The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-14

iedgus cuthusldstS understand TINS
Is a poor season 10 aspire to office.
even In democratic oklahoma.
Attorney General Freelins declares
that the only way TO bring back TO
democratic candidates the chance OF
victory, is for those now IN the state
house to rnmolatc themselves In
other words and with more direct
meaning. to get out OF the office
running habit ana give others n
chance. Freezing wanted to run
for the senate hut was told that he
could not, because Scott Ferris Ia
The only man who can beat Gore"
Freezing supported Ferris aud is.
| perhaps the only big man now IN
the state house who could hold Ia
| line q majority Of the democratic
army.
Additional trouble Is found in the
/ fact that among those who remained
regular I'm the last campaign there
| are a half dozen different factions.
/ They do not form an aggregation
T Inspiring 20 those who are now on
/ tho outside and who were at lthst
we'll enough organized 90 scrap the
I democratic state machine and pun
down it, leaders from the high
/ places with only modest amount OF
/ effort They are more inclined to
/ insist that the late democratic cam %
/ paign committee was a nightmare
and has nor ever had pricstly power
/ 70 declare whether or not demo-
! "iat shall wear n collar or indulge
/ himself n other luxurics not written
into the faith by the eurliest sages
/ of the organization.
Introducing the Sew Regime.
But discussing what was once "A
great organization presents no more
/ Interesting feature than in the new
question Of who IL 10 be speaker OF
/ the house OF representatives. Of the
/ Eighth legislature.
II is all the more interesting be.
| cause the republicans will choose
I that speaker. Therefore he will not
. secure his place because of his
! standing with tthc governor. In
! fact. the less standing ne has with
. the governor, the better his oppor-
tuuity to find favor in some quar-
/ ter In oklahoma City.
The republicans have SO, of the
/ % members Of the next house of
/ representatives, but not all of them
/ are candidates for the speakership.
although the list already made out
/ / = long enough to warrant that no
/ one will have to BE- drafted to as
sumo the duties.
Tho uspirants are not confined
to old members OF tho legislature
/ although a Euodly number Of those
would Ike TO be the fret republican
, speaker.
Tho dean Of all republicans in
| point OF service il Lou A. Evorhart
! Of Hitchcock. Blaine county. lie
/ has been coming to the legislature
30 long that he is considered fix
/ tuFc. While ne Is not an avowcd cam
| didato for the speak crship, he has
| indicated that the position would
| not be left vacant In the event
! that he was chosen by his colleagues.
Next In point OF service years in
! the house is T, +. Beck OF Jefferson.
/ Grant county. who is listed among
| those who will ask for the speaker
/ ship. Beck and Eycrhart are both
farmers, although the former was
for many years newspaper publish
er and Eyererhart still has busi-
ness interests. Both reside in the
republican belt OF oklahoma. Beck
! being in the Eighth congressional
| district, Everhart In the sixth.
Another Eighth district veteran
/ whose Nlndidacy is vouched for at
| Enid is J. L. (Buck) Campell OF
| Waukomis, Garfield county. Camp
! bell Is a republican OF the old school
who started in 'the newspaper blsi-
ness 80 years ago and has never been
/ able to entirely divorce himself from
| It, As to whether he will be among
. those who enter the contest at the
republican conference, can not now
! be determined rut Enid republicans
/ have his name up for consideration.
| A T.. Craver of Bartlesville is an
| avOwcd candidate. He was replbli-
! can leader in the Seventh legislature
/ and has been able TO get over some
/ rather hard legislative hurdles.
/ Craver Is an attorney and has an
. advantage In very extensive ac-
/ Quaintance I'm tho republican dis
/ tricts of northern oklahoma.
His ncighbor from Nowata coun-
| ty, George y. Schmabc. is also a
| among the first to arrive in okla
homa city following the election.
/ Schwabc was n member OF the Sew
! enth legislature, a very active one.
/ ana was also a county official prior
! to that time. AS the first speaker
/ aspirant in the state capital, Mr..
Schwaho attracted attention. being
/ the first republican TO ever appear
/ in such role.
Far over on the east side Of the
| state at Tahlcquah, Bruce Keenan,
! IS llStcd as SpcakerShlp contestant,
! although at this writing no one at
! the state capital seems appraised as
/ to his intentions. Keenan,, an attor-
! ncy, has been an old time ropubll-
| can and his acquaintance among re-
/ puhliCans who have kept the camp
/ fires burning in the lean days is
second TO no man In his party AS
| to the extent Of his acquaintance
/ ship among the members OF the new
/ legislature, no one here knows, but
/ keenans's name is being used very
/ freely I'm connection with the state
| speakership. Undoubtedly he win
/ be among the leaders of the next
! house. Central Oklahoma has two
| candidates in Ralph c. Hardie of
| Norman. Cleveland county, and I.
/ L. Harris Of oklahoma county. Har-
| die is newspaper man while Harris
I is an attorney and has had exper-
/ icnCc as legislator, Neither OF
| them has done more than to merely
| announce they would ho glad TO have
| the place and TO put themselves in
/ a position TO be considered at any
/ caucus which may be called fop
| that purpose.
Eli Admire, of Ollton, Creek coun-
! ~ adds to the list OF speaker can
! didates, Admire was formerly from
/ Kingfishcr and Garfield counties.
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