Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 100, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 4, 1920 Page: 3 of 6
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DAILY ARDMOREITE
FAGE THKtliJ
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MEN IN THEIR STRENGTH WOMEN IN THEIR
. BEAUTY GATHERED AT CONVENTION HALL
f TO GREET CONGRESSMAN FROM LAWTON
(Continued from pago 1)
'the dangers of the sea; the estab-
lishment of a grtf tabor Jpartmfliit
with an officer in the president 'b cab-
inet whose ole duty It U to look
Well to the laborer and his uvt-ry
. welfare.
"Shall a grateful republic cay we
are boastful to make reference to
these achievements that will not
alone- bo beneficial to those of this
uay out will live arter us : W ill ft
thoughtful and grateful constituency
turn and strike the hand that enacted
tor them laws they asked for needed
and deserved? No I cannot believe
it I do not believe it. It belies the
traditions of Americans if allowed to
say that they would turn ami strike
the liand that is responsive to them
that helped them that fiuve them
what they wantod.
"No these und aye many times
more are but a few of the features
of legislation that was enacted by the
democratic party durinc? the firat four
years of our return to power. Should
I elect to recite them all it would
require a scroll wider thrui the uni-
verse to write them on and all time
to recite them.
Democracy and the World War
'When America entered tlia war
April 1917 sha was without a
-Jirohant marine without an air
oorps with but a partially adequate
navy without armament and in a
.state of unpreparedness. The groat
teeming republlo had been buildintr
iomes hospitals bank accounts and
fortunes and had given little heed
to military preparation. They had
loved peace they had hated war they
had preferred to spend tlioir revenue
for the pood tilings of the world rath-
er thau tho destruction of the world.
The great drowsy sleeping republic
was not yet aroused to tho fact that
this nation was in the midst of war.
Little had tho American peoplo
thought that war would lx thrust
upon them. Few of tlinm were aware
that 12 iti merchant ships luul been
ent to the bottom without wanting
"Without hopo and without a chance.
Little had Uicy thought and little had
had they knew that 26 nations of the
earth had entered the war; that the
sea was being crossed by the execu-
tive order of the tyrant who was
Becking: first to crush the world and
then to conquer it. The task of the
.great democratic party then in full
control of the government became
mountain high monstrous unfathom-
able unbelievable.
'The question that wells up in tho
minds of every thoughtful American
is: :
"Can a republic like this one gov-
erned by tho consent of the govern-
ed rise to the occasion of making
defuse against such a foo. Can n
ilfcion conceived in liberty freedom
o$ speech thought and action rise to
Jnake defense against the enemy who
then had 10000000 trained hordes
under tho colors and in reserve In
action making actual war by every
conceivable nnd damnable- scheme
known to history what was Ameri-
ca's answer wliAt was Democracy's
answer what was the Nation's ans-
wer? "Tho nation answered in words loud
and clear 'Wo will raise the greatest
army of all history' and we did 'Wo
will r.iise tho niightUst air service
of Union' wo did. 'We will trans-
port our men across the stia despite
the submarines and the dangers inci-
dent thereto' we did. 'We will trans-
liort food to tho starving allies who
lire seeking to preserve tho peace of
the world' wo did. 'We will furnish
arms and armament to these without
them to tho end that democracy and
Jree government may live and the
patriotic loyal and free government
may not welter in rU own Wood and
vanish fro mtho earth. Wo will turn
tho tido of battlo against the German
hordes wo will stop the on-rushing
tido of success bring order out of
chaos bring victory out of defeat
Bintil democracy and free government
will bo as imperishable to history
and to mankind as it was in tho days
if the Revolution when our forefath-
ers died Uiat wo might bo free.
"If History tcila tho truth as we
Joiow it will it must of necessity
(write that tlio mightiest army of all
ihlstory was raised within a shorter
Jtlmo than the dreamer dreamed of
Jthan the historian wrote of or tho
jjoct sang.
