The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-14

against 1866 In 1916.
OF the twelve states In which women
have full suffrage eight are In the
dry column and four are not. Those
which are not dry are New York. Cali
fornia, Wyoming and Nevada.
Lively times may be expected In
Washington during the first two weeks
OF December. Congress assemblies on
the I'd. the Anti.Saloon League on the
10th and the women suffragists on the
18th.
Latest figures Of the wet" and dry"
election In Ohio and which will not be
materially changed by the official count
show a wet" majority Of 1876 votes.
The totals are: wet" 524.042; dry"
522.226.
| II Is talk In Republican circles In
Missouri that State Auditor George
Hackmann intends to throw his hat In
the gubernatorial ring In 1920, and
man believe that ne could defeat May
or Kiel OF st. Louis for the nomination.
| The first thing the newly enfranchis.
ed women Of Greater New York will
try to do will be to make the city
dry" Petitions calling for referen.
dunn on local option next year will be
signed at the coming New Years eve
watch meetings.
Apparently many thousand Demo.
Gratis in indianapolis voted for the home
rule candidate for mayor, instead of
their own party candidate. thus max.
ing the Republican an easy winner. The
totals were: Miller Dem) IL ,207; Shank,
Home Rule) 1851: Jewett Rep) 2l,.
121.
Now that the froth of politics is
blown away by last weeks elections, 1t
Is not going to be safe for the utter
ance Of disloyal sentiments in this coun.
try. The elections revealed the spots
where disloyalty has been lurking.
There is law in this land against dis.
loyalty, and it is going to be invoked
with ~igor
More important than the question of
Republican or Democratic senator to
succeed the late Senator Husting is the
necessity Wisconsin is under for her
own reputation of repudiating La Fol.
lette and all his isms. The Badger
state cannot fail to understand that
the whole country is watching to see
how she meets the test.
Women of East st. Louis, who cast
approximately 80 per cent of the total
vote in last weeks special election,
almost solidly supported the commission
form of government and brought about
the adoption of the proposition by al
most to l. The vote was 4,7S4 in
favor of the commission form and g.
asa against, a majority for it Of 1880.
At the annual convention of the
Anti-Saloon League in Washington
December 10. special emphasis will be
put upon efforts to make the United
States dry through the passage of an
amendment to the federal constitution.
A resolution looking to that end has |
been adopted by the senate and is to |
be brought in the house early in De- |
cember.
LYNN. Mass, having tried out the |
commission form of government has |
gone back to the old mayor and alder
men form. Lynn's vote was almost two
to one, Cob for the charter revision to
3,731 for sticking TO the commission.
One of the interesting features of the |
vote on charter change was the fact
that it won in every one of the twenty
five precincts.
Now that the campaign is over" /
SAYS Mayor-elect Jewett of lndianap- !
oils, Il want to tell you something. l
declined to take a dollar for my cam
paign from a public service corpora
ton. from a saloon keeper or gamb-
Ter. My hands are not tied by any
body. l stand today without a single
promise having been made to the high
est or lowest" Where is there another
mayor or mayor-elect who can say |
that?
For the first time in twenty years
the Republicans have a majority on
Joint ballot of the Maryland Legislature.
This will enable them to elect sue
cessor to the Democratic state treasur-
er. John NJ. Dennis. According to the
latest figures. the Republicans have a
majority of seven in the house Of dele
gates and lack but one vote of control
ling the senate. The result was brought
about by a Democratic split over an
annexation bill for Baltimore.
NFW NATIONAL