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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-08
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05

in the Sun-the So-Called Farmers
Union Wants the Earth" The Okla.
homa City resolutions forever damned
the usefulness of the organization in
Oklahoma
Aside from the selfish demands made
the disposition to dispute the wisdom
OF the government and the manifest
lack Of willingness to put the triumph
OF Americas ideals in the world bonfire
ahead of personal interest, the action
in endorsing Senator Gore of Oklahoma
was an implied if not en- overt act of
sedition. Refusing to take the step of
open rebellion and denouncing the gov.
ernment, they recorded words of praise
and approval for one who has done so
under the protection Of senatorial priv.
ilege. The resolutions were not so much
an endorsement of the personal ambi.
tons and record Of Gore as that they
cloaked an act of treason and constitu.
ted open rebellion The Oklahoma Far
mers' union has come dangerously near
the questionable distinction of being
classed with the l. w. w. by the inop-
perfume endorsement of Oklahoma's g
conspicuous Senatorial Stacker.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
SENATOR GORE.

Wilburton News-Democrat A large
number Of people in Oklahoma are
mighty mad at Senator Gore. Those
who were his warm supporters in 1914
now feel like we do for having been
guilty Of supporting Bob Williams. ami
while we did not support the Senator
in 1914 we are not half so sore at him as
many Oklahoma voters profess. When
the senator voted against declaring war
on Germany we said he had a right TO
do il. both legal and moral. When he
voted against the draft law he had that
same right and no man has a right to
question his Americanism. When he
opposed certain provisions Of the food
bill. he was still acting within his rights
and because he differed with the presi.
dent upon these matters was no crime.
neither a sign OF disloyalty. We again
repeat that when a representative in
the American congress ceases to vote
his convictions and exercise his con.
stitutional rights and democratic duty
Of following the dictates Of his judg.
ment and conscience. In shaping the
policies OF the government he becomes
a figurehead and a pigmy and has no
place in the halls OF q Democratic con.
gress.
Up TO this point, we have no quarrel
with Gore, But his most recent act,
that Of proposing in a bin that no part
.of the war appropriation shall be used
In transporting the drafted army "a
Europe, is not only untimely but pre-
posterous. When the senator lost in
the fight for the volunteer plan over
the draft system and the latter scheme
became the law and fixed policy Of the
government. he should have accepted
It and not embarrassed the administra
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05

camps the story was the same. The
Denver Gas Company expected to lose
$4,000 a month from closed saloons.
1t gained 100000 instead Libraries
and movies become popular, and the
menfolks wanted-and got-more com.
fort in their homes. Fewer idle houses
were found than ever before, land mort.
cages were being lifted faster, the tour.
list business did not lose but gained.
In Spokane the new city Jail is for
rent. In Portland three institutions
for men and women with no means of
support have gone out OF business.
Everywhere DR.. Johnson was told that
the embarrassment Of decreased revenue
lasted but month or two. 1T was
more than offset, says the report, "by
the decreased cost of police administra.
tion, jails, courts etc, and by the in.
crease in assessed valuation of the cit.
les caused by new homes and business
houses"
Isn't 1t idotic, when one gets right
down to it, to defend poisoning on the
ground of business? Well and happy
people do more business and better bus
mess than doped and miserable ones.
Why argue? Why not just keep poi.
sons out of reach?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
GORE, THE MAD pOLTROON.

