The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-11
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

There are in the present congres
seventeen union labor member:
and leaders say the number will b
much larger in the next congress.
Emil Seidel, former Socialis
mayor of Milwaukee, has been nom
mated for governor of Wisconsin
by the Socialist party.
Enrolment OF voters as member!
OF political parties in Greater New
York shows that there are twice a.
many women members of the Pro
hibition party as men members.
Women voters of Brooklyn have
begun an agitation for more com
Portable voting conditions. They OBJ
ject to registering and voting in
fish markets. cigar stores, barber
shops and tailor shops and they
offer their homes as polling places
for future primaries and elections.
Women of New York who have
enrolled as new voters number 49,
500. OF this number, l6+,722 en-
rolled as Democrats 96,149 as Re
publicaps l4.36o as Socialists, and
3729 as Prohibitionists. Judging by
this enrolment, New York City. al
ready a strong Democratic city,
will be far stronger Democratic i'll
the future.
No doubt the Indiana Democrat
ic platform will receive national
prominence because the Indiana
convention is the first important
Democratic meeting this year Fur
thermore it was not adopted until
after inspection by Vice President
W. X. Hollster, acting
chairman OF the Democratic ma
ional committee, and Representa-
i've Scott Ferris. chairman of the
Democratic congres ssional commit
ee.
ority of only eight in the United
states senate and Republican lead
RS are claiming that that majority
viii be wiped out in the November
lection. The Republicans predict
hey will gain seats in Kansas, New
hampshire, Illinois and possibly in
dontana and Nevada. The Demo
rats are making no predictions be-
ond expressing the confidence that
hey will retain all the seats now
eld by Democrats.
Political waters i'll Michigan have
cen stirred to their deepest depths
Y the entrance OF Henry Ford into
he senatorial race i'll that state.
ord is by no means persona grata
, the Republicans OF Michigan or
+ the nation, ior they do not re
ard him as Republican. They
.el that if he is sent to the senate.
e will undoubtedly vote with the
Democrats and for the administra-
on every time an issue is joined,
nd that is exactly what they do not r
ant.
The lines have been drawn in
Iaine, the first state to hold an
ection this year. ov. Carl +. Mil
ken and Senator Bert NJ. Fer
I'D have been renominated by the
epublicans. The Democratic can
date for governor is Bertrand &.
'cGinley and for senator Elmert
ewbert. Maine is reliably Repub T
an, but the fight OF the Repub-
ans will be to increase their ma :
rity, while that of the Democrats y
III be to reduce it. The old say
& thus "As Maine goes, so goes r
t Union, will be heard many
mes during the campaign.
There are three candidates for the
publican nomination ior COVER
r OF Olio-former Gov. Frank II
Willis, Edwin ones and John II.
mold. The indications up to this
ne are that Willis would win the
bat now comes the c;
lio State Journal, which boasts D
having participated in the for il
4tion OF the Republican party" el
through all the years has been o
{ OF the partys ablest organs, el
in unequivocal language urges fl
. Republicans OF the state not to "a
Ike the mistake OF renominating D,
, former governor. The tone OF OF
e Journals declaration makes II Ia
possible for it to support Mr.. hi
Ills, ii nominated. C.