Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-30
CHANDLER VOTE
is AMERICANISM
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have stood by the president. They
have supported every war measure
OF the administration.
Now what about the republican
members, Chandler and Morgan? +?
Have they, too, stood by the presI-
dent? Tho records show that they
have. Why, then, are they not en-
titled TO reelection the same as the
democratic members? How can any
democrat conscientiously vote
against man who has stood faith
fully by the democratic president?
or how can any republican consci-
entiously vote against a Democrat
who has stood faithfully by his coun-
try? No republican and no demo-
crat who honestly puts his country
above his party can cast such a
vote. What more can any American
exact OF his representative in con-
gress than that he support the gov
ernments war program?
Two excellent democrats have
been nominated In the districts rep
resented by the republicans. Mr..
Howard. the present state auditor. Is
opposing Mr.. Chandler in the First
district. My Hyde is opposing Mr..
Morgan in the Eighth. Nobody ques-
tonsAhat Mr.. Howard and Mr., Hyde,
II elected, would faithfully support
tho war program. But they could
not show any greater fidelity to the
administration than the republican
congressman have shown. The demo-
cratic candidate for congress In the
First and Eighth districts cannot
criticises their opponents. They must
admit that IL they had occupied those
seats they would have voted Just as
Representative Chandler and Nor
gan have voted. They can only
promise their constituents that IL
sent to congress they will be as loyal
to the government as Mr.. Chandler
and Mr.. Morgan have been.
THE one American enterprise to-
day Is the winning OF the war. The
one real political party in the United
States today is the American party.
On that platform we all profess to
stand. With the Oklahoman that
platform is not mere utterance to
please the ear; 1t is a profound faith
The essential meaning of that plat
form is thls-that our public servants
who have kept the faith in this
critical test shall be rewarded. We
cannot in sincerity repudiate those
who have been loyal.
president Wilson has. In effect,
taken this position himself. At a
critical juncturc, in addressing con-
Eress, he declared "poaitics Is ad-
journed." He has never since de-
clared that politics Is reconvened,
But he has repeatedly intcrvened for
the defeat of members of congress
who had not supported the war pro-
gram and for the nomination OF
men who made support of the war
program their platform. the demo-
Gratis of Minnesota are going to join
with the Republicans in returning
the veteran republican, Knute, Nell
son. to the senate, and they will do
1t with the cordial approval OF Presi-
dent Wilson. The history OF Henry
Fords senatorial candidacy in Michi-
gan is familiar to all. Other In
stances might be cited showing that,
in the presidents judgment. the fit
ness of a candidate for congress is
determined by his record on war
measures II he has been a depend
able win-the-war congressman send
him back.
"The Oklahoman, therefore. stands
unqualifiedly for tho reelection of
Robert l. Owen to the United States
senate, and for the reelection to the
house OF T. a. Chandler in the First
district; w. w. Hastings in the Sec
ond district c. d. Carter in the Third
district; Tom ID. McKeown in the
Fourth district; Joe Il. Thompson in
the Fifth district; Scott Ferris in the
Sixth district; Jim McClintic in the
Seventh district, and Dick T. Morgan
in the Eighth district-all loyal
Americans, tried and proved. Let US,
the voters of oklahoma, vote for
those men. Let us go to the polls on
November 5, not as democrats, not as
republicans, but as loyal Americans.