves
wider circulation. MIR. Williams was
talking about the tendency of the re.
publican party to defer action indef-
uitcly ON all matters of immediate
Importance. Said he:
Every time anybody wants to pass
any Of this reform legislation. SO
much Of which is desired by honest
men in your own party. YOU cry out
After the election After the cleo
ton, After the elcction!! You re-
mind me of a little bit of poetry my
boy picked up the other day some
where at the public school and
brought home and recited to me and
his grandmother, and of which when
he got through his grandmother said,
Kit you ought never to repeat that
any more, because that is just about
the same as telling anybody to go To
the bad place That poetry ran af-
ter this wise:
When | asked my girl TO marry me,
she said
Go to father,
She knew that | knew her father
was dead;
She knew that | knew the life he had
lead;
She knew hat ! knew what she
ean when she said,
Go to father
The public when asked TO wait un-
til after election for needed legisla-
ton are likely to feel as Mr.. Williams
has humorously put Il that they are
asked to go very much further for
the remedies they seek.
The Work Of Congress.
The fashion in which congressional
procedure under the present system
of rules prevents any expedition Of
work has been strikingly shown dur
ing this session. Perhaps at no time
has it been more apparent than IN
the day that this is written. The
senate has practically cleared up its
work. Everything that has been re-
ported through the senate from the
committees has been acted upon. As
a result that digniied body OF esti-
mable millionaires spends most of
its time In adjournment. True there
are some things still pending in com
mittee, like the national publicity bill.
But every measure that has come
from the house thus far has been
acted upon. The senate is very proud
OF this but the reason for its swift
discharge of work is that very few
measurers have come from the house.
The house is delaying on every
measure that does not involve the APP
preparation OF money-and appro-
priations are always to a republican
majority like nectar to a thirsty soul
for they have the opportunity OF ex-
pending the money thus app opriated.
Through "A democratic ~flibuster they
were forced TO pass the employers
liability bill which has o gone 20
the senate, and which will be the
next piece of business that the sem
ate will have 10 transact. Ilt while II
is awaiting its fate in the United
States senate, the house of repre-
sentatiyes gagged and deprived Of the
power Of debate as a house, will give
three days TO the consideration to a
naval appropriation bill. The com
mittee on rules which In the end IS
Speaker Cannon, forced through a
rule today fixing the hours at which
the house should meet and at which
il should take a reces and speci-
tying the only topic which it might
discuss. OF course the topic was
the appropriation of $685. OO, 900 for
naval construction and maintenance,