The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-07

given an opportunity tn max. ..
before the present ties v,r. s.,, s..l
This admittedly call. fa, ,.a.
lon on the campaign OF fy, W.,
hence. The democratic guh.rr,i,.',
candidates were very llrs.I, ,
cificd In the defeat of Tu,.ar
OF the long list Whitchursi and
craft went down and out wf6.,.
question. '""'N
Trap may be able To v.a.,,s.,..,
storm, and state Superirt. .ra,,, r
II. Wilson has personal .r.,,.."
ton which will hold together f.' f
good start '''
Mayor Walton Of Okl.l.,,, ~.
came through with his r...f ,
ana and still thinks he is rur-.,.
tor governor He has Oki.bo,,,
county well mapped. but for s,,.,
reason has failed to d.sg,.r b,.
there IL considerable OUTLYING .,.,
tory whore ho is not oxtr...r1.r..,u.
popular az the present ,rug.,r,
These conclusions are ble.f. ..,, 2
iact that the state admI.I.,r,,.''
~ not going to be a big r,.t1, :.
the next election. Robertson WAS ,'.
working In unison with IN, g.,..
cratic state campaign ,omn,i,t,.
ana 1t Is known that he h,Ii.,ast.
could nave won the Ferris flrbt ~,
state issues. Robertson ls "a -,.,
League OF nations man, but he Al,
Know that II was unpopular I'm Ok,.
homa and said 80 very frankly.
Robertson knows more about pub.
lie opinion than those who ,rl,ic,,o
MIN. He can take under his f.r,ro.
plans and drift with the tide
Two days after the election Soma
Dig politics was started I, Vas
nothing less than Chairman Az
l.. walker OF the state curporation
commission resigning, and tho gov.
ernor would appoint some one ,cho
met the approval Of Campbell Rus.
sell
Russell would then be c'e.is,
chairman of the commission ana
dominate that body This project
was started when the first election
returns indicated that +. II. Hughes
republican, had defeated r. r
Echols. dem ocrat That election IL
now in doubt. However. il woul5
not he much Of a favor 10 Russell
as Hughes is a man Of considerable
political ability and might be- able
to furnish Mr.. Russell the vote on
the commission for chairman with.
out going 10 the necessity of com.
promising his fii,ht with the gov.
ernor. BE Il known. the successor
to walker would not be chosen in
the event that Mr. Russell did not
see the light and stop his cruel
tight on the Robertson administra.
tion.
Trench Lines Deep.
But the big state chairman ~
the republican party has been abr
to mix 1t with the quick-thinkirc
democrats. Harris Is in A happy
position. He has won a victory that
is remarkable, and he won It clean.
And in this he had the democrats
distanced, for the reason that ne
led his forces through without dis
sension. Secretary John Anplchy.
Mrs CruetOn and the entire fighting
force fell in behind the Wagner
man and he has many vantage points
now. II no more than solid or
Eanization in fighting array he has
the democrats bested, for they arc
but semblance. of n fighting party
now.
Looking back to the disorderly
contest waGed between republicans
for national committeeman. It seems
miraculous that Harris could carry
his forces through to a victory He
lost few republicans, but go few
that they did not count He carried
all OF those opposed to the league
OF nations, all OF those maddeNod
hy the malignant fight waEed against
Gore; he carried members Of other
parties and took them through In
such condition that his troops were
in better array the morning after
the contest than they were the night
before
Harris for Governor
Harris can carry 10000 democratic
votes in a guhernatiorial election.
They have trGd him out very
thoroughly and they are brunt in
saying they will make one more
dead heat tn him. That sentiment
may change in two years. Very
probably Harris does not want to
be governor. At this particular mo.
ment, however, he is a potential
parsonage in Oklahoma and he ~
worked SO long and come throu'n
respect OF all classes and in al
parties.
Just at this moment there Is mors
concern in oklahoma C!y ablot
what republicans propose than az
to the democrats. But It must not
be forgotten that he demo, as feel
bad at this hour.
Woman In Congress.
Oklahoma Cityans never believed
that Alice Robertson could d"ica'
William Hastings for congress I'm me
second district. The district IS -
overwhelmingly democrats tnat
when Ch" irman Jim Harris and SEQ
retary Appleby announced the prom
ability of her success they were
laughted at.
Mrs. Cureton. the vice chalrmal
OF tho republican committee, n
from Muskogee and was very firm II
her conviction that the won an
would be successful, but that wa 10
tributed by>'wise boys" to H., iacl
that this was Mrs. Cureton's first at'
tempt at the big American gam.
And the strange part OF the .'.I'
Is that democrats had planned 10,
Hastings TO make a great tour ',
the state: stand up for the league ~
nations and then some of the
side fellows say, he was to nave
been made United States senator
II was n rosy picture and Hastings
is really all right. Like many u.N''
good men, he listened 20 the leaf y.
music at AN unholy hour and ina.
as the backslider said, well h'EI