The Truth History Will Tell
"If History writes the truth as
ro know it will it must toll that
jlitoerica amassed tho greatest navy
thi greatest merchant marine the
greatest air craft tho greatest medi-
cal oorps. the greatest ambulance
corps and the greatest nursing corps
that over trod tho path of time
"If history tells the truth tho truth
as we know it will historians must
writo that America turned tho tide
of batUc brought tho flag home in
victory not in defeat brought set-
tled conditions out of chaos preserved
the liberty of man and free govern-
ment of the world and placed a ban
on tyranny not only on those that
live today but for those who wui
come after us.
"Shall we say we are boastful as
a nation to claim thut History will
writo of us as the unworthy sons of
r.oble sires? Shall we say that His-
tory will record our inefficiency oil
ur unworthiness? Shall we say that
History will writo that tho peoplo
of a ' groat republic like this one
founded upon tho consent of the gov-
erned ore not able in timo of stress
to defend themselves to preserve our
institutions and traditions.
-No History cannot truthfully
write such a page-no historian will
ever dosiro to write such a paw. No
grateful nnd patriotic nation will tol-
erato such a page written for to
write it would bo tho work of a Beno-
dlot Arnold a Judias Iscariot a trait-
or more monstrous than tho rest.
Mistakes Wero Inevitable
I do not say beginning with a
standing army of 82.000 men and
. rear and a half amasslne an
rtmy of 4100000 men "w "Y-
mistakes; to my that wouM
'touw the words of an egotist who
was TolWn more than he was think-
C and who was remembering less
others had forgotten but what
T do say is. and 1 challenge those
5Lv. tho truth of the state-
ment tVe American republic wa
'A" to every .trust rathe
or any preceding coufllcui in all his-
tory. Achievements American
"They tell us the burdens incident
to the war are so grvat that the party
entrusted with its conduct cannot sur-
vive it. History alone can vouchsafe
the train of this prophecy. Be that
as it may. come wiiul will 1 Hhall
cling to that one thought that wells
uppermost in my mind having been
a member of the AV'ar Congress every
ilny throughout its rigors and its ter-
rors and that it Is that wo served
the republic well wo deserved well
and whatever may be tho verdict of
tho hour with clinched fists andsted-
fast admiration we sdiatl strive for
the verdict of history and the ver-
dict of mankind knowing full well
lhat it is of little consequence who
actually holds the offices and that
it is of much greater consequence
an to who deserves to hold them.
"I repeat with (iinphasis that I
Tin not so much concerned during
the.Mj turbulent and unsettled times
lo know who will hold tho offices as
I am to know who deserves to hold
them fur as I look back over the
pages In tho Congressional Record
which portrays our achievements as
an American as a. congressman as
an Oklahomnn I cannot fail to be
proud of our best achievements our
war achievements in history our
achievements in Americanism. Yea
proud of tho forty-eight hundred
thousand brave boys tihat served us
in tho army navy and marine. I
cannot but feel proud of the imper-
ishable part our nation played in
that great victory for civillmtlon for
Il'oerty and for mankind.
American Womanhood
"1 cannot fid) to feel proud of tho
American women both in poaco and
in wir and tho hra.vo and patriotic
part they played both at the front
and behind the lines. 1 cannot but
feel proud of a great opulent repub-
lic which has stood the stress and
strain of war and is still tho most
prosperous nation of ail the world
treasury bulging to the brim greater
ox port and Import commerce than was
ever known in our history with less
bank llailures and more bank ac-
counts less Of debt and more of in-
dependence and I do not know I
cannot know how others) may feel
about it but for me I am proud at
this hour of the man who lies in
yonder White House worn and strick-
en by his service to humanity. My
heart admiration lovo hope and loy-
alty goes out to his matchless leader-
ship the foremost citizen of hia time
oodrow vvllson.
