The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-20
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS
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Suppose United States senator
was To be elected in Missouri in the
near future and William j. stone was
a candidate. The votes ne would re-
cciye might be counted as scattering.
81 believe that though my first
right is 20 bee a partisan that my first
duty. when the only principles ON
which free government can rest are
being strained, is To- be a patriot w.
Vice.Presidcnt Marshall
The District Of Columbia BILL known
AS the Sheppard act embodies the
most up-to.date law enforcement feat
ures of any similar law in this coun-
try. among them being the search and
seizure and anuadyertising features.
II makes the District Of Columbia
bone dry after Nov. /, 1914
United States Senator Park Tram
nell sustains the record achieved by
Florida lor sending young men TO rep
resent that state in the senate AT
twenty-siX he was member Of the
state legislature at thirty.siX governor
of the state and at forty he now has
entered the senate He also served as
attorneygoneral Of the state.
Four states having voted for prohi-
bition In the November election, these
twenty-three are now on the dry
list; Maine, Kansas, North Dakota,
Georgia, oklahoma, Mississippi North
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West
Virginia. Colorado, Oregon, Washing.
ton. Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas,
Iowa. Idaho, South Carolina, Michi-
gan. Nebraska Montana and South
Dakota.
Du Pont of Delaware Is another of
those senators to whose title the tex
was added on March A. Du Pont was
beaten because of a row In the family
of that name which is all powerful in
Delaware politics II pulled apart in
the last campaign, and Senator Du
Pout suffered defeat in consequence,
He was one Of the four surviving SEN
ators who served in the civil war.
Among the United States senators
whose terms expired on March 4 are
two newspaper publishers, George r..
Oliver Of Pennsylvania and Luke Lea
off Tennessee The former. many
times a millionaire, retires on his own
motion; the latter was defeated al the
primaries for a denomination Oliver
will resume active management of his
newspaper in Pittsburgh and Lea that
Of his newspaper In Nashville.
Prediction is made by Representa-.
tive George r. Lunn Socialist, of the
Thirtieth New York congressional dis
trict that Champ Clark will be elected
speaker OF the next house. Although
Mr.. Lunn would not give for publica-
ton his views on how the five indie
peudents in the siXty-fifth congress
would vote, ii was evident he thought
that enough of them would support the
Democratic party to insure Of its con
trolling the next house.
Speaker Champ Clark predicts that
when congress resumes sittings in
April the special session win run into
the regular session in November and
that there will be no real adjournment
until August, 1918. In his opinion or.
ganization work viii be disposed of
within four days Of the opening of the
special session and then the entire
field of legislation including bills
which failed at the last session and
new proposals, will be opened up
What Miss Jeanette Rankin, "the
lady from Montana, the first woman
ever elected to congress. will stand for
Is contained In her platform The
panks are: National suffrage. child
welfare. tariff revision for the protcc.
tion ol the worker, state and national
prohibition, greater publicity in con.
grossioual committees, farm loan law
Whether Miss Rankin will line up with
tac Republicans Democrats or lnde.
pgndouis is not yet known.
one vote may throw the control of
iHe r"Nt house of representatives, Ia
iuc Republicans, and Rcprcscntary,
! Ga...yn of Massachusetts threatens
iu uHs. CHAT vote "If the Democratic
party Is going 10 become q prohibition
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