The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-28

The forty.nlnth annual convention OF
the American National Woman Suf
frage Association will be held In Wash
ington, December ~ to 10. Washington
was selected as the meeting place 80
pressure might be brought 10 bear on
congress toward the pending federal
woman suffrage amendment.
Among the men who are being groom
ed for the Republican nomination Tor
president In 1920 Is Samuel Walker Me
Call who has Just been elected governor
OF Massachusetts for the third Time
Mccall. now known as the war gov.
ernor," IL described as "a man OF old
school manners, and "A scholar In poll
ties"
81 shall note for the anti'liquor
measures. Whenever an issue IL pre-
sented between bread and booze intend
TO vote for bread" This Is the answer
made by Congressman William i. Bor'
land of Missouri when asked by repre-
sentatives Of Labor Emergency Liberty
League his attitude on senate resolu'
ton No. II for national prohibition
The Labor Emergency Liberty League
Is a brewery organization.
on the witness stand Otto +. Stifel,
the st. Louis brewer Republican lead
err, charged Walter S. Dickey OF Kansas
City, last years Republican nominee for
United States senator, with parsimony,
In his testimony Stifel talked sarcastic.
ally of the financial contributions OF
Dickey to the party campaign fund, al
though Dickey was running Tor the
highest office within the gift of the par
ty and was rated as millionaire.
Senator Warren of Wyoming, Repub'
lican, having declined a denomination,
stubborn contest for his seat Is eX'
pected Former Governor Osborne Is
the Democratic candidate to succeed
him. and will have the undivided sup
port of the Democrats. Apparently the
Republicans are in a bitter factional
fight over the nomination. Representa-
tive Mondell claims 1t by right of long
service He is opposed by j. 5. Hay,
a ewalthy business man.
Preparations for a war between the
American Free Trade League and Am
erican Protective Tariff League have be-
come active. The former has recently
reorganized "in order that the scientific
soundness of free trade principles may
be put to the front with more energy
and result than has been the case in
the recent history Of the league" and
the latter is busy digging itself in" so
as better to resist the onslaught of its
ancient enemy.
America has clung pretty closely to
the twoparty system. almost alone
among nations Except in the early
years of the repubica there have al
ways been minor parties, often many of
them; but they have usually been so
entirely minor as be negligible. The
minor parties come and go, rise and
fall; but two major parties, Democratic
and Republican, go on forever. In the
light of the past nobody sees long life
for the newly organized National party.
by CAD I'll make the race for sena.
tor, again, and I'll be elected, too, by the
biggest majority I've ever had yet
This as the declaration of United States
Senator Stone OF Missouri when asked
if he would again be a candidate for the
office he now holds. 1t Is needless to
say that there are thousands of Mis-
sourians who do not believe the senator
will make the race again unless he does
so as an Independent candidate. and
that so far as reelection is concerned
he will prove to be a bad prophet.
The partisan complexion of the house
of representatives of the sixty sixth
congress to be selected at next years
national election is not, or at least
should not be, important II is obv
out to every patriotic American that
the important consideration involved in
that election is that theirs shall be elect
ed a new house in complete sympathy
with the war aims of the government
which will support the president in ev
cry aggressive policy calculated obring
speedy victory to American arms and
will stand firm for triumphant democ
racy at every point. The overshadow
ing issue in every congressional district
should be the issue Of America nism