Democracy's Promise for the Future
"Tho democratic nartv nromlses a
speedy ending of tho war and a com
plete restoration to normal condi-
tions along every walk of life. The
peace of the world has bean jockeyed
with aborted postponed. The repub-
lic has paid and is paying a stagger-
Ini? nnnaltv for the election of a re
publican house and senate at the last
election. Republican success has crip-
nlnd everv acencv of the government
and everyone has been impaired by
their control. Reconstructive legis-
lation has been impaired delayed and
obstructed and refused. American
business men stand in bewilderment
and aghast not knowing whither to
go or where to turn. FVrnr million
thrco hundred fifty thousand of Am-
erican soldiers sailors and marines
are waiting wondering asking what
will be done by this republican con-
gress for them. Fourteen long
weary months have olapsod since
dcnlnc tho armistice and not a 6lngle
piece of legislation has been enacted
for the benefit of American soldiery-
Jockeying With World Teace
"Tho peace of tho world has been
jockeyed witli. Juggled with postpon-
ed. Will a thoughtful constituency
allow a thing as sacred as tho peace
of tho world to bo thus postponed
obstructed aborted anil denied? Has
tho great republican party in the
senate of tho United States rendered
its 'best servlco in this delay? Have
dm two or three democratic senators
who have been unfaithful to their
party to pcaco and to tho sotticd con-
dition of the world? Have they gain-
ed your plaudits and your approval
In their conduct? Has tho party of
Lincoln and McKlnley descended or
ascended in tills partisan light thoy
h.ivo waged? Has tho great republi-
can party nothing better to offer than
obstruction destruction deformation
nnd partisanship? Will tho thought-
ful American onywhero Indulge them
to longer delay peace when peace Is
dear to every man; will tho thought-
ful mothers of tho land who gave
these boys that ffreo government
might live stand by and absent to
tho striking down of arbitration which
speaks and stands erect for the poaco
of tho world? Will tho fathers of ths
land stand by and allow tho repub-
lican senate aided and abated by a
few unfaithful democrats to longer
delay peace when peace Is dear to
tho hearts of every man? No! I
cannot believe ltl I prefer to believe
that a grateful republic will glvo cred-
it whore credit is due; that tho faith-
ful and tho loyal will be rewarded
and that the unfaithful and tho un-
patriotic partisan carping critic with
his mountain of criticism against his
government will go to the discard of
history will bo forgotten with the
closo of the day and that those who
have served well in the past will be
permitted to servo In tho future.
Modification of War Taxes
"Woodrow Wilson under his consti-
tutional right by special message to
the republican congress has twice
asked them oh! so earnestly to modi-
fy tho abnormal war taxes reduce
thein extend level modify and ad-
lust them to poaco terms. Tho repub-
lican congress being in full control
of every committer and having the
greater majority In both branches of
congress has becu in complete con-
trol for almost ono year. Not a
single burdon of taxes have boon
removed not a slnglo excess profit
tax has been repealed not a single
burdensome incomo tax has boon low-
ered not a single irksome war tax
measure has been modified extended
leveled changed or improved. Many
of the war tax measures wore emer-
gency measures enacted only for the
duration of tho wnr and wo find our-
selves with a democratic president
aslilng a republican congress to modi-
fy theso war measurPH that ore clear-
ly Irksome and burdensome in peace
V 'iir-" 'ti nf"K"n
CHRONIC LINGERING
Oklahoma City has one o the most
perfectly appointed institutions for
tho administering of Intravenous ?o-
lutions germs etc.
A non-surgical institution for the
treatment of chronic diseases of wo-
men and men.
Hundreds of testimonials on file.
Special attention given to the
treatment of incipient Tuberculosis
Bright's Disease Diabetes Ckitr
Stomach and Intestinal trouble Nerv-
ous diseases Rheumatism etc.
Probably the only Institution in tho
southwest whore the French 914 can
be obtained. The inter-State Doctors
602 HerskowlU Building Oklahoma
City Ok la.
