The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-02
SERVICE NJ EN-
MAKE PROTEST
Object to Both Parties
Discriminating Against
the Veterans.
M'ADOO SURE GUESS
Platform Fight on Wet Plank
Is Giving Democratic Poll
ticians Uneasiness.
nv GEORGE w. SUMMERS

WASHINGTON. May THAT pot
phrase Of the politicians, wh'ch
many men In the rank and file nave
been repeating parrot-hko. w"
don't want a military man Tor nron.-
dent" has at last come home 20 roos,.
Service men are up In arms. Thcy
realize that the politicians renHy
don't want service men IN "A number
OF offices, especially the ones these
same politicians happen To DO oc-
cnpying. a.,
Fx-service men In session at tho
Ebbitt hotel here this week made
perfectly plain that they hhVo pe
come suspicious Of tho leaders OF
the two big political parties ana
are preparing to demand "A square
deal" Steps we're taken to organize
Tho "Fx- service Mems Political Nigl-
iance Committee" Col Grant r.
Trent OF Rogersvlllc. Tenn, was
elected president, and Private Goorge
&. Carl, jr., OF indianapolis. WaB
elected secretary
The charge was made at tho con-
vention that q. O. T. leaders are
trying TO choke the boom for Major
General Leonard wood and nt the
same time stflo movement ge'tins
under way among tho rank ana me
TO bring General Porshing forward
as compromise candidate In the
event OF a deadlock.
The democrats also came In for
their share OF blame. II is charged
that they nipped In the bud
movement TO bring out Generm
Omar Buudy pa democratic can
didate. Bundy gained famo when
he sent message to tho French
field commander. declining 10 re-
could never understand an order
TO give ground when the American
flag was In jeopardy" and then
Bundy swept forward to win the
day and rout the German forces.
Trent, in attacking the politicians.
defied them to show that Washing
ton, jackson. pierce. Lincoln, Grant,
Hayes, Garfield. Harrison, Mcl<in-
ley or Roosevelt, all soldiers. were
sword rattlers or militarists when
they reached the white house. do
clared tho objection to Pershing.
Wood and Bundy, simply because
they are soldiers without taking into
consideration any qualifications they
may possess for office, IL an Insult
10 every man who wore the uni
form"
Despite the efforts OF the politi-
clans to sidc-track General Wood.
the vote of the states to date shows
that he Is the most popular of can
didates In all sections OF the coun-
try. II Senator johnson were TO
win the votes in all the states where
ne Is contesting ho would go to Chi
cago with less than 200 votes.
II is well TO consider that, though
elections in the west might indicate
the forests are on fire for johnson.
the states where he has been winning
are small and have little real inf1u-
ence. unless Il should come about
that the less than 200 votes johnson
will have are balance OF power.
Republican leaders. who are
watching with great interest tho
campaign OF Senator Johnson, do
not delude themselves with the be-
lief that his support is coming from
the radicals and the German sym
pathizers. They have been making
Inquiries. The impression In gaining
ground in Washington daily that
much OF Senator Johnson's strength
Is due 10 his uncompromising an
tagonism to the league OF nations.
with or without reservations. W
league Opposition Grows.
Virtually all confidential political
reports now being brought TO Wash
ington are TO the effect that objec-
tion to the league in any form Is
steadily increasing throughout the
country. Senator Johnson is maxi
ing the treaty the principal issue In
his campaign. He Is emphasizing the
fact that while the Lodge roserva-
tions weaken the league, they will
not serve TO keep America out OF
European entanglements. have
heard Senator Johnson on the stump
in this campaign. and 1 have seen
his audience literally rise to him
on this vital point.
There is, however. no little truth
In the charge that Senator johnson
is rallying the forces OF the discon-
tented. There IL tremendous un-
rest In America. II is part of the
world current of dissa tisfaction with
the existing order. The American
people are undoubtedly In a 'swat-
ting mood. They have found in
Hiram Johnson man strikingly of
the Roosevelt type, natural born
aftensive fighter, and they are US
Ing him as their ak.
Democrats here are coming 10 be-
iieve that the democratic ticket is
as good as nominated. They figure