Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14

progressives' clothing, no ant-Bryan
IN Bryan's clothing. no Harmon men
In Clark's clothing. II such q thing
should be attempted It must be done
over my protest. make this neither
as a charge nor as q threat-merely
as q warning. Let every man win or
lose in the open field. The Demo
cracy can not conquer under the sign
Of the double cross.
THE press of Oklahoma seems
friendly to Wilson. My poll up to
date gives Wilson 81, Clark AZ, and
Harmon 2. There are indications that
the people favor Wilson. 1t can not
be doubted. however. that majority
OF tho politicians favor either Clark
or Harmon. The influence must not
be discounted.
Speakers Services Recognized.
81 like, and all oklahomans like, the
speaker lie is our neighbor and has
been our friend. He aided John Sharp
Williams and 100 other Democrats In
the house to get statehood for Okla
hcma. John Sharp Williams, BY
threatening a filibuster, drove the
statehood measure through the house.
Williams is for Wilson. He is not for
his former house associate-Speaker
Clark or Leader Underwood. VIII
liams wants to win.
II am sensible Of the sacred char
acter and binding force Of gratitude.
The migrate wants every virtue. l
join Shakespeare in characterizing In
gratitude as a marble-hearted friend
For my own part, owe a debt OF
gratitude to 100000 good Democrats
in Oklahoma, but am not booming
them all for the presidency. For years
we have struggled to rescue this
country and this government from the
hands of the Republican party, from
the friends Of monopoly, from the
grasp of privilege, from the powers
OF pillage. The opportunity Is now at
hand. Shall we embrace that oppor'
tunity or squander 1t out Of mere con-
sideration OF local attachment and per-
sonal favoritism? Shall we sacrifice
our country, its welfare and its des-
tiny merely to throw fleeting kiss or
pay a passing tribute to a good neigh
Dor? Do we not owe a greater obi
cation to our party than to any neigh
Dor? Is not our first duty to our coun-
try. A soldier in battle array might
by turning aside to pay a debt OF
gratitude TO O personal friend DO
guilty Of high treason or desertion to-
ward his country and its cause. Shall
we, like children, pursue the Will o
the wisp Of sentimentalism into the
dismal swamp Of disaster and defeat,
when our country calls, when the liked
star Of duty would lead US in the
paths Of patriotism and honor to the
heights of victory. Let no Democrat
deceive himself by the flattering IL
fusion that we have a walkaway or an
easy triumph in this desperate strug-
gle with our ancient opponent-the
Republican party"
Senator Silent on Other Matters.
Senator Gore refused to discuss the
vote of Speaker Clark for the Sher-
wood dollar.a-day pension bill, In
creasing the annual pension appro-
priation seventy.fvc millions and max.
ing Oklahoma's year contribution to
the pension fund more than four and
one.half millions. He also declined
70 discuss Speaker Clark's Canadian
annexation speech, which is supposed
to have occasioned the defeat Of reel
rrocity and the defeat Of the speak
er's own purpose and policy. He was
equally reticent respecting the fact
that Speaker Clark presided over the
Missouri state convention which In
6orsed ex.Gov. Folk for the presi-
dency.