The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-22

imbued with the spirit of the great
Lincoln and Roosevelt. whose serv-
ices to the American people have
become forever memorable in our
history. You will aways. and instinct.
lively, in meeting the difficult qurs-
tions and weighty responsibilities
which confront you, think with com
plete unselfishness of your country
and your country's interests first, a
high qualification for an exalted o.
flee not too familiar to US OF late an.
therefore peculiarly necessary at thi>
moment. You will, we are certain,
be ever faithful to the finest tradi-
tions of the republican party and at
the same time. we are equally sure
that you are wisely tolerant and
open-minded, in sympathy with the
best movements of the time, lookins
forward to the future and its needs
but never unmindful of the great
basic principles upon which the build
ers of the republic laid the foundation
of our government. Your public life
has shown to us and all your fellow
citizens that you believe in the sys-
TEN of government designed by the
trainers of the constitution. They
established a representative democracy
and had no sympathy with any scheme
which would turn the government OF
the United States into an autocracy
based upon a pleblscte and with ah
the intervening representative feat
ures disregarded or effaced. You
have abundantly shown your un
wavering conviction that the govern.
ment of the United States should be
one " laws and not Of men and
that the three branches of that
government should all work together
in the exercise Of the powers con
ferred upon them severally by the
constitution, for the common pur.
| pose of advancing the general wei
fare of the people. The makers or
the constitution intended to coordi-
nate the three great elements o,
| government and strove to guard
against either usurpauon or trespass
by one branch at the expense of the
other two, In that spirit, we all
know well, you will enter upon your
great responsibility.
Domestic Problems Urgent
Domestic and economic questions
of extreme complexity and difficulty
must be dealt with at once in such a
way as to meet the needs of the time.
/ 10 ,t
| questions in any detail because we
know that you will decare your
| policies in regard to them in accord
ance not only with the lifelong
principles of the republican party,
but also with the opinions recently
declared by the republican conven-
tion at Chicago. 1t is not for us to
enumerate them to you, for 1t is to
you that we look TO set forth the
proper policies TO be pursued by the
republican party both in the cam
paign and when charged with the re.
sponsibility of administration and
| legislation. Our immediate duty and
that of all republicans and all true
Americans who are thinking of the
problems and perils of the presen,
and of the future is to give you such
generous and complete support tina,
when you take up the duties of the
great office for which you have been
nominated, you will find house ana
senate in full sympathy with your
purposes and ready to aid you in
every way in carrying them to full.
! fillment
Foreign Affairs
The present situation. however.
brings with it far-reaching questions
Of foreign policy to degree never
known in our previous history. At
our own doors we have Mexico in a
state of disorder and disintegration to
which our government, has unhappiy.
most literally contributed Here is n
grave responsibility not to be evaded
or escaped. We rightly insist upon
the supremacy in the American Hemis-
pherc of the Monroe doctrine, which
was declared by Us in order to guard
the safety of the United States and
save The new world SO far as possible
from the wars and misfortunes of the
old. We justly demand the Austen
ton Of Europe from any interference
with American questions, but this
doctrine of ours brings with ii not
only It's benefits but its duties. The
condition Of Mexico owing to large
measure to the shortcomings Of our
government, could not well be worse,
and we must make up onr minds that
we not only eve it to ourselves to
/, protect there, as all over the world,
. American rights and interests Sc
long neglected, but to reach out a
helping hand to the Mexican people
90 the end that law and order may be
established in that country which has
, been plunged into anarchy and cursed
with continuous civil war. 1t is OF
the highest importance to the United
States that Mexico should be both pros
pcrcus and peaceful and we must face
the fact that without our aid the
Mexican people cannot properly OF
speedily bring about the improved
conditions and the reign Of law and
peace, which we are convinced, they
t desire as much as we do
b In defense of freedom and civiiza
I ton and to vindlcate our own invaded
T. rights we entered upon the war will
: Germany and although we We're tardy
IN taking part in that great conflict
we came upon the field Of actor
In time to turn the scale for right anC
liberty. Not content with aiding Eu
!. rope to bring to pass the peace which
: all desired after victory was won
, Mr. Wilson undertook TO make u
members Of an alliance with foreign
. powers indefinite in extent and con