The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-22
Epitomization Of Pl ,ss Opinion Over
Recent Defeat of Thomas Pryor Gore

, Rep1 which hints at similar thought
and remarks:
Returns from the Democcatic pri
maries in Missouri and Oklahoma
sound the doom of any effort Of Gov
ernor Cox or his supporters to quib
BILE or stradde in support Of tbs
League of Nations. The popular vote
Of the Democrats in these two states
is unmistakably in favor of the VII.
son league"
That the friends Of the league cor
| troll the Democratic party is the
opinion Of The Boston Herald dnd.
| RepD but, it adds, whether these
constitute any large fraction of the
electorate we shall have 10 wait for
November to tell u.s.
II ran a handicap race and lost"
the Atlanta Constitution Dem.> quotes
from Senator Cores post-eleclion
statement This handicap the paper
asserts was his record on the Lea
que Of Nations issue to which the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Qnd. DENY
agrees while the Grand Rapids Press
undJ uses an even stronger simile
calling Senator Cores action in
joining the extremists" nothing less
than "hs death warrant" The Adrian
Mich, Telegram QndJ sees double
cause for rejoicing for friends oil
President Wilson az we'll as friends
Of the league. The Dallas News Qnd
Dem) welcomes the Senator's success
sor as "a definite gain for those wnc
will try to have the United States
enter the League of Nation"
The Mobile Register DEM is opti-
mistic over the event:
1T appears that the Democratic
party is being given a league man
date in the popular balloting even
before the Fall elections, at which
time the question is, in a manner OF
speaking, referred to the people. The
primary returns are but an lldica.
ton Of the direction in which the
general tide is setting, as far. at least,
as the Democrats are concerned
No local issues We're involved in
the Gore-Ferris campaign, the Rich.
mond TimesDispatch (Dem) points
out "and the issues were sharply
joined" so that the result Is com.
fort and encouragement for every ad-
vocate Of the League of Nations, what
ever may be his party affiliations. /"
The rejection by his constituency OF
this obstructive critic of the presi
dent" says the Norfolk Virginian.
Pilot Qnd. Dem.), Indicates how the
rank and file of Democracy as dis
tinguished from its leaders, stand:
with respect to the league and the
President" indeed, comments the
Charleston News and Courier Dem.
there have been few more striking
Illustrations than this of the rea
purpose and feeling of the peYplc
who make up the Democratic rarty."
The Evansville Courier C)em.
points a moral to the Gore defeat by
suggesting that
Those politicians who think that
it would be good politics for Cover
nor Cox to break with the admins
tration should take counsel from the
primary in Oklahoma and Missouri"
: The same chord is touched by n.
New York Evening Post Ind) which
looks upon the event as "anothe.
lesson for Democratic opponents Of
the league although it takes into
due account the part the blinl Sen
ator's entire war record played ir
the election. The Chicago Journa
Dem) calls the whole affair "a tes
vote for the league" and citing tn.
resolutions in favor of the amendet
covenant by the American Bar Associ
{ ton, draws the conclusion that "wher,
ever the question is fairly studied
the people seem to think that TN
Treaty of Versailles as it stands ii
about the best beginning that could b.
made for an association of powers Il
| put down war"