Boswell News: Oklahoma's shame.
Senator T. p. Gore, has introduced an
amendment to the revenue bill now be.
fore congress forbidding the expendi.
ture Of any of the government money
in the foreign war.
Gore states this reflects the sentiment
Of his" people, nine-tenths of whom
are against the selective draft and want
the law repealed. Gore has acknowledg.
ed and knew before he introduced it
that 1t was not worth the paper written
on.
The president sometime back failed
to allow Gore to take entire charge of
Oklahoma's political pie counter and he
went rabid mad and forgetting all else.
he is doing all in his power TO harass
the president, caring not a whit how
much he Injuries the state or nation.
II Gore meant the /. W. WIS and the
pro-Germans Of Oklahoma when he re.
ferred to nine-tenths of his" people be.
ing against the selective draft he is
probably right
II Gore means the entire population
OF Oklahoma, he wilfully falsifies and
utters a slander on the patriotic people
Of the state, that has been so unfortun.
ate as to have honored him with a
senatorship.
Gore has and is making all this grand.
stand tommyrot and buncombe plav
with the hope Of riding into power
again on the back of the reactionaries
who will spring up at the close Of the
war. Had he not been doubly blinded
by rage and physical infirmity he would
have noted that the Oklahoma primary
is too close by for the reactionaries to
be sufficiently large to form a corporaPs
guard at his political funeral. And
when he retires from the senate. he
can place the flattering JUNCTION to his
little soul that his actions gave the
kaiser renewed hope and helped fatten
the graveyards Of France with clean.
patriotic soldiers. and that he will be
remembered by bereft fathers, mothers
sisters and sweethearts all over this
fair land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
NEW ISLANDS TO NORTHwARD

Donald b. Macmillan back from an
Arctic expedition, reports the location
of two new islands, and states that
Crocker land which Peary thought he
discovered, does not exist He mapped
coast lines more accurately, and dis
covered an enormous glacier, greater
than any previously discovered save the
Humboldt, and named it the American
Museum Glacier, for the Museum Of
Natural History in New York Mr. Nc
MILAN is eager to make his reports,
unpack his specimens and start out
again as soon as possible to complete
the work his party has begun.
There are people still left upon the
earth-becoming fewer one ventures
to hope-who question the worth Of
explorations. Yet intellectual curiosity
about the shape and size and compost.
ton and position and functions Of this
round globe is the thing which has lift.
ed mankind from savagery to civiliza.
tion. Inventors, explorers, research
workers of all kinds are the ones to
whom we owe all the comforts and ad.
vancements Of life Columbus. Calico.
Watts. Edison, Pasteur, Carrel Mar.
coni-all of these were men with a
thirst for truth which would not be
denied.
The Arctic islands useless? Not
while mankind lives and cares TO grow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
TO AN EMPEROR

BY Daniel W. Henderson Of the
Nigalantes
II from high heaven came your power
To chain and scourge the earth
Whence then, came Freedoms dawning
hour?
Why had mans soul It's birth?
why does the spirit bid us die
Before IN bonds 10 YOU we lie?
An, King, the world knows well
The might YOU swear our Lord ordained
Your throne by blood Of millions stained.
Are OF the stuff OF hell!
There have been kings, there have been
czars
Who claimed divine descent.
But when mans spirit burst its bars
Shorn Of their power, they went.
Your path. O battle lord. lies plain.
Not through those lands you wreck 10
gain.
But whore your kindred rant
And when your CORY throne goes down
\ liberated earth shall crown
Gods only emperor-man!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
As BETWEEN WILSON AND GORE

Tulsa Democrat senator Cores naive
statement TO the effect that he is viii
ing to resign-snd run again-if Presi.
dent Wilson viii do likewise is one of
those pieces OF humor which add TO the
gaiety OF nations, Artemus Ward ought
to be here to do it justice. Verify il is
to laugh. Let US then dismiss il with
a merry ha IA and proceed to serious
business
In his reply 10 his state chairman's
request that he stand by the adminlstra.
tion or resign, published In the Demo.
crat yesterday. Senator Gore says some
things which require serious treatment.
In speaking Of the necessarily vast ex.
penditures incident TO the successful
conclusion OF the war, he says:
Il foresaw these vast expenditures
before the declaration OF war and |
thought that the money could have
been more wisely expended. more wise.
ly expended In making this the fairest
habitation ever allotted to the sons Of
man. | foresaw before the declaration
of war all the terrible toll OF debts and
bonds and taxes and tears and blood
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
DRY CONVERTS

