The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
EVERY MAN MUST
BACK LAW OFFICERS
MEMORIAL DAY SPEAKER
POINTS OUT INDIVIDUAL
RESPONSIBILITY.

Clpal Speaket dt the M MemOfldl Day
exercises at Convention Hall yes
terday, in speaking of government,
how it was established" "what it is
what it means to the individual,
said the responsibility resting upon
us now is different from what it has
ever been before; that the state
faces a remarkable situation; that
# we would protect our homes in
Oklahoma, in Carter county and i'll
Ardmore, it is for US to see that the
laws are enforced. He SAID he was
surprised the other afternoon to
read a story OF the conditions all
about us; that an officer was re
ported to have said that the laws
had not been enforced because pub
lie sentiment did not favor it. There
is one citizen, he said, TO whom
that shall not apply in the future.
We ought to be glad, he continued,
to grasp hands and pledge our in
dividual efforts to bring about the
desired result if we want the laws
enforced. He said he was not re
ferring to acy individual, that we
may not have given the assistance
we should have given.
Always In the Vanguard.
Going back, he reviewed the wars
in which the people of the United
States have been engaged and
showed that at all times they wag-
ed war for liberty and freedom
alone. He said:
'As a nation we have occupied
the vanguard of civilization. We
have set precedent for other
countries. Our history has not
been made in peace at all times. In
working out American destinies,
differences have arisen. There was
a civil conflict in which my father
and your fathers took very prom.
inent part, am glad to know the
principle we fought for was right
and the world has come TO see II
was right. Now we meet with each
other, clasp hands, and say we are
VI IOtHtlS = l'C illl phi iNp'i i'"o pNN'
extended. What has done more to
weld the people together than any
thing else was the Spanlsh-Ameri-
can war In that conflict we found
that we are brothers, chat We be-
lieve in the same principle, that We
are Americans and brothers and
that the people in this country must |
stand together 1t is our principle /,
to stand together and determine
what this government is to be. If |
We mean this, courage to stand tor
the system should be in each one
OF us individually, as well as col |
lectively, and love for this system
under which we live, and then there
should be personal responsible
ity'
Ballot Must Be Pure.
The maintenance OF this gov
ernment, he said, depended upon
the purity OF the ballot. lie feared
that we sometimes forget its true
meaning. Ii there is any one thing
meaning more than all else Tor the
perpetuity Of the government, it Is
the individual ballot. |, must be
a pure ballot. one cast Tor an OF
ficer who stands for what Ameri-
cansm is. We have at times elect
ed men to office who were not
worthy Of the trust. The pure bal
ot means more than all else foF
he protection of the home. lie
laid the ballot should be extended
o women. but not ii it meant tax
ng her away from the home, but
{ it means placing the responsible
~ on her shoulders. then she
ought to exercise it just like man.
He talked of the present war
old how as We see men marching ,
way, we realize as We never did
,efore that we are at war. lie re- ,
erred to the obligation resting
Ipon the people, spoke OF the noble
women Of the Red Cross and paid .
hem tribute. He said patriotism !.
5 our business now and It IS what :
" must stand for. :
Jenkins Pays Tribute.
George Jenkins presided at the Y
Meeting and made a short address
nth patriotic fervor. His picture :
( Uncle Sam across the sea was =
beautiful one. He referred feel
lgly 10 the veterans OF the war OF "
le COS and paid them glorious trib- "
te. He told OF the wa:s OF the
-nited States, all for freedom, and
hat has been accomplished by G
lem. He said we CT my age. s.
orn between wars, do not realize G
hat is war. 1t takes punishment o
, make US realize it," tc
-: by tic Philharmonic Club y
lusrtet, with Miss Anne Thomp-
,n at the piano, the audience stood
nd sang The Star-Spangled Ban
er," after which the invocation
as by the Rev. David ii. Cooper
astor of the Broadway Baptist
inrch. Then followed America
: the audience. The Marseil-
ise," was admirably rendered by
Irs. Robert (. Gardenhire. This
as followed by silent rrayer. The
.nediction was by the Rev. +. ".
olden- Howes.
The Ardmore Patriotic Quartet
d not appear and the Philharmon-