The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-09
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS,
Six United States senators, three
. Democrats. Lane OF Oregon, Stone
OF Missouri and Nardaman OF Mis-
sissippi, and three Republicans, La
Toilette Of Wisconsin, Gronna OF
North Dakota and Norris OF Ne
braska. voted against the declara-
ton OF war. Lane and Stone are
dead. and Nardaman, whose term
expires March I, 1910, has been de
icated for denomination in his par
tvs primary. La Toilette has been
accused OF utterlng reasonable
sentiments in public speech, and
a committee OF the senate has been
appointed to investigate the charge,
but action has been deferred until
after this years election. Gronna,
who has two years yet to serve in
the senate, is a member OF the exc
cutivc committee OF the Republi-
can Publicity Association. Norris
has lust been renominated in the
Republic primary. defeating a can
didate who ran on a 100 per cent
American platform.
The fourteenth plank OF the plat
form adopted by the Missouri Dem
ocratic state convention OF l9lSI
reads as follows: I'VE advocate the
enfranchisement OF women to the
federal constitution now pending be-
fore congress; firstly, because the
president has urged this as neces-
Sarv war measure; secondly. because
the eniranchisement OF women Is
simple democratic justice to women,
and thirdly the enfranchisement OF
women is a public policy otherwise
advantageous to the state. We be-
lieve that the enfranchiSement OF
women will tend to increase the in
terest Of men and women in the po-
litics OF the state and nation. and, .
so believing, advocate it as a public /.
policy beneficial to the public veal
Notwithstanding this, Senator James /
\. Reed, elected by the Democrats .
OF Missouri and expected to voice .
their sentiments and hopes on the .
floor OF the senate, on oct. !, 1918,
misrepresented the Missouri democ-
racy by casting his vote against the
women suffrage amendment.
With the trend OF events and re-
ports from all the thirteen congress
sjonal districts in Indiana the Dem
ocratic state central committee feels
confident that their party will gain
several seats in the lower house. The
present standing is nine Republican
representatives against four Dem
ocrats. To offset this claim the Re-
publicans declare that they will
lose no seats and expect to gain one
more and possibly two more repre-
,entatives. In addition, both parties
claim that their entire state ticket
will be elected.
Among the political probabilities
IS the defeat OF Governor Philip OF
who has been renominat-
ed Tor a second term. \ number OF
Republican leaders and many OF the
rank and file oi the party refuse to
support him because OF his anti-war
record. The political situation IN
the state. because OF this opposition
to Philip. /, such that the Republi-
can state committee has issued a
call to Colonel Roosevelt, Senators
.odge and Borah and other national
leaders TO assist 1t in its campaign.
Although Henry Ford is the Dem
ocratic candidate for United States
senator from Michigan, he will not
permit his campaign to be managed
by the Democratic state central
committee. 1t i to be managed by
a "nonpartisan" committee and this
committee will practically be a
concern. as Mr.. Ford ad-
heres TO his decision not TO spend a
dollar IN the campaign.