Dr. w. j. Johnson, OF St Paul has
been making a tour OF the cities which
have recently gone dry or had dryness
forced upon them in order 10 find out
whether prohibition has really injured
business.
According to the Christian Science
Monitor which reports the investiea.
tion rather fully, DIR. Johnsons first
visit was 20 Mayor j. c. Dahlman. OF
Omaha, a city dry only since July 1. The
mayor had been strongly In favor OF
saloon, but professed himself entirely
converted since he had seen the dry
law In actual operation. He finds the
oitys morals and business both improv.
ed. Department stores and groceries are
delighted with the results The sales OF
Infants shoes are much increased
Housewares show the same activity.
savings bank officials are wearing smile
and when Il comes TO mems wear and
haberdashery everybody is happy.
To the general satisfaction there are
two exceptions. One was found In the
hotels which had maintained bars. and
the other In the cheap lodging houses.
The latter had suffered because dry
patrons want better rooms and can
pay for them.
In Denver and the Colorado mining
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05

and death. l confess that It gave me
pause, that it made me hesitate to en-
ter this weltering charnal house with nc
special grievance Of our own"
Lord God of hosts! preserve Thou us
from such senatorial reasoning. "No
special grievance of our own" Read
il over carefully and then think Of the
hundreds of innocent men, women and
children of American citizenship who
have been murdered foully upon the
seas, sent suddenly to their doom by
German torpedoes; and then think of
the bronze medals struck off at the
kaiser's behest in commemoration of
the sinking Of the Lusitania, of the pub
lie school holiday declared in Germany
too celebrate that triumph.
And then think of Germany's insolent
attitude of disrespect to our ambassa-
dor and our consuls, to our president
and our people. accompanied by further
specific acts of murder and spoliation
upon the high seas.
If the murder of your mother and
your children and your wife is no spe-
cial grievance of your own, what then,
is such grievance? Those murders
should come home to every family in
America as matters of personal griev-
ance, if we are to continue to be class.
flied as civilized people who have the
courage to defend their firesides.
And then reread this: more wise.
ly expended in making this the fairest
habitation ever allotted TO the sons and
daughters Of men,"
What would Senator Gore do toward
making these billions create the fairest
habitation?
Would he spend them in building
magnificent national highways along
which could march the conquering herds
Of Huns, devastating, slaughtering, rap.
ing?
Would he employ these billions in
making what is left Of our desert bios.
som as the rose. to the end that Ger.
many might add to its loot the enhanc.
ed products Of our innumerable acres?
The tairest habitation ever allotted to
the sons and daughters Of men is men.
aced by the foulest aggregation Of free.
hooters ever spawned of the wombs Of
fiends
Shall we expend our billions to make
that habitation fairer and more opulent
to the leering eyes of the gourmands
who already look upon it with lustful
intent or shall we expend them to hold
back and crush forever the banded
highwaymen who would despoil US?
Such talk as Cores is schoolboy rhet.
oric, less than sophomore; and coming
from a senator Of the United States il
is enough to make every American
blush with chagrin.
The serious treatment mentioned
above will be administered TO Senator
Gore at the polls Of Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
SEMINOLE DRAFT
RESISTANCE EXPLAINED

Cherokee Republicans: The best ex.
PLANTATION Of the recent draft riots in
several Of the eastern Oklahoma coun-
ties comes from Captain Wash" Sor.
rels, recently commissioned as an of.
ficer at the training camp at Fort Lo-
gan II. Roots. Captain Sorrels is a
son Of former Senator Sorrels of Nil.
ton and has been identified with poll.
tics to some extent. Sorrels declares
that the draft resisters were a bunch
Of immigrants from Arkansas, who set.
tied in the hills OF Seminole and other
counties to secure freedom. When the
order for the draft came they formed
the hasty opinion that the government
proposed to put shoes on them and
rather than submit started the revolu-
ton. In other words the friends from
Arkansas would rather be shot than
shod.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
THE EDGE OF TREASON"

