The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-05
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MASS MEETING CALLED JOKE

ihNH''h tlN GtA'ffh WI w " 'ktd iNN
and order League" meetings in Head
ten. the Baptists church being again
the scene of the fracas. The occasion
was n Of urdiluted hilarity to the
obscrvant b~ystander, for there were
more laughs to the square inch in the
meeting tina in a minstrel show.
Parliamentary rules and usages were
discarded as being something OF Il han
dicap to the chairman's rather unique
way of doing things. This chairman
Henniger by name, an employee OF
the Magnolia Co., living outside this
town, boosted from tho speakers stand
hat he was q Dutchnan and handled
things about in the way you'd x
pect them handled from one of that
peculiar variety. He seemed obsesseU
with the idea that his part was j
heaVy talking one and that the pco
pie in attendance wouldn't understand
the speeches unless H. canstruod them.
So he aid. And they dld. And every
body was happy.
First off, there was a resolutions
committee appointed. They retired and
rcsoluted in ancient ana honorable
form and returned the fruits of theii
labors into the meeting. Such resolu
tons were simple and In entire keel,
ing with what the committee thought
was the object of the meeting, viz
The absolute and impartial enforce
ment of all laws. That started The
fun. The Leaguers promptly went on
record US holding that they did not
believe in the enforcement of all
the law but only in those which they
did not approve.
The meeting tabled the resolutions
offered by the committee, such com
mittcc being nncercmoniously and
bodaciously fired and another appoint
ed in their stead. As it was after
10 o'clock when this happened your
correspondent went home. leaving af'
fairs Of state in the hands of those
who feel they have a divine call 10 reg
ulate the affairs and the morals of tho
commonwealth.
There was much sputin' and s%poutin'
among the brethren and sistcrn. no
WV W Al'lll N'flliihI w IdNN Nv
same idea Of what should he done.
Each Of thom was in favor of the
strict enforcement OF the law so FAR
as 1t applied to the other fellow but
in favor Of extreme layity in enforc-
ing those laws which applied to them.
So much was written into the record
when the meeting, at the %instigation
of the chairman, refused to accept
the resolutions as read by the Reso-
buttons Committee No. One.
Those taking a leading part in the
plan to improve our moral standing
and elevate MS to the nth degree oil
morality. sobriety and law-abidins
peace, were practically all non.resi-
dents of Healdton. The number Of
property .owncrs mixed up with the
plan is negligible. and the taxpayers
Il the town are conspicuous by their
absence in the front seats al these
meetings.
And there you are. II q man. in
the God-giycn %prcrogative 10 think
as he pleases. dare differ from the fan
atical. blgoted intolerants who propose
to distato their neighbours conduct, he
is scheduled TO be hung. drawn and
quartered. shipwrecked and sold into
slavery, after which he will De excom-
municated and made to walk the
plank. Should he agree with them,
no matter for what reason, he is of
the elect and can do as he pleases
without let or hindrance. Each Of
them wants the law enforced as to the
other fellow but himself wants TO be
let severely alone.
And that's the naked truth anent
the ;ct;vitics OF the i.eaguers through
his section.
Wherefore, the officers Of the county
will he requested 10y this League TO
enforce certain laws and ignore eth
ers. The meeting wanted it under
stood that they favored Sunday clos
ing laws in town hut didn't favor the
law regulating working on the sab.
bath being looked after. II Jeremiah
smith sells a package Of cigarettes
Sunday he should he shot at sun.
rise the next day. but If Bill Jones
does a days work for enc of these
'refawmahs" why, I'm Is all To the
mustard and should not be punished.
Says which?
one OF the speakers. Caudill by
name. insisted that in future there
be honest election boards, honest cleo
and honest officers the plain
Inference being that elections hereto.
have been stolen, the officers
dishonest and the election
boards guilty Of thicvcry. After that
statement, your correspondent has
a keen desire TO know Just what an.
swer will he handed the vigilance
of Twenty-Five" when they
ask teh duly constituted authorities
TO punish one man for u violation
while letting another 20 scot free on
the same charge.
Some time In the dim and musty
therell be another Of these
meetings. Again Wen he nauseated
with the plea Ia remove temptation
from the paths OF the boys ana girls"
Say II | was the daddy Of u boy
years old who didn't have the
bone Il resist the temptation
10 which he might be subjected Ia