The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23


announced that they VIII not be can
didates for re-election-Borah OF Idaho.
Williams OF Mississippi and Warren OF
Wyoming.
With the sister state OF New York
safely placed In the equal suffrage col
umn. az a result Of the recent election,
the New Jersey Woman's Suffrage AZ
ISOLATION is laying Its plans for the
capture OF New Jersey in 1920. when
the question OF suffrage may be voted
upon again.
denomination of Miss jeanette Ran.
kin the congresswoman from Montana
by the Republicans Is held to be doubt
rul at this time, but in the event OF
her denomination the Democrats are
preparing to "go after her. Montana
politicians generally hold the opinion
that Miss Rankin will not come. back
next year.
Members Of the Democratic national
committee and state committeeman are
to meet in Chicago Nov. 26 TO extend
the zone system by the organization OF
what will be known as zone No. 4,
comprising Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mime.
sofa, Missouri Nebraska. North and
South Dakota and Wisconsin.
A congressman is shortly to be
chosen in the Fourth Georgia district
TO succeed William c. Adamson. who
has represented the district many
years, but who has resigned to accept
a federal judgship Of life tenure. The
candidate for Adamson's seat have not
vet been named but ii can be set down
i'm advance that the man who is elect
ed will be no Stacker, no anti-Amerf
can agitator, no kicker against the adj
ministration. no ally of the German
kaiser.
A senator is to be elected next fall
i'm each of the states of Colorado. Ida
ho. Montana, Wyoming and New Mexl.
60. which with Utah constitute No. Z
of the political zones recently created
by the Democratic national committee
# is in this zone where the committee
will first put into practical operations
demonstration of its new plan OF
zone management of political cam
paigns. with a view of testing its eff
cheney for contemplated use in the
next fight for the presidency.
1--WE must arouse every real Ameri'
can man and woman to this menace
of the triple characterization. suffra
gism. pacifsm.' This is from state
ment that is being scattered broadcast
by Mrs. James w. Wadsworth, wife
of the senior senator from New YORK
and president of the National Associa
ton Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Mrs
Wadsworth declares that New YORK
was won for women suffrage by the
vote of pro-Germans and pacifists an
that great peril to the United States
may result therefrom.
Some DAYS ago Senator salisbury OF
Delaware, Democrat. proposed fusion
of Democrats and Republicans in Wis
consin in order to elect an anti-LaFol
lette senator in that state to succeed
the late Senator Husting. This pro
posal has been rejected by Senator Gal
linger of New Hampshire. Republican
the chairman of committee of sena'
tors which is expected to look after
the election of senators in the several
states where elections are to he held
next year The probability, therefore,
is that there will be three candidates
for senatorship in Observation-Disclosures
can, Democrat and one picked by La
Toilette.
Washington politicians are not vet
agreed upon what the political issues
of the 1918 campaign for congressman
will be- the usual situation in advance
of the elections beine upset by the war
The Democrats argue the political is
sues as such will be lacking. There Is
no tariff, no financial question, no is
sue at all. in fact, as they view the out
look, granting the war continues
Whether the adversary can come in on
campaign of dissatisfaction and cri'
ticism they doubt. They say the Re
publicans will be hampered to an eX'
tent in their proposed campaign OF
heckling the administration by the pos
sibility of laying themselves open 10
the charge of fomenting dissatisfaction
and will use that warning at all times