The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-03
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS
Richard p. Hobson is speaking for
prohibition 100 Kansas That state has
been "ury" for almost half a centur,
but It seems it Is still necessary TO im'
port the big prohibition orators to'
keep 10 so.
Miss Rankin of Montana is not ;Aa
only coGrres-Vom Mexico has one,
Seuoriua HermiIa Galndo. Like Mis-
Rankin. Senorita Galindo is an orator
and an earnest advocate of woman
suffrage
South Carolina's new prohibition
law. which went into effect April %,
allows the head OF family whether
man or woman to receive one quart
of liquor q month. provided he or she
makes aa affidavit that 1t is for med.
ical purposes.
Ohio wants a governors mansion,
and under an act OF the recent legIs.
a'urp. Governor Cox has appointed
three oN.goytnors Campbell, Harmon
and Hcrrick, as a commission to select
a site and recommend plans for the
proposed structure.
a big bunch of Republicans of Er-
auNillo. Ind, pleaded guilty TO charges
OF conspiracy to violate the election
laws. and now @ bunch OF eighteen
Democrats has pleaded guilty to Ike
charges Indiana is now regarded as
one of the most politically rotten
states iu the union
Among the senators whose tern
VIII expire March !. 1919. and whose
successors must bc elected next year
are William r. Borah of Idaho and
a. n. Fan of New Mexico Both are
prominent ON the Republican side Of
the senate, but neither win be- a can
didate for reelection
"Rc-igne or lire up i'm support Of
President Wilson's war policies" was
the message sent by the people of To-
lcdo to Congressman Isaac R. Sher.
wood Of that city a few days before
the vote on the army conscrip',on lill
Notwithstanding Mr. Sherwood's vote
is found on the list " the twenty-foW
who voted against the bill.
Democrats of the First New Hamp.
shire congressional district have nom.
mated Patrick H. Sullivan Of Man
chester for representative to fill va.
cancy caused by the death of Repre-.
sentative Cyrus A. Suloway, at a spe.
cial election. The district is ordl.
narily Republican. but the Democrats
are hopeful they viii win it on a
stand by the president platform.
The United States Brewing Com.
pany and officials of twenty-four
Pennsylvania brewing concerns in
dictcd for influencing elections in VIC.
lations Of the federal corrupt practice
act entered pleas of nolo contendro
In the United States district court
at Pittsburg Activity Of the hreweries
IN politics has proven a boomerang
everywhere.
Mayor Thompson of Chicago. who
has senatorial aspirations has taken
the position that because that city has
a large foreign population he cannot
properly invite Marshal Joffre and Mr.
Ballour and the visiting French and
British ENJOYS to Chicago because III
might offend foreign born members
Of our population The utterances Of
the mayor have been reported to the
United States district attorney by a
Chicago editor, with request that he
take action I'm the matter.
II Is the general belief that the bill
passed by the Missouri Legislature
providing for a state tax commission
will be- suspended under referendum
petitions and submitted to a vote ol
the people at the next general eler
tion II not suspended by referendum
petitions, the tax commission law will
become operative June ~. According
to political gossip, the two Democrat,