The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-25
Po!iii1ai Observations.

.D lllIlII ~ LAt MNlA'A hNiNl
OF Rhode Island brings the rational
woman vote 20 13S94S9. and adds five
I 20 the suffrage votes i'm the eleCto
raj college. making the total uoH l4e.
Congressman Jacob +. Meeker OF
Missouri has been assigned to two im-
portaEt committees by the republican
committee of committee con-
troll and immigration and naturaiiza
ton
In the assignment of new members
10 the committees OF the house OF rep.
resentatives the Republicans have
given the tail end place or the public
lands committee to Congresswoman
Rankin of Montana
Representative business and profes-
sional men Of Kansas City have wired
earnest protests to Senator James A.
Reed at Washington, asking that he
support President Wilson in his uni.
versal service measure.
Absolute unanimity of congress in
authorizing a war credit OF S7000,00
00O-not a vote being cast against it in
either house-was impressive for it
represented a pledge Of all political
parties Of all the nations resources.
II they are needed, for the successful
prosecution Of the war.
OF the $9,435 spent by the "Kiel
indorsers' who had charge of the cam
paign to re-elect Mayor Kiel Of ST.
Louis, practically every cent was con.
tributed by the officials whom the
mayor had given lucrative jobs, ac.
cording to the official statement fled
with the recorder of deeds
Progress Of woman suffrage in Penn
sylyania is registered by the fact that
only by a close yote-101 to 94-was a
bill submitting TO the people a suf.
frage amendment to the constitution
beaten by the house The bill was de.
feated by the same element that de.
feated the bill providing for local op
tion and the bill aboishing capital
punishment.
Over the protests of both Republi-
can apd Democratic leaders the New
York assembly has passed a bill re.
Quiring all civil service employees Of
the state and its civil subdivisions to
take the oath of allegiance. The ar.
gument In favor of the bill was that
there are thousands OF employees, in.
cluding school teachers, who have neg
lected or refused formally to express
loyalty to country and flag.
A bill to authorize the president,
during the war, to proclaim a prohibi.
tiOn against the sale, manufacture.
gift transportation. importation or ex.
portation Of all alcoholic spirits, malt
or yinous liquors, or any other intoxi.
eating drink. has been introduced in
the house of representatives and, It
Is said, 1t has the favor Of the presi.
dent the members of his cabinet and
the council of national defense.
Chicago Is facing the negro problem.
and this leads the Tribune to remark:
However we feel about II. southern
negroes have been coming to Chicago
In such numbers as to force a rear.
rangement of our life here. Race prei.
udice Is unpleasant, but II is a fact
and any reorganization We make has
got to take that fact into account. q"
The Tribune warns the negroes that
too great insistence upon their rights
Will only make their condition worse
MissOuri's senators and congress.
men are receiving thousands of letters
and kilograms urging them "to work
and vote for selective conscription.
upon the principle OF universal lia.
bility to military and other public
service as provided for in the admin.
istration bill for raising an army now
before congress- There Is no doubt
that a great majority of Missourians
believe universal service provides the
only adequate means Of raising the
great army needed to prosecute the
war with Germany to a successful con.
clusion.