The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-16

ns likely 10 be arraved on one side
as anothci, determined only by his
Wow point as ~ which Is righ'. Ho
h very determined antagonist
when ia action aud while NJ lined
uD With the lieutenant governor on
lnnNiuty az to iust which route he
viii take when the final showdown
'ODes In the senate. "sp"c,ed some
+ time during the coming week.
! itcprcscntntiv" Graham N tho
slloni man regarding factions. lie
Was Tho floor leader of Tn, first state
s"nst,. and nj. I. ru'h,ion as a lcais.
lltivg warrior has nT been forgot
ton splendid parliamontariau n
1ud aggressive speaker. neither tho
ndmtnittrutlont nor nuti-ndminlstra.
ton fuicos can gain au inkllng rs 20
liiA personal Views. n H. proba bic
this viii h" the case when the logis-
lutuIo SdjOufHP. foT 10" reason that
the houfc ls republican and the
,hauCps ftr the democratic mem
b.rg 10 show faciionai teeth viii be
l'vs frequent than ir true OF tho gen.
'Bto.
speaker Sohwabe did not assign
Graham 10 heavy committe. places,
enc Il thrm being tn. committee on
den istry. The old veteran gave OUT
his ntst Interview following this as-
sigum nj, saying:
That's nnc. Come around and
have your teeth examined. ! am sure
this committee will not be- toe 80.
yoIrly ocnpurcd fer IT'S findings
Nothing Dolte.
Efforts of the sid lin" committees
to function the state Doratic
com nitte on ~ now basis scans to
have lost footing and standing at
the same lime
Dan Wsl'y. an oklahoma Ci'y at
torucv. and not unknown 10 demo-
cratic history in territory and state.
iA now secretary. and was 80 h1v"
given much or his time 10 tho task
uf making sore democrats well and
strong and TO weld the factions to-
gothcr. lie frartod s'rong and
hearty. but for som" reason has lost
-pwc Of his enthusiasm.
'tato Chairman Bsn Lafayette n
pliil ~ thu holm IN commi't"e head.
quarters at the Bristol. and seems To
hnve little trouble IN doiag all the
woif necessary to bc done.
The state administration war
igaind Lafayette has very largely
iuhsided. Tncre are two reasons
one IL that Lafayette was at one
time chairman of the governors
board ~ affairs. and since retiring
nUN ~ ANtf llIilu' DnblI' any Nld'V-
mont regarding why he left Many
democrats believe that Lafayette
could relate unpieaHant things were
he inclined 10 become loduacious
The SECOND reason IL that she In
cessant fight made by the stat" ad-
ministration could very easily nom
mate Lafayette for governor. II IN
now nerally accepted that the
state machine fight against "a demo
crat gives him considerable popular
lty ov'r the state. The state chair
man Is rich. and has always enjoved
plavlng the political game, although
he has never been ambitious 10 be a
candidate for office. No one refuses
the governorship. however. and In
the event that tn, administration
should place him IN a commanding
position. no one need b" surprised
IL the statr chairman should con-
clude To lac an asptrant for tho nomi-
nation. In fact there has been
much mention OF his name for the
sovernorship for tho past several
weeks.
A Little More Trouble.
That Il . Is always hard 10 stop
trouble once 1t has been we'll started
IN evidenced by a new development
concerning plans for next year.
Former. Representative II. Tom
knight of Claremore and Senator
u. y. Hill of McAlstcr, were slated