The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-25
GORE ADDRESSED LARGE
AUDIENCE AT ARDMORE
CONVENTION HALL


penitenuary and an insane asylum
should be located here.
Prison Cell for Ardmoreite ElitOr
III Ardmore goes against me on
August g." said Mr.. Gore, II will To-
cate the penitentiary and the insane
asylum here. Now. don't want you
to think l am not the friend Of Ard
more, but when l get these two insti-
tuhons located in Ardmore l will be
in favor Of putting the editors OF the
Daily Oklahoman and The Daily Ard
moreite, both, in one institution"
Mr.. Gore then diverged long enough
TO thank The Ardmoreite for the edi-
torial courtesy shown in asking fair
treatment for the enemy but said he
failed to see wherein he was an enemy
Of Carter county and of Ardmore and
the good citizens of Ardmore. II have
some enemies i am proud Of. as l am
proud of my friends, and it Is a
source of qualification to me to have
The Ardmoreite against me"
Pays Tribute to Women Voters
Mr.. Gore then told one of his jokes
relative to a woman telling things
which she was supposed to hold Sc
cret and said that he was glad the
women of Oklahoma had the privilege
of the ballot and that he wanted to SEQ
the coming of the day when the
people, themselves, should have the
privilege Of an advisory vote on peace
and war and that he wanted them to
vote and express themselves on all
national questions. especially on the
proposition of war That's the only
way to defend and the only way to
vitalize war and that's greatly bet
ter than leaving it to one man. Ev-
eryone knows 1t is great deal easier
to get into war than out of war. We
have just come, dripping with blood,
out OF the worst war in all history,
and would like to here discuss the
splendid behavior of the American
soldiers and American citizenship in
! that war. They proved themselves
worthy of the best"
Defends Record; Attacks ArdmOreite
Mr.. Gore then called attention to
the fact that his record in the senate
had been assailed and said that the
charges against him had been made
by The Daily Ardmoreite, by The
! Daily Oklahoman and by the ma
chine politicians and by my OPP
tponent himself" The speaker said,
in part, There has been such
fcalumny Of these charges that time will
a not permit the discussion Of them all
: and must select one"
Pays Respects to Phoenix
"On May 18th the Muskogee Phoe-
, nix published among other charges
the charge that l was one of the
wilful IL Of the United States senate
who President Wilson characterized
as the 'Wilful Dozen; they were the
senators who filibustered the armed
ship bill on March 4, 1917; my op-
ponent has made no greater misrep-
resentaton that to charge that I
was one Of the wilful dozen who
filibustered the Armed Ship bill to
death on March 4, 1917. but, my
friends. on March a, 1917, I was sick
in bed and had been in bed since
January 2, 1 was not able to resume
my duties in the senate until April
II; on March 4, 1917, when this meas
ure was Killed in the senate, 1 was
delirious; l had been since February
S. l didn't regain consciousness until
March IL, so that when that issue
Swas killed in the senate on March 4,
1917, l not only did not take part in
1.-THE filibuster, but | didn't even know
what was going on in the United
States senate; on that day I was
}playing hide-and-go-seek with the grim
reaper Of death and my opponent
Enows It as we'll as l do. yet they
heap upon me calumny such as that
land calumny such as this makes up
ttheir campaign against me- This Is
tno-exraption to the rule.
Proud of Record
I stand upon my record in the
United States senate and ! ask the
&riends Of truth and justice to hear
vns and Judge fairly, all the charges
tttnt they make have the same foun-
&htim and as much truth in them as
lthe charge that / filibustered the
PfAmed Ship bill to death on March 4,
yns1z. when I was lying in my bed
3tn a state of delirium and at the
fpoiut of death"
Against Some Of War Measures
Mr. Gore said that his opponent
,and the Oklahoman charged that he
ehad obstructed war measures from the
Beginning to the end of the war. 81
was against some Of the war meas
,tnres and for some of them" He in
ytimated that had he been against al
sthe war measures, the war would
ystill be going on. He said that he
woted for the $4,000, 900. 900 appropria-
rtion to win the war; that he made
lone speech in Brooklyn which re-
suited in the sale of $25,00O, 900 worth
,of bonds, three million less than
Oklahoma's entire quota" that he
used patriotic language in making
speeches. At this point the speaker
again took occasion to attack the
veracity Of statements which appear.
ed in The Ardmoreite, saying that
the paper Intentionally misrepresented |
him; that he helped to prepare the |
war Insurance bill and that he voted |
to increase the pay Of the soldiers; |
that he managed on the floor af |
the senate, the food survey meas |
ure. |
Compares Himself to Christ
When they crucified Christ" Mr.. |
Gore said, they did not assign |
any reason for their act, but they |
charged him with treason and convic-
ted him of sedition and they crucfied
him. l suppose mere mortal man ought
not to complain. but when they ask
u1y1, In cnpyict nf caJitinp and