Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — WAR RECORDS OF CANDIDATES [ARTICLE]

WAR RECORDS OF CANDIDATES

And Senator Gore “got his’n” in the Oklahoma primaries Tuesday, being overwhelmingly defeated for the Democratic renomination for U. S. senator by his opponent, Scott Ferris. The issue was the wgr record of Gore, who was an obstructionist both of war measures and of measures to restore world peace. He also opposed the league of nations, though he voted for the Lodge reservations. The Democrats of Oklahoma , have done well. They do not believe that the war was a "mistake,” nor do they sympathize with those who, by their course in congress, tried by every means in their power to embarrass and thwart•the president in the performance of war duties. In Missouri, where the Democrats refused to send Senator Reed, who opposed the league covenant, as a delegate to the national convention, Breckenridge Long-received the Democratic nomination for U. S. senator on a straight-out ‘campaign on the league of nations covenant as written at Versailles. As assistant secretary of state Mr. Long rendered efficient service during the war and, after the war was over, thought there was a better way to end It than by making a separate peace with Germany.

The war record of men seeking political preferment is being carefully scanned by the masses of the people today, and men with the record of Senators Gore and Reed are not wanted by the Democrats. And neither do we believe that the masses of the Republicans will support such men as Lodge, Johnson, Borah et al nor any candidate who bows to the will of such obstructionists. A good war record will become an increasingly valuable asset to men with worthy political ambitions.