The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-03

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Connect B. running for mayor %. 81
Louis there i- patriotic plank. and
lt Us estimated -.at this viii cost Him
20 least 10000 votes
Senator Hitchcock OF Nebraska. uu-
ou whom tas President now seems %
rely NOR. for advice than upon Sen.
ator Stone OF Missouri has urged the
president % make a further tria. of
armed neutrality before proceediuE
10 more aggressive measures. accord.
ing TO Washington adyices. and has
recommended that De again propose
the armed neutrality bill to congress.
assuring him that il would b. passed
c&peditlOusly
Oregon has a clause In its constitu-
tion prohibiting negro suffrage. and
the voters refuse 10 strike it out. al.
though IT IS nullihed by the fifteenth
amendment to the federal constitution
A proposition TO rescind this obsolete
clause was submitted to the voters at
the last election and was defeated by
a vote Of l00,7l4 TO lOOO27.
These questions have been asked
Mayor Kiel Of St Louis, who is a can.
didate for second term but so far in
the campaign he has declined 10 ans.
Wer: Are you supporting the Presi.
dent In his stand for the defense oil
American rights and protection oil
American lives against lawless Ger.
man attacks? Are you in favor OIL
vigorous action by the government 10.
defend American rights and protect
American citizens from German as.
sault?
Speaker Champ Clark has been al
great light He has come out for uni.
ycrsaI training, the first Democratic
leader in the house to do So. And even
Representative Kitchin shows signs oil
yielding 10 the nationwide demand for
the immediate enactment OF a univer.
sal military training law Several
Democratic leaders in the senate. .
notably the military affairs committee.
are now earnestly seeking the passage
Of universal training law
The personnel Of the house Of rep.
rcscntatiyes Of the siXty.ffth congress
as shown by the official certificates Of
election, includes 2l5 Democrats, 2l5
Republicans and independents. These
five independents are classified as fol.
lows: Schall of Minnesota, Progress.
i've. London OF New York, Socialist;
Fuller OF Massachusetts, Independent,
Martin Of Louisiana, Progressive. Pro.
tecti0nist; Randell OF California, Pro.
hibitioni.t
Servants Of the people, state lcgis
lators. are kinder to the women suf.
fragists than their masters. In Ohio
the legislature has given women the
right to vote, although the people In
1912 and 1914 defeated suffrage propo.
sitions by S1,ij5 and lS2.902 The suf-
| iragists have been defeated by the
people I'm seven states since November.
| 1915, but in practically all of them
the Legislators have paved or are paw.
ing the way for votes for women by
| legislation
Both the Republicans and Democrats
of the siNty.Hfth congress are fishing
for Miss jeanette Rankin representa-.
/ tiyo.olcct from Montana Miss Rankin
| IL is said. cannot be- claimed in the
! strictcst sense of the word by either
the Republicans or the Democrats. IL
| is pointed out that although elected as
q Republican, she received her start
for congress at the hands OF a Demo
cratic woman who hrst placed her in
nomination.
The political status OF the District of
! Columbia is more like that OF terri.
tory than OF a state and residents OF
| territories do not vote for president
ar territorial officers The theory Is
that the capital belongs to all the cit
i1cns of the United States and there
for, should be- governed by congress
and the President \ large proportion
of the residents Of the district retain
their residence and may vote In diner
| Dnt states.
Governor Goodrich Of Indiana, al
| though only q few months In office
has learned many things. one of th,
more important of which is that the
present system tn that state. as in
practically all the states, permits poll
/ ties to blmstriug % governor $50 that
both economy and efficiency in the
| states business are lost The COVER
nor tayors the short ballot contend
ing that it would bring about In
creased efficiency. hy taking the press
uro of partisan politics ott many state
offices that now go To men 'to whom
some political party is indebted
Between now and 1920 good man,
developments will occur touching
Speaker Champ Clarks availability foI
the Democratic nomination for IN,
presidency For one thing. Mr.. BRYAN
cannot ho expected to accept Mr.
! Clark candidacy. much less be- cuthu
siastic over it he is popularity erred
it,d with preventing the speaker,
nomination at Baltimore. and moth
INK has occurred since then To cud,ar
either OF them 90 the other However
Mr Clark. in announcing his caudi
dacy says: II will run IL the sicn s,
right and what the sign will De- thry.
years hence no man can forecast