The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-12-02
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE REPUBLI-
CAN TRIUMPH IN OKLAHOMA

The most significant election result OF
the past year, in its revelation OF the
drift of public sentiment on national is
sues, was that in the Fifth Oklahoma
district, at a special election on November
18th, j. W. Harreld, the Republican NOM
inee for Congress was elected over G. w.
Weaver, administration Democrat, by a
0luarality of eight hundred votes in a
district that carried by the Democrat
ic nominee for Congress one year ago by
plurality of 4,50O.
The Republicans of the district made a
square-toed, straight-out middle-of-the
road fight on national issues. The Dem
ocratic nominee, who was the administra
TONS postmaster at Oklahoma City, de-
clared that the Wilson administration and
the league of nations were the issues. The
Republican nominee acceptd this Plat
form, and without equivocation, pussy
footing, lodging or side-stepping went
to it courageously. The result ought to be
lesson to those Republicans who mag
Inc that the way to push their party
along is to avoid any particular differen-
ces of opinion with the opposition, and to
run away from the big questions upon
the wise determination Of which the very
safety and perpetuity of the nation de"
ponds.
The district was flooded with an Okla
homa edition of the National Republican
during the brief campaign which conclud-
ed in such signal Republican triumph.
Representing the Republican national
committee, Representative Carl W. Rid.
dick Of The National Republican, visited
the district and lent his assistance to the
effective organization, and the editor of
the National Republican, Mr. Lockwood,
spoke in the district The Republican
nominee, Judge Harreld, is an uptsanding
Republican, and made an effective speak
ing and organizing campaign under the
management of A. c. Alexander. The
Harreld-for- Congress Republican club
did most effective work. The chief city
of the district is Oklahoma City, in
which both daily publications are violent
ly Democratic, and in this metropolis Of
Oklahoma, the only publicity had in be-
half Of the Republican candidate was
through the National Republican and the
distribution of Republican literature by
mail
This great Republican triumph fore
shadows Republican victory IN Oklahoma
in 1920 By united, harmonious effort,
it will be easily possible for Oklahoma Re-
publicans to carry their state next year
with the same sort of fight put up in this
district, one of the Democratic strong
holds of the state.
The result demonstrates that it was the
underlying Republican drift that result
ed in the Republican victories in the coun-
try earlier in the same week. In some
cases Republican strength was augment
ed, in others impaired, by local issues, but
the general result proves that there is
tremendous Republican trend in the coun-
try. 1t seems to dispose of the claims Of
those who have been warning the Repub-
lican party that it is counting destruction
by insisting upon the characterization of
the covenant of the league of nations.
The shower Of eggs aimed at Senator
Reed at Ardmore was scarcely as signifi-
cant Of public opinion as the shower Of
ballots under which Democratic con-
oressional nominee, with the league Of
nations as his platform, was buried in
this Oklahoma congressional district
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