The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-11
Candidate for Governor Speaks to
Fair Sized Crowd on the
Street and is Given
Close Attention
ANALYzES ISSUES
In THE CAMPAIGN
Has Been in Charge Of Trouble"
Department Of State = Outlines
Reform Plans and Lands on
Opponent Williams

Attorney General West, candidate
for governor, addressed a fair sized
audience of voters last night at the
corner Of Third and Chickasha
No sooner had he mounted the inn
provised platform than he deIved right
into the features Of his campaign He
made the people understand right
from the beginning that he had suffic.
lent inside Information on the subject
TO enable him to know that he was
going to be the next governor Of Ok.
lahoma
lie carefully analyzed the different
Issues he stood for in this campaign.
lie said that as attorney general he
had been operating the states "trou-
bic department; that when anything
had gone wrong that ii was his de-
partmcnt that was appealed to for as
sistance. In this manner he had gain
cd a practical knowledge OF the needs
Of the people Of this state
Mr. West vigorously attacked the
judiciary department, declaring the
supreme court was now three years
behind in its work. with no possible
hope Of ever catching up under the
present system OF procedure. He did
not lay an the blame to the supreme
court judges hut said that nothing else
could be expected under the present
system. Ills plan sor relief lies in a
measure he is now having initiated
which will give the chief Justice pow
er to take charge OF and superintend
the business OF this court. The chief
justice under his plans would have
authority TO call 10 the supreme bench
district judges who have idle time TO
spare and in this manner would SCI
cure sufficient help without extra ex-
pense to enable the court to keep up
with its work. He would reduce the
membership OF the supreme court to
ten members and penalty would be-
invoked II a decision IN any case was
delayed more than ninety days. He
declared that Oklahoma's present
number OF members Of the judiciary
exceeded that Of any Of our neighbor-
ing states. and yet the system under
which they are working only tends to
make bad matters worse. He says
that the supreme court needs a boss,
man to tell them when to 90 to
work, a man to detail the number Of
judges that are necessary TO try a
case. man TO report on their effic-
iency to the state legislature. He
would delegate all this authority to
the chief Justice
General West waxed warm as he
proceeded with his speech. He
vigorously attacked Candidate r.
L.. Williams. declaring that Williams
was afraid to meet him on the stump.
He said he had the dope" on him
that Williams could not stand there
fore there was but little danger OF
ever facing him in joint debate. He
referred to the other s.A candidates
for governor only in passing way
but Williams was handled without
gloves and in manner that it made
the ~fur fly, SO to speak,
General West discussed AZ length
how he would reduce the general state
tax levy from three and one half mills
to two and one mali mills. His method
Of doing this is full set forth, he said
In a measure that viii DO initiated Ia
August. This measure, among other
things will prevent the Legislature
making appropriations in excess oi
the available money in the hands ol
the state treasurer. He requested al
voters who are interested in this mea
sure to send In their names on a pos
tai card TO the attorney generals Of
flee and they would Immediately b;
supplied with complete text of tht
bill.
The speaker declared that he wa
not self-made man. but that what
ever he was today that the people Q
Oklahoma had made him. He ac
knowledged that the Daily oklahomal
had helped to make him. and tha