The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-04


vive it. History alone can Vouchsafe
the truth Of this prophecy. Be that
as it may. come what will. l shall
cling to that one thought that wells
uppermost in my mind, having been
n member of the War Congress every
day throughout its rigors and its ter
rors, and that it is that we served
the republic WELL we deserved well
and whatever may be the verdict OF
the hour, with clinched fists and sted-
fast admiration we shall strive for
the verdict Of history and the YER
dict Of mankind, knowing full well
that it is of little consequence who
actually holds the offices and that
it is of much greater consequence
as to who deserves To hold them.
II repeat with emphasis that |
these turbulent and unsettled times
to know who will hold the offices, as
am to know who deserves to hold
them, for as I look back over the
pages in the Congressional Record,
which poruays our achievements as
an American, as a congressman, as
an Oklahoman, cannot fail to be
proud Of our best achievements, our
war achievements in history, our
achievements in Americanism. Yea,
proud of the forty-eight hundred
thousand brave boys that served us
in the army, navy and marine. /
cannot but feel proud OF the imper-
ishable part our nation played in
that great victory for civilization, for
liberty and for mankind.
American WomanhoOd
Il cannot fai TO feel proud Of the
American women both in peace and
in wtr and the brave and patriotic
part they played both at the front
and behind the lines. ] cannot but
feel proud of a great opulent repub-
lie which has stood the stress and
strain Of war and is still the most
prosperous nation of all the world,
treasury bulging to the brm, greater
export and import commerce than was
ever known in our history with less
bank failures and more bank ac-
counts, less Of debt and more Of in
dependence, and L do not know, l
cannot know how others may feel
about it but for me l am proud at
this hour OF the man who lies in
wonder White House worn and strick.
ell by his service to humanity, My
heart, admiration, love, hope, and 10y
atty goes out to his matchless leader
ship, the foremost citizen of mis- time,
Woodrow Wilson.
Democracy's Promise for the Future
THE democratic party promises a
speedy ending OF the war and a COM
plete restoration to normal condi'
tons along every walk Of life. The
peace Of the world has been 1ockeyed
with, aborted, postponed The repub-
lie has paid and is paying a stssger-
ing penalty for the election Of q re-
publican house and senate at the last
election. Republican success has GRIP
pied every agency OF the government
and everyone has been impaired by
their control. Reconstrucive legis-
lation has been impaired, delayed and
obstructed and refused. American
business men stand in bewilderment
and aGhaSt, not knowing whittier to
go or where to turn. Four million
three hundred fifty thousand Of Am
erican soldiers, sailors and marines
are waiting, wondering, asking what
will be done by this republican con-
gress for them. Fourteen long.
weary months have elapsed since
signing the ar1nistice and not a single
piece of legislation has been enacted
for the benefit Of American soldiery.
Jockeying With World Peace
"The peace Of the world has been
jockeyed with, juggled with, postpon'
ed. Will a thoughtful constituency
allow a thing as sacred as tho peace
Of the world to be thus postponed
obstructed, aborted and denied? Has
the great republican party in the
senate of the United States rendered
its best service in this delay? Have
the two or three democratic senators
who have been unfaithful to their
party-to peace and to the settled con
dition of the world? Have they gain
ed your plaudits and your approval
in their conduct? Has the party OF
Lincoln and Mckinley descended OF
ascended in this partisan fight they
have waged? Has the great repubil
can party nothing better to offer than
obstruction, destruction, reformation
and partisanship? VIII the Thought
full American anywhere indulge them
to longer delay peace when peace is
dear to every man. will the thought
full mothers OF the land, who gave
these boys that free government
might live, stand by and assent to
the striking down Of arbitration which
speaks and stands erect for the peace
of the world? VIII the fathers or ths
land stand by and allow the repub
lican senate, aided and abated by a
few unfaithful democrats, to longer
delay peace when peace Is dear to
the hearts Of every manf No!
cannot believe I'll i prefer to believe
that a grateful republic will give cred
it where credit is due; that the futh'
full and tho loyal will be rewarded
and that the unfathful and the un
patriotic partisan. carping critic, Witr
his mountain Of criticism against MS
government will go to the discard Of
history. will be forgotten with the
close Of the day and that those whc
have served we'll in the past Will pe
permitted to serve in the future.
Modification Of War Taxes
Woodrow Wilson under his consu
tutional right, by special message &c
the republican congress has twice
asked them, oh! so earnestly, to modl
fy the abnormal war taxes reduce
them, extend, level modify. and ad
lust them to peace terms. The repup
lican congress being in full contro
.o.,, ,nror,itfnA and having the