The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-25

9,999 years he had celebrated his
last victory he would not pardon the
editors of The Ardmoreite and The
Oklahoman from the penitentiary, to
which, earlier in the evening, he had
convicted them, but would make them
TRUSTEES. He appealed to the people
Of Carter county lat this point, for
their support, alleging that he had
aided in the development of the
county through securing two amend
ments, referred to earlier in the eve-
ming. whereby he reduced the tax
upon profits arising from the sale
Of oil and gas discovered by the tax
payer. He cited, at this point, that
the amendment saved one oil company
operating in Tulsa the sum Of ST.
200 on one lease alone, and that
he saved to one Oklahoma zinc
operating company the sum Of $500 900
Ferris Not SO Kind
Mr.. Gore called attention to the
fact that the revenue bill had passed
the house before it came to the sen.
ate and that Ferris, as an Oklahoma
congressman, failed to offer a single
amendment. but allowed the measure
to go by carrying with it a tax of
two cents per gallon on gasoline,
which he styled as an obnoxious tax"
and which he said the ultimate con-
sumer would have been called upon
to pay. And yet my opponent did not
attempt to get rid of this obnoxious
tax"
Judge the Tree by the Fruit
MI. Gore then called upon his
auditors to Judge the trees by the
fruit and not the flowers" and saii
that the tax laws would come up
for revision before the next congress
and that unless he should be reelected
the people of Oklahoma would be
without representation upon the proper
tax revision committees. He said that
1t would take Ferris 13 years to ac.
quire the experience which he-oGae
now has and that Ferris had made
but poor showing for the 12 years
he had served in the house.
Appeals to GrassroOts and Farmers.
Mr.. Gore here told of all that he
done in the intrests of the farmers of
Oklahoma and for the development of
Oklahoma's farms and cited the diff
ferent bills which he had introduced
in the interests Of an agricultural Ok.
lahoma and called attention to certain
school legislallons which congress
had enacted.
Ferris IS a "Pretty Man"
Mr.. Gore called attention to the al
legged fact that the people of Oklahoma
had only heard one side Of the case,
the side presented by the Oklahoman
and The Ardmoreite and by his op.
ponent in his speeches. "T admit. nv
friends that my opponent is a pretty
man, and in admitting this you can
see what l am up against; he en-.
joys the reputation of being the
prettiest man in Oklahoma, and I
have heard it said that he enjoys the
reputation Of being the best dancer
in Washington, but he can't
fox-trot or shimmy into the United
States senate. l don't believe in po-
litical bargaining, but l am willing
for all the pretty men in Oklahoma
to vote for him and all the ugly
ones to vote for me and I want all
the pretty women to vote for me-"
Carried California for Wilson.
Mr.. Gore. without equivocation.
mental reservation, seemingly, or any
sort of evasion here stated that Cal.
ifornia gave Mr.. Wilson a majority in
1916, through the efforts of the junior
Oklahoma senator and said that even
at this time he does not bear a
grudge against the president of the
United States.
Returns to The Ardmoreite.
Mr.. Gore, again reverted to his arg.
uments against his seemingly pet |
aversions, the Daily Ardmoreite and
the Daily Oklahoman. and said that
he differed with these papers relative
tc a standard of official duty; that |
these papers believed cne should stand |
by the president while he believed |
that one should stand by the people, |
that he had slight respect for anyone
who entertained different standard |
Of official duty: that he did oppose
some administration measures; that
he did oppose the universal military
training measure; that he was op-
posed to the government taking over
The telephone and telegraph systems
Of the country during the war: that
he opposed the government assuming
control Of the railways that ne op.
rosed the food control bill; that he
opposed the Esch.Cummin railway bill;
hat he secured an amendment to the
bill; that he was respon-
iible for the price of cotton going up
% 30 cents per pound; that Ferris
$ not a friend Of the farmer.
Wanted the Volunteers.
Mr.. Gore stated that he voted
against the draft bill because he be-
ieved that the United States could
aise an army by volunteers the same
s England and Canada did before the
iraft law was effective in those
countries. he said that he voted for
he increase of pay for tho soldiers
o s1.0O per day. and charged that his
opponent voted against that bill.
The senator paid his respects to
he 241 papers In the state that were