The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-09-13
That Issue Should Return President Wilson
TO the White House, Says
Senator Gore
PARTY SHOULD FIGHT
LIKE PESSIMISTS
Blind Senator AdmOnishes All Democrats
Not to Fall Into Fatal Error Of
Being Too Confident

There being no campaign in pro
gress in the state, am just walking
the track" was the opening remarks
OF Senator Gore yesterday afternoon
when met by delegation of Chicka
sha citizens at Verden. Like the
young fellow who had just proposed
to his best girl and been accepted,
amt got nothing agin nobody
The illustrious Oklahoman was in
the best of spirits when welcomed by
the Chickasha party, consisting of Re-
ford Bond, Deputy United States Mar
shall Jim Dillon, M. f. Courtney, G.
w. Barefoot, Judge Frank M Bailey
and L. G. Hutson, the. senator being
an occupant of Mr. Dillons car. He
had just concluded brief visits to Cor
dell, Hobart and Anadarko and was
on his way to Oklahoma City After
visiting other towns in Oklahoma he
will actively enter the campaign.
confers With Democrats.
Upon reaching Chickasha Senator
Gore entered into conference with
leading local democrats at which the
issues and probable results of the com
ing campaign were discussed. AL
though strong in the conviction that
President Wilson's chances of reelec-
ton were growing brighter every day
and that with each succeeding week
the star of tho former chief justice
was descending toward Oblivion, he
yet urged his conferees to exert every
effort to roll up big majority in Ok
lahoma.
Fight Like Pessmists.
Democrats in this campaign should
fight like pessimists,' he said to a
representative Of the Chickasha Daily
Express in an interview given later.
"I.et no one repose in the security OF
an apparent easy victory. Only few
Democrats have been so rash as to
express the conviction that President
Wilson'S reelection is practically
certainty and that the members of the
party need feel no concern over the
results. With these | take issue. Il
devolves upon every member of the
party to make the hardest tight OF
which he is capable and leave nothing
to chance or good fortune
A Winning Slogan.
Senator Gore declared that the issue
which should carry the Democratic
party to victory this year is peace
and prosperity" These he considered
to be the greatest achievements Of the
Wilson administration, standing out
picturesauely as dominant factors Oh
Democratic strength in long and re-
markable record of legislative activi-
ties.
No Forecasts Yet.
Essential data not yet being availa-
BILE no forecasts can be made at pres
ent as to specific probable results nor
can any basis yet be found for the
usual quadriennial table of chances
However, it is safe to say Presicent
Wilson's strength is growing steadily
while the current of popular approval
is steadily flowing away from Mr..
Hughes. who has failed to make an
impression with the only available
weapons with which his party is
equipped. Four years ago Senator
Gore was in charge Of the tabulation
of this table of chances but that
branch of campaign work has not yet
begun this year.
Dividing Progressive 'fotes.
The senator. however, believed that
President Wilson would show large
gains over his vote four years age in
th~se states in which the progressives
rolled up their largest votes In an
avzne the defunct Progressive party
he said il had been made up OF three
classes of men. the first Of whom
were dazzled by the personality OF
Colonel Roosevelt but who were later
disillusioned. This following viii De
divided in its support of Wilson aud
Hughes. The second element consist
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