The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-18
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS
Missouri Republicans, it is report
ed, are to make real fights this year
for the election Of their congress
ional nominees in the Seventh,
Fights, Thirteenth and Fifteenth
districts.
Suifragists have been greatly
heartened bv the announcement OF
Gov. \. O. Stanley OF Kentucky, the
Democratic nominee for United
States senator to succeed the late
Ollie NJ. James, that ii elected he
would vote for the federal suffrage
amendment. James was bitter OPP
ponent OF woman suffrage.
Although there were four candi-
dates for senator and ten for United
States senator and vigorous cam
paign was waged the total vote cast
at the 1918 Nebraska primary was
much short OF the vote OF the pri-
mary OF 1910. the total vote of that
year being lo2055. This year the
vote was only lS49S5.
Two former presidents. RooSe-
welt and Taft. are TO campaign IN IL
linois for the election OF MediIl Nc
Cormick, Republican nominee for
United States senator. 1t IS an
nounced that the services OF sub
stantialy all of the Republican SEN
ators and representatives have been
rendered to Mr.. McCormick for the
campaign.
Kansas Republicans ate protest
ing against the appearance OF VIII
liam G.. McAdoo on movie screens.
They contend that the liberty bond
movies now being exhibited are de
signed more to boost McAdoo tor
the presidency than to promote the
sale OF liberty bonds. The Kansas
screen censors will probablye be
asked to "cut out McAdoo.
Altogether there are 2,3S7 offices
to be filled at the November cleo
ton in New York state, and there
are lSO women candidates. The dis
naritv is large. but it is due to the
fact that the election will be the
first general election at which the
women have voted. OF these l5o
women candidates the Democrats
nominated 40 and the Republicans
Is. The others are nominees OF So
cialists. Prohibitionists and lnde-
pendcnts. Eight women are running
for conereSs-hve Socialists. two
Democrats and one Republican,
A bill to prevent corrupt practices
in the election OF senators and rep
resentatives has been passed by both
houses OF congress and sent to the
president for approval, and will be-
come a law as soon as he signs IT.
The bill is designed to put an end
to bribery OF various kinds in oper.
alton in elections OF members oil
congress in many states and to MAKE
it possible to prosecute and PUNISH
vigorously corrupt practices IN these
elections. Penalties for violation OF
the law are fires OF not more than
81 900 or Imprisonment Tor not more
than a year. or both, in the dlscre-
tion of the court.
A delegation OF Missouri Repub-
lcan leaders-Judge Spencer, sena-
torial nominee Jacob l.. Babler ma
tional committeeman W. /. Cole
state chairman, and "Liv' Morse
have been on a pilgrimage to Wash
ington to beseech the Republican
congressional campaign committee
to send money to Missouri to help
finance the senatorial and congres-
sional campaigns and spellbinders
TO plead the cause OF the party can
didates. 1t is said that they present
ed glowing prospects of success, but
that the committee was not deeply
impressed by them. and it is prob
able that they will not receive the
$4,000 campaign fund they asked
for and that not many speakers OF
national reputation will be sent to
the state.
Whether President Wilson shall
or shall not have a hand in the So
luton of the problems OF postwar
adjustment is the big political IS
sue now before congress and 1t is
likely toprecipitate the most bitter
partisan discussion that has been
heard on the floors OF the capitol
since the declaration of war, Two
bills providing for the readJustment
OF governmental relationships
are before the senate. One OF these,
rhe Overman bill would empower
the president to appoint commis-
sion of experts for this work. Ihe
other, the Weeks bill, would EN-