The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-22

"The Republican Publicity AS
sociation, which is collecting 81, $780,
600 from manufacturers to take Con-
gress away from the President,
SAYS the Providence News, has
begun its campaign of villification
in a statement sent broadcast, accus-
ing the president and the Demo
cratic party of using the war as a
mask to find jobs in the Labor
Department for men who cannot
find work elsewhere.
The Republican attack is publish
ed with the title, Under the Kobe
OF War and insinuates that the
administration is blackjacking Con-
gress into voting money for alleged
war purposes, when the real intent
is to find Jobs for the faithful. NO
Republican Senator would dare
stand sponsor for this scurrilous
attack upon the president and the
Labor department, but the Publicity
Association is used to make it over
the signature of Jonathan Bourne,
Jr.
The real trouble is that this
money will be expended by bureaus
in every states to provide labor for
factories. Big employers, will have
to take men sent by the several
state bureaus inst cad OF men hired
by strikebreaking agencies. The Ell
fort Of the government to bring
labor and employer together without
the assistance of outside agencies
is denounced as political steal.
Under the new method no man need
leave his state to find a job. 1t
will be found for him by the gov
ernment during the term OF the war.
This is what is called graft by the
Republican gentlemen, who, under
the lead OF VIII Hays, OF Indiana,
have started out to get control OF
congress.
This is only the first attack in
many planned on the patient man IN
the White House and his associates,
who are working out the problems
OF the war. The stupid people be-
hind the scheme will hear from the
American people in November.
Elon Il. Brown, Republican lead
er in the Senate, has announced that
he will not be candidate this tall.
He gives as his reason the break
down of party government at
! Albany. with a consequent loss OF
efficiency in the conduct OF the al
fairs of the state" Senator Brown
is a man who has been i'll position
to know what he speaks about and
is an Whitman man, as can be
plainly seen.-Waterloo On. W
| Observer.
Secretary McAdoo has called up
on all local draft boards to acquaint
drafted men with the provisions OF
the soldier-insurance law, and to
urge every drafted man to take out
this insurance. The boards have
been furnished with literature to
aid them in this educational work.
The law affording insurance to
our fighting forces has we'll been
called the most just and humane
provision ever made by nation tor
its soldiers and sailors. The govern
ment and the American people re-
cognize the justice OF aftording tins
protection to the men who risk their
lSves for their country, and TO their
families and dependents at home.
1t is only just to themselves and to
their families and dependents that
our fighting men avail themselves
of this observation-disclosures
| On. c. Patriot.
The present war is merely con-
test OF initiative, and as a conse-
quential result is bringing new men
and leaders to the fore, men whose
latent genius and abilities was here
tofore not recognized, observes the
Ashland. (O.) Press. Promotions
were never so rapid, either III the
business or military life as during
the past two years. The demand OF
the world is for the man who thinks
for himself, who stands above the
crowd OF followers, the man who
knows what he is doing, and goes
about it with determination.
One OF the greatest barriers OF
human progress is precedent. A
man must have courage and initia-
tive if he is to act contrary to pre-
cedent, which is SO dear to the
crowd. But this is merely the quail
ties OF a good leader, a leader who
can see the benefits to be derived by
repudiating some set custom, and
supplanting in its stead one that
more fittingly meets the demand OF
the occasion.
No better illustration can be
found than in the case of Josephus
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy.
Many OF the antiquated systems he
eliminated or discarded. as the pro-
motion by seniority and the formal
letter writing between heads OF de
partments. Former prejudices and
red-tape were eliminated. The re-
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