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


bcrcd that Freezing is an anti
lcagucr In addition. he is the
greatest champion OF Joseph We'll
don Bailey west Of the Mississippi
and north OF the Rcd river. lie
/ could not stay out Of Texas when
Bailey was candidate for office
below the raging Red river, and the
Texans defeat almost put Freezing
90 bed.
UoIoiug 20 the Bailey theories Of
democracy. Frccling has no ambi-
tion TO stand before q large audi
! ence Of oklahoma democrats and
ask them To- vote for all of the
things witch he and Bailey believe
detrimental 80 the public welfare
and contrary to the principles OF
I jefferson.
H. lodged the Issue by nnnounc-
Ing that In the larger cities where
the citizens obtain morning and aft
ernoou ncwsp1pn.s each day thcre Is
no need for spcechmaking. lIe prof
fcrcd his services providing he be
allowed 10 travel In his own auto
mobile. at his own expense. making
his own dates and doing his own
/ advertising. He explained that he
I would travel through the smaller
villages speaking on street corners,
! whether advertised or not. In truth,
and in fact, It Is apparent that Mr..
Freezing is willing that as fcw Of
his friends as possible hear him in
. his dramatic effort 20 convince the
pcoplc that what he Is speaking for
Is right. whilst he knows II Ia wrong.
1t Is, even under these circum-
stances. q very hard strain on the
attorney general, and one not OF his
II a. y
| Of his remarks on the league of ma
tions and its virtues brought the re-
ply that his addresses will be eX-
temporaneous and that copies can
not be supplied.
Another Exhibition OF Temper.
Further bad feeling on the part
OF the democratic campaign COM
mittee toward members of the JEFF
| fersonian club and the newspaper
| OF the same name. was manifested
| Monday when former Chief Justice
! Thomas II. owen. in n letter pub
lished in the Daily Oklahoman,
charged that the club and the news
! pgper were financed by the repub-
lican state committee. Justice owen
1 charged that the club and news
/ paper editor are seeking 20 accom-
plish the defeat Of Scott Ferris, and
asked the organizers OF the club and
! the editor of the Jeffersonian to
make an affidavit to the contrary.
As the club is specifically organized
for the purpose of defeating Ferris
and overpowering tho state demo-
crtaic machine, the dramatic appeal
OF the former chief justice created
more merriment than anything else.
AS n matter of fact owen was for
merly with the Gore men in the
urinary. althorgr h's rOurpE" wan"a
| toward the close Of that memorable
| conflict. Immediately after the
| primary he announced that he was
going 10 helm elect Ferris and proph-
esicd that the majority Of the Gore
supporters would follow his leader
shin. Five OF them did so, but a
ma ipstic silc~ce foil we'd whom nov
emptory call for the more than
| 80, 600 others to fall In was made.
| In truth. the actual supporters or
the blind senator considered the DC
| Election from their ranks of the
former chief justice as an indication
! OF lack OF stability on his part and
they have since refused to take him
seriously or to pay any considerable
attention 10 his numerous newspaper
effusions which have been directed
afar off that the entire so, 900 anti
league democrats have gone trapsing
toward the gentleman from Lawton
who agrees to "tollow my chief from
the beginning and | will follow him
until the end" Perhaps It would be
more accurate 10 say that those who
did not enjoy the owen passover"
10 Ferrisville are really fastening
the end, or at least trying to make
the end Of the Ferris regime come
at the earliest possible date.
JcrfcrSonians Ucartcncd.
Amidst these scenes Of discord and
bitterness came the news from Balti-
more to the effect that Senator T. y.
Gore had made n speech In that city
last Saturday night. and against the
league OF nations. This was not sur
| prlsing news to the members of the
Jcffersonlan club who had susni-
cicd that tho coming ont of cox 'or
tho Wilson league as written at Yer
sailles would drive tho real senators
to defend the opposite view OF the
league monster.
Democratic campaign committee
| headuuarters hastily explained that
while Serator Go"e was s0caktn"
! against the league OF nations, he
| was also supporting Governor 'oN
for the presidency and that he was
not mentioning the campaign In his
nnti-Ieague speeches. Accepting these
assurances and explanations, coming
! from the 1OO-pcr-cent Ferris quar-
! tcrs as genuine. Jeffersonians plan
ned to ioin with the Ferris campaign
| commmittce and have the blind
senator make speoch against the
league here in oklahoma.
For some unknown and uneXplain-
cd reason these overtures met n
chill. although all factions are
agreed that should the senator come
20 the state TO discuss the vital issue,
hc would be favored with an audi
cnce many times greater than could
he housed within any edtfice now
standing IN oklahoma.
boy. Page Charlie Haskell.
Tho democratic campaign COM
mittcc has no one person TO look up
addresses Of lost persons OF former
distinction.
II will be recalled that when this
committee was organized, cN-Justicc
owen Immediately dispatched n let
tier To Aldrlch Blake former COM
mander OF the Gore Volunteers, ask
ing him 10 come into headquarters
name his own salary and proceed