The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-19

where there is not a demand for
them.
Ardmore women, do you believe
your men folks are of that class2 Do
you believe the men you have in
your homes and those you meet on
the streets are that corrupt? God for
bid The men Of this city are as clean
as they are in amy city, they are
bunch of good wholesome fellows who
ness institutions and their minds are
not in the channels of thought that
this minister would lead you to be-
lieve.
There were other statements made
that are reflection upon the man
hood of this city. The hearers. were
told that negro porters were busy on
these streets soliciting for women. The
good, innocent women Of this city,
VINO stay in their homes, who are
the bulwark of society, who are the
are our mothers and wives and sisters
and they went away from the services
last night with a picture drawn upon
their minds of negro porters going
from man to man soliciting.
We Just want to tell these good
women that if negro We're to start
such a thing that he would not more
than reach the third man before he
would get the top of his head knocked
off, If we were to utter prayer
for the public good 1t would be for
God to erase from the mind such a
picture as that minister gave out
last night. that He would instill a
lief IN the virtue and self respect
D. men Whether that minister or his
hearers believe it or not, men have
virtue, they have cleanliness and they
do not permit themselves to be in
suited by negro solicitors and there
is not a self respecting man in the
city that will stand for it and negro
men know it mighty well. and you
could not hire one of them to try
such thing.
In the services last night the Ard
morite was never referred to except
in sarcastic manner yet the Ard
moreite editorial. why" brought to
the surface the real object of the
campaign. One of the ministers last
night stated in plain words that they
were striving TO defeat the present
sheriff and he condemned his people
for all Of them trying to be political
bosses. At any rate the campaign, as
far rs surface indications go, and
is made clear, its objects have been
stated.
In a democracy, such as We have,
in a democracy such as the blood Of
our fathers has given us, the people
are the government. If there is the
rottenness such as we have been told
there is. the courts are open every
day and any officer who is guilty
can be thrown out of office without
waiting for terms to expire and run.
ming the risks Of elections.
The people have u right to suspect
that there is deeper politics involved
than appears upon the surface. The
evils of national government, the enc
mics Of world government. swollen
with pride at the illness Of Woodrow
Wilson. gloating over tine temporary
defeat of the covenant of the league
of nations hopes TO throw every state
in line and every county in line for
the permanent defeat Of the league
and they would send Gore back TO the
United States senate. When the league
Of nations is perfected with the United
States as member it means that
Germany can never be the world pow
er that 1t has hoped TO be and il
will stop the spread of German kultur
which says, any crime committed
for the Imperial government Of Ger
many is right" These are days of
the direst political intrigues the world
has ever seen and it would be well
for people to think deeply before tax.
ing cudgel togo out and beat down
their newspaper and their home folks
with whom they have lived neighbors