Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-27

Can't we be fair and charitable and
harmonious and win?
Now, as to the delegate at large.
let me say that | am opposed TO
Muskogee having the place 1t was
tacitly understood that Muskogee.
which is but political suburb OF
Wagner, was to have the delegate
at large, but that the two district
delegates were to be taken from the
other counties in the district, Now
that Muskogee has one delegate in
Mr. Disney. shall urge that the dele
gate at large be given to some "rube"
from the country. If the surrounding
counties take my view OF it the place
will not be given to Muskogee. Mus
kogce cannot afford to hog the
thing. Muskogee has only a fourth
Of the Republican vote and ought not
to have two-thirds of the representa-
ton If the "hill-billys" of the coun-
try will assert their rights they will
defeat any candidate from Muskogee
and send well-drcssed "hill-billy'
to the big convention at Chicago.
think we can find man outside
Muskogce, and | am about ready to
undertake the job myself.
II might ordinarily seem impolitiC
to mention my candidacy after such
plain speaking. believe politics
may he middling honest. as Tom
Reed used to say, just "mddling hon
est" Let me give YOU two instances
To illustrate my position.
Runyan's Reply.
/. After the county convention in
Muskogec on the fifth | had a con
vcrsaticn with Mr.. Runyan relative To
my candidacy. in which some state
mcnts that had been current relative
4 Il lie
cusscd. ] said 20 him that defeat
would be Of little moment one way or
another. but that | should not want
to he defeated on a misapprehension,
and that YOU knew my position. for
YOU had 1t in writing. Mr.. liunNan
replied to this. as | recall 1t, as fol-
lows:
as to any personal objection to
YOU need give yourself no concern,
for IL MIR Disney and | can get to-
gothcr ANYBODY and | can get to-
gether." CYou may know more about
the meaning Of this than do) you
say YOU have &c instructed delegates
for yourself, that with the 81 from
MuskOgcc is majority of the Mus
koccc convention, hut that is not
enough. The program must be car
ried out. and nothing else short of
that will satisfy. | am for jim llar-
ris md nothing else, ana mere Is
what must he done:
First. Everything must be done
that will contribute to the selection
of Jim Harris to be national COM
mittcoman.
Second. The promise made to Mr..
Disney to send him to Chicago by
Mr.. Harris must he carried out"
suggested that | had not heard
that Mir. Disney was candidate. to
which Mr.. Disney replied that he had
not thought of 1t till after the Mus
kogee convention. | said; THE hi
YOU didn't, when Runyan just says
that is a part OF tho Harris program
Mr.. Disney then explained with his
significant chuckle that 1t was neces-
sary to keep II from the Muskogee
bunch, about dozen Of whom think
they ought to go to the Chicago con-
vention, and that If II had been
known they would have beaten
Harris and me, too
Mr.. Disney. you know, belongs to
the Progressive party whose platform
says:
political parties exist to secure re-
sponsible government and to execute
the will of the people. From these
talks both the old parties have turned
aside. Instead Of instruments to pro-
mote the general welfare. they have
become the tools of corrupt interests
to dissolve the unholy alliance be-
tween corrupt business and corrupt
politics is the first task OF statesman