The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-19
WHAT OF THE FUTURE.

Editor. The Ardmoreite:
What IS TO be the future OF the dem
ocratic political party in the state OF
Oklahoma?
The answer to this question depends
upon its action in the coming election.
People act as they think. In all the
west, north and south, what is termed
"radicahsm" is in the very air. Discon-
tent, a restive revengeful condition of
mind, exists among the working, pro
ducing masses all over the United States
and l might truthfully add, al the
civilized world. That this condition ex-
lists everywhere and 10 the extent THAI
Roosevelt in speech in Berlin, Ger
many. and Judge Gary in a speech az
millionaires' dinner st Delmonlcos
in New York before the war, prophesie,.
a revolutionary uprising of the workins
producing masses, in the case that
their demands were denied
Each Of them expressed the fear that
If this thing did occur that il would re-
suit in the destruction of our present
civilization
During the war Charles NJ Schwab
who was head of the [. S. shipping
board and himself 4 millionaire, in a
public speech at Chicago, predicted an
uprising OF the working masses and
their ultimate taking ovei OF those cor
porate interests and vested rights and
special privileges that are now owned
by the few and operate them in the
interest OF all the people.
Henry Watterson in his famous edi-
torials which appeared in the Louisville
Courier-Journal, during the war predict
ed the same thing. Both of these men
believed this thing t, be inevitable.
Schwab said that he was educating his
son in socialisic college that ne nigh.
be competent to help guide this thing
Alright when it comes.
Ii is to be hoped that these men
were mistaken as to the extent of Inc
seriousness Of the situation, but the
fact that every Independent writer OF
thinker is now calling attention to ex-
listing conditions in the industrial
world, with the developing disconter,
among the masses, with its probable
'NA ASAo his lulS Issue
in politics the dominant one, so much
so that it is threatening the disruption
of both the democratic and republican
political parties all over the country.
In former years the class" conflict
has been waged between what is known
as organized labor and their employer,
and what political action that was taxi |
ar IL
litical party. Many OF them voted the |
socialist ticket knowing but little about |
theoretical socialism, but thinking TO |
better their condition by political action |
they voted the socialist ticket.
Conditions are different now. An
classes OF producers are striving 10 get |
together and formulate demands upon
which they can all agree and by UNI.
ed political action have these demands
enacted into law. Not wishing 10 organ.
ize new political party, they are seek
ing to secure their demands through the
dominant parties in those states where
they are taking action. In the north
and west they are acting within the re-
publican party, and in Oklahoma In ths
ueAioCIdtlC parity eulOrSlnE ana SUP
porting In the primary election the can
didates who accepts their demands as
being just and right.
Such was the action of the Shawnee
convention. This Shawnee convention
was composed Of 752 delegates repre-.
senting every farming organization and
every wage working organization in the
state. Those men and women who com.
posed the Shawnee convention were
representatives Of that class Of citizen.
ship that is appropriately known as the
under dog"
II was TO better their conditions thu,
they met at Shawnee and drafted the
platform. and entered politics. and Il is
10 the everlasting credit OF Jack Walton
10 be willing 10 grant their demands.
The people who were represented at
Shawnee are largely in the majority in
this state end the movement started by
them is here TO stay. SO called demo.
Gratis with their flunkies whose votes
they can control 10 beat Walton. re.