The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

are vigorously emphasizing the
fact that the name of President
Wilson was not mentioned in the
two keynote speeches delivered by
Senators New and Watson at the
recent Republican state convention
1t is SO seldom that Virginia
names a new congressman that
when one is elected it is worthy
of more than passing comment.
Schuyler Otis Bland has just been
chosen by the voters of the First
district for the seat Of the late
William A. Jones, who had repre-
sented the district for % years.
Governor McCall's announcement
that he will be a candidate for SEN
ator assures a spirited contest in
Massachusetts,. Ue seeks the seat
now occupied by Senator Weeks.
Mr.. Weeks aspires to succeed him
self. They have been opponents be-
fore. Both are excellent men OF
fine ability.
Women interested in equal SUI
frage are organizing committees III
each of the congressional districts
of Missouri to take an informal bal
lot of all the women in the state
in order to have tangible evidence
to present to the legislature at lis
meeting in January that the ma
jority of the women are favorable
to equal suffrage.
Among the pictures hanging on
the walls of Farragut Post of the
G.. A. r. at Lincoln, Neb., are those
of former Presidents Washington,
Lincoln, Grant and Mckinley, but
motion to hang the picture OF
Woodrow Wilson among these for
mer commanders-i in chief of the
army and navy was rejected by the
post. One of the alleged reasons
for this action of the post was that
Wilson was born in Southern
state.
After receiving a tel, ,ram from
the congressional committee of his
district, the Eighteenth Illinois,
telling Of the adoption of resolu-
tion that "the country needs the
counsel, mature judgment and the
experience gained by long and ef-
ficient service of such men as os-
eph G.. Cannon to guide the nation
the most perilous and crit
ical period in its history" Mr.. Can
non has announced his candidacy
for denomination at the September
primary. Uncle Joe" now 81 years
old, began service in the Forty-third
.- I
The indications heretofore have
been that the Nonpartisan League
in Nebraska would endeavor to ac-
its purposes in that state
by supporting Republican candidate
for office, but the entry of Charles
w. Bryan into the race for the
nomination for COVER
nor changes the situation, and the
league may now attempt to control
action. The personal
plaform of Mr.. Bryan contains a
of planks from the league
and this is taken to mean
that he hopes and expects to re-
ceive the organizations support i'll
he primaries.
Christie Benet, a lawyer of CO.
umbia. has been appointed by Gov
ernor Manning to serve the six
unexpired term of the late
Senator Tillman OF South Carolina.
There were, previous to this ap-
besides the late senator,
hree other candidates for senator.
'iz: Nat b. Rial, lawyer, banker
md msnufacturer, of Laurens; Jas.
Rice, lawyer, of Anderson, and c.
=. Bleas, former governor. who was
defeated by Senator Smyth for the
in 1914. Representative
Asbury +. Lever, chairman of the
OF agriculture of the
louse, was a candidate, but with
rev three days before the time for
he filing of pledges in the Demo
ratio primary expired.