Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
POLITICAL NEWS AND
COMMENT

The Muskogee Times Democrat
says: Bob Galbreath says whether
he is elected L. $ Senator or not he
will at least make a better Senator
ont of Robert l.. Owen
We would like to know Just what
Bob Galbreath means by better
Senator" Mr.. Owen has made him
self respected and hOnored among
the best in America by his loyalty
to his country in its crisis. and his
part in the framing of the new
banking and currency law has made
him famous III financial circles for
his far-seeing financial judgment.
one cant say as much for our 9TH
.r senator. Just what has Mr. Gal
breath done that cOnvinces even
himself that he is in Senator Owens
class
Dr. J. II. Baldwin of Calera say
| that he will not be IA candidate for
the Legislature this year. He says
he cannot play politics and attend
to his medical practice. which is
large, at the same time. and he l.
no doubt right.
All the Robertson free press
matter" received by the News is
'editOrial' telling how far ahead of
other candidates j. b. a. is. Many
papers fall for the stuff, and il looks
like editorial expression. Our friend
Croft of the Hugo lIusonian had his
editorial page full of it last week.
as did others; in fact. about half a
dozen papers that come to our ex-
change table all carried cditorially
the same j. B. \ made squibs.
The Democratic State Central
Committee has sent out resolutions
taking fall out of J. II. Johnston,
who is candidate for the Democrat
ic nomination for Corporation Com
missioner. and attacking him on the
ground that h" has been active in
Republican politics in our own
state. In brief, he is charged with
being Il Republican. but seeking
Democratic nomination on the the
ory that the Democratic nominee
wins. and he wants to win.
The Altus Times Democrat sums
up the Robertson situation in an
editorial. part OF which follows:
Judge Robertson was popular
down this way once. and he should
congratulate himself that his pop
ularity held out as long as it did.
This losing the confidence of the
!. people seems to be one of the
!. judges hobbies. taking the record
this candidate has in politics.
1T seems to us that man run
ming for an elective office would
necessarily have been popular al
some time or other or he would
never have thOnght of the thing
, and to be constantly defeated fol
office to which he aspires should in
dicate to this candidate that some
thing was wrong with his populari
: ty. The brand of popularity this
particular candidate has. seems tt
, irritate the voters Of the shor
, grass country. and the fact that h,
seems unable to satisfy the agricul
tural district OF the State that tn,
oil interests are not backing him i,
t order that they may better theiI
personal interests. turns the irrita
tion into "A resolve to place Il MAJ
, at the head of the State that in un
miStakahle terms states he will b,
| guided by the wishes of the peopl,
, in the conduct of the affairs of tn,
| state of Oklahoma"
, Senter's Washington news letter
a syndicated service to newspapers
. carried the following: "One of tn,
= most popular men in the House o
Y Representatives is Scott Ferris. o
. Oklahoma. Chairman of the Demo
to