Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-23

beginning "a realize that pay day is
coming and for many OF US II II here
The old experiment Of pulling on
ones boot straps 10 lift him over iho
fence has again been tried IN okla
homa and as usual proved failure,
We must return 20 sane politics ana
sound business methods both I'm mum
icipal and state affairs as well as IN
! individual transactions. The voters
are beginning 10 realize this. Tho
voters and taxpayers OF this state are
coming 90 know that they must place
at the head Of the affairs Of the state
capable, conscientious and conserva-
tive men who will apply woll-kuown
and proven business methods 90 pub
lie affairs II liz no longer any use
for the Democratic party TO whistle
10 drive away the haunt Of fear the
ghost OF defeat is walking In It's foot
| steps and its presence Is well recos-
nized The noatrums OF the Demo
cratic party such ms initiative and
referendum. the recall, the direct pri-
mary system, and all the other isins
that have been horalded so loudly,
and 20 literally prescribed as the
remedy for all the Ills that infect the
body polite have been tried In TINS
state and are found wanting In the
most essential affairs OF government
Ngninst the Recall
In the face OF results and light OF
experience can Il be possible that the
people are anxious to extend these
principles to the recall Of judlclAl
opinion and the reference TO the Vot-
ers of the proper construction TO pe
olaced upon constitutional pr visions
advocated by the so-called Progress
sives In both old parties. There Is nc
necessity neither is there any excuse
for the existence OF third party ol
,o-called Independent party under our
.orm Of government. The two Rrea'
parties-the Republican and Demo-
.ratic, have existed since the organ.
tation Of the federal government IN
tact and most Of the time in nam"
rhe mar es, however, have been inter
.nange1 from time to time go th"'
these parties have alternately repre-
sented different principles Of govern
ment. They have served the people
Of every state in the union IN ulleS
past. and will continue to DO so III t"e
future. The changes in the pohcy ul
the Governments as changes become
necessary from time to time, have
been and will be espoused by theSe
respective parties and carried lh'o
practical operation, and for these re'-
sons independent movements nave
uniformly failed in the pa ana must
fail in the future.
To my mind the remedy FOR the
existing condition Of affairs IN TINS
state is not an Independent ticket pu'
a thorough organization Of the Ike
publican party in this state, backed up
by a vigorous campaign. Ana the
reason for this remedy is simple ana
plain. Republicans in oklahoma rep
resent the very opposite OF the Demo
cratic party in point of adminlstra-
tion of the affairs of the state. Inc
success Of a Republican campaign In
oklahoma would mean the install3-
ton into office Of an entirely new
and independent set of executive OF
fcers without past entanglemchlS'
personal or political, having no ira
ditions Of the past 10 preserve, "hlle
the future of that organization IN the
state would depend upon the success
Of their present administration. They
would have every incentive to give
the state the most economical gov
ernment possible under existing con
ditions without preserving any ira
ditions. But it is urged that the Re
publican party is divided and that a
Republican ticket, If placed In the
field would by this reason be doomed
TO defeat and have no chance Of cleo
ton. In reply to this | suggest that
the citizens of this state who have
heretofore voted the Republican tick
ct and adhere to the principles of the
Republican party are notdivided upon
the question Of good government or
the fundamental principles upon
which it can be and must be OBJ
tanned.
II any division exists among the
Republican voters Of the state 1t Is
division that is being fostered and IN
duced by one or the other of two red-
sons.
The first of these seems to be the
attempt on the part of the offlcial