The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-27


have been classified, Stone with the
"wilful few" and Reed with the "wind
squad"
II will be many year before Mis-
sourians will forget that Senator James
A. Reed was one of the six senators
who voted against the food control bill,
certainly not before the time when his
present term expires.
Petitions of the Nebraska Anti.Suf-
frage Society asking that the woman
suffrage amendments passed by the last
legislature be submitted to a referen.
dun vote to test their validity are
now practically ready TO file.
William ]. Bryan is now making pro-
hibition the sole subject of his address.
es. He has just completed a stumping
tour of Kentucky in the interest Of the
'drys," and 1t is said that his speeches
had all the fervor Of those he made
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of l6 to /, years
ago.
Endorsement by Governor Whitman
Of fusion in New York City will have
the effect of quieting rumblings of Re-
publican disaffection. He agrees with
Mr.. Hughes in calling upon Republi.
cans to sink their party prejudices and
to help re-elect a mayor who, though
/ ha ie "a narnnrraf 10. IT.,
| Democrat
1t has just been discovered that off.
cially there is no such thing as the CITY
Of Washington, the legal entity of the
city constituting the national capital
being the District of Columbia. There
fore the administration has chosen the
title Of District Of Columbia" instead Of
the CITY of Washington" in signing
executive procamations.
81 have no desire for office, not even
the highest. The most exalted is but a
prison, In which the incarcerated in
cumbent daily receives his cold, heart
less visitants, marks his weary hours
and is cut off from the practical enjoy.
ment OF all the blessings OF genuine
freedom" II was no latter day states.
man who said that. II was Henry Clay
The most unkindest cut Of all was In
flicted on the white house pickets bv
the matron Of the workhouse who forced
each one Of them to take a bath. That
angels of purity and light should be
supposed TO need a bath is adding the
last straw Of official insult to the bur.
den Of legal injury which has refused
to permit them TO behave as they please.
Another big credit mark must be
given the Wilson administration for
the federal farm loan bank system.
This comparatively. has proved as great
a success as the federal reserve bank
system. II has met the needs Of the
farmers in all sections of the country,
and they are borrowing money at a low
rate Of interest and on long time already
at the rate of nearly S1,50O,0OO day.
1T Is not "A conscript system nor does
II provide a conscript army On the
contrary. every man drawn ought 10
feel honored, and l believe will feel
honored. that he has been selected TO
serve his country" OF course no one
will suspect Speaker Champ Clark Of
saying that. Clark, It win be remem. |
bered, gave the same meaning to "con.
script" as to convict" 1t was said by
Senator Chamberlain, chairman OF the
senate military committee and joint au.
thor Of the draft law.
Every member Of the cabinet has at |
one time or another had run in" with |
a senator or a representative as he |
asked something that the cabinet Off |
cial could not grant. SO IL falls out |
that there is a tolerably good number !
OF individual "grouohes" among the |
statesmen against the cabinet collective
ly, and that is why one hears so many |
rumors about probable cabinet changes. |
Apparently the president is well salts.
fled with his cabinet, and there is lit |
tie likelihood OF any change in the near
future.
The result Of the recent election In |
the First North Dakota congressional |
district does not speak well for the pa. |
triotism Of the voters OF that district. |
They elected a so-called non.partisan over
a patriotic Republican and a patriotic |
Democrat The platform on which he |
ran said this is no time to make an Is |
sue Of Americanism." and one Of his cam.
paign utterances was: II believe and |
fear our young men are going 10 France |
to bleed for the profits OF the damned |
pirates who profit from our food"
Fortyfive Indianapolis. Ind, men, In.
Guiding Joseph =. Bell, mayor. and ten |
men holding city jobs and eleven mem
bers Of the police department are &C.
cused OF violating the United States law |
by participating in a conspiracy TO cor.
rupt the 1904 election and have been |
indicted by the federal grand jury. Thus
the work Of purifying Indiana, political.
ly, goes on Within year scores OF |
HOOsier pOlitiCiang have been convictnd |