The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-17

from the precinct election boards
Some apprchcnd th.s is "A bad omun,
but In reality 1t is probably due To
The county election board heads not
Wishing 70 overwork those who were
aefcatcd in the primary: ard also
N some counties the fear that an
thraN might be- taken by those ex-
lOsed to much causes the wish TO
protect those who followed the blind
senator down into the valley Of
defeat,
Ferris Captains Angry
a somewhat violent discussion has
been ~agcd by the Ferris campaign
captains against the Daily Okla-
homan management nince the
Harding meeting AZ the capitol.
During the Gore-FeIrB campaign.
the Oklahomag. pursued the policy
cf suppressing any news event about
Senator Gore, going TO the extremity
Of even refusing to print the news
Of his great speech to 5000 people
in Oklahoma City In its state edi-
ZION. To the surprise of the former
primary captains the news account
Of the Harding speech was handled
|. on straight facts, the capitol City
I morning newspaper declaring the
d republican nominee was the reCipl-
cntjCf the greatest ovation ever Civ
en- n candidate in the slatc, and the
newspaper story actually dellneated
the event as IL was.
Rage followed this Gepe rture from
what was presumed to be an estab-
| lished custom, ana the men IL charge
lost no time In demanding an cN-
planatiOn, which was given, and was
simple. In brief, It was argued that
the demonstration was So over
whcimiug, that 1t was attended by
80 many people from all sections OF
the state that IL would have been
useless To Try to conceal the truth,
o nd that it was wiser to print what
! happened than to resort to the os-
/ tr!ch plan of trying 10 convince any
| one that It was otherwise.
Attack core Disscntcrs.
| Following tho republican rally
| where SO many Gore dissenters
marched in the republican parade,
| very bitter attacks were made by
| the prp-Ferris organs, these criti-
| Cisms approaching M unparlonable
| status. IN some instances the old
charge OF disicyalty was renewed,
and even republicans were Charg I'd
with being d-sluyal because they
! have dared to bring out a candidate
! 20 Oppose Ferris advertised as the
! 90 per cent American, but who, for
some reason probably unknown, fails
| To gather % his standard all the ell
/ ements # citizenship necessary to
/ win an election az the polls. Per
| haps lat the polls should he under
| scored.
Negro Recruits Bother Democrats.
The negro democratic clubs Cr-
| gani2cd by the democratic manngAS
/ ir the larger cities, while the cam
/ pa,gn committee was making de-
| terminCd effort 90 arouse racial
/ prejudice along tn, Red rivcr have
/ lot proven 10 be any too easily man
eyed.
1t will be recalled that a number
| Of women were sent down 70 appeal
/ against the danger OF Che ,,sgrO
, domination and that "A prccou-Lrt-
cd effort was made to inject this
issue into the southern Oklahoma
! campaign. Meanwhile the negroes
| Of the cities We're organized, la-g ely
! from. oklahoma city, where Mayor
! Walton, democrat, keeps two negro
| policemen. Even state raufyng
/ convention was held at Tulsa and
, not a few clubs We're organized, all
Of them Differed by negroes who
claim 70 be very enthusiastic in sup
! port of the league of Jations. Haiti
and Liberia, negro republics, are
members of the league signatory ma
! liors and II the United Stlies snould
become a membei, 1t would have
as much - say as either of the ne
| gro republics and it is very clear
that the blacks desire their country
10 have an equal standing with Lii
leria and Haiti
Thoho black Neutenants under
stood the Red river campaign was
merely bunk an" that il was intend
cd 10 deceive y" one. but few
people who might be- easily fright
.ened. therefore when tho women re-