The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-08
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1920
MUCH WILL BE EXPECTED

The votes have been counted and
the will of the people established.
From one confine of the nation TO the
other, the decision has been made.
There has been no wobblng, no. wig
Cling, no hesitancy upon the part
of the American people, the people,
Who with one mighty accord have
said that the Democrat party, weighed
in the balance Of public opinion, failed
10 meet with the approval of the
great majority.
There is no use to lool; for the
cause, the tremendous. the sweeping
Tie almost universal vote for Harding
and for the entire Republican ticket,
section by section and state by state,
evidences beyond point of caval, that
the voters, the taxpayers, the general
c.tizenry of the United States wanted
a change.
As Democrats we may claim that
the unprecedented landslide to the
Republican party was u blow. not
al the traditions of Democracy, but
at Wilson and Wilson's policies; as
Democrats we may claim that public
sentiment was created against the
Administration, and the Democrat
party, through political gerrymander-
ing upon the part of the opposition;
as Democrats we may claim that ;he
Overwhelming Republican vote came
from and through the efforts of a
perfected organization in the Inanipu-
lating well-greased piece of political
machinery.
In the abstract We may be right,
in the abstract we know the great
majority of the Republican party was
aided and strengthened through an
anti-Wilson sentiment in the Demo
crat party. but we also must know
that there were other reasons, might
ier reasons, more potent reasons that
any antipathy TO the Wilson regime
have been, alone and unsupported.
The Democrat party leaders fought
splendid fight. They waged war
practically unaided and alone. They
went before the people of the United
States, asking the franchise of the
men and women of the nation, repre-
.senting a national constituency which
sbreathed the air devitalized by a gen
eral lethargy and 4 desire to sit by
and let the other fellows do the
work.
The Democrat party went before
the people of the United States, bur-
dened with the income tax law. which,
without attempting TO argue its right
eousness, or its justness. placed the
party and the party leaders on the
defensive, with something real TO
iexplain, with something upon its
shoulders which had assailed the souls
of the people through slap at the
pocketbooks Of all classes-rch and
wage-earner alike.
Without attempting to explain the
palpably evident, without attempting
10 advance causes for the effect
which We have confronting US FOR the
next four years. without attempting
to defend Mr.. Wilson's policies, with
out attempting to how that the vast
majority has made 4 mistake, a seri-
Gus blunder, let US, as a Democrat.
express the hope that the spirit OF
true Americanism so permeates
the rank and file Of the Democrat
party that, no matter how The Re-
publicans may have misrepresented.
maligned and attacked President Will
son, We will accept President Hard
ing as our president and give to him
that loyal support which allegiance to
the Flag and love Of the Constitution
demands Of us.
The people of the United States
expect much Of Mr. Harding Ano
the people have right to expect
much OF him, as the president not
Of the Republican party, but as the
president of the United states Of
America.
Mr. Harding, as the representative
and the mouthpiece Of the Republican