Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-06-26
MORE CROOKED POLITICS.


The News has received the fol-
lowing:
Dear Editor:
A few weeks ago in my weekly
letter to the Press the fact was mem
toned that one of the dirtiest polit-
ical deals ever pulled of fin Okla
homa was being hatched by the po-
litical money-machine opposing
Judge r. L. Williams for Governor.
1t was said at that time that these
machines would attempt to get an
other man by he name of Williams
TO announce and file as a candidate
for governor, hoping by this means
to confuse the voters of the state
and cause thousands who were in
tending to vote for r. L. Williams.
to vote for the spurious Williams,
whatever his initials might be-
In yesterdays issue of the Okla
homan appears a political ad which
indicates that the dirty deal had
been consummated. The ad is
headed ROY l.. Williams, Candidate
FOR Governor. Democratic Primaries
August 4, 1914" and states that the
headquarters will be in Tulsa, Okla
bona. The first principle announc-
ed in the platform is as followsr7T
stand for the Rule of the People
and therefore am in favor of local
option and high license in Oklaho-
ma.
These political money-machine
combinations are fighting Judge
Williams because they know he
stands for honesty and justice. They
know that he has the interest of the
common people of this state at
heart. They know that il is impos-
sible to defeat him by honest meth
DDS. Not only have they succeeded
in getting this Roy L. Williams to
announce for Governor, but they
have placed in his platforms the pro-
vision that he stands for local option
and high license in this state, intend
ing to deceive the people of Oklaho-
ma as to the position of Judge r.
L. Williams on this question. The
news will be spread broadcast
throughout the state thai man by
the name of Williams is running on
a local opticn platform and many
voters viii confuse this with Judge
r. L. Williams and he will be accus-
red of running on a local option plat
form, which is absolutely an un-
truth.
II anything on earth was needed
to convince the voters of Oklahoma
that this political inoney-machine
com mbination, backed by political
Fraft ard corrupt dolSrs, was fight
ing Judge r. L. Williams for the
reason that they know he hates
graft and loves honesty and econ
omy, this dirty. contemplate deal
would satisfy even a doubling Thom-
as
This Roy L. Williams does not
expect to be elected governor. The
political money-machine thinks that
he will get thousands of votes in
tended for Judge r. L. Williams and
that this. of course, will benefit the
combination. This is one method Of
STEALING votes. II is travesty
on justice. 1t is an outrage against
Judge r. L. Williams. 1t is a crime
against the voter who intends to
vote for Judge Williams, but who
will have his vote stolen, or what
amounts to the same thing, counted
r for this Roy L. williams, the man
he did not intend to vote for WHO
is THE PERPETRATOR OF THIS
NEFARIOUS SCHEME? That would
perhaps be hard to determine. but
ii is not hard to determine who will
be benefited by the scheme.
The Williams supporters might
retaliate by securing man by the
name OF Robertson, or West, or some
other name similar to other candi-
dates, to announce and file for gov
ernor, but Judge r. L. Williams
would rather go down to defeat;
would rather suffer humiliation thar
to attempt to defeat the will of the
people of this state by engaging In
such dry, contemplate politics.
I feel that this is a matter II
which you and every reader on you
list is vitality interested. beliey'
that the Press Of the state will con