The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-05
Political Observations.

Political Observations.
OF four important appointments made
by President Wilson last saturday, Two
We're Democrats and two Republicans
The president seems Ia be- picking men
for important positions regardless of
their politics.
Woman suffrage was defeated In
Maine by 1884 votes at the special
election ON September 10. The total
vote ON the suffrage amendment was;
Yes. 2o.6oi; no. ss.sss; according To the
official figures,
Governor Gardner of Missouri h In
Washington To inform authorities that
Missouri is loyal through and through
and WIN see the wal through III IL
takes the hide on" The governor does
not propose that Mlssouris sentinent
shall he gauged by Misrepresentation
made by some of its congressional dele
gation.
In. the debate In the house OF repre-
sontatives ON the special rule To create
"A committee on woman suffrage the
militants who have been picketing the
White House had things said about
them that made their ears burn. Rep
resentative Stafford OF Wisconsin blunt
~ called the action OF the pickets out
lawry" Representative Walsh OF Mas
sathusetts opposed the measure. de
claring that In creating the committee
the house would be yielding 10 the
nagging of iron.jawed angels aud said
the White House pickets were "bewil'
dered. deluded creatures with short
skirts and short hair"
I'ndiscouraged by the recent result In
Maine where the polling was two To one
against the cause. the sutfragists are
now exerting themselves In New York
where a test of the ballot box comes I'm
November II AT that time the Empire
state should ndorse woman suffrage
the movement would be widely and
greatly assisted. but another adverse
decision by that state would undoubted-
ly prove serious check 10 the move
ment in other states and probably delay
nationwide suffrage for many years.
In commenting on the Bernstorn
story. Nice-President Marshall says;
This ought to end forever any and
every doubt i'm the mind of any Ameri-
cans as to the justice and necessity
for this war. II proves that the Ger
man government was seeking all along
to split us into factions, ny corrupt
means If necessary. and possibly hoping
in time to win the war in Europe and
then to humiliate and subjugate US
Five candidates for mayor OF CleNe'
land are in the field Mayor Harry l..
Davis. who seeks reelection on his rec
ord: William A. Stenchcomb. classified
as the organization candidate; Edmund
T. Uazerodt. out and out independent;
Hugh f. Taylor. business mems candi-
date. and c. T.. Ruthenburg. under SEN
tence by the federal court for obstruct'
Ing the federal conscription act.
PoLIT. OBS
The attempt to organize new ma
tional party by amalgamating Social
lists suffragists. prohibtionists. single
takers. Progressives will end in failure.
The elements will not fuse. There are
now two great political parties Re
publican and Democratic, in this coun-
try. They ill the bill. and there is
no necessity for the other.
'The result of the election in Iowa
is vital to prohibitionists,' said Virgil
Iinshaw chairman of the executive com
mittee of the national prohibition COM
mittec for ON ii, in a sense, depends
the vote on "A similar question in ohio'
New Mexico. Missouri. Minnesota. Cali
fornia and Florida" The election will
be held oct :.
At the recent primary in Massachu-
setts. Wilfred w. Lufkin, former secre-
tary of Representative Augustus r.
Gardner, was nominated by the Repub-
licans in the Sixth congressional dis
trict for the seat made vacant when
Representative Gardrer resigned to
Join the army. The Democratic nopi-
nee for congress In this district is
George II. Schofield.
As the progressive party in Massa-
chusetts has gone all to pieces there will
be but two candidates for governor this
year, and they the same as last year
Mccall republican. and Mansfield, dem
ocrat Mccall. who is now classed with
the war governors is regarded as
much stronger than he was last year.
and it is predicted that his majority
over Mansfield will he much larger.
There is little life in the democratic
party in Massachusetts in this cam
paign. Nominations for the state tick
ct below governor We're made by stick
ers" lack Of sufficient nomination pa
pers having prevented the placing of
any names on the ballot.
IMPRISONED SUFFRAGISTS
JAIIERS AND NEGRO WOMEN