The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-17

session mere. Senator j. W. BalIe!
vaid glowing tribute to The cause OF
the Con ederacy and in turne was ac-I
corded an ovation this morning. Not.
single reference to state politics
/ characterized the address which con
riuued from 1890 a. H.. unil noon
/ Iaiiey telling the old soldiers, who sat
directly in front of him, that the pro
preties of the occasion would not per-
mi, a depression into political discus
sion. Bu, while holding himself alooi
from the state contest entirely, Sena-
tor Bailey ventued far enough into
national politics t. offer the sugges-
ton tha, Roosevelt is working lUi
denomination for the presidency.
The senator also declared that he
( favored an amendment to the consti-
tuition pla cing the presidents term OF
ffice at six years and making each
president ineligible to succeed ann
self
The incorporation of this clause OF
/ the Old Confederate constitution INTO
/ Mr.. Bailey's amendments to the fed
/ eral constitution was particularly
pleasing TO the old soldiers who agreed
/ with the speaker that this would be
fitting vlndication Of the politics
of jefferson Davis.
Discussing this point AT some length
Senator Galley said;
There is no man here who fought
/ against the feder raj government, Du,
VIII. cherishes the principles upon
which it was founded, There have
/ been some few changes in the fed
eral constitution since il was hrst
adopted and every one OF them has
been an Improvement. The Conled-
crate constitution fixed the president s
term of office at six years and made
him ineligible for reelection. Had t
no. been for the Spanish-Amerlca"
war the shadow # the tin soldiers OF
the contest would not now be falling
across the country. No man ever ala
so little to deserve the seven years
which he served as president OF this
republic and now some Of the people
are trying to give him eight more
wears in that capacity. Washington
jefferson II and Andrew Jackson said
that no man ought to be willing to
accept more than eight years of the
presidency, even if the people tried to
thrus, upon them, but here we have
the spectacle of a man seeking NJ
teen. The Spanish-American wa!
4 made Roosevelt president and yet 1t
| ought no to be called war in the
p presence of Confederate soldiers
= There were mere people killed in the
unreported battles of the civil war
than were killed by the bullets and
5 fever too in the Spanish-Amerlcan
contest Six years is as long as any
l man ought to be governor of great
a
, man is permitted to be president
o.. longer than eight years in time OF
e excitement and distress, he will re
main president without your consent.
5 Senator Bailey declared that he
would never consent to an amend
ment to the constitution changing the
date of the presidential Inauguration
so as to give the army and navy
forces better chance to make a mil
itary display, saying that the inaugI-
ration should be a civil and not a
military display.
Il want to so back to the simple
times f Thomas Jefferson the sena-
ator continued, who went simply to
the capitol. took the oath of office
and KEEP. it afterwards. Now taey
want a big inaugural ball, where they
have electric lights in the daytime,
flowers in the winter time and cham
pagne all the time They want ~
make it more magnificent still and let
the people pay the bill
In his discussion on the history ct
the Confederacy and the civil war
Senator Bailey touched upon the ne
gro problem as one of the burdens be
queathed to the South by the war nv
paid high compliment to the old-time
nanny" and uncle of the negro
race but said that the wrong kind
of education had spoiled mos. of their
? grandchildren.
, Senator Bailey deplored the fai'u-o
, of the democratic statesmen OF today
He said a man could be JUDGED by
doctrines of the government as fire.
quently as they used TO do and declar-
ing himself t. be an old-fashioned
democrat of the Thomas Jerersoa
type, said that his traducers mated
him because of this.
he was blessed in his friendship he