The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-29
FERRIS MAKES A CLEAN
ARGUMENT At WILSON
FUTHER|NG HIS CLA N
FOR ELECTION TO SENATE

Wilson, July 29.-(Special) )-Predict-
ing, on the eve of the primary cleo
tion, that he will carry sixty-fi OF
the seventyseven Oklahoma counties,
Scott Ferris, candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination to the United States
senate spoke here this afternoon to
crowd of several hundred Carter
county citizens. Ferris was accom-
panied to- Wilson from Ardmore BY
the Chamber Of Commerce band and
a group of leading citizens of the
county.
II have an abiding faith in the
calm, deliberate judgment Of the peo-
pie of Oklahoma Ferris said. II
believe that the good, loyal Americans
are in the majority. | want Carter
county, however, like Abou Ben Adams
name, to lead the list next Tuesday.
1 feel that l am conservative in pre-
dieting that | shall carry sixty-five Of
the seventy-seven counties of the state.
Many of the doubtful counties are
now swinging into line"
Ferris reviewed economic conditions
at the present time as compared with
the days that followed the Spanish
American war. Democratic farmers
have no desire to return to the
conditions Of 1898, he declared.
Farmers With Democrats.
s1t 10 aSkinr ba rn-
publicans to demand that the farmers
turn their back on the party that
gave them forty-cent cotton and $3.50
wheat" Ferris said. I'm the days fol-
lowing the Spanish American war,
| cotton sold for six cents a pound.
Wheat sold as low as 35 cents bushel
Men haunted the country roads search.
ing for work at SO cents day.
They could not get it.
Predicts Cox and Roosevelt.
"We have q real pair of standard
bearers. Cox and Roosevelt will lead
us to victory. l served in congress
six years with Jimmy Cox. He is an
organizer and a leader of men. He
was true on every vote that he cast to
the 100000 farmers of the land. He
never broke faith with the 10000, 900
men who toll for sustenance.
"The republicans have estranged
the west by the plank in their plat
form which declares for reduction
in the volume OF money. A reduc.
tioa TN the volume Of money is in
favor Of the money changers and
| it,try 70 ,v+o % tto Go
ers and laborers. A reduction in the
volume Of money means sixcent cot
ton. 1t means SO cent wheat. The
farmers will refuse to indorse the
republican platform.
Republican Slap at Labor
THE nomination of Coolidge for
vice president is a direct slap at
labor. Taken as a whole the demo-
cratic prospects are brighter today
than they were In 1916 when Wilson
was elected the second time"
Ferris Produces Record
Ferris produced q copy of the Con.
gressional Record. A committee OF
citizens examined the record at Fer.
ris' invitation. They reported that
Ferris voted for soldiers salary IN
every occasion on which it came to
vote and that he voted against de.
creases. The committee was also In
vited to examine the record when
Ferris refuted the charge made against
him by his opponent that he was q
self-exempted hero
Ferris produced letters from Champ
Clark and South Trimble. Clark was
speaker CT the war congress. Trimble
was clerk. Trimble kept the records
Clark declared in his letter that Fer
ris voted for every increase in soldiers
salary and against every decrease
Trimble supplied certificate indicat'
ing that Ferris twice voted to speclfi
cally include members of congress in
the draft When he failed to prevail
in this stand Ferris registered and
claimed no exemption, Trimble de
clared. He stood ready 10 go.