The Inter-State Doctors whowe Okla
homa City Institute is the largest of
its kind in the Southwest have arrans-
ed for one or more members of Its
medical staff to spend Monday nnl
Tuesday of each week in Ardmore
Their ofiieca are on tho second floor
of tho llridgman building on West
Main street. They will he in Ard-
more on the second floor of tho Iirids-
man building Monday and Tuesday
and each Monday and Tuesday fol
lowing.
Their office hours will be from t to
5; evenings 7 to 8.
a captain unable to do other than
Investigate criticise grumblo und ob
struct.
"Will an intelligent thouglttful con-
stituency tolerate sum conduct and
inefficiency on its part? Will a war
burdened nation laboring under a
high cost of living that could be
remedied by the lowering of these
taxes longer indulge its inactivity
its obstructive partisan polities and
legislation?
How much longer can tills republi-
can congress hldo behind a screen of
partisanship? How much longer must
a patient constituency abate its indig-
nation? No Railroad legislation
"President Wilson has urged through
special mesHxge and through tho
press a return of tho railroads to
their owners but a republican con-
gress has not aided him. Tho house
and senate aro dawdling along with-
out remedy without relief and with-
out achievement. Their entire hand-
ling of the railroad question lias been
a bungle and an abuse. Tho Cum
mins BUI seeks to crucify liberty with
a burdensome cumbersome Injunc-1
tion law without rendering any rent I
servlco to the suffering public. It j
does not protect public interest does ;
not lift the burdens off of an over- ;
burdened public It is a delay aj
distortion and an extortion it docs
not solve the problem it does not
give relief. It is unsatisfactory to
labor it hi unsatisfactory to the pub-
lic it Is a delusion and a snare
"How long must a suffering and
patient constituency await the doings
of the republican congress? How
long must the people wait for normal
conditions of peace times to supplant
abnormal conditions of ww times?
"How long must a care-worn and
stricken president uppeal to the re-
publican congress to do tho thing in
office the republican party promised
to do while securing office?
No legislation Knarivd for American
Soldiery.
"The republican party promised -whilo
securing office during the last election
that if entrusted with power it would
enact speedily for American soldiery
somo soldier's homestead legislation
which would enable the soldier of
yesterday to becomo a home-ownor
of today. Almost a year has elapsed
since tho republicans wero entrusted
with this power. They have failed
to enact a single lino of legisla-
tion beneficial to tho soldier; they are
still refusing to enact any legislation
beneficial to him; thoy have no w-;ll
defined plan; they aro not capablo
of devising any well defined plan.
The soldier is without relief; the
soldier is waiting wondering hoping
like a Mr. McCawber for something
to turn up.
"The democratic party promises
faithfulness and devotion to the sol-
dier. The democratic party promises
homestead laws that will place with-
in tho rcftch of every soldier a
homo that ho can buy and pay for
on long time payments at low rates
of interest. The democratic party
promises him not tho Mondell Dill a
colonization bill which has for its pur-
poso the development of the swamps
of tho south or tho arid regions
of the west but a homstoad law that
will enable him to procuro the home
of his choice either in town or tho
country. In the state of his choice
among his friends neighbors and lov-
ed ones where climatic conditions
and home development is within his
knowledge and of his choice.
Suffrage for Women.
"Democracy promises liberal suf-
frage and full fellowship to America's
fifteen million women they will light
on they will not bo content until wo-
manhood is clothed with full rights
both civil and political in very
state of the union. There is no good
reason why American womanhood
should not be clothed with the ballot
It has been delayed too long. De-
mocracy promises if given power
that It shall not longer bo delayed.
No Abridgment of Speech or Tress.
"The democratic party promises to-
day and forever freedom of speech
freedom of press freedom of thought
and action when tho nation is at
peace; when nt war such rci'trictlon
that may bo necessary to prcsorvo
the ropublic against enemies with-
in nnd without.
"The democratic pnrty feels the sob-
er Judgment of mankind can well bo
trusted and rolled upon to shield
us against agitators Keds and an-
archists during pence tlinus. for we
aro perfectly sure that tho good
people aro in the majority and ar-
rayed in tho armor of a righteous
cause. They can well look after the
unpatriotic the unworthy and the
slimy cringing forms of those who
would deceive and abort a nation gov-
erned by tho consent of the governed.
