The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-31

and wish to avoid any preliminary
SkirmishiuE that may he necessary
10 get the party whipped into fight
ing shape.
Nor have after effects materially
changed conditions Informed par
t'sans understand that the so-Called
recommending proposition X dead
and will not he revived. Nobody is
for II and It never had chance TO
get into action. 1t did well to even
hold life until the committee met.
One Comedy Act.
The democratic committee meet
ing had one comedy act. \ dozen
former apostles of Charley Haskell
staged IT, They worked for two
hours to get some folks to cheer
the mention OF the first governors
name and when "A PittshurE county
man mentioned that Haskell Is to
speak in the county the spotted
cheer men made a noise.
II was more OF a tragedy than
anything else. The first governor Is
trying to stage a comeback and he
desires 10 pose as a Napoleon re
turning from the island prison. lie
can enlist som" OF the "hashcous'
and few 'novorwaZzCrs." but be
yond that the tale of Haskell is writ To-
ten for good or evil and he "a not
oven a good discard in Oklahoma
politics at the pr"s'n, day
Its Meaning.
Tho democratic committee meet
ing very clearly indicates that there
~ 4 movement TO make a linc-un Of
tho former democratic leadership
and 10 avoid the errors which left
two parties whore there was only
room for one. Had tho committee
CHOSEN TO bring forward the consti-
ton, have loft. out tho tragedy Of a
pr't"rcntial convention, their plans
would have materialized and a more
lmpoaing front presented for tho
next year As II Is they arc soroly.
handicapped and the organization
f'r 1879 is yet 20 he made and no
one knows who is TO do the making
Ihat condition ounfronts both
democrats and republicans and to
mat eNt"nt the political situation is
very similar to that which existed
IN 1919. At that time both parties
we're torn asundcr by factional
slrlIe' and success fell on the leader
ship Of Republican State Chairman
IIHi IiarrIS' who got his forces
N'lpp'u together for the final cam
ptRn, whilst the democrats were
una6I" 10 even assume the form OF
solidarity. Va
Republicans will have this diaad.
VlhlaE" next year, I'm that they are
IN a.'onaI control and no one who
S,Nlles me political situation will
isSuW" that the party i'm power has
been pleasing the people Of Okla.
hoWl. The presidents oil policy
MT oklahoma republicanjsm an
a"tul Jolt II requires no sage to
toreso" that the republicans will bc
very much on IN" defensive next
year and defensive political bat
Ties ar" seldom torcrunncrs Of glad
some results.
Moreover republicans are not yet
through with the patronage. pains.
ana such agOnicS are always hard
indeed. only q tenth Of those seek
.ng appointments can get them and
the min" refused always labor under
the haluclnation that they were
better qualified than the lucky one.
The as'ute republicans expect To
overcome these handicaps becauss
OF IN" democratic governor They
expect Robertson to err sufficiently
10 overcome the Washington mis-,
takes, ordinarily they might break
even on this score, for our governor
does hlunder, II he makes one move
per day he makes one blundcr two
moves means TWO blunders, and 81
on and SO forth, the bmnders and
moves corresponding Ike twins OF
the goldduAt variety.
Everyone agrees that the average
person is dissatisfied. The public
mind Ia unsettled Return to nor.
mllcy' doctrines have failed, and
there has been no retury Prices ot
one commodity are not IN line with
prices for others and every man
thinks his particulac business 4