The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-23
What Will the Conventions Do
(By }. 5. MULLEN)
CBy j. :. Munonj

lBy j. $. Mullonl
Every American citizen reserves
unto himself the right of being 4
king, his kingdom being the right to
vo:e and hold and adversely to crti
else the office holder This is sea
son where in accordance with our
custom, politics is rampant and real.
ly a man is not good citizen unless
he manifests more or less interest in
politics. The conventions Of the re.
spective major parties arc imminent
According to the viewpoint of today,
Republicans.
HIRAM JOHNSON. Senator John.
son, of California, is the best vote
getter the republicans have. He will
not be nominated for president, how.
ever, because:
(ffrst)-He Is on the rim of the
continent therefore, not geographi.
cally situated right
tSccond)-He bolted the convention
In 1872 and the standpatters have
neither forgotten nor forgiven
Third)-In 1916, by his coolness
exhibited toward nominee Hughes, the
latter lost California and through
That. the presidency Hughes and his
friends will never forgive this.
F'ourth)-He is opposed unalteraby
TO the league of nations in any form.
His strength lies in his magnetism as
an orator IN being able to appeal to
the great masses that compose the
Industrial unrest and the ro.German
ana TO the dissatisfied. but he is 4
factor to be reckoned with
HARDING. Senator Harding. of
Ohio, is Il typical American gentle.
man. honest. impressive, popular and
brainy. His indecisive victory in his
homo and pivotal state of Ohio. al.
most eliminated him. The Boise Pen.
rose crowd was believed TO be for
him. but it is a political maxim that
he who cannot carry overwhelmingly
MS own state, had better not enter
the race
WOOD: Wood will not be nomi.
mated for the following reasons:
Firsp-His aggressive campaign in
states where there are favored sons
mas irrevocably incurred their displeas.
ure and in other states where fav.
Crite son sentiment Is absent. h, has
secured the i'll will of Johnson and
otner candidates so that they would
no. throw their vote to him
tSecond9 Ther, is slight hint
that large combinations OF capital
arc iurthering his candidacy in the
nope o. his nomination and election
and that his stubborn military spirir
VIII % used to subdue the industrial
unrest so prevalent in the country
His iron hand as military moster
was witnessed at Gary in the steel
strike. or course it will be conceded
that at times the bayonet is to bo
preferred to the sophistry of mere
discussion and /, may be that the
Gary affair was an incident of this
cnaractcr but whether il is or NOT
ne has secured the i'll will of labor
generally.
~ h'AlVil vi congress
po'h houses Enthusiastically displays the
sentiment of the country as 10 mi.
Versal military training. This was
Heneral Woods principle plank. To-
gether with his record as am execu
i've in Cuba and the Philipnines
There are merits and dement's to this
idea, but We have recently undergone
terrible ordeal in the exercis, g O,
military power in the world war and
1t is sound PSYCHOLOGY for the pendu
lum of the public mind to swing the
other way and now be opposed large
ly To militarism. The mantle of the Ia
mented Roosevelt is supposed to GOV
or the living Wood and he and John
son have endeavorcd to show them
selves capable of this inheritance.
KNOX; a suggestion OF Senate,
Knox was made because Of the in
hcrent complexity OF the situation a.
observed by Senator Bo!es Penrose
the most dominating figure among