The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-30
ONLY THING TO Do
IS MAKE VA" ".TAFT 7
FORMER rRr.5iDFNT STlRS 1000
CRON n AT OKLAHOMA
CITY
SCORES BRYAN IDEA
"Man VIII VIII Ask Referendum AS
TO Whe re. He viii Be True TO His
Country S Craven Says ExPresi-
dent

Oklahor, 30. March 3O-lnciteC
60 cheers by g.. .Hc positive and patriots
declarations Of 81 I'm Howard Taft
yes crday.s biz A4l orium crowd dur
ing the on, an d onehalf hour' h
former pre- ldent srohe' t'p' o. '
essence o. lafrio, ISM
what are vc 10. d. Why the o'
thing for us tG do .o lnNh' EM
was the statement ant hf. lit forth
five minutes of cheering. Handker.
chies were waved an more than one
"lid' scared into the tir.
! At 2.l5 o'clock The parade, headed
by the Boy Scouts of the city, arrived
at the Auditorium. The car which
brought Mr.. TAFT was preceded by one
in which rode the half dozen plain
clothes men that accompanied Mr..
Taft all day.
Mr. Taft's entrance was the signal
at which the audience rose and sang
The Star Spangled Banner" led by
j, W. Fowler. with a volume that
drowned the efforts Of the band In
honor of Mr. Taft's connection with
Yale the famous "Boola" was played
just after this
The guests Of the noon luncheon
were seated on the stage with Mr..
Tart. The Auditorium was draped I'm
flags. At the rear Of the platform
to the left Of the speaker, framed pic
ture of President Wilson hung; a pic.
ture OF Mr. Taft hung at the right
Rev. w. II. b. Urch delivered a
short invocation charged with expires.
sions of national sentiment.
Mr.. Urch remained seated at the
left of Mr.. Taft. On the right we're
Governor Williams, Judge c. B. Ames,
Mayor Oyerholser, and J. ]. McGraw,
republican national committeeman.
Loyalty Was Dominant Note.
Aside from the emphasis placed bv
Mr., Tan OF the need Of the league OF
which he is president, the dominant
note In his address was a plea for Low.
atty to the president and TO congress.
we have nothing on our national
conscience in going into this" he said.
The world well knows that we have
tried to avoid war We have stood by
and seen citizens OF this nation sent TO
the bottom OF the sea, wantonly and
without warning. II Is nov our part
to give all our strength in effectlng
speedy termination Of the 0nflict"
In good voice, Notwithstanding the
strenuous speaking tour which has oc.
cupied him for the past two weeks, Mr..
TAFT appeared to be bearing The strain
well. He was good humorei, Utmost
facetious at times. But back OF was
a fighting jaw.
1T has been ten years since stood
on this platform" Mr. Taft bega, fol.
lowing the introduction by Governor
Williams II felicitate you on the won.
derlul growth Of your state and city.
| have noticed that the TEMPERATURE
haS not changed since was here Last
You may have .ssa consolation, how.
ever that ! shall be hotter at the
conclusion Of my talk than you are"
Reviews Wars History.
Mr.. Taft then reviewed the history
OF the present war so far as we have
been concerned He defined the
rights of neutrals under international
law with numerous instances of their
lagrant violation by Germany. He
spoke Of the breaking of Of relations
ana the stand the president has taken
IN armlng ships, after congress had
lailed 10 give the authority.
President Wilson needed no act of
congress 10 enable him TO take this
course he declared "He has full
authority under the constitution. II
was his duty to take this step. And
II Is the duty Of the men In charge of
the guns Of these armed ships TO shoot
at the periscope OF any subH nd
which approaches.
When we enter thA yk we
expect TO do some hghtfig.' We
know just where we shall come
we went into the Spanish war In
and came out In the Philippines
we may start war with German,
lhe coast Of Ireland and come on
Mexico"
Mr. TAFT chuckled reminlscently
as ne recalled the addresses he AT
N"ut NllH week IN IeAaS.
When | asked the people OF
Lone Star state how they favored T., no
dea advanced by Herr Zlmmerl nv ''
)f fencing in their state with Me
md translating Remember the Ala,oi en-
INTO German, the suggestion did ~
meet with very enthusiastic
'ponse, Even IN times OF seriousr a., h
{ is a good thing 20 have a sens,
lumor Herr Zimmerman did 'o III
Md the attempt 10 tamper with ia
VAS a piece OF the defective operat
'i the dynastic German mind: anot
place where he failed to gauge
ional temperament.
war between us and Germany
lot mean a little game where we , X
hoot their submarines and they NJ
'ink our ships. the side sinking
most TO win. We must Join those
ions which are now making effect
VAR and bring the enemy 10 the DO