Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05

! ing American. and therefore should
/ be asked to be the Republican candi-
/ date for president. ! moved to amend
! the resolution to instruct the dele
gates to the Chicago convention 10
support Colonel Roosevelt for the
! Republican nomination In June. ana
/ the so-callcd standpat element az
/ once moved to table this amendment.
and they were aided by the So-callcd
1 Progrcssivcs in refusing 10 give the
/ colonel any iudurscmcnt but in fact
! voted to rcpudiate him
| Mr. keenan, went on To say that
! If the resolution was In good faith 1t
could mean nothing less than the in
| dorscmcnt of Colonel Roosevelt M
! ChIcago. but II II was intended to be
! "A defamation of high sounding soph-
/ umoric type it would hc either silly
I or a deliberate insult to man OF
| RoosoNclt's character. "lt Is not proh-
| able" he went ON Ia say, that the
parties who are responsible for the
wording Of the resolution. which had
| the approval of Mr. Harris ana was
| exhibited for ten days before the con-
NcntiOu bV his friends was intended
las a deliberate insult Of colonel
| Roosevelt. but was intended as "A
! little taffN we all like, as was oN-
| planned 10y one who carried type
written copy"
DiSIcN's Methods.
The World man called Mr. koonan's
attention to the statement that he had
| said Mr. Disnoy's methods were es-
sontiallN corrupt. and he said:
II mean that Mr. Disncy's political
methods are based solely ON the Of
! ficial faVors 10 ho bestowed after the
| election. In this sense he CONNER
cialiZcs politics His motive Is the
official benefit To MIR Disney and the
| fellows he co-opcrates with. THIS
| Is essentially 60 rrupt influence In
politics. The great mass of the voters
| of the Republican party have the ono
consideration in their party adher-
cncc, better government at less public
| burden. To this great number the
| hope of public office has no consid-
| Grafton. and unless they can be con-
| vinced their party stands for this up
| hit they will lose all interest in theii
party MIR. pisncY's methods of office
| trnffickiug will destroy any party as
soon as the masses get hold of this
| issue.
Il may Illustrate with Cherokee
county. In 1910 this county had 500
| white votes In 1914 il had l,325
white Republican votes. MIR. Harris
county of Wagner. starting with S2S
| white Republican votes in 1910,
dwindlcd TO zoo in 1914 II the ratio
Of gain in Cherokee county had main
tanned throughout the state, John
Fields would have had l4S,OOO votes
for governor i'm 1914. How is this
brought about? by organization for
local issues that mean something.
Better government at less expense
and "A campaign to cut unnecessary
outlay 10y specifying the items that
ought to he 81 ed are parts of the
plan which has made Cherokee
County's Republican organization the
best and most useful political organl-
zation locally of any county in the
state.
From Ground Tn.
THE meaning of nj this is perfect
" apparent: organization must ho
from the ground up, and must bt
based on something which commands
the confidence of the public. 1t vii
make small difference TO Cherokee
county who is selected national com
mittccman. but II will make "A sigh
p of difference to the Republican party
OF the state whether the policies an'
plans Of Cherokee county are followed
I or whether the plans and policies Up
parently in force in Mr.. Harris count,
of Wagoncr are followed in the state
Here would hc the result To follow
the Cherokee county policies woui'
have given John Fields a vote of las.
00o II the gain had been uniform
throughout the state: To follow tn
Wagner county policies would haN
given John Fields a vote $4,000, |
the decrease had been uniform
thruuChout the state. which wa
shown in Mr. Harris county.
From the result in Cheroko
county 1t will appear that the get to
gethcr' program can serve no pur
pose here because the party is al
ready together. II should also 10
borne in mind the party got together
al the Tulsa convention in 1874. \
that convention the ProgressiNos ha
everything they wanted, and the
made the standpatters swallow tn
recall of judicial decisions on polio
matters which they did not want. Th
party was together after that, wit
the exception of a few leaders wit
reasons they do not dare explain
the public
There is one main proposition
this fight
"Wnl the party stand for some pu
pose which will appeal To the publ
as an indication that the Ropublica
TartN seeks to he the instrument Il
the public welfare that is for forwal
movements in government upli
which look TO better government
less public hurdon2 And If So W
the methods be fair SO that the W
Of the party may be fairly rcpresen
ed in conventions and elections
Mr.. Harris is the choice of the par
he should be national CommitteCma
If Mr. McGraw is the choice of q
party he should have the place,
some now man can bc shown TO
moro capable to get the party {
Cethor' he should have the place. 7
issue is, or ought to he, the par
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