Cherokee Republican: The action Of
the Oklahoma Farmers Union at Okla.
homa City, In endorsing Senator Cores
war policies and votes amount to a
practical ultimatum Of rebellion and de-
fiance to the government. To the out.
side world II represents the sentiment
Of the great farming population Of Ok.
lahoma. In Oklahoma the Farmers
union is known as a vicious and venal
political organization seldom used for
the benefit Of the farmers, but rather
used to advance the fortunes Of self.
seeking politicians. But any organi.
zation with a name and charter 10 COY.
er a class gives its action official signi.
icance and Oklahoma is compelled TO
endure another blot on its name and
the farmers Of Oklahoma are placed in
an unfortunate and unfair attitude. To
endorse the utterances Of the Stacker
Gore, 10 approve the votes Of this arch
traitor to his countrys welfare and 10
give apparent support TO his destructive
aims is more Of a blot on the fair name
of the state than should be endured.
John Simpson, the president Of the
Oklahoma Farmers union and the dom.
inant factor in the organization has
been expressing violent antiAmerican
sentiments. He has been giving utter
ances TO views that are distinctly re.
hellious and emphatic in disloyalty. One
statement that he is credited with max.
Ing. and on the authority Of a person
whose word is not 20 be doubted. was
that he took pride in the fact that the
members OF the Farmers union refused
20 buy any Liberty bonds other state.
ments from him are TO the effect that
Oklahoma farmers under his leadership
viii not plant without assurances of
swollen profits.
Coupled with their demand for high
prices on both wheat and cotton. de.
manding thirty cents per pound for
the latter when the dream Of the
southern farmer for years has been
fifteen cent cotton was a demand
that as a class, farmers be exempted
from military service justified an un.
usually clever headline in the Oklaho
man, IL was Give the Kaiser His Place
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
LIGHT DAwNs on GERMAN PRESS

A change has suddenly come over
the spirit of the German.language
newspapers in this country. For the
first time they show a glimmer Of un.
derstanding regarding the nations
war aims and ideals. And for the first
time they appear to be in virtual agree.
ment with the government.
The change is seen in their comment
on the presidents reply to the popes
peace note. 1t has evidently been eff
fected by the convincing nature of that
reply. Our German-American editors
begin to understand at last that the
United States is fighting for what II
has all along professed to be fighting
for, that it has no desire to dismember
and crush Germany, that it has no
hostile and malign purpose against the
German nation, that it seeks only the
safety Of the United States and the
rest Of the selfgoverning world from
German aggression, that its quarrel is
with militarism and the unscrupulous
masters Of Germany who make il a
menace against mankind. They begin
10 understand that we are warning un.
selfishly upon a group Of imperial
criminals and the evil system that gives
them power-that all we want is the
abolition of that system and the re.
moyal Of the criminals from further
capacity for harm, and that we would
rather have the German people ac.
complish the reform than do it our.
selves by force Of arms
And our Teutonic editors, once grasp.
ing this fact, are already expressing the
hope that the German people them.
selves may learn the unyarnished truth
and understand IT, as the shortest way
TO peace.
This is the most hopeful sign vet.
When the truth really penetrates to
the inner consciousness Of our German
editors, there is hope that in time the
Germans at home will understand it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
A BIT OF HISTORY

The fun extent of the criminal con.
duct for which King Constantine was
ousted from the Greek throne appears
in a speech made by Premier Venizelos
at Athens. II is a remarkable revela.
tion Of hitherto unpublished history.
II loads upon Constantine's head a
measureless weight OF condemnation
for his betrayal Of his own country,
with its noble traditions and ideals,
and OF the free nations armed in de.
fense Of those ideals.
II was in February 1915 that Ven.
izelos, authorized head Of the constitu.
tional monarchy Of Greece. proposed I'm.
tervention in the war At the same
time he submitted a plan for a bold.
quick stroke calculated TO drive the
Turks out Of Europe for good. II was
an opportune moment The Turks
were actually preparing to evacuate
ConstantinOple. Nenlzelos wanted To
land a Greek army secretly at Gallipoli
and march on the capital The Cali.
poll peninsular was practically unde.
Tended. Constantinople could have been
taken within a fortnight
Thus" Venizelos saws, Turkey
would have been destroyed Russia
would have been destroyed. Russia
by sea, would have been able TO export
her grain and would have escaped the
offensive Of 1916 Bulgaria, seeing
Greek and Franco. British armies in her
rear would not have dared to inter.
vene Serbia would have been saved
Germany would have lost the East. and
the war would have ended one year
earlier"
This view was probably justified. The
plan included the cooperation OF the
British fleet It will be recalled that
that fleet unaided, almost forced the
Dardanelles. Supported 10y the Land
army OF Greeks that the British expect.
ed, they would almost certainly have
succeeded
But Constantine. ignoring the nation.
al will, defying the constitution. forget.
ting his obligations TO the liberal pow.
ers that had freed Greece and placed
his family on the throne, arbitrarily We.
toed the project, and proceeded to rule
Greece as an aUtocrat In the interests
of the Kaiser.
Ia the light OF subsequent develop.
ments, history may set Constantine In
the niche he coveted beside his imperial
brother'in-law. But II will not be in
the Temple OF Fame. 1t viii be the
Temple Of Infamy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
GERMANS DOUBT BRYAN IL
SPEAKING IN FAVOR or WAR

