The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-02

@''o'V ~ S"'VVV Il year tocS lul meet !
with general favor in either the senate
or house, and is not likely to pass.
1t is taken for granted that former |
Governor Joseph w. Folk and Charles |
NJ. Hay known as the dry" leader of |
Missouri. will be candidates for the |
Democratic nomination for United States |
senator in 1920 against Senator William |.
j. stone. And there win he others
William Sul2er, the governor of New |
York who was impeached, is in the lime
light again Sul2er got $4,000 for max, |
ing campaign speeches in support of
Mayor Mitchell, in the recent New York
City election, according to information
obtained 10y the district attorney, but
record of which was not filed accord.
ing to the laws requirement.
I'm New York City the authorities are
trying to solve the mystery of the col
lection and expenditures of the biggest
campaign fund in the history of the
city, and investigating startling election
croukedness In Philadelphia the mayor
has been indicted on a charge Of con.
tempt of court, violation of election
laws and malfeasance in office
\ peculiar state of affairs exists IN
Michigan City, Ind. Fred c. Miller the
mayor elected a few weeks ago, is an
alien enemy, and a permit allowing him
to enter the barred zone Of the city was
| required before he could perform his
| duties as mayor Two Michigan city
councimen and two members of the
police force also have obtained alien
enemy permits,
Votes of New York City soldiers, final
! ~ received and counted. made no
change in the relative standing of may.
orally candidates in the municipal cam.
paign there last month. Mayor-Elect
John f. Hylan received 15722 soldier
votes while Mayor Mitchell received
| 6,22S and Morris Hillquit, the Socialist
candidate 37l7. New York City sol
diers voted almost to for woman
suffrage, the vote being l1l39 for and
S,I53 against
"A dry United States in 1918" This
is To be the slogan of the forces that are
to work from now on for ratification by
the states through their respective leg.
islatureS of the nationwide prohibition
amendment which has passed both
houses of congress. The Anti-Saloon
| | t,.,11 k,1,
a national scale for the purpose of
working to obtain ratification of the
amendment by the various state legis-
| latures.
Nominally this dry" amendment to
the constitution which congress has
submitted to the several states for rati
tication contemplates nothing but the
interdiCtion Of the manufacture, impor-
tation, sale and use of intoXicants, but
the vets contend that it is in fact
a deadly assault upon the basic prin-
ciples of the republic. Its purpose is
to subject more than half of the people
of the United States, embraced in a
narrow area, to the sumptuary regula-
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continent.
Declaring that if Senator Reed had
gotten his way the country would now
have been completely at the mercy of all
the food gougers and exploiters in the
United States and the prices of sugar
and everything else would have been
| g I,a
Sun goes on to say: Mr.. Hoover has
not been able to prevent all eXtortion,
but he has put down the brakes and
kept the wild horses from running
away with us. The country has con-
fidence in Mr. Hoover's integrity, and,
in the main, his judgment; and that
confidence will not be shaken by a sen.
a;or with such "a past as Mr.. Reeds.
or by a sugar refiner with such a
crouch as Mr. Spreckels."
While Governor Gardner of Missouri
will call a special session of the legis.
lature early in the year to consider
tax matters, he will recommend no ac.
ton on the national prohibition amend
]
ing that there would be plenty of time
in which future sessions could take ac.
ton on prohibition measures, inasmuch
as the states have seven years in which
to ratify the amendment The present
house of representatives and the state
senate are dry" The house favored
| all dry measures by IA majority of
from SO to 30 votes during the last ses
sion of the Legislature. Both branches
of the Legislature have been dry" for
several sessions
Good as New.
: During his vacation a lawyer met an
old friend in the village and their con
versation drifted to discussion of the
natives. A young farmer came under
their view.
Hes a fine,looking young fellow, .
said the lawyer.
"Y.e.e-s," asserted his friend
We'll, anyway, he has a mighty good
head"
ut ought to be good. was the reply
That mans head is brand new-he's
never used it Minneapolis Trib
une.
Afternoon Tea.
London Chronicle: What is Afternoon
tea? In the food controllers regula
tiOns no provision is made for a sup