The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02

place at Chicago tomorrow confer
ence Of leaders Of both parties has been
set for that date.
JOplin's election for successor TO
! former Mayor Hugh McIndoe was a
tame affair as compared to the election
held recently at which that gentleman
was recalled. or the 1000 eligible vot.
ers OF that city only 1866 went 10 the
polls. The successful candidate, c. 3.
Poole, won by S49 votes.
The next test OF strength on the pro
hibtion issue takes place In Iowa on the
18th OF October, when a prohibition
amendment to the state constitution
will he submitted to the electorate. II
is expected to carry. as prohibition SEN
timent In the commonwealth is vigorous
and widespread.
| IL is announced by A. G. Townsley,
president of the Nonpartisan league,
that the league, organized In North DR.
kota last year now has more than 10O,.
900 members, Of whom approximately
10000 are in Minnesota, 10000 are In
North Dakota, which the remaining 90.
| 900 members are scattered over four or
five other states extending south 10
| Oklahoma.
The $4,000 which Ambassador Bern.
storff asked authority to spend ITO in
| fiuence congress. as on former occa.
sions." was only the small change, il
appears, i'm enormous expenditures de-
voted to the elaborate system of Prus.
sian corruption. The state department
/ Is said to have documents showing how
total of s25, 100000 in German gold
was disposed Of in the United States.
The Nonpartisan league, which is ex-
tending the sphere of its activities all
over the northwest, and into Kansas
and Oklahoma, protests that it Is loyal.
This i'm the face of the fact that II has
just held "A meeting in st. Paul. where
| the orators. Senators La Toilette and
Gronna. made speeches which the Min.
nesota public safety commission de-
clares were of disloyal and seditious
nature.
and Progressive party leaders in the
Danvile, Ill, congressional district is
that Representative Cannon shall go to
congress his for twentysecond term
without a contest in either party con-
vention. And because Uncle Joe" has
been so conservative and so patriotic
during the present session of congress
the Democratic contest against his re-
election is expected to be perfunctory
Mayor Thompson of Chicago in an.
nouncing his candidacy for the Republi-
can nomination for United States SEN
ator said: II stand upon my record. as
a public official. my public addresses
and my authorized public statements"
But the question is not whether Thomp.
son will stand on his record. addresses
and statements, but whether the Re.
publican party of Illinois will do so.
Thompson is forced to stand on his
record. since he cannot get away from
1t But the party TO which he pro.
fesses to belong has entire freedom of
choice. What its decision will be can
hardly be doubted.
A recount of the ballots east in the
New York city primary eelction, il is
now conceded. will show that Bennett,
straight goods Republican. and not
Mitchell. fusionist, won the Republican
nomination for mayor Before the phi.
mary it was believed that Mitchell would
win easily. The big four" Governor
Whitman. Col. Roosevelt Mr.. Hughes
and Mr.. Root, declared for him and
urged their party friends To go to the
polls and by large majority make him
the Republican nominee. What will the
big four" do now? 1t s hardly within
the bounds of possibility that Bennett
running as "a straight Republican, can
be elected Whether Mitchell will still
stay on the track is vet to be deter
mined AS it now appears either the
Tammany or the Socialist candidate will
\ be the next mayor of New York city.