The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-10


upinion is behind the organized
campaign to protect the youths
agains vencreal disease. The cam
paign begun in war to insure the
military fitness OF men for fighting
is quite necessary to save men Tor
civil efficiency.
! am happy to state to you that
from extensive inquiry into these
things, there has been great inn
provement in the conditions in this
regard among the citizenship of our
town and county, since the report
of our last grand jury. There is dis
played more willing disposition on
the part OF our officers to enforce
said laws. and there exists more
healthy public opinion to back up
these officers in their efforts at
reformation.
But eternal vigilance is just
as much the price OF public cleanl-
ness as it is the price OF liberty, and
in the name of and for the sake OF
the health and vigor OF our young
manhood, | urge upon you to look
carefully into these conditions, and
make your findings a public record
in this court, that the public may be
advised OF such conditions, and an
ever growing public opinion may
become a strong factor in the en-
forcement of such laws. Unfortun-
ately the records OF our courts, are
the chief source and | had almost
said the only source. through which
the public may be informed as to
these conditions.
Inquire diligently also into viola
tions of the liquor and gambling
laws of this state, and return indict-
ments against all violators OF these
laws.
Friends of sobriety and public de
cency have frequently come to me
Of late and complained that Jamaica
ginger extracts are being sold ex-
tensively as beverage in Ardmorc
and elsewhere in our county. This is
a gross violation of the law, and
should receive your special atten
lion. No matter who. what, or where
YOU find such violations of the law,
you should report them.
Purity of the Ballot
The ballot box Is the palladium
Of the liberties of free people.
The purity of the ballot is the sine
lua non of clean and just govern
nent.
1t is openly charged that the re-
cent primary election held in this
county was full of rottenness and
perfidy. Every conceivable device
was resorted to to corrupt the bal
OF and cheat the voter out of an
honest and unprejudiced ballot. 1t
S charged that repeating and illegal
everywhere; that money was used
without stint; that general debauch- /
cry of the ballot was a common |
practice with certain elements; that .
and drinking was seen
everywhere; that the headquarters .
IF certain factions were turned in
to temporary booze Joints, from
which unlimited quantities of booze
we're sent out to corrupt the ballot;
md that even some of the candl-
lates themselves were drinking and
Trunk about the polls while votes
we're being taken.
You have heard the cry of the
!gonizing soul who loved his coun-
ry and her institutions ooh Liberty,
low many crimes are committed in
by name so, too. Gentlemen OF
he grand jury, in these great days
when all the nations Of the world di-
cctly or indirectly, are engaged in
he worlds struggle for liberty, as
.gainst the tyranny of autocracy
.ertain designing parties among our
,wn citizenship secretly stole into
he encampments OF our soldier
,oys, and in the name of patriotism
ought to debauch even these, and
lpon their return fraudulently voted
he names of these soldier boys with
,r without their consent, and for
they themselves were
in order to accomplish
heir evil purpose. 1t is charged that
ertain parties cast votes for and
n the name of many soldier boys
Without the slightest authority. II
his is true, it is the rankest kind OF
orgery. Look earnestly into all these