The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-16

SdI, a Lec OT d III dHI. 4NO! w
live in a mercenary age Six
thousand years ago the world
had a greater civilization than
we have today. Does civiliza-
ton consist Of high buildings,
of rapid transit, of all the man
ifestations of science which are
seen on every hand No. Civ
ilization lives in the heart and
mind of the people, it is made
up of your conception of right
and honesty and honor. Some
men are honest according to
their conceptions Of honesty,
but I'll be hanged if they don't
have a low conception or hon
esty."
The crowd laughed. Right
o, Bill" some man in the audi
ence shouted.
"The trouble with the people
is they don't vote right" con-
tinued the speaker "In the
old days, in the days during
the Mexican War, the people
of Missouri were glad to vote
for statesmen, men like Thomas
A. Benton, who had the longest
continuous term Of service up
to that time of any member of
congress. That was in the
good old days when men kept
close to right principles. Today
The people Of the great state
If Missouri prefer to vote for
men who suck eggs and hide
he shells"
The crowd laughed some
-'ore.
"Oh, you needn't laueh. We
do the same thing right hero
n Oklahoma" shot back the
'peaker.
"The man who defeated m
for congress has voted right
on some Of the Fundamental
war measures and | want hin
g TO be reelected. I'll vote t.
, keep him in congress-" de-
clared Mr.. Murray. at wont
do to vote any man out who
votes right in this crisis Why
I'd 90 to Wisconsin and vote
! for a Republican if | thought
he had taken the right stanc
p on the war questions. This is
= no time for a demagogue or 8
partisan.
The war is not going to enc
. this year. | said last fall thai
, it might last three years or i
/ might last ten years. | stanC
by that declaration now. The
= war may end by some DEGREES
$ of fate, by some intervention
2 Of providence, but it will no
| end by the force of arms.
> eve have heard much abou
the congressional investigation
J, Of military shortcomings The
+ average congressman doesn'
e know any more than you d.
= about the military establish.
e ment. And what you know i
i nil. | know that's plain talk
g but it's time for plain talk"
4 Then the speaker got dow
to figures.
e "To get a million men owe
n on the other side, with all it
l. equipment, its powder AM
e shot and food and clothing an,
e medical supplies is a goo,
d three years job. Suppose yo
n put one million men in Europe
8, Every six months you must fl.
d up the gaps with a half millio
s men. And you can't do i
T You can't transport a half mi
5, lion men over the seas ever
It six months. Doesn't that loo
h like some military difficulty?
= Then the speaker took a sla
r at the fellow who says he won
d fight unless the country is il
d vaded.
=, Men say If Germany send
troops over to this country i
It fight He's a liar He'd rul
d | don't blame men for not d(
r. string to fight, but | do blam
k them for not answering the ca
y to duty.
Is 81 challenge any man t
J. show me nation in all histor
l. that did not have a war ever
d generation. That includes ou
a own nation. We never had
o great war that we didn't hav
e twice the number of troops {
% the enemy. We enlisted 800
600 men against 100000
le the Revolutionary War an
i then we couldn't win withol
is the help of foreign nations. 4
" Yorktown one-third of all {
e Washington's troops wer
d Frenchmen. But history doesn
y. tell you that. Why, we wouldn
lie even give France credit in OF
l. school books. But we're goin
G. +o now tha+ daht and wa'ra or