The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-04

| sion ~ Senator Ia foliette are pouring
into the senate. ana In some of these
the name ~ Senator Stone h coupled
with that of Ia Toilette.
Conspiracy Ia murder In connection
with the killing of IA policeman on prl'
mary election day IL the charge on
which William B. Finley. q Republican
party leader In Philadelphia has been
Indicted and arrested
A law enacted at IA. last session of
the California Legislature requires decia'
ration of party aifiliation as aualifi'
cation for voting ai the primary. Under
this law "A voter cannot participate In
any primary election except that OF the
party with which he II affiliated.
Under the provision of "a law enacted
by the. last Illinois general assembly a
call has been ISSUED Tor "a convention
of socialists. To he held tomorrow To
nominate candidate FOR circuit Judge
20 MI "a vacancy caused by the death
Of Judge Lockwood IIonore.
The senate may not unseai LaFollotte
OF Wisconsin. but that should be ma
eason why the Republican senators
should not read him out OF their party.
There should be no room ON the Repub-
lican side of the United States senate
for LaFoliette and no place Tor him In
the Republican party.
4 tu "a Dfl.. f.ru,aV .eaistuuf federal
district attorney in Illinois. has an.
nounced his candidacy for congress
man.at.large declaring himself the can.
dida;e of the young republicans. fIle has
announced that his platform viii de-
mand more businesslike national al.
ministration.
Representative Pat Harrison, one of
the administration leaders of the house
of representatives. has announced his
candidacy for United States senator In
Mississippi to succeed Senator Narda-
man. whose term expires In 1919. and
SAYS hesNfll make his campaign in the
primary on the issue OF supporting the
administrations war measures.
IL is regrettable. 10 say the least that
Senator Stone of Missouri. should be
classed with Senator La Toilette of WIS
consin. Senator Gronna of North Da-
kota. senator HIardwick of Georgia.
Senator Gore Of oklahoma Represen.
taiive Baer of North Dakota. Represen-
tative Mason of Illinois. and Representa-.
tives Gordon and Sherwood of Ohio.
Il have never been an admirer OF
Roosevelt, but I certainly most heartily
endorse his recent utterances as to Sen.
ator La Toilette" says Supreme Court
Justice w W. Graves. of Missouri
Such men are menace to the govern
ment and the sooner they are relieved
of official office the better. That there
Is "A way of their removal there can he
no doubt"
Official figures show that the farmers
of the United States didn't make as
creditable showing on the first liberty
loan as did men of other professions,
and special patriotic plea will be put
up to them To make a better showing
on tlle second loan. unduestionably
the farmers are as loyal and patriotic
as any class OF American citizens and
they win. undoubtedly, respond to, the
appeal as literally as any class
The death of Representative Ebenezer
J. Hin of Connecticut IS a distinct loss
to the nation, as he was a recognized
on matters pertaining To bust
ness, business legislation, manufacture
ing and tariff. Mr Hill had been in
congress since 1895 and for many years
was a member of the ways and means
committee. The fourth district which
he represented is strongly republican,
and no doubt the man elected to fill
the vacancy caused by his death win
be "A republican.
Probably the most justihable criticism
of primary election laws is that they
do not bring out the vote. At the re-
cent primary in New York only about
one voted IN four took the trouble to
go to the polls, although there We're four
for mayor and the campaign
had been unusually spirited. and the
successful republican candidate for
mayor received less than 30 per cent of
his party vote. In Massachusetts, the
other day like indifference was shown
in the contest for the republican nomi-
nation for governor. Samuel w Nc
Call had "A walkover. but the recorded
vote as compared with the authorized
vote, was amazingly small.
IRISH TOWN BANKRUPT.