The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-07-26
Compares Official Acts of Ferris and
> Gore; No Man Friend of Farmer
Who Has Been Enemy to
Government, He Says.
SHOWS SOCIALISTS OF
STATE AIDING SENATOR
Refers to Distractions to War Meas
ures; Asks If Gore is True
Democrat; Refers to Sentiment
Expressed by Leeionarles.

ATTACKING the record OF Senator r.
p. Gore and sounding a note of ap-
proval of the record OF his opponant.
Congressman Scott Ferris, candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
United States senator, E. ]. Giddings,
prominent Oklahoma City attorney,
delivered an addres sat the corner of
Fourt h street and ChIckasha avenue
Saturday afternoon.
Following the address here Attor-
ney Giddlngs spoke on streets OF
Verden Saturday evening.
Opening his address here with the
words True Americans. the speak
er said in part:
No man can be friend TO the
American farmer who has been an
enemy of the American government
II Is likewise unanswer able that no
American public official can be
friend to the American citizens who
has been an enemy of the American
government By enemy is not meant
merely one who took up arms against
the government, but who in spirit and
in fact within the government, as u
public official or private citizen,
worked against the interests OF that
government. Indeed at times, under
such circumstances, that one Is
more dangerous enemy, more OBJ
noxious enemy in many, ways, than
outside of the United States fighting
In the army or navy of some nation
at war with this republic. --
These statements are strong. but
1t Is our contention that they are
merited by public utterances and by
public records.
Socialists Aiding Gore.
THE brag of the Gore adherents Is
that they will be able to make up
for the loss of Democratic votes In
the Democratic primaries by social
lists and Republicans who vote there
in They do not seem to think OF
the future, those adherents; they
do not seem to appreciate that the
senatorship from Oklahoma is tremb-
ling in the balance by such unholy
methods. They admit that Socialists
and Republicans are going to vote
for Gore in the primary, and they
know the reason but they leave the
reason off. They know the reason Of
many Republicans is that they want
Gore nominated to beat him In the
general election. and they should be
ashamed of themselves to encourage
any such condition.
Was Gore Conscientious?
Gould a man be conscientious who
proposed that Americans should re-
main off the high seas that America
sohuld withdraw from her commerce
therefrom, yield her right to send her
products of forest and field, OF mine
and mandatory, to the markets OF
Aut WOllu NOAlu a man pI IOubNl-
entious as a public official in oppos.
ing war when an autocratic govern
ment had sent to Davy Jones locker
over 1900 merchant ships carrying
the counry's products to other coun.
tries of the wrold? Could man be
conscientious in insisting upon, and
actively insisting upon, the adoption
of such a resolutio in the senate OF
the United States when every mem
| ber of his political faith in the sem
ate, with one or two with him, as did
the president and his cabinet, not
to fly in the face OF the honor of his
country? How could a man be con.
scientious in assuming such a posi-
tion? Is not the real truth of the
matter to be found--and let us be
franklin. the personal dislike and
antipathy of the man TO the presi-
dent? Why should an individuals s
personal spleen override his patriot.
ism? Indeed, how could he be a
friend of the American farmer when
such a policy as that which he pro.
posed was lowering cotton to at least
cents a pound and wheat to at
least 20 cents a bushel? How could
he be conscientious when under the
policy he was advocating with the
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