The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-05
Local Politicians Asking "Where
Will Lightning Strike With All Of
Oklahoma Women Massing at the Polls?"
BY "Redyns"

BY "Redyns"
1t is rather early in the season to
begin talkinf politics, but there are
those who, when the days work is fin
ished, that is, after the whistle has
blown denoting that eight hours have
passed since they came on the job, love
to light the corncob "Hookah," tilt
back their chairs, and let the dope do
its worst.
This is a favorite indoor sport of those
who depend upon the suffrage of the
dear pee.pul for their sinkers and coffee,
and as their tenure in office depends
wholly upon the whim and caprices of
the said dear pee-pul, they are contin-
lually obsessed with the desires to secure
a soft place on which to light.
Next August the voters of Carter
county will be called upon to select can
didates at primary election for officers
who will be elected at a general election
held some time later.
So far as is known there is not a
present incumbent" but who will be
g candidate for the job he is already
holding and none are so busy with
-pTtSell dIltuIS Dul WIdl lHty are plOllS
TO wonder who their probable opponent
will be if they encounter such obstacles
in their pathway to fame.
There is one office to be voted for at
both the primary and general election,
however, who will not come under the
above head for the simple reason that
.he is barred by statute from succeed
ing himself for the third term, and that
is the office of county treasurer.
When the term of office Of S. NJ
Parker expires, July 21st, 1919, he is
further barred from filling the office
again until at least one term has
elapsed, and Mr.. Parker owns too good
a farm, and is too experienced in con,
ducting the same, to give office hold
ing any thought after his present term
expires
But someone is going to want this
office. That is a cinch, and just who
this someone" is going to be is a dark
mystery that many would like to solve
at present. 1t is an open secret that
several are practically avowed candi-
dates for the job, but they are "skeered
O. their hoss" and don't want to make
their desires known yet.
There is a reason for this. Any can
didate does not relish the idea of hav-
ing to spend more to get the office than
it is worth, and with a large and lusty
field of aspirants it is going to be the
survival Of the fittest and the fittest is
apt to be the hombre with the longest
weaZel skin.
Now among those present when the
Son 80. 10 ha
some of those who have sought this
same office in the past, but garnered
a COB of disappointment instead of the
plum.
The office of county treasurer carries
with it a nice little salary, and is an
office much sought after. 1t is one
that requires financial ability to fill
and the voters are very apt to give the
candidates a good looking-over before
casting their ballots.
So far those who have been "promi |
nently mentioned" are all men who
would have no difficulty in delivering
the goods if they were elected and with |
the visible supply already angling for
encouragement there is more than likely |
TO be others added before the ides of |
August, 1920.
There is an element to enter the next
election that has never been reckoned |
with very seriously in the past, but
that this same element is going to cut
q wide swath in election affairs in the
future is a fopgone conclusion, and
that element is the woman vote.
The fair sex have been clothed with
the power of the ballot, and any candi
date who thinks that this is not going
TO cut much of a figure in the general
results, had better begin doing a little
figuring right away, or else he is likely
TO receive a stiff jolt after the ballots
are counted and he is left to wonder
why it all happened.
The general idea that the women are
not going to take advantage of their
new-found power in Carter county in
coming elections had best be dispelled
from the minds of all prospective can