Washington Had Ills Tories.
"Agitators have been with us from
tho beginning; they will bo with ua
to tho end. Washington hail his tor-
icy Wilson has his Reds anarchists
and disloyalists but they have always
been In tho minority in the post
they are In the minority today. They
not write Their passing will bo for-
gotten with tho close of tho day.
1-aw and Order .Must lYevail.
"Crimes agaitwt law ami order
must not prevail must not go unpun-
ished must not go untouched but
this desire for law observance must
not curtail the freedom of speech
and freedom of press for those two
things aro the bulwark of our repub-
lic the hope of tho future nnd
must not be abated or obstructed. On
the other hand the anarchists and ths
agitators who would install bullets
to take the place of ballots munt
be dealt with by a stern hand with-
out fear or favor for justice and
Justice alone must bo tho guiding star
between those two extremities. It must
stand out equally firm for thoso who
desire to disobey the law. It must
stun! out equally firm for thoso who
seek to better tho law. By so dolnit
it will save itu nation and its pur-
pose; otherwise freo government will
wither disintegratrt and die.
Profiteering Must lie Abated.
Tho conscienceless profiteer should
bo dealt with by the strong arm of
the government for it is intolerable
for one citizen who has acquired a
monopoly en a given necessity to prac-
tice on extortion on all those who
must patronize that necessity. To in-
dulge a profiteer and a conscienceless
business man in exacting exorbitant
profit from the defenseless who must
patronize him is intolerable and inde-
fensible. Those suffering from such
an injustice not only desire but de-
serve to have strong governmental
protection and strong remedial laws
passed in their behalf.
Government Must Not Destroy l'ri-
luitiativev. "No government that deserves lo
succeed or will long enduro will ever
adopt a policy of interference to the
extent of destroying private initia-
tive this government must not be
a meddlesoinn Miranda. To do so is l;i
take strangling hold on private init-
iative which must not be. Private in-
itiative must not bo destroyed bur
its zeal to obtain ripens into monopoly
and oppressive methods which nnp.t
bo made by thw strong arm of the
government and the best one yet con-
ceived has lieon the power to tax.
The power to tax is the power lo
destroy j-o this great weapon mu.-t
be used with moderation B4id intelli-
gence; still when one man by pti-
vato initiative stealth or otherwise
accumulates a fortune far in ex-
cess of any possible needs what
could have so leveling effect as to
exact from him contributions to the
government of his choice which h.u
aided him protected him in the op-
portunity he has had. I repeat I
Capudine
H-io
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NO DOPE
NO DOOZE
ITS RELIABLE FOR
HEADACHE
IS!
Equip Your Small Car
With Goodyear Tires
30x3'2 Goodyear Single-Cure
Fabric Antl-Skid Tread
know of no way to ivnch these swol-
len fortunes so effectually as by
strong income tax laws and stronger
still inheritance tax laws.
A Vigorous Foreign Toliry.
"No nation cm long enduro or de-
serve to endure which does not pro-
tect Its every citizen on both land
and sea. To bo otherwise is to allow
it to be written in history that wo are
the puny nnd unworthy sons of noble
sires. To do otherwise Is to loso our
pride of country nnd hope of st.iie
our right to advance. A strong policy
should bo adopted with reference i i
Mexico. A strong policy begets jh'.-i-c
und a weak vuribting policy hive's
wnr.
Ituilget System of Appropriation.
"The American republic is tho rich-
est republic in all the world she s
the richest country in all nf the worll
but no nation is rich enough to sur-
vive waste and no nation is wie
enough who falls to abate waste. Waste
is a thief in tho night that takes
without giving that infests without
accomplishing. It Is intolerable It !s
indefensible. It aught to I hi obstruct-
ed and avoided in its every phase.
