The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
GORE DID NOT pair"

Senator T. P. Gore, in addition to being
one of the most skilled ssue-dodgers in the
United States today, is past master in the
art of gaining publicity for himself.
Cat never lived that could tilt the lid of
the cream-iar with greater ease and facility
than can Mr.. Gore tilt the lid and pry open
the columns of a newspaper, and cat reVer
lived that liked cream better than does the
blind man like the limelight of publicity. He
fattens upon it, thrives upon it, gorges upon
it with an Unsuitable appetite.
If Mr.. Gore cannot gain entrance into
the columns of the newspaper through fair
means, he resorts to subterfuge, sneaking
in through some unguarded crack in the
sanctum doorway, even as the milk-loving,
demonstrating kitten purrs into the old-fash-
ioned spring g-house, hidden behind the skirts
of the good housewife as she carries in the
fresh milk or sets the "churning to turn"
In recent issue of The Daily Ardmoreite
we asked the senator some very pertinent
questions, asked them "man to man." asked
them while laboring under the hallucination
that he would, for once in his life, be willing
to come out from behind camouflage and
answer straightforward, honest questions
with a statement which would contain the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth
We find ourself disappointed We find
that the Senator cannot honestly answer hon
est questions; we find that he refuses
through failure, to answer some of the most
interesting interrogatories propounded, while
he answers two queries with a modicum of
truth and leaves unsaid an explanation which
he owes to the people of Oklahoma and to
the citizens of America, if he was at heart
loyal and patriotic American at the time
the United States of America declared war
against the government CF Imperial Germany.
In the opening paragraph of his letter,
which bears date Of June 3, and is.
written upon the stationery of Headquarters
of Senator r. P. Gore, Skirvin Hotel, Okla
homa City," the senator says to The Ardmore-
ite, Having asked me the question, presume
you will do me the justice of publishing my
answer"
Most assuredly, Senator Gore, The Ard.
moreite will publish your answer, will pub
lish it verbatim, ct iteratim when
you have answered in full. with all the truth
in place of with half truths, the half truth
which we are told is ever worse than delib-
crate falsehoods and far more insdiously
dangerous.
To question No l, 1--WE ask you, Mr.. Gore,
were you not IN the senate chamber Is min
utes before the senators were called upon to
vote on the declaration of war between the
United States and Germany" the senator
says, my answer is NO! | had not
been inside the senate chamber for three
months and two days | was not able
to resume my duties in the senate until April
II, 1917, two weeks after the senate voted
on the declaration of war"
To question No. the senator says, you
ask the further question if the Congressional
Record does not show that ! was absent and
not voting The Record does show that
was absent and not voting, but it also shows
that ! was absent on account of Illness"
And the senator, innocent, he would
have US believe, of all ssue-dodgng, volun-
teers the following bit of vituperation, given
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in in place of the re-
naming questions to which he failed to ten
Ter even abortive answers.
"This is a perfect type Of the misrepre-
entations which have been trumpeted forth
against me during the past three years"
Senator, Senatorl We are surprised at
,ou. We could not have believed, really we
ould not, that you would be so willing to
ush in and talk of perfect types" At least
hat you should talk of them before you had.
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