The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-26


ment and no hope.
Prohibition is republicanism. II is /
federalism. II is Capitalization 1t is /
paternalsm. It Is opposed to ever
principle OK home rule and indiyid-
ual liberty In the south it is the
Trojan horse relied upon by the re-
publican party TO divide the people
on a mis-siated moral issue in order
that republicanism and trustism and
protectIonism and predatory wealth
may get in their deadly Work.
III
Since there are those who seek to
give a personal bias to the argu
ilent just few words on that as
/ pact OF the case may not be out
Of place and seem irreverent.
In his speech at Lexington last
summer the editor of the Courier
/ Journal purposely went out after
/ trouble lie knew perfectly well be-
/ 70, ehand what he was going to get.
/ All his life he has sacrificed himself,
Ii absence from preferment may
b. called sacrifce-to the interests
OF the people of the south, primarily,
and the interests Of the people of
Kentucky next thereto as an integral
part Of the south.
The forty years from 1867 to 1907
may be divided, politically, into two
periods; in the first there was but
one real thing for the south TO do,
its head being In the lions mouth,
and that was to get 1t out; in the
4 second, having not only got its hand
out Of the lions mouth, but actually
elected president OF the United
States, TO so shape its policies as
would hold the government TO wise
and good politics such as true and
believing dcmocracy--for such was
the name the south still gave itself
I'm spite OF the process of hari-kari
in 1860 and OF the secession in 1861
: and TO these the editor OF the
Courier-Journal addressed himself. On
this one Inc he has known no right
and no left from those days to this
uncaring where the chips might fall
Pcrsoally, from sta to finish-whtl
| Is probably now-he has had to
| fight against every manner Of de-
| traction dealing in alternate vilifi-
cation. derision and mlsrepresenta-
ton, as must every man who makes
freedom and truth the idols of his
idolatry.
| Truth Truth There is nothing
but truth The spring of eternal
youth Ponce de Leon sought was
| Truth. the spring which bubbles deep
down in the heart of man-though
often never. never reached-and has
bubbled there from Adam to Wash
] ngton. from Calico to Marconi. with
the Elixir OF Truth-the most sus
tanning OF all tonics-man can never
grow old. But he who gives himself
TO Truth must not look for office
for riches, or even for popularity
l. If the Courier-Journal. or its ed
itor. had sought to feather their owl
nests. they would have pursued an
other course. They would not have
antagonized, but have ridden th'
several waves OF excitement which
have swept over Kentucky the las
forty years. An astute, self-seekini
man a man like Talleyrand, wantin
TO keep in power, would have follow
ed the winning trend OF the popular
IIplssion. not have antagonized 1t. In
Invariably the Courier-Journal has Sc
itself against eXcesses and eX
trcmes. and though every ultimate
result has indicated its forecast, /
= has often lost prestige and money
= encounterng the opposition of th'
1 short sighted and excited, the selfisl
| and the impatient, the professional
l politicians demanding immediate div
| dcnds, never willing to wait on trutl
for truths sake
| So, here We are again upon the
eve of another great battle TO
| truth. first ln the nation and then il
| m, state Clear the decks for ac
| ton Let the word be among demo
| C. ats. and am along the line, "Fo
| God our Country and Truth"
~ --Osk