The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-01


and to office.
For some reason, although he Ma.
splendid intellect. CantweI cond
not grasp this vision. and ne was
asked TO resign.
DR.. Eskridge In not an America,
agriculture expert, but The Word
correspondent believes the okls.
homan does him n grave injuelcs
although IL is very probable ths,
Editor Gaylord did not have that in.
tentIon.
The Oklahoman processes 10 fea,
that Or. Eskridge will not be able 10
impart as much agricultural learn.
Ing to A. e. NJ. students as they with.
However, no one doubts that inS
stiff primary fight the normal school
professor Is. to use the highest form
of perfect English. "a derned good
un."
Even the Oklahoman admits tina.
the doctor is man of some parts,
saying:
Doctor Eskridge is a polished
scholar. There is probably none 4
in oklahoma better equipped ~
Latin and Greek than this SAM
prospective president of the gre,
agricultural college. Let us hop
that the state board OF agriculturs\
Is wise beyond our knowledge In
this appointment
If, as the Oklahoman says, the
doctor is a Greek scholar, he OF
course knows how the Greeks prac-
tised agriculture and can quickly ap-
ply that knowledge to Oklahoma, the
only real difference being that our
reasons are not the same as they
are or were in that land where they
made speeches and talked wisdom
before our forebearers wore dress
suits.
In Greece, according to what little
we have been able to CLEAN from DR..
Ayers almanacial dissertation on
Grecian agriculture, they planted
hogs in January and sowed cats in
July, whereas, that would be un-
seasonable in Oklahoma. And even
IL our educators with scholarly at
tainments might not be able, the
first year, to ascertain when to put
out the principal crops, IL they be
able to direct the student mind as 10
who should be nominated and elecI
ted TO office, Is that not OF moi
actual cash value than a dlssertati,{
on how to eradicate prairie dogs N
Prairie dog eradication can
done in 1928, whereas, we are :
choose a new governor and state OF
ficers in 1929. AS Colonel Bryan
would say, the nominations and cleo
tions are at this moment TO be con
sidered the paramount issues.
Moreover, the state board OF agri'
culture has at least one candidate
for the emocratic gubernatoria
nomination and no man OF sound
reasoning power would presume The
board could endure a dub like Cant
well, who thinks he was employed 70
educate the masses, when 1t can Sc
cure the services of man skilled
in the art of getting the votes in
the ballot box.
The Oklahoman is usually more
skillful in handling matters for the
state democratic machine ana the
error in criticizing the appointment
OF Doctor EsHridge must be al.
tributed to an oversight that VIII no'
likely occur again.
Anxiety for Them.
The state administration has been
placing its appointee list so tha'
support may come from all sections
OF the state. The newspaper sup
port is divided into two Glasses
one. those where the printing stream
flows steadily and another where t.e
appointments have been placed IN
such an effective manner as to N.
sure protection down TO the Ias'
rung OF th's ladder.
illustrations could be cited by the
score, but two are sufficient puI
ing the current week Clark {. tud..
son, who filed the recall petltiq
against Governor Robertson an
Lieutenant Governor Trapp, was s''
verely eXcoriated by Col. Georg
Wyatt, one of the ArdmorlV
editors. The wielder Of the pei
was really unkind to Hudson Wh
being n newspaper man hlmseH
will probably worry over the matter
Colonel Wyatt utilized more rslal
one column of editorial space W de
claring Mr.. Hudson a bolsheyih an'
giving him other titles not found j
the book OF rules pertaining 70 po
litical gentlemen.
out of the long list OF words ON
can easily discern that Eolohe
wyatt Is a strong state adminlsFl
ton defender; also that ne thIhS
In this connection It is well 20 stau
that Colonel Wyatts son is on tn'
state pay roll. OF course nv
monthly shot at the treasury nv
nothing to do with Wyatt's dascrl,p
tion of Hudson; at least not dlFecM
But In preparing a record OF p ,asv ',
ii is as well TO bring in tie ou,vii
posts and look about for cause an'
effect. y.
one more illustration may ~
necessary. The MusSogee l1Hles
Democrat editor is cast down ana o.. I,
almost dead with the weeps, som.
might think this was at least ",
TALLY due to the fact that the deinvi
cratic state administration sap "n1 90
hung up on a reef of rocks an
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