Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-26
Glenn Condor and Walter Fer
guson Real Apostles
of Patriotism.
APPEALS FOR AID NUMEROUS
These Orators Had Varied
Experiences While on
Speaking Tours.


more than half Of the counties OF
oklahoma two products OF this state
have blazed "a trall for the Red
Cross in recent weeks that has made
itself felt upon every phase OF war
activity In the communities visited.
These apostles Of patriotism are
Senator aEalter Ferguson OF Chero-
kee and Glenn Condor OF TulGS
Through a strange coincidence they
are warm personal friends Each IL
II Republican newspaper writer OF
note and both are members OF the
Oklahoma legislature, Ferguson In
the senate and Condor in the house.
There Is scarcely "A community
In Oklahoma" said j. A, Johnson.
who managed the Red Cross speak
era' bureau In the campaign Just
ended, that has not burned up the
wires In an effort to procure the
service of either Condor or Fer
guson. Condon's youth, Wrility ana
straight-from-the- shoulder oratory,
coupled with the fact that he only
recently returned from the battle
fields OF France, have boon won
derful assets In our drive Fergu-
sons fearlessness and rampant, red
into the hearts OF slackers wherever
he has gone and we have tried to
send him into counties where we
knew they were apathetic or had a
bad situation TO deal with"
Condor has made moro than 10
war speeches in tho five weeks he
has been home from France. lie
has made an many as five "a day
hH
record breaking audiences, 1t Is
conservatively estimated that he has
faced more than 100000 Oklahom-
ans on his Liberty loan and Red
Cross tours, Ferguson has not
made so many speeches. on account
of being chairman OF the draft board
In Alfalfa county, which required
his presence at home most OF the
time, but he has addressed immense
crowds wherever he has appeared.
He Is blessed with wonderful voice
and prefers open-eir speaking,
Two Hustiing Patriots.
Coudon was raised in Oklahoma
and once sold newspapers on the
streets of Oklahoma City. Ferguson
is n graduate OF Oklahoma unlVer-
aity and a son OF Ex-Governor I, II.
tor and owner OF the Cherokee Re-
publican, q paper that through ts
edltor's personality and genius has
become one Of the widest known
weekliee In the United States. Com
don resigned his position as manag.
ing editor OF The Tulsa World last
fnii in order to go TO Europe and
study the situation rst-hand, He
orrnn,zed tho Four-Minute Men In
This state and Ia still chairman for
oklahoma OF this important branch
of the committee on public inforina-
tiou.
Condor and Ferguson first team
al" as patriotic orators not long ago
when they invaded the wheat peit
NJ Kansas. At the town OF Harper
thew found considerable spathy with
reference to tho war, With tbs aid
M Lou White. a former Harper boy
but now the biggest wheat raiser IN
Alfalfa county they got up meet
lnr one saturday night. The town
hand was hired. The people as
SAMPLED more than 1000 OF them.
THE band played "The Star spangled
Hanner" and not n dozen people
removed their hats. Condor mount
ed tho band stand with fire In his
eyes They looked on in amaze
ment when they saw this boy be-
sin speaking, but as he proceeded
snev drew i'm closer and began to
,aak questions about him, He flayed
,bem for their lack OF reverence for
Tho national anthem, described IN
vivid terms the sacrifices being
made by American soldiers IN
France and before no had finished
ha had absolutely converted them
ana they were appiaudlng and cheer
ing. The next issue of the Harper
Advocate contained glowing ac-
count of the meeting and declared
mat It was the best thing that had
happened to the town They called
uarticular attention to the remarks
OF Senator Ferguson dealing with the
liked price of wheat--a touchy sub
lect in that neighborhood and said
that he had changed the sentiment
OF the farmers in that respect.
Today II you play "Nakka hula
Hicky pula" In Harper, Kan, every
man wiz remove has hat for fear he
might make mistake Mention So
wheat and instead Of grumblnE you
hear cheers Ask anyone In Harper
Who Wah Ferguson or Glenn Con-
don is and they viii not hesitate TO
tell you all about it.
Fcrgusuns Pet Theory.
one of Ferguson'S pet theories FOR
winning the way is the destruction of
tdlcness. lie even advocates the use
of preachers who are not devoung
the greater part of their time to
war work.on the farms during the
y. week when there are no sermons to
deliver, He mentioned this in a talk
in the Methodist church at ManGum
and went on To say that he believed
creeds were going TO be passed after
the war and in thor phce would
come universal religion, After he
had finished the pastor OF the
church arose and attacked this
theory, claiming that the church
should come ahead OF this destruc-
ton and wholesale murder that is
going on in the world today" Fer
clSaon answered hy reading from the
Ladies' Home journal a letter from
soldier in France to his fother.
boosting the Y NJ G, 4 and stating
that he didn't see how he could
come back home when peace is
signed and be content 60 listen to
"hair-splittiug" discussions Of the
Bible and the eXpoundng Of creeds
He referred to the fact that your
son, dear father, is In the calvary
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