The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-23
Graham Township Gives Carter County Two More Gas Wells
Returned Soldiers and Women Voters
OF Missouri Denounce James A. Reed
And Refuse to Send Him as Delegate
To the National Democratic Convention

Joplin. Mo. April 23--Following
an all nieht session. In which tho
debate became at times acrimonious,
the Missouri state democratic con-
veru"n, by an overwhelming woe,
reppdiatcd James A. Reed, United
State $ senator. by refusing to send
him rs n district deegate. represent
ing tHc democracy Of Missouri, to
the national democratic convention,
at can Francisco.
Women delegates In the convention
wcr" pronou7ced IN their opoorit'on
To Reed. whilo former dc'ogotns WHO
had served as soldiers overseas, also
onnosed the selection of Reed as q
delcoatc.
In the debate which preceded the
vote Senator Reed wns dcnourcol
and praised by a number OF speak
crs
Missouri has suffered long and hn.
hccn patient but her hour Of vim "
cation has struck" Frank Curlce OF
Ct. Louis said in opening the debate
Cor the opposition.
He declared that "ecrator Recd's
polit'cal offenses anteda'ed his opro.
sit'on to the learie Of nations cove
rant." anl asserted that bv his
course In the senate during the war
the senator. "cnnivoca'ed ard con.
'orcd until he led the country 70
wonder whether Missouri was not
'oor" proGcrman than pro,Ameri-
can"
The senator, he sni1. condoned the
9nkiur of TIE Lustanlo bv Ger
nan submarine and. after the war
hro'o ont, ornosed mcaeures des@H-
ed to facilitate the wars progress
while | was in the United states
army ne said. "Senator Rocd was
~ Wa"hington onposlng the fool con.
trol act upon which l depended for
fool"
Discussing Senator Reod's opposition
to thc lea~ue covenant. he declared
that 'hc had only hate for the presi.
dent. hate for England. hate for
h"nanitv, hate for evervone but tho
followers OF his own august person
age"
Charles NJ. Hay, also Of ST Louis.
discussed the senator's onpositlon to
the league OF nations and declared
that If he had cverted his efforts
toward ratifving the covenant In
stead of opposing II. the league
/ would be a fact today"
no YOU want this man 10 repre-.
sent you at the national convention"
/ he asked.
"The most difficult problem the
newly enfrapchsed democratic wo.
! mon voters have Is explaining Sen.
ator Reed" declared Mrs. w. r.
Martin, Of Cape Glrardeau. 1--WE
emit explain how we con indorso
/ tie league and then send to the ma.
tional convention a man who is 80
opuosed to it. The women do not
! think it logical.
You ask u, to help you keep
Missouri In the democratic ranks this
year. We can do 1t if you don't
ombarrass US with handicap like
Senator Reed"
The convention elected the follow.
ing men delegates at large 10 tho
national conventions:
Governor f. d. Gardener; Judge
w. w. Graves Of jefferson City:
Dr. Burris Jenkins, Kansas City;
and Judge John S. harrington. OF
. Springfield.
The following women delcgates.at.
large 10 the national convention were
selected:
Mrs. Kate s. Morrow, Warrons
burg; Mrs. w. b Mcknight. King
CITY; Mrs. Martha Taffe, Carthage:
and Mrs. J. ]. Shepard. Kansas
City.
The women will serve with the
four men delegates Each delegate
will have half a vote.
The convention adjourned sine die
at 1925 o'clock this morning
The district delegates as well as
the eight dcleg gates NJ large are bound
by the resolutions to support the
league Of nations covenant without
destructive reservations, and to vote
for David L. Francis OF st. Louis
for the vice presidential nomination.
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