The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-26
Political Observations.

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Constitutional prohibition and full
suffrage for women In 1918" has been
adopted as the slogan of the Indiana w
e. T. u.
Mayors viii b. elected IN all Indiana
cities on Nov. 6 Those elected VIII take
their office ON the first Monday in Jan
uary. 1915.
senator In Toilette announces his In
tention to tour the country on "a defense
OF his position. His speeches. no doubt
Will be- hailed In Germany as AN express
sion OF "A sentiment IN America IN oppo'
hition 10 the American war program. and
will meet the approval of the kaiser
The two noisiest German proposnndists
In this country are two former United
states senator's Works of California
and Pcttigrew OF South Dakota. These
two. with two present senators. La FOL
lette of Wisconsin and Gronna OF North
Dakota, constitute quartstte whose
music rs anything bu, inspiring TO patri'
otic Americans.
The reign of Democracy In Blooming'
ton Ind, Is likely To come 10 an end
through the candidacy of the present
mayor. John q. Harris. for reelection.
Harris was defeated In the primary by
Joseph Hensley. but refused 10 abide by
the decision and is announced as an IN
dependent candidate. W. ". Weaver ~
the Republican nominee and In the three
cornercd race ls likely To be the winner.
Former Senator Elihu Root. as Is al
most every prominent Republican IN
New York, Is advocating the reelection
of Mayor Mitchell as against Bennett
the regular Republican nominee. - have
known personally every mayor OF New
York In the last fifty years" says Mr
Root. and several Of them have been
my warm personal friends. Yet ] am
satisfied that Mr.. Mitchell has been the
best mayor New York has had IN all
that time"
Although another governor of Missou-
ri will not be elected until 1920. discus
sion Of probable Democratic candidates
has begun. Among the names Of those
discussed are those OF Judge James cow
Gill of Kansas City, retiring chairman OF
the Democratic state committee; W. l.
Kemper OF Kansas City. who II Is inti'
mated will have the support of the Gard
ner administration, John NJ Atkinson
who also ran last year; Wallace Crossley
lieutenant governor. and James n.
Houchin. perennial candidate.
Fear that Hilquit the Socialist candi'
f,te for mayor of New York, will be
elected IL being expressed by obserVers
of the political situation in that city
Hiluults organization has gathered un-
der its wing, not only the ordinary Socia-
list vote. but those voters who are IN
secret opposed 10 the war. those VINO are
o-German In their sympathies ana
those who are disse,isHad with existing
conditions due either 20 nigh prices or
the operations of the draft. II is impos'
sihle 10 measure the combined strength
of all these elements. but it is generally
conceded to be very great.
In the argument OF the promoters "i
the new National party. Launched al Cih'
cago few days ago, and when sup
plants the old Progressive party they
say: at uhe Progressive partyl had too
many conservatives politicians and time
servers in il. II was, moreover too 'prac-
teal and insufficiently idealistic. II couid
not stand failure and disappointment. In
This respect il suffered from excessive
hero worship. When il was first called
into being it really expected to elect ITS
presidential candidate the intensely prac-
,ical Roosevelt. 1t never really got over
the effects of it's initial defeat
L.ookin, far ahead the politicians see
five probable candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for president in l9ZO'
and all members of President wilson
cabinet-Secretary of the Treasury Nc
sdoo: Secretary OF War Baker; Secretary
of Agriculture Houston; Secretary OF
state Lansing and Postmaster-General
purleson. All of these with the eNcep-
,ion of NIcAdoo. should be taken out OF
the calculation AS for McAdoo' ms
holsters expect that his work in the
fiotation of the liberty loans, for the
soldiers and sailors compensation act
and the farm loan system, VIII coinmehu
him so generally TO the Democrats that
bie nomination will he a mere Formally
YOUR SHARE.