The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28
GOVERNOR MAKES
MATTERS WORSE
Peevish Speech Widens
the Breech Already
Serious.
ClU NJ SY DICTATI0N
Instead Of Promoting "liar-
mony" He Intensified Il
Wider Divergence.

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OKLAHOMA CAY, Nov Fine
fact that the democratic rtate com
nittcc received such severe crlu-
csm from Governor Robertson when
IN, effort TO "harmoniso' at re-
cent meeting was defeated, and that
the governor declared that "thcr"
In no organization now has brought
on insurgency OF serious nature
within the committee tscf
Governor Robertson aud his po-
litIcal confidcnta at the state house
had the state committee called to-
Qcthcr under the guiNo or n harmony
meeting, but In reality for the pur-
poso OF unscating state Chairman
Den l.. Lafayette. Providing no
method could be found for dethron-
.ng the state chairman, 1t was deter
mined TO appoint a publicity com
mittece ostensibly for the purpose OF
digging up favorable news from the
statchouses and dissem mating II to
the democratic newspapers OF the
state. In truth this publicity com
mittec was to have u permanent
| chairman who WAS To have super
seeded the state chairman. az Cam
pnign Committee Manager Cam
Campbell did during the lato ia
mcntcd state campaign.
II was impossible to accomplish
either OF these two projects. al
though a publicity committee wal
authorized with the provision that
state Chairman Lafayette is tf
make the appointment. and therefore
ne will have an assistant OF his own
choosing.
Interference on the part of tho
governor and his expression of CON
tempt for the present organization
has left come OF the older members
OF the committee under the impress
sion that the proper way to restore
harmony In the democratic ranks
is to accept the governors challenge
and have the committee repudiate
tho acts OF the governor and to op'
pose what he dcsignates as his poll
cies' In the open.
| Mr.. Lafayette has steadfastly op-
posed the committee taking cog
niZance otihc gubcrnatorial fallacics
and has managed to hold the com-
mittcc to his way q thinking. II
was not intended to have the COVER
nor make an address at the com
mittee meeting held In this city, but
some wild enthusiast insisted and
the address was altogether different
from that expected by the commit
teeman making the request. chal-
longing all critics and affirming that
he had the right of state organiaa
ton Support whether ne uounsclct
with II or otherwise. the climax
came when he challenged the truth
of tho statement that there In now
a democratic organization.
This challenge caused threat OF
open revolt and, when the state
chairman left for his home "A
Checotah. veteran members were de
claring that "a publicity man wh'
sought to find something goo,
coming out OF Robcrtson's offices
will have to be an expert accountant
and also hlest with a IIaggardiaI
imagination"
Democrats who insisted on n har
mony meeting and who really were
OF the opinion that some arrange
ment could be made whereby tn,
pIdly widening breach could b,
stopped, lost hope after the COVER
nor had Issued his challenge to th'
democratic state organization, ant
heard the muttorings of the veteran
who have led the party to so man'
victories. As "A matter OF fact tina
democratic state committee was dis
lodged at the very beginning OF N,
state campaign, Congress Scot
Ferris insisting that campniEi
committee do the work supposed I,
be done by the committee.
Throughout the campaign th
state committee performed no othc
function than TO look happy whl'
the great campaign committe,
hlundCred on to defeat and, part
lismc mherment,