Amsterdam, Sept. 5,-The Koelnische
Zeitung asks It's readers To mistrust
reports given publicity by Reuters.
Limited. about the alleged speaking
tour Of Ex.Secretary OF state w. j.
Bryan for the purpose OF preaching
war to victorious end.
The paper says that Il knows that
only some five Weeks ago Mr.. Bryan
wrote In an entirely different vein TO
an Italian friend and It therefore is
scarcely to be assumed that he has
suddenly disayowed his entire past OF
paclfism ON principle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
GORE,S LONE DEFENDER.

T'shomingo Capital Democrat: Some
of the country weeklies over the state
following the Okiahoman in its abuse
of Senator Gore. reminds us OF old Ring
the farmers watch dog which chases
the fast express off OF the farmers
premises, only 90 see It pass through
again next day and ON time. There is
not man In the State who can run
Gore anyways close for reelection.
Mark this down where you can get TO
IL after the votes are counted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
BRAZIL MAKES DENIAL.

Rio Janeiro, Sept Sin denial Of
newspaper reports the minister OF war
has announced that Brazil viii not send
troops TO Europe. The announcement
also states that the minister OF the
navy will not lease requisitioned ships
to the entente allies
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
INCONSISTENT DEMANDS.

Chickasha Express; The Farmers
Union IN session at Oklahoma City,
asked FOR So wheat and 30 cent cotton
and at the same time endorsed the
course Of Senator Gore. Wonder what
kind Of prices they would have received
for their products il the senator had
had his way about keeping our ships
off OF the seas IN compliance with the
kaiser's commands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
Speaking Of Vegetables.

Chicago Herald: a young married la
dy was explaining the difference be-
tween silver and electro TO a small do
mestic, and said:
Mary you will always find a lion on
anything that is real silver"
"Yes, num- said Mary. "In remem.
Der, and I've heard say as there is al
ways carrots on gold. though / amt
seen them"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
HOW OKLAHOMA
EDITORS REGARD
CORES TACTICS

sulphur Democrat: Longhaired Var
daman Of Mississippi has out-gored
Gore in the draft opposition Both Of
these blatherskites should be Siamized
twinned together, and ,set adrlft on a
tricky German Submarine, that has no
base, no destination and no commander
for they both would steer 1t plum to
thunder we know
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
Political Observations.

Everybody is talking about the new
Bryan, the militant Bryan. and most OF
the talk is highly complimentary. But
there are those who say his present
loyal support of the administration at
the expense Of his formet pacifist ideas
is but a fresh illustration of the shrewd
opportunism that has characterized his
whole political career. Remembering
how bitterly he opposed every step to-
ward the defense Of the national safety
and honor, they may easily be bewil-
dered at his apparent changes Of front.
Yet, unlike some other pacificists he is
logical enough to perceive the folly of
preaching peace while we are at war.
The way to achieve peace is to fight
the war to the end. This is now the
Bryan platform, and it is a perfectly
sound one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05

Tulsa World: Then, again touching on
the matter OF Cores resignation we
have formed the opinion that 1t will be
as hard TO get rid Of Gore before an.
other election as il viii be for Chicago
TO rid itself OF Mayor Wilhelm Thomp.
son.