The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-09

even follow under the Robertson ad-
min!stration, although seemingly i'm
possible.
No well informed person be-
lieVcs that Governor Robertson and
his followers have wide influence
oN"r tn' senate. Trap pat the
whip OF partisanship to the scna-
tors, aud they responded as oxen
well broken to the yoke. Profess
tng real desire to stop the spend
! ing orgy democratic senator's tied
themselves IN a caucus which bound
th"m head ana foot to the very
administration they profess to dis
agree with--at least less than six of
them openly indorsr 1t. There could
ho no doubt of this Tor Senator
SIMPSON elected president protcm-
pore, IL the one man of that body
absolutely :" tied up with the gov
"fnor That ne could not break away
II he would lie was not Tiapp
choice for second lcadcr-far from
II, The lieutcuaut-guvcruo accent
ed simpson because he had to II he
would Wis. Divorced from the gov
rrnor, the second executive knew
that he would fan. OF all the old
mcn who hc,c made Trapp king
/ in the senate, Davidson, alone re-
m1incd, and This last mentioned
, senator was desired for senate lead
+ or 10y tho presiding officer.
Two outstanding features comt
fruu the democratic FRAY Tram T..
the natural leader OF the machine
administration. The governor desires
to nominate STATE Treasurer Arthur
L"ccrut for governor but tho lat
ter Was unable to a-s.St when Wal
t lace and Fleming had The machine
/ backed against the political wall and
/ flew the black flag of no mlartcr.
or All the old machine crowd. Trapp
alone has com" through the Crllling
/ fire, " he should be- able to pre-
vent an investigation of his own Of
iicidl conduct and escape, he VIII
. either lead the machine forces in
/ 1872 or the machine VIII disiutcgratc
/ little at II time. None of the others
has been able to stand the glare of
publicity or the onsllughts of the
enemy.
Tho other upstard,ug feature
I character ~ Wallace. lie is a vet
eran LEGISLATOR, fighter young ana
backed 10y the most powerful faction
cious enough to understand that he
Is marked for slaughter by the dem
ocra,ic state organization, he is con
scIuus that such uppositiun--now
apparently inNiuciblo--must soon be-
come an asset rather than a liability.
| II would appear an even break for
place between these two men were
II not analysed. Traps strength l.
mostly conferred around those who
either hold office or desire to hold
one. WalhCc's greatest fighting
force j. comprised of men who du
not care tor place, Many Of them
have COMO out of one party bolt sue
Ccssiul and also joyful, They have
started ON the way to rid their par
ty Of what they believe is a cabal of
men not any too scrUpulous and GER
taiuiN mono too wise.
Therefore, The lieutenant governor
must win hy inspiring confidence ia
his following mon who have Ul
other business i'm politics than tu
hold office seldom stay long with Il
sinking snip. ThDy do not love the
icutenaut-Eoyrruo neither do they
1--we anyone else likely to loo defeat
ed ~ the polls Love and appetite
for office never meet in WedluDk.
on the other hand, Wallace can
hold his followers whether he oven
Inspires tor place, In truth the Struus
men of tho state who have only thus
far made one move are of the upiu-
ton that little short Of a miracle viii
enable the dt~gucruts To win the next
state election, and assuredly they
viii not utfer Wallace as sacrifice
Surprising as IL may appear there rs
more than a possibility that the nrAt
democratic nominee for governor
may secure that position without
even serious opposition should the
Robertson administration bee m-
torsrd hy this legislature. the nest
democratic nominee toy governor
viii have to be drafted, and those