The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-28
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Governors Whitman of New York
and Brumbaugh Of Pennsylvania are
charged with selecting only Republicans
on appeal exemption boards.
Now it is Representative Mann. Re-
publican house floor leader, who is de-
laying the passage of the food control
bill. Ever since the declaration of war
Mann has shown that he is more a Re.
publican than a patriot.
The partial suffrage act passed by the
last Nebraska legislature has been sus-
pended by a petition filed with the SEQ
retary Of state. This petition. contain.
ing $4,000 names, asks that the law be
referred to a vote of the people of the
state, and under the referendum law wo.
men will be prevented from voting for
county and city officers and all officers
not created by the constitution until
after the general election in 1918.
In national politics John Purroy
Mitchell the fusion nominee for mayor
of New York City for second term.
is a Democrat. He was elected four
years ago, his name appearing on the
ballot as that of the nominee of the Re-
publican party and of several other
groups. New York does not have the
system of nonpartisan city elections
such as is in use in many cities. but II
utilizes the fusion plan to accomplish
the same object.
Much dissatisfaction is being express
ed in the state of Maine over the work.
ings of the initiative and referendum
by many Of those who sponsored the
reform. II has been made use of by the
Maine mill owners to postpone for near.
ly two years the going into effect of the
act diminishing the hours of labor of
women and children in factories and
mills These mill owners speak I'm the
highest terms of this instrumentality
of the people.
The ubiquitous politicians are said to
be plying their trade at Washington
with view of obtaining army commits.
slons for their henchmen, nut so far
the president and the war department.
mlndful OF the mistakes made during
the Lincoln and Mckinley administra
tions, have not been swerved by their
pleadings. The sentiment Of the coun.
try and the policy of the president end
the war department so far are strongly
antagonistic TO the injection Of politics
into the war program and the misuse OF
titles.
The snappiest political platform that
was ever written was that on which
Samuel J. Tilden the nominee of the
Democratic party ran for president in
1876. There was nothing in platform
literature prior to that time so vigor. |
Gus or so appealing to voters. nor has
there been any since. The writer of that
platform was Manton Marble, whose
death at the age of eighty.three wears
In England, had just been announced
Mr.. Marble was at the time editor NJ |
the New York World. and was famous
as journalist, author and diplomat
The present congress has been in |
special session since April . or mora
than three and a half months. and nra. |
iictions are made that It will not ad. |
lourn before October |. and IL is NOT
improbable that II may continue its de. |
lberations until the regular session in
december. The country has been hav.
ng a stiff dose Of congress in recent
years II has watched practically a
continuous performance since President
Iafts inauguration, for during his term
ne two special and four regular Sos.
lions occupied 935 days Of a total mum.
Der OF l,46O days. Mr. Wilson's first
erm had congress sitting l.O22 days
considerably longer than the Heretofore
inequaied record under Mr.. Taft And
ms second term is starting out To
eclipse his first.