The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-24


three announcements that IL has
| been unable to get into communi-
cation with former Governor Charles
y. Haskell and can not state
whether It will be able to commun-
| icate with him In time for hun to
! be present at this rally--proposcd
| to In some way offset tho effect OF
the monster crowd which greeted
| senator Warren g. Harding, repIb-
| lican nominee for the prcal 1cncy,
| when he was In the capital city.
This eXcmpliftcs the need Of n
man to look up lost" democrats.
| Governor Haskell is not totally un-
known here or In New York. lie
| Is member of the stock exchange
| ana resides in one OF the largest hos
tclries Of the new world metropolis,
besides he Is the president Of a cor
1 poratlon having millions upon mill
mons or dollars Invested In several
states or the union. A diligcnt in
/ curry at some one of his numerous
officcs, or at his home address. in
me course Of 10 or IL days might
J elcit a response from some one
who may have some idea where the
ex-governor may be sojourning.
IL would be treason TO the 100 per
centers to assume that the governor,
pelhg trifle .anti-league and not
overly friendly to some with whom
he would be expected To assoeiate
while attending the rally. might
| have concluded the path OF duty
directed him elsewhere than Okla
hoina CITY, to sup with Cruce by the
slne OF the federal Judge In these
uhys when men are changing from
old political paths, 1t is prudent To
ilrst ascertain what a man is think
ing or before inviting him to make
q political speech.
But IL will be as well for tho
state machine democrats to have
| me last two ex-go~ernors sing n
uuet. Cruce can speak and explain
now the state school lands were
originally leased for oil and pas.
| 1t viii be well for judge Williams
10 discourse on how the extensions
were made and the difficulties met
IN such endeavor. Close attention
70 such narratives would inspire
ialth In democratic machine politicaI
methods. Likewise II would he in
structive to such as have not been
dlgglnS down below the surface
ior tho root of tire treo OF know
ledge.
lccular Situation.
Inc 1920 campaign has present
I
oklahoma pollticar situation. For
the tlrst time since statehood there
~ battle royal between the demo-
crats and republicans in the Third
/ consfessSonal district II ls nor
nally So overwhelmingly democratic
that republicans have not the cour-
| ege even to contend against the
democratic majorities. Even when
congressman Harreld carrie his anti
league or nations standard to the
Ked river counties and stated his
position, his assistants were in
cllned TO treat MS efforts lightly
ana sur.nised that he would only
waste time and secure few votes.
but now 1t is conceded that the
contest between Harreld and Ferris
ior leadership in the Third district
IS the most interesting situation
Delore the public at this writing
Eerris Is so fortified In Love and
'Larter counties that his lead. will
po Iarge' and emissaries OF the state
machine from McCurtain county arc
/ otfering to wager that kingdom win
give the Lawton man 1000 majority.
lhat.' or course, may be obtained on
I the returns, but there Is no one
sltnple enough to believe that kind
or majority will be recorded by
7 those voting. What others may re-
cord Is different story.
! In Bryan Choctaw. Pushmataha.
Atoka. LeFlore. Pittsburg and Lat
inner the forces contending for Har-
reId are Claiming victory. Ii would
seem impossible that Bryan. among
/ the banner democratic counties OF
/ the state, could ever be changed.
but Gore carried the county over
the state machine and the followers
| or the blind senator rap in no
| sense abating their fight against the
| league of nations or the slander mill
methods used to defeat him at tho
| primary election.
! Undoubtedly the Choctaw situation
Is interesting and the vote between
the two senatorial candidates close
! IL is wen organized county for the
| state machine, and there have been
times when peculiar things happen-
| ed after as well as before an election
| The Ferris opposition, however. Is
! determined TO make an effort to oct
their ballots in the boxes and 10
I guard them until all of the returns
nave been made out. with ANYTHING
IKE an even break in Bryan and
thoctaw, Harreld has reduced n
district with more than a two-to-ono
democratic majority into victory or
III lost, the majority against him
hegllglhle. To those unacquainted
with present day conditions. a state
ment to the effect that the Third
distrect Is In DOUBT would - dcrided
To those who are mindful OF pres-
ent conditions, It appears that the
Third district democrats have had
about all OF the machine decoctIons
they wish and their protests are nj
least encouraging.
From 'the Third or southeo storm
district to the Eighth or northwest
4 ern, Is a long jump, but not so far
| hut that the citizenship Of the two
divisions have not been able 10 thInl,
alike The old Morgan district,s
majority for Harreld will be limited
largely by the total number OF votes
polled for in many OF the wheat
growing sections the Ferris peopIe
nave not sufficient precinct friends
TO man the polls on election day.
stu n Mighty Race.
While the foregoing indicates what
change has come over Oklahopa
ana the magnitude Of the divisIon
between democrats, It must NOT he
construed TO mean a forecast OF Vic
tory for either one Of the contestants
The conflict between Harreld ana
Ferris Is real The u,iporit,, o.. ~