"A lax method has grown up In
congress. Rival committees have Ions
met in their appropriation of rev-
enue. The establishment of a budget
system beyond which the various
committees cannot go will at lea.it
mean that committees will not appro-
priate more than the government
can afford to appropriate. The demo-
cratic party promises if given power
to install such a budget system ef-
fect such a saving and bring tho
appropriation within the revenue.
Democracy promises a Sober Nation.
"l'eniocracy promises to carry enr
faithfully a complete enforcement of
the prohibition law just enacted by
its representatives. I lemocracy im-
They're bad
'-thoseood-old Portinad
The strike is off and every slrip
from Porto Rico is bringing more
those smokes you always liked
best as fragrant and mild as they
used to be.
ii'irr' T
30x3'2 Goodyear Double-Cure i"00
Fabric AH-Weather Tread ZU
lieves iii a sober nation where thTe
Is less of crime less of shame les;i
of want and more of plenty more in
hope and less of woe more of .lov
and less of sadness more of health
and less of disease more of law abid-
ing and less of law violating. These
and oh! many times more are tho
glories of a nation sober as dis-
tinguished from a nation drunk. Am-
erica promises sober army a sober
navy.
Vocational K.diicatiou.
"The congrefs l.ius already appro-
priated tJ2.000.000. 00 for vocational ed-
ucation thereby affording education
lor 210000 wounded soldiers sailors
and marines of the late nrniy. It en-
ables them to learn trades and bv
come self sustaining independent self-
reliable citizens. We promise that
more shall follow until every one of
these boys aro given an opportunity
to have the trade of his choice and
to make the bi-st of his opportunity
that education and help can afford.
We promise the repeal of all war
time legislation and an early return
to normal conditions. The laws that
were enacted were necessary at ihc
time of their enactment but they were
war measures and not suitable for
peace time conditions. The American
peoplo do not want them In peace
times will not have them und wo
promise if given power to sweep
them away and to have none of
them.
Oppose Mandatory Military Service.
"Tim republic Ihls always loved peal C
nnd hated war. That tradition will
follow to the end. That is the most
gulden tradition of American his-
tory. It shall abide with us to 'An
end. Therefore m peace times t'i
democratic party shall not be with
my consent committeed to a plan ot
enforced military service during times
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If you own a Ford Chevrolet Dort Maxwell
or any other car using 3 Ox 3- 3 0x3 Vi't or 3 1 x4
inch tires you can well take advantage of
the high relative value built into all Good-
year Tires.
You can well do so because you can secure
in the small Goodyear Tires the results of
such skill and care as have made Goodyear
Tires the preferred equipment on the highest-priced
automobiles of the day.
You can well do so because these small Good-
year Tires are easy to obtain being produced
at the rate of 20000 a day and because
their first cost usually is as low or lower than
that of other tires in the-same types and sizes.
Go to the nearest Goodyear Service Station
Dealer for these tires and for Goodyear
Heavy Tourist Tubes. He supplies many
other local owners of small cars.
Goodyear Heavy Touriit Tube are thick trong tubes that
reinforce casings properly. Why risk a good casing with
cheap tube? Goodyear Heavy Tourist Tubes cost little more
than tubes of less merit. 30x32 sue in water $190
proof bag . J-
of ponce. I prefer to believe that tb4
American people prefer to spend thei
revenues incomes and fortunes fod
the good things of the world rathe
thau for military preparation and
the destruction of the world and
while there will be those that will
differ with mo about these I am
perfectly sure that In peace times'
the people cannot only ubide bul
abide better by relying on tho pa
triotism and the devotion to dutj
and service than to enforce them ta
render unwilling service when damp
er is not near.
"Yes. I wont the citizen and not
the soldier to rule tne state. I want
my party to be one of patriotism not
of mercenary; one of progress and Oo-
velopmeut .not of overtaxation and
military burdui.s for by so dolnft
America and Americanism will b
alert to do tho things that need to b
done to carry out tho hopo of lha
fathers and the traditions of the ra-public.''
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