The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-14
CORES PLATFORM AND HIS
RECORD.

Muskogee Phoenix -" Senator
Gore will run strong in the
sticks" his manager say "The
country boys who were against
the war and the draft will vote
for him almost as a man.
What SANDER, what malignant
trcachery and treason
Gore frankly counts for his
support upon those who resent
ed being taken from their homes
and placed in the ranks Of Amer
ieas army. He fans the fires OF
bitterness that still smoldcr IN
the hearts of those who thought
they had "raw deal. Hc ap-
pcais to those who felt that it
WAS none of Uncle Sam S busl'
ness if his people were murdered,
his sacred rights destroyed and
the world ravished. He looks for
his votes from those who had
rather be o comfortable coward
than courageous man who
fights that his word OF honor
might be upheld.
Gore and his managers make
no mistake in proclalmlng the
Gore platform. But it cannot be
That Oklahoma is IA land OF slack
ers, that this fair state will en-
dorse such a policy.
Very insidously now he at
tempts to paint his acts with
coat of patriotism. He would for
get his attitude when America
was at war and her brave boys
dying cover there" and Shift the
light of public scrutiny upon
policies that have arisen since the
war ended. In view OF this OILY
disposition which he is developing
it might not be amiss to again
set forth in part-to present his
treacherous record in full would
require too many colrlmns-the
record Mr.. Gore made IN the
dark days of trouble.
Mr.. Gore was absent and not
voting when the war resolution
was presented in the senate, lie
declared in a speech i'll this city,
however, that had he been III the
senate chamber he would have
voted against the resolution.
He opposed a bill to increase
the salary Of the soldiers, rcferr-
inr to them as sunshine pa
triots" and asking if they must
have "valcts, chircpodists and
manicuiists. He finally succeed
ed in defeating the measure
Gore was one of eight senator's
out of 96 to vote against the Sc
lective draft. With America IN
the war he would have deprived
her of needed strength and doom
ed her 10 defeat by humiliation.
He was one Of four senator's
Gore, LaFollette, Vardaman and
Gronna--t6 support the net?rl-
ous LaFollette substitute, meas
ure that could not have been
more pro-Gcrman had the kaiser
written it himself.
He was absent and not voting
when the McCumber amendment
which required slackers and coa-
scientious objectors to serve IN
the army, was presented. lie had
been in his seat i'll the senate ~
minutes before and he knew that
the McCumber Amendment was
to be presented.
He publicly asked the senate
TO excuse him from voting upon
the second draft law, written to
raise an army to support our boys
at that time fighting and DYING
in France. The bill passed 10 TO
0. Senator Gore of Oklahoma
alone, was the only man not WIZ
ing to help our soldiers III
France.
lie contemptuously SANDER
ed our Great army by rising IN
the senate and lnqulrlnS; VII
ask the senator ii he thinks al
army of conscriptcd slackers
would be equal to an army OF pa
triotic volunteers !
Again he sought to do the
kaiser's work and to make sure
if it lay in his power, the collapse
of the war by seeking to .ns
America s hands with the follow
ING measure: That until con
gree otherwise provides no pan
of the moneys raised or received
nndcr the authority of this act OF