The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-22

plcated by the organization of the
Home Rule party. The emblem of this
party is basket of vegetables
The senate is continuous 1t never
dies. Senators are elected for a term
of six years, in such way that one
third of the senate goes out of office
every two years, so there is never a
complete change of its membership at
one time.
In scoring Senator La Toilette to
whose utterances he.attrbuted the rep.
uation Wisconsin had gained of being
the traitor state" Gov +. l.. Philip
declared: While | am governor of this
state there will be no peace meetings
to handicap the government"
German kultur is thus defined by
Hermann Fernau in THE Coming Dem
ocracy," his recent book: Learning
without character, knowledge without
conscience, organization without hu.
manity, discipline without liberty, ideals
without dignity"
Umatilla, Ore, the first city admins.
tratiOn in the country composed entire.
ly Of women, has new mayor. Mrs.
Laura Starcher, the first mayor, re.
signed when she moved 10 Parma. Ida.
no. And, of course, the council wouldn't
elect mere man to take her place Her
honor Mrs. Helen Duncan is the new
executive
II has been claimed that woman suf.
frage would help in the suppression Of
the liquor traffic, and this argument
was freely used both for, ,and against
the cause IN Maine. II doesn't seem TO
have had much weight. The majority
| of the sixteen counties are dominated
by the prohibition sentiment, but thir.
teenof the sixteen voted against letting
the women vote.
Think Of Senator La Toilette of Wis.
consin; think Of Senator Gronna Of
North Dakota; think of Senator Varda.
man Of Mississippi; think Of Senator
Hardwick Of George think Of Repre-.
sentative Mason Of Illinois. think Of
Mayor Thompson Of Chicago. and then.
no doubt, YOU will look more favorablv
upon the recall II there We're ma.
chinery for the recall In the states these
men misrepresent unquestionably il
would be placed In immediate opera.
tion.
Times and conditions seem to have
changed. The first experiment i'm woman
! suffrage was in New Jersey. which or.
ganized as an independent state two
days before the Declaration of Independ.
ence. with q constitution that allowed
universal suffrage, male and female.
without regard 10 color. This consti-
tuition was not changed until 1874. when
suffrage was restricted to males ON the
alleged ground that women. as a class.
did not care FOR it or exercise It.
ln the most harmonious and e,tbu4-
lastic conventions they have held i'm a
quarter of a century, the Democrats Of
New Haven. Conn have nominated Oa.
vid T. Fitzgerald for mayor. Fitzgerald
has been leader of his party for mani,
years. but has never before been n
candidate for public office He is law.
yer with "a national reputation. but his
most important activity lately has been
IN the Interest Of his state and the ma
tion in national defense and war work
Hlldm Johnson. the senator from Cal.
llornia. has surprised the countr, b,.
MS conservatism Johnson came into mo-.
toriety when hc became the belIireren+
running mate of Theodore Roosevelt in
1872 and it was expected that when ne
came 20 the senate he would attempt IN
tear that body open. but his restraint
mas astonished not only the old GUARD
Republicans. but the militant Progress.
slNes. johnson has played the war
game straight he voted for the dec.
iaration two days after De was sworn
in. and he has voted for AN the admin.
iSuauon war measures ever since
Governor Gardner OF Missouri called
no names OF traitors. slackerS and dem.
agugues in his speech 90 the Democrat.
OF Oallaway county but cverybodv
hne" TO whom Doe referred. This il "a
passage in the governors speech.
washington had the loyalists 10 CON.
tend with. Yet he .s known today MS
the father of his country. Lincoln had
lne 'opperheads to oppose him. but IN.
dlN ls known AS fb. ..,.,,,. ,
men, the preserver OF the Union lvp
son has the slackers and tbose ,,b,
sympathiae with the enemy. but bisto,.,.
"ll' point 10 him as the American vb,
made the world safe for democrpcv
am not surprised that President \ynso,
mas heen haraSsed by traitors. slackers
ana demagogues History has merely re.
peatcd itself"
LAUGHTER.