The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-14
Hy G. " Il. iINDs.

/ cloudy and the preparations hriug
. made BY leaders Of both political
parties for CouvCuiug of the IIghfn
/ log stature indicate. bCNoud doubt.
hat neither the recent winners or
the dcSated democrats fool that th,
H' ssi"u Will bv gotten ia h.uugh with
and the legislators allowed to go
hom" without very serious clash
over proposed governmental CON.
duct.
quite naturally the rrpuluclus
have somewhat the best of tno prep
atoms and approach the i@uu. with
no little confidence. To mako them
all the more confident state Com.
mittccmlu tin Harris of Wn.oupr
is on tho Job at the rnu!tal and Dali.
recent success Inspires tAust who
are new tn playing the game ~
statramlnshlp His forces arc ma
turally eager hocnuso OF recent sue.
ccsscs while the democrats arc I'm
sorry condition to even prcscut a
fighting front
Goverp,r B,b,r,.,.,, t.. 80, 90 t..,
state. IJis snCnnd "rns,rora,,,,," y'.,.
avon more snln,n, tbaH hn "n"
president Wilson ,sp,d ,,r ma ,,a,
with disastrous rcaui,s ,ry,iro s,nc,
he was elected gnvnrnor t,oh.rts,n
has CONC hcforc SL, ,,on,l, s',,I ,'''t
time the rnsu,t has hoe, a. oyer'
whelmingly against him aq 4, almost
stagger the mind In appoallug to
the people to amend tn, state con-
stitution. that a road bond issue
might bc made the governor car.
ried his first "rrfcronlum" To the
people I'm May. 1919. Tho minority
against that appeaI was somewhat
In excess Of iGO.oOO-in TACT -
large that no one ever hid undertake
10 got the actual count
In the late campaign tho governor
made "A special appeal TO have A
friendly legislature elected. The
answer was had indeed Not only
were his Legislative friends slaugh- e
tered wherever they offered them
solves to the people. hut FOR the
first time in state history repub.
llcan house was elected. and even
some Of the democrats who man.
aged To get across nhi voting platc
are announced M opponents OF what
was once the Robertson plan Of gov
ernment
This final referendum" 80 dis.
couraged the governor. that I'm spite
OF the sorry condition the democrat
&c state campaign committee had
IArt the democratic organization. he
imm ediately left for three weeks OF
rest nj Hot Springs, Ark.
And that democratic organization
was I'm no condition IN prcnaro for n
battle In truth Il was shancios,
and hclnIoss The managcrs who
hnd so ruthlcssiv trrned state
Chairman ron I.nfavo,te o,It Of now
or and Installed cam Comnbeil Of
! pennsylvania and Inhn Williams as
leaders do inc siunlv informed tho
democratic stoto chairman that he
could again have his orr,nIzatlnr
hut 40 far no has becn nhla 70 find
oniy few scattered pieces. The
old iuggernaut that had overrun all
onnosition nrIor 10 this wear Is SO
far gone thnt II is dor -~,uI n II can
no renoIrod, ~, cortoinlv II will take n
mcchanir to over oct II 10 n CON
, dltion that viii warrant n trim out
into the open political road.
Trapp Seeks Harmony.
Lieutenant Governor NJ. T.. Trapp
has assumed democratic command
at the capitol building and has ask d
! Attorney General : 4. Freezing 10
assist In ccmenting the had riffs In
the luto OF harmony being played
by elective state officers. The move
ment, however IL purely defensive,
and can In no way be interpreted as
indicating the new commander pro-
poses 20 match forces with the VIC
torious republicans
Mr. Trayp commands the scnRte--
providing someone does not escape
from his present net. In So far az
the lieutenant governor IL personally
concerned. he has that hold tied
down well enough TO remain undis-
turhcd but he has no trouble VI
his own He Is not tu be put TO
the crucial test on his own account,