The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-25

dition in New York state anything
is likely to happen there before the
November election. The politicians
say it is not improbable that Theo-
dorc Roosevelt as Republican and
William X. Hearst as a Democrat
will be the contestants for the gov
ernorship.
1t is expected that the legislature
of Utah will be convened in special
session by Governor hamburger,
some time in July, for the purpose
of considering the national prohibi-
ton amendment. A poll of the
members of both houses indicates
a big majority in favor of such a
session.
The absorbing interest in the
coming Minnesota primary is
whether Burnquist and loyalty or
Lindbergh and bolshevism will win
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor. While the disposition OF the
Democrats is 10 support Burnquist
because Of his splendid war record.
to guard againsy the nomination and
possible election of Lindbergh, they
will nominate either Fred f. Wheat
on or w. L. Comstock, both loyal
Americans and good men.
Henry Ford, although Repub-
lican. has consented to accept
! Democratic nomination for United
States senator IN Michigan. This at
the request Of President Wilson.
Furthermore, the Democrats of
Michigan have urged the Republic
ans to unite with them in support
ing Mr.. Ford, although two other
Republicans, former Governors
Fred M. Warner and Chase S. OBJ
born already have announced their
candidacy for the Republican nomi-
nation.
The several factions Of the Repub
lican party in Illinois are lining up
for their candidates for United
States senator. Doubt ~ to whom
the faction headed by former Gov
ernor Deneen would give its sup
port has been removed by the an
nouncement of State Senator Mar
tin d. Hull, one of the Denee group
leaders, that he favors the nomina-
ton of Congressman George Ed
mund Foss. The other candidates
are Medill Mccormick, who appears
to be backed by the Progressive
wing of the party, and William Hale
Thompson, who is regarded as the
candidate OF the pacihstS.
Nebraska Democratic editors have
gone on record as favoring the sub
ordination OF politics to patriotism
during the war. Among the resolu-
tons adopted by them at their re-
cent convention was the following:
we declare that the true test of
loyalty in this hour OF national peril
to be not allegiance to any party
tenets or leadership, but answering
allegiance to the commander-in-
chief OF all the American forces, at
home and abroad, and instant sup
port of his every purpose and plan
for the performance of our para
mount duty and need-the winning
of the war.
The sulfragists of New York have
gone on record as to their attitude
toward women candidates for the
coming election. Their ideas are
embodied in the following resolu-
ton: Resolved, That if the politi-
cal parties intend to nominate wom-
en- for public Office the New York
City Woman Suffrage aPrty urges
them to choose only those women
who are eminently qualified to hold
the Offices. The City Woman Suf-
frage Party does not approve OF the
nomination of women for public Of
fee merely for the purpose OF ap-
pealing for the woman vote
Definite plans for an active prose-
cution of a nationwide nonpartisan
loyal war congress campaign have
been announced by the National Sc
curity League, of which former SEN
ator Elihu Root is the honorary
president. To obtain a complete
referendum on which to base spe-
cihc action in various districts the
league has laid the matter before
25.000 leading citizens OF all politi-
cal beliefs in all parts of the coun-
try. All OF the eague's 2Sl branches,
including more than 100000 patriot
ic American citizens, are already at
work canvassing the situation in the
congressional districts to which they
are assigned. In a recent address
Mr.. Root said: 81 don't care wheth
er man is a Democrat or a Re
publican or 4 Progressive or So
cialist or a Prohibitionist, or what
not. he must have loyal heart, or
it is treason TO send him TO con-
gress." His idea. and that of the
league, is that in every congressional
district where a candidate suspected
of pacihsm and pro-Germanism IS
likely TO be chosen, the Republicans
and Democrats should units in sup