Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-26
POLITICAL. NEWS AND
COMMENT
Iscbuking state Officials.
tiIarlow's Weekly

are campaigning for others are be
/ ing roundly rebuked throughout the
State Tn" most surprising fatur'
Of the week comes from Durant. tn"
home city of Governor Williams, Ed
itor r. NJ. Evans of the Durant News.
the largest weekly of Southeastern
Oklahoma. allowing his opposition
To State officials becoming election
following:
9TH" rumor persists that certain
state officials, themselves not can
didatcs for nomination To office or
denomination for their present po-
SitinnS, are handing out the cards
Of Robert -On tor Governor. Wal
| k"r for Corporation tommisSion-
ar. and samuel for Insurance Com
| missioner p"opl" generally who
| do their own thinking. rather re-
| sen, an Officers action in attempt
! ing to nam" his successor or III"
| successors oi any other Officers.
and "" feel that such Il practice.
/ ii il i really carried ON, viii meet
| with ~rant sympathy.
There j. NOR" in the paragraph
3
county has always had two factions
/ al Democrats. sometimes more than
, that number Editor Evans belongs
to thoS" who are really for W \
Durant for Governor and has been
/ very dilig"nt in advancing his candi-
dacy At tn" moment when Durdnt
, followers We're making an organize |
effort to advance their candidate :
interests throughout III" state. John
y. Phillips. another Bryan county
man. attended a meeting of the Rob
"rtson organization AT Muskogc". and
announced that Bryan county could
be safely placed in the Robertson
column. This was at the same time
when the uSkog"c nurant followers
wer" organizing for the purpose ui
swinging that county into the Durant
'"olumn, Mr. purant being personally
very popular in Muskug""
IN" News paragraph is in rrality y
public notir" from tn" Durant forces
that unless the other faction of I}ry
an county Democrats enter the Du-
rant tents, tn" old war. which was
declared off for the purpose of nom
mating K. l.. Williams Tor Governor
i'll l"li. will he ON and in fun force
and effect
Should this occur, tn" aspect rf all
things political would br changed
, over night Mr. Durant has the lar
G"st personal following OF any indi
vidual in southeastern Oklahoma.
Tn" selection of Governor vii
liams for Federal Judge of thi; dis
trict might clarity III" political wat
"rS. There are many Democrats
who would like to see the Governor
removed from the active field of
politics. and his appointment as =,
Federal judge would cffcctually du
it Tulsa World
The unanimous endorsement hy
the Bryan county bar of Governor
Williams for appointment as FEEDER
Ial district judge To succeed judge
Ralph Campbell, resigned, is an in
d'N Ia IN" cuntidcnC" the members nj
IN" bar hav" in Judg" Williams as a
lurlSt Really and truly, Bob vii
iamN should d"vot" his life To III,
bench He is by training and tenn
permanent peculiarly fitted for that
work. and has a judicial mind src-
ond TO none III the country.
Highway Commits .ionrr George Il
N"hl" d"plorcs the fact that manl
autoiStS are getting away without
paying tn" license tax Tor lolN, ana
III" departments engineer. Mr.. Gun
ninrham. says Peace officer, hay,
been very lax in their duties in This
respect W" have urged upon then
III" necessity OF upholding the law