The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-06-18
WIND j AWNING NOT THE
TEST.

the cHdHlplOH WlHu- JdlHllltI toll
necessarily qualify him for the
office of United States senator
Mr. Cores ability as speaker
and debater is conceded even by
his most ardent enemies. Ills
eloquence, his humor and his
skill in marshalling words enable
him to play upon the emotions
Of his hearers at will 1t is no
trouble at all TO him to take any
position he chooses and put up a
perfectly notwithstanding talk
in favor of it and the sympathy
which he never fails TO evoke
renders it all the easier for him
to get away with it. If ability to
move crowd with oratory were
the sole test Of craftsmanship, Mr..
Gore would clearly be entitled
TO the nomination for senator in
preference to Scott Ferris, who is
man Of action rather than
words
Mr. Gore and his friends
who are constantly clamoring for
Joint debate would gladly stake
their cause on the wind-jammlng
ability of the senator. When Al
Jennings. the ex-train robber,
was running for governor. he
was constantly craving a chance
10 debate with his opponents. Al
is skilled speaker and debater
inst as Mr.. Gore is, and regard
less of his shady past, he was
perfectly willing to risk his fate
on his ability to put up an ap-
pealing harangue but thoughtful
people knew that his oratory- was
no test of his fitness for the high
office he sought.
The issue in the senatorial
campaign is too plain to be DIS
guised or camouflaged by Mr..
Gore or anybody else. That IS
sue is the official record OF Mr..
Gore as a member of the senate
and it is all written in black and
white. The essence of the case
against the senator is that he dld
not stand by his country in the
crucial hour of trial in the world
war; that he opposed measures
necessary for the successful pros
eeution of the war. That is an
issue of facts not opinion, and the
facts are to be found in the con-
eressional record. These facts
present no ground for debate,
provided one takes the view that
was taken by the Overwhelming
majority of the American people.
If is an incontrovertible fact that
Mr.. Gore opposed the war. Was
he rinht or were the American
people right? Are the patriots
people of Oklahoma ready to con-
fess that they took the wrong
course when practically to'a man
they supported their country n
the gigantic struggle with The
Unnsg What grounds are there
for debating such question!
The issue vas settled when
America entered the war and Mr..
Fcrris would be foolish to admit
that if is now debatable or to
waste time in arguing it.
Judas lscariot, if sacred his
tory is to be believed, betrayed
his best friend in the hour OF
trial. Legend has it that Judas
was a brilliant man and had he
not been overwhelmed with re-
morse over his base deed, there is
no doubt that he would have
been able to defend his shameful
conduct in joint debate, but
whatever he might have sand
would not have wiped out the
fact of his betrayal. Benedict
Arnold. brilliant man and brave
soldier. betrayed his best friend
George Washington' and the
cause of his country; there were
many mitigating circumstances
which he might have set forth IN
cxtenuation of his crime, but his
tory records that he was TRAITOR
and his name viii always be en-
sbrined in the hall of shame.
Neither joint debate nor any
other hocus-pocus can change th'
record which Mr.. Gore has made