The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-19
CARTER SPEAKS
TO BIG CROWD


with all Of our might IL may he "
cannot all be on the firing line. althoug
we have sent our sons and brother
and they have To do the fighting for u,
hut we can do something we can cor
serve the food for the lighting men
harvest the crops and supply to thi
great nation OF ours all Of the none,
she needs.
! The invitation stated that you woul,
not he asked 10 subscribe anything. bu
we are here this evening 10 call YOU
attention To the necessity of this gov
ernment In this perilous hour. Wha,
IL that great necessity now? The grea,
necessity Is money. Your governmen,
does not ask you to donate "a dollar
but to go down in your pockets and loan
II money oN the best endorsement IN
the world. Every dollar OF our wcaltl,
is behind the government. whether yol
loan Or the government takes IL.
One OF tho greatest heri,agcs sou can
hand down TO your children or give
Your loved ones. =, Il government bond.
ana also It Is the best security you
can have.
The government could get the money
from the wealthy OF this country. but
II desires that the whole people shoula
share in this profitable Investment.
We desire that the news be sent Ger
many that ten million American pco.
pie are behind this loan and with their
government In this fight. DO you know
that in Germany they are saying that
the government is only partly support.
ed by the people?
Now, ladies' and gentlemen, YOU came
TO hear one of our best and noblest
citizens, whom everybody loves: who
has been at Washington backing up the
government and the president. His
blood runs through his veins i'm the.
right direction. lie has not opposed the
government in anything connected with
this war. and we are all proud of him,
and we are going 10 have him tell us
how II all occurred. IL Is an honor
to present Congressman Carter.
MIR. Carter said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Friends and Neighbors do not be.
lieve any person making public
speech this day and time has moral
'ight to discuss any other subject than
The pending conflict between the Unit.
I'd States and the Imperial German
government. Therefore. my discussion
onight will naturally be confined 10 the |
war.
But before ! enter that discussion |
want TO take this occasion to again |
hank my own folks and neighbors for |
he many, many kindnesses I have re. |
'eived at their hands. want to say |
his: | have received so many unde. |
erved kindnesses at the hands of Car. |
er County. that whenever | come be. |
ore them, feel like an insolvent bank.
n facing his kind and indulgent cred.
tors.
To get back 10 the war, my friends: |
We have just adjourned session of
ongress which marks an epoch in the
nnalS Of this country. There have
cen only two other occasions in the
ntire history of the United States
ihich ever approached the present
pooh. These were 1875 and 1861.
No other congress has ever faced J
onditons fraught with so much danger
nd the shattering Of the traditions
nat we hold dear.
The war of 1872. the Mexican and
panish wars, were insignificant when
with this crisis. Why? Be
luSe this seems To bring into peril not
My our own freedom but that Of all
eaceful democracies throughout The
viliZed world.
These were the conditions which con ,
onted the Fifty-sixth congress when
'nvened by the call of the president in ,
session April ., 1917. The ,
lily papers had been ripe with the {
aws of wantOn and indiscriminate de. .
ruction of American property. and Tho (,
sidious sedtion and conspiracy pro +
ulgated in our country ny the Impe- r
al German government ,
1t became a matter of daily occur q
nee for the American flag To he fired -,
ION, American ships to be sunk, and q
nerican lives 70 be lost We were ,
nfronted with estranged relations.
The president came before Il Joint ses -
m the very first day. which was some. =,
ing heretofore unheard Of He sub ot
initiated the press reports as to the
'ious danger to the rights Of our peo-
and he>peril to our institutions. He
vised us officially of what we had
IN forewarned through the press.
en-, we were asked by the president
declare war
I was no easy task for US who had
IN worshipping at the shrine of .
ice to support this declaration for
+. Americans are peaceful peo-
and the president would not dared
nge this nation into war except to
tect the most sacred rights of its
pile.
think | can say without any fear
that more serious con-
eration was given the war resolu.
! than all other matters of legisla, /
!.
- matter of fact we had already
n in state Of war previous to the i
ption of this resolution by congress, Il
there had been the sinking of .ourI II
)s and murder of our people. There III
nothing else for, us to do, but fol. II
the lead of our commander.in-chief. II
5 man had been raised up TO meet II
great crisis and lead this great II
pie OF one hundred million Ameri. III
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