The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
AWAIT
TUESDAY CONTEST
WITH CONFIDENCE
STATE CAMPAIGN COMMIT
TEE CHAIRMAN FORECASTS
ELECTION OF TICKET
BY $4,000.

Oklahoma City, Nov. 2.-Hugh NJ
Johnson, of the Democratic State
Campaign Committee, issued the
following statement tonight: The
state campaign which closes tonight
stands unprecedented i'll the MS
tory of the country, coming as It
did on the heels of necessary war ac-
tivities which took up our time and
chief consideration. We were then
met by unusual health conditions
which forbade the usual activities
incident to campaign work. The
epidemic has not only curtailed or
ganization work and prevented all
public meetings but has proven a
serious handicap in reaching the vot-
erS. Naturally the vote will be con-
siderable reduced but i'll this re-
spect the two political parties Will
suffer alike.
Our returns indicate beyond ques
ton that the patriots OF Oklahoma
have heard the call OF the presl-
dent. Oklahoma has always been
the home OF the Patriotic. Tuesday
the approval OF President Wilson )
poSpold olp oqM oSoW pur sa!oHod
10 support the mwill be voiced by a
plurality OF not less than $4,000
votes. This plurality will come from
the Democratic stronghold where
enthusiastic response to the pres
idents call has overcome all apathy,
The entire state ticket will receive
the united support of these voters.
"In the First Congressional Dis
trict. T. B. Howard's election is as
sured. He has made splendid fight
against a most aggressive opposl-
ton. He will carry every county III
his district. c. b. Hyde, congress
sional nominee in the Eighth dis
trict, has made an aggressive and
effective campaign although he has
a long established Republican plu>
ralitv to overcome. | believe that
he will come out of the lar west
ern counties with surprising plu-
rality. sufficient to overcome the
vote OF his opponent.
The legislature of course has
never been in doubt. We have in
formation that leads us to believe
that the limited republican member
ship in the past will be reduced IL
several instances.
Our opponents have utterly failed
to see the real issue that is interest
ing the people. A futile effort has
been made to detract attention from
winning the war land center it
around so-called state issues. They
have sought by misrepresentation
to cover up their utter disregard OF
patriotic cooperation with the ma
tional administration and have at
tempted to form an unholy alliance
with the Socialist along line laid
down by State Chairman Geissler
who was thrown out for political ef-
fect merely because he had started
the Socialistic union with Republi-
can forces.
This attempted fusion with Sicial-
ist leaders, who have always open
" opposed the president and his
every war policy, stands in marked
contrast to the issues as advanced
by the Democrats OF Oklahoma.
1--WE are appealing to the thought
iul voter who places patriotism first
and partisanship last. He knows
that President Wilson has whipped
his detractors in the field of diplo-
macy as he has whipped his oppon-
ents on the field of warfare. The
Republicans demand change and
critcise the president because he
refused to declare war on Bulgaria,
vet Bulgaria today has been silenced
and removed from Hun control.
They befamed the president because
he did not declare war on Turkey,
vet the whole world sees Turkey IN
the line of surrender. Intelligence is
not dead in Oklahoma neither is
patriotism toy for designing poll
ticians. Tuesday we know the YER
dict will be rendered by an unmis-
taxable majority, and in unmistak-
able terms"