The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-30

Close upon the heels OF the gubcrna'
torlal election In Massachusetts. Novem'
Der 8, viii follow the municipal election
In Boston. December IL.
Gradually as the victorious candidates
appeal for recounts. II appears that ir.
rcgularities were the rule rather than
the exception In the recent primary
elections In New York.
The prohlbitionists are confident that
Ohio VIII go "dry" In the election OF
November 8. They were also confident
that Iowa would 20 dry" In last weeks
election.
There II little betting on the result
OF the New York municipal election. TO
occur on November 6. but In what little
there IL the odds are slightly In favor
of Hylan. the TGmmany candidate, for
mayor
OF course General Porshing may come
home covered with glory and upset all
presidential calculations. but nobody
knows whether he is n republican or
"A democrat as was the case of General
Grant
At the annual meeting of the south.
ern Illinois republican senator's II was
decided to start the political campaign
of 1915 right now. A United States
senator is 10 be elected in Illinois next
year. and among the candidates for the
republican nomination is Mayor Thomp-
son Of Chicago
IL is the socialist vote that is worry
ing managers OF the other parties In
New York. II is admitted that II VIII
be dangerously large this year, as "A
result of dissertations from the repub-
lican and democratic ranks, but II is
impossible TO say which party will SUI
fer most from these dissertations.
Representative Rankin, the lady from
Montana, hasn't measured up TO expec'
tation and In the opinion of many suf-
fragist leaders she is a disappointment.
As one of them put IL. Representative
Rankin seems TO have faculty for
doing the wrong thing at time when
the public is expecting her to do the
right thing
Politics is playing a very insignificant
role in the affairs OF the country at
the present time. Whether a man is
democrat or republican counts for lit
tie now. Is he loyal American citizen
Is the main question in determining the
fitness of a man for either public or hon
A fsuf IN DrlCl-
dent Wilson has been elected an honor
airy member Of the Union League club
of Chicago and by reclamation.
Now that the prohibition party is
about to lose its identity by merging
with the new National party, attention
is called to the fact that its vote in
presidential election has rever been
large enough to cut any ngure, ana
that it has never carried a congressional
district without the aid of some other
party. The largest vote ever polled IN
favor of national prohibition was that
OF 1892, when, of a total of l2OO0,OO0,
il numbered 264 1873. With greatly in
creased population. the vote last year,
in n total of more than 100000, was
only 221.329.
The list of cities that have adopted
the commission form of government
has lengthened quite perceptibly in re-
cent years. Advocates of this form OF
claim these as some OF the
advantages II affords: First. better
business system in business affairs; sec
ond. II places responsibility directly and
specifically upon individual officials;
third. it permits and enforces prompt
response to the complaints OF citizens IN
the administration of government;
fourth. it gives the people more power
to control their own public business;
fifth. II provides for the initiative. refer
endum and recall.
In no other city, New York possibly.
is the political pot boiling rs furious as
in Indianapolis, where mayor ana
other city officers are to be elected
next month. There are seven party
tickets: Democratic, headed by DICK
Miller; republican. headed by Charles w.
Jewett: home rule, headed by Samuel
Lewis Shank: prohibition, headed by
William II. Harris. socialist, headed by
William II. Henry; socialist labor. head !
ed by Hugh H. Richards, and independ- |
ent citizens. headed by John III. Sulii'
van. The race apparently is between
Jewett and Shank, but Miller's campaign
managers claim that he Will win oy
handsome majority.
The Missouri Democratic state COM
mittee is expected TO meet at an early
day for the purpose OF electing n chair
man to succeed James Cowgirl. whose
resignation will be rendered at that
time. 1t is understood that the new
chairman will be Ben Neale, and that
he viii outline plans for an early open
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