The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-27

by both houses OF the legislature
and signed by the governor.
Two octogenerian members OF
the house, Joseph G.. Cannot of Hi
noiS and Isaac Il. Sherwood OF Ohio, |
who entered congress together As
years ago, are expected to run for
reelection this year One is Re /
publican and the other a Democrat; |
both occupy an unusual position in
relation to their colleagues. Parti-
san animosities have been greatly
wood first stepped into the arena,
Today each OF these veterans has as
many friends on the opposite side OF /
the house as he had among his own
party colleagues.
Members OF congress arc prepar- |
ing for the annual contest over the /
establishment OF a national budget |
system, which was indorscd by cv-
cry political party in 1910, which has /
been recommended by President
Wilson time and again and which
was strongly advocated by Charles |
Evans Hughes, the Republican par
tvs last presidential candidate. The
budget system seems to be favored !
by everybody except a few congress
men, who would lose the chairman |
.lt the system should be adopted and |
who so far have been powerful /.
enough to block the necessary leg |
lSlat1on to adopt it,
1t appears that there was some |
dlckering over the spoils at the be- |
ginning OF the administration Of
Governor Gardner OF Missouri. |
There were two applicants for state
insurance commissioner, Charles
tnrlght and Alfred II. Harty both |
strong Gardner men, and rumor has |
1t that it was agreed that Enright F.
should serve the first two years OF T.
the term and Harty the last two, /
but things have so shaped them
selves that Enright will serve |
throughout The four-year period. |
surance commissioner in place Of
Walter X. Chorn, resigned. And |
all is well that ends well, say all of .
them.
Out IN California there is boom
let Tor William Howard Taft for the
Republican nomination Tor president !
IN I920. Those behind the boomlet
nave tins to say OF the former presi-
dent; iiiS actions since the cleo
'loh OF wilson have been such as to
cause an awakening and increasing /
admiration lor the man. lie is
Droad-ihinded and UNNECESSARILY |
greater than the little Bull MooSers |
VINO succeeded IN SidetrackinS him. |
Even ms political enemies have re-
ESea tneir views OF lalt' and rec
o9liized III MN one OF the country $
Ied1y great men Ihere IS not today
in"SSeS OI lHe american people as
chi IeS'ueIlI ldlt'
y ext November ior the third
tlile' NllSsourianS Will have an op-
PoI'u"lly 10 vote 1or the adoption
ol IeJec''oll Oh pfohlDition amend
Iue"t TO lne state constitution, and
tne GryS are confidently predict
ing aooPtioh' IN I9lO the prohlbl-
Hon amendment was beaten by a
IlaJoIl'y OF 10 20 votes he total
80lt SoI Ca, cast Ior lne amendment was
1u| 'II'' OF Wlllch only 6,Z4I was IN
d. LOUIS Inc vote against the
@IHenuineht ,Io1 was 4z9'4oo' OF which
I'4'?oo were cast against 1t III 81.
LOUIS III I9lo the olhcial count OF
lne Note on constitutional prohbi-
''oH Ior missouri showed Z94,ZSS
ETl[S a,C cast LOT the amendment and
4lo'o-o against d large part OF winch
W, WAS no'cG III the CITY OF It. LOUIS.
Inc wet majority was IZZ,95S.
ColS IcS'I'ah Lonroot, running as
d IoyaIis'' won the Republican noml-
nation lor senator IN Wisconsin by
d lIarro" majority put the primary
returns snow that thousand OF Re