Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-03-02

WAgHINGTON, March TIE
naming of Senator Robert l.. owen
as Oklahomn's favorItc son for
the presidential nomination In 1920
by Congressman-cl H. Is. How
ard at the oklahoma club ban
uuet here Tuesday nisnt has caused
much comment In political circles
here this week, ani II calli to nina
tho fact that tho dAmOcrllir Hwcep'
sinLts are open 10 al ,onrrH
In Ici'ter party today is thcr' -
outsrnnding figure 10 whom mo
Notsr. hro looking to ~ a leader IN
lJ.r On tho day after Mr., llOWhrhs
ur,lnation OF Mr., owen tho demo
cratic rational cummilIe" m"t hero
To ChtoHe new0 chairman The
n,rmherH. Pathorcd and rather nuhl-
bly, lrmented the fhct That iHrfc iH
no candidate yet, Many OF these
lsidefY nre s,ill lor".
A number OF thym broke nwHy
from the committee meeting ana b'
Ing national committeeman mnnhrrd u
10 get into the crowded gallery 10
henr Senator owen deliver his al
dress on tho "T,eague or Nations,
and his clear exposition Of his stand
led some OF them to believe that Mr..
didato as anybody to date,
West Has Claims.
why, the west In just aA well able
to como forward and present claims
why the west should Have the presl
Dental candidate next year ms ls IN"
east" said nm eastern democratic
leader to tho Tulsa World cores
pondent. THE west put Wilson back
In the white house and II ought Ia
have aomo say And remember this,
the state the candidate comes from
this time is going 10 make precious
littie difference. II he comes from
Nevada and makes an appeal to New
York hc In lust as likely to carry tho
empire state as II he resided IN Buf
o falo."
This view II coming TO he taken
more and more There has been
much talk of Governor Cox OF ohio
The buckeye state landed Ia the
democratic column In 1915 when all
the east was going for. Hughes. Con
seuuentiy, lot OF politicians have
been saying that ohio ought To fur
nlsh tia candidate, but there is ma
certainty that nm Onto candidate
would appeal TO the west or would
have n better chance In his own state
than some other.
Figuring on past performances
the senate IL not a very good place
from which to start "A presidential
entry. In every race In recent years
a number of senators have been
primed for the presidential run,
They hive had competent Jockeys
and have carried a lot OF the money
OF their hackers. Hut somehow
they have been scratched on each
occasion. HoweveS.-tack condi.
uons arc a vast tfferent Just
now.
JUST one thins rr,ain now
as anything can that ~ the
s:;s $:s 'is':'s. !; |: $s. ! !: $!!!s;s & s;s
S.S''ts ,Ssy come as' back ri." SoHse. 'I is no' o.
necessary to say THAT general Of
ficers In France were n little too
we'll tailored to maks a popular ap-
peal. The doughbhy has n fairly
good idea' that he won this war and
would have won II no matter who
the officers had been. He also has
an idea no Ia going 20 have big
say In the next election and be is
not going TO vote for n military man.
Senator's Have Better Chance.
Therefore, senators having an ex-
cellent opportunity TO he In the cal
cium glow for the next two years
and having those returned soldiers
who know men very well watching
t,m, are going to he revealed for
Just what they are ana the man who
sizes up right ia quite likely TO find
himself touring the country as n
presidential candidate
Besides Senator owen the demo
crats In the senate who their friends
IL ~ a VNll l4I itNn nlfaI Ia
Pomerene OF Ohio. Walsh OF Mon
tana, Underwood OF Alabama and
Williams OF Mississippi
The republicans have even more
ranked ns available hi. the senate,
notably Harding OF ONO Wads-
worth OF New York, Watson OF In
diana. Borah or Idaho. johnson OF
California. Lodge OF aIassachusetts,
Knox OF Pennsylvania. Mccormick
OF Illinois and Cummins OF, Iowa.
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