The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-08
Lincoln and Mckinley and Roose.
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welt.
Embarrassment Of President
The di~scourtesy TO the president is
an affair OF political intrigue. History
will make ii odious. As well might
II lie directed at a wounded soldier
Of the war. One fell In the trench;
the strength of the other was broken
I'm the enormous labors of his office.
But others We're ignored-the men
and women who labored at home with
an industry and a skill that words
cannot recount! What of the hands
that moved the lathe by day and
the needle by night? What of the
organizations. superbly effective, that
conserved food and fed the world
that carried nourishment TO the very
front trench in the face of hell's fur.
ies-that nursed the wounded back
to life-that buried the dead in the
dark shelter of the night-that in
spired business men II artists of all
parties to work in harmony? What
OF the millions Of men, women and
children of all creeds. religious and
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firm as soldiers overseas, undivided
by things they once quarreled about?
What of the government itself-con.
firming the faith of our fathers as
sufficient to meet the storms of time?
Why the sncer at labor witt the
vei'ed charge that it was a mere
Stacker? The spectacle is sufficient
to convince any unprejudiced man that
the republican leaders who have taken
charge Of their party and nominated
its candidate are no more possessed
of the spirit OF the hour than they
were in 1912, when they precipitated
a revolution within the rank and
file Of a great organization. If fur
Their proof were needed, the action
Of the present congress supplies IL.
The board itself and all agencies
under it should be burdened with the
care of securing for the disabled sol
der who has finished his training,
adequate employment. These men
will inspire future generations no less
than they have themselves been in
spired by the heroes of the past.
No greater force for patriotic effort
was found when we were drawn into
and activity OF our veterans of pre-
vious wars. Under the colors they
loved, gathered the soldiers Of the
past, bringing quickly to their support
the new army Of the republic. Re
Spouse in the southland by veterans
who wore the gray inspired the youth
with a zeal which aided greatly in
the quick mobilization of our forces.
Woman's Part in War
The OF America. in emotion
and constructive service, measured
up during the war to every require
ment, and emergency exacted much Of
them. Their initiative, their enthu-
siasm, and their sustained industry,
which carried many of them to the
heavy burdens of toll, form an undy.
ing page in the annals Of the time,
while the touch Of the mother heart
in camp and hospital. gave a sacred
color to the tragic picture that feeble
words should not eve attempt TO
portray. They demonstrated not only
willingness but capacity. They helped
win the war, and they. are entitled
to a voice in the readjustment now
at hand. Their intuition, their sense
OF the humanitarian in government,
their unquestioncd progressive spirit
will be helpful in problems that re-
quire public Judgment. Therefore they
are entitled to the privilege Of voting
as a matter Of right and because they
will be helpful in maintaining whole
some and patriot policy. II requires
but one more state to ratify the ma
tional amendment and thus bring a
l~ong.de'ayed justice. | have the same
earnest hope as our platform express
es. that some one Of the remaining
states will promptly take favorable
action.
Party Government" Attacked
Senator Harding's theory of the
great office to which he aspires. put
ting a thoroughly fair Interpretation
on his own words. is hat the govern
ment of this country, so far as II is
embodied in the executive, should ne
what he is pleased to call govern
ment by party" as in contrast With
the exercise by the president Of his
own best final judgment under the
responsibility assumed by his solemn
oath OF office, taking into consider
alton the views Of others. OF course,
in arriving at that final judgment,
but recognizing no group Of any kind.
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performance of the particular duties
in question, and not subject TO i'm
parchment, as he is, in case Of seri'
Gus malfeasance in the performance
Of those duties. The latter is the con
ception of the presidency held oy
Washington, John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson in initiating our great eX'
pertinent in political and personal free
dom under the constitution. 1t is the
conception held by Lincoln and Roose-
veit. by Cleveland and Wilson, and
all other presidents Of he past &c
whom history has assigned a signiti'
cent place in the normal growth OF
our free institutions. 1t is The con
ception of the presidency to which, in
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party in the coming election, my own
best efforts shall be dedicated, with
a solemn sense of responsibility to the
Power above. to the people Of the
United States as a whole, and TO the
sacred oath Of allegiance to h con
stitution and the laws. There Is, and
will always be, a useful place for
parties in the conduct of a free gov
ernment; but any theory of a gov
eminent by party" which must weak
en- this solemn sense OF personal re
sponsibility and urn 1t toward party
or faction, can only accentuate the
possible evils of party, and thwar
its possible advantages.
Not a constructive Law can be cited
Money and time were wasted IL
seeking TO make a military triumph
an odious chapter in history-ano
yet is it not significant that afte'
two years of sleuthful inquiry, there