The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
Political Observations.

OAAta1al O0oCI
If food Director Hoover should be the
Democratic nominee for president in
1920, not unlikely thing, what would
Senator Reed do?
mo fightee, no voice" is the newest
slogan. The idea is that the man who is
not willing to fight for his country
should not be permitted to vote.
William Bryan has come back
back into the respect and confidence of
the people-a the public press every
where is saying the incest of kind of
things about him.
From oyster Bay comes the report
that Theodore Roosevelt is making
plans for stumping tour of Minnesota
i'm September The object Of the tour
will be to offset reasonable agitation
against the Administrations war poll
tics.
No Republican politician, even, can be
so blind as not to see that the president
is making his appointments regardless
of politics. In the prosecution of the war
all men, Democrats, Republicans and
Progressives, look alike to him.
Vr yinia is an intensely Democratic
state, and William Howard Taft is an
ardent Republican, but nevertheless,
Virginians are not only interested, but
pleased, over the prospect that the form.
er president may succeed the late Doc.
tor Frissell as head Of the Hampton In.
stitute.
In statement issued by the Ameri-
can Defense Society it is charged that
"in the senate Of the United States to-
day may be found a certain few senator's
whose activities can only be explained
on the ground of a desire to give aid
and comfort to the enemy" The society
calls no names, but every patriotic
American knows who those certain few
senators" are.
As was expected, former Lieut.Gov.
Grafton d. Cushing of Massachusetts,
has announced his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for governor Of
that state in opposition to Governor Nc.
Call who seeks a third nomination. This
means bitter fight within the ranks
of the Republican party, and that out
OF 1t may come victory for the Bay
state Democrats in November.
BY vote Of 275 to 25 the Massachu-
sets constitutional convention has
voted to refer to the people an amend.
ment to the constitution, which would
prohibit the appropriation of money by
the state for all institutions not com.
pletely under its control. The effect Of
the amepdment would be to eliminate
appropriations for sectarian schools for
the institute of technology, the poly.
technic institute md the textile schools
The designation OF William r. Hearst
as a candidate in the Democratic pri
maries for the nomination for mayor Of
New York City has puzzled the politi
clans. Hearst is in California in a search
for health. and nobody has bobbed up
TO say that he win run. The politicians
see in the filing OF the Hearst petitions
an effort to force the withdrawal from
the race Of John f. Hylan. the Tam.
many candidate, but managers of Hy.
lan's campaign say he is in the race to
the finish.
The "drys" are in the saddle In New
York state and. as a result, more than
forty-one Of the fifty-seven cities in the
state will vote on the question Of liquor
licenses at their first opportunity next
April At least thirty will go dry" is the
prediction. Among the cities where anti.
saloon campaigns have been started are.
Rochester, jamestown. Olean. HorneI.
Corning, Elmira. Binghamton. Oneonta.
Norwich, Cortland Ithaca. Syracuse.
Utica, Little Falls, Gloversville. Johns. !
town. Amsterdam, Schenectady. Mechan. |
icsville, Saratoga Springs. Glen Falls.
Plattsburg, Ogdenburg and Watertown. !
The Republican Publicity Association |
which purports to be. but is not. the
official mouthpiece Of the Republican |
party, is determined apparently 10 place
that organization in the attitude of an
anti-war party. Many Republican sen.
ators are disgusted with the utterances
OF this association. so much so that dur. |
ing the last few days there has been
talk that the Republican national com. !
mittee would do well to pass a resolu. |
ton declaring that this organization |
does not speak for the Republican PARTY. |
The remark is frequently heard that IL
the German government maintained n
publicity bureau 1t could hardly serve
the cause OF Germany better than this
so-called Republican Publicity Associa.
tion is serving II.
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