The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-01

Among the early conventions OF po'
lltical and semi-politicai parties VIII be
that Of the National Security League
This league VIII hold a three days con
ventlon In Chicago. beginning Feb. a.
OF the s42.063 spent by the business
Mems League to elect John r. hyihh'
Tammany Democrat, mayor OF New
York. $1,000 was contributed IN the
name OF l.. j. O'Reilly, the chief point
ical lieutenant OF William X. Hearst.
Notwithstanding statewide woman
suffrage was defeated In Ohio by thou
sands OF votes, the right OF charter
governed cities In Ohio TO enfranchise
women TO vote upon local issues mas
been confirmed by the state supreme
court.
New Jersey Republicans are confident
they will gain a senator next year
Notwithstanding the state Is the nome
OF the president. Senator Hughes, Dem
ocrat, Is very popular and might De
reelected, but he is a sick man ana
may not be "A candidate for reelection
The Republicans have been gaining
strength In New Jersey for some time
and will put up strong man against
whomever the Democrats select.
The election OF w. II. Beshlin to con
gress from the Eighth Pennsylvania DIS
trict Is declared by Democratic leaders
TO be the most significant OF all the
results Of elections held In 1917. IN
this district of the Keystone state
year ago Republican was elected to
l.., farifN nf 4 600. In
the recent election Beshlin. the Demo
crat, won by more than 1000. change
in twelve months Of 5000 votes.
Preliminary organization OF the new
National party in Missouri has been
made by the appointment OF tempo
rary state committee, including: u.
c. Finley, ]. s. Lynn, l.. A. Laughlin,
l.. A. Brown and Harvey Barcus or
Kansas City; J. C. Hughes. Richmond,
Mo-; w. NJ. Goodwin. Clinton: Judge A.
ID. Nortoni hnd Oscar Leonard. st.
Louis, and Mr.. Faris. The committee
represents the five wings Of the new
party. Socialist, Prohibitionist lnde'
pendent. Single Tax and Progressive.
The coming meeting Of the Missouri
Democratic state committee has been
called primarily to elect Benjamin Neale
of Greenfield as chairman OF the COM
mittee to succeed Chairman James Cow
gill, who has rendered his resignation
to become a member of the board OF
election commissioners In Kansas City,
but, II is expected, other matters will
be discussed at the meeting, among
which are the penitentiary scandal and
the friction in the st. Louis police de-
partment
While number of the Republican
members of congress are mapping out
plans to further the interests of their
party during the coming session by
criticizing the administration and at
tacking some of the legislation of the
last session, Representative Martin b.
Madden Of Illinois is not one of them.
1T is no time for politics. says Mr..
Madden. 1.-The Republicans have got
to work with the Democrats to win
this war We expect to stay in for
that purpose At any rate 1 do"
The Farmers Nohpartisan league,
which elected governor and other
state officers and captured both houses
Of the legislature in North Dakota last
year. is about to invade New York.
Among the things the league is contend
ing for are state owned elevators, flour
mills and packing plants, state insur-
ance, state rural credit system, ex'
emption of farm improvements from
taxes and state control of terminal mar
kets. The activity of the league. east
as well as west, leads to the conclusion
that it will not merge with the new Ma
tional party