The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06

allow him to get all stretched out
on the appointing table. and then all
throw bricks at once. Charges from
Icing an cmbc2glcr. wife bcatcr and
horse thief, up and down the Grim.
inal category road. were over ready
to be filed against an Oklahumau
about TO receive an appointment
with the result that other states re-
ceivcd much favor and Oklahoma
could get nowhere because OF the
political customs uf its own people.
This style prevailed In both re.
publican and democratic circles and
about all an applicant from either
party ever got for tho trouble OF
asking for a place at Washington.
was 10-ycar effort to recover the
reputation enjoyed before makiuk
application.
Whether Locke gets to be com
missioner Of Indian affairs Is not 50
( important. but he will have done
much for the state II he succeeds
In breaking down harbaric aud
! wholly useless slander mill that has
mitigatcd against the state and was
in vogue when the state was dlyid-
/ cd NtO two territories.
As matter Of fact, oklahoma is
entitled to the commissioner OF
indian affairs. Ninc-tenths OF the
, Indian business is within the state
ana moro than half ~ the Indians
are in oklahoma. Democratic dis
satisfaction caused the appointment
/ of a Texan by President Wilson.
/ While Mr. Sells has pleased half
| of the people who have had to deal
with its bureau and made very
ConscS SutiOus officer, no one viii
deny that at the time of his appoint
ment he had just the same knowl-
edge about Indians and their af-
fairs as he did about being pope.
Two Juicy Ones.
! Two juicy lower offices fol-
/ low the commisSi Sioncr of Indian af-
| fairs, superintendent of the union
agency al MuskoRce, and the super
intcndcnt at Pawhuska. The first
| handles the affairs for the Five
I Civilized Tribes and the latter that
of the rich Osagcs. where there is
so much money that accountants Of
the superlativc order are required
! TO shovel IL out of the way and keep
/ the records straight.
Gabc Parker, democrat, is super
( visor Of the Indian agency and j.
; George Wright, republican, has
charge OF the Pawhuska agency
Parker, OF course, will be hastily
shut out, ana it has been repeatedly
/ published that l.. q. Disney of Mus
kogec will be his successor.
No one knows whether Wright
desires TO remain in the service or
not. He came to the Indian terri
tory from Joe Cannon's home city
of Danville, H., and has since been
a peak figure in the administration
| OF Indian Affairs. Congressman
| Charley carter lcgislatcd him out Of
office when he combined the office
and agency at Muskogee, but
! Wrights position and importance
We're so great with the secretary Of
! interior that he was transferred to
| pawhuska. whore he knows the In
| dian question and manages an Of
! flee with degree OF skin not
equalled anywhere else in the SER
| vice.
Bolcn VIII Leave.
At present the best position with
| in Oklahoma is that of collector OF
internal revenue, offices located in
Oklahoma City. Collector Hubert l..
Bolen has announced that his rcsig-
; nation will be ready with the incom-
/ ing administration and his successor
Can take charge at any time. The
year 1920 was the banner one for
! the office and the salary for that
year amounted to $500. What the
average person does not know, is
! that these offices pay on percent
age basis, and there is every prob
ability of the Oklahoma city office
dropping below the $4,000 mark
within "A year.
Hard times do not cause an In
! tcrnal revenue collector to prosper.
At the time BOlcn took the office
1t was paying approximately $4,000
sHx M "a a.
prosperity sent il up to the peak,
being the best federal appointive
position in the southwest. II carries
with it n small regiment of en-
ployes, but the vast majority OF
! them are under civil service rules,
leaving to the next collector small
opportunity to rapidly care for his
friends.
II was over this particular place
that Jake l.. ilamon ana senator
elect j. w. Harreld were alleged 10
have started their disagreement, The
gossip was that Ed Dyche was the
while Harreld wanted the place to
go to A. g. Alexander, twice his
lcampaign manager and connected
with his business offices, Neither
Dyche nor Alexander ever made any
public statement rs to whether or
not they had aspirations for the
Rolen Job. Both are prominent res
ildcnts Of oklahoma CitN, hyche al
one time being territorial supcrin-
iendont Of schoolss
Here H. "A Hero.
Amidst the democratic factions
and strife for position and power,
there Is one democratic offccholder
who IL "A candidate for state OF
flee and his name spells fight. II
is Albert sydney Johnston shaw.
secretary of the state school land
com mission, who aspires 10 be state
treasurer, although no one knows
what for.
Two former state treasurers' Rop-
Iert Dunlop and william Alexander
in respective turn, tried to secure
the democratic guhernatorlal nom
Iinatiou, bun their efforts were or no
avail II Is also generally undef'
stood that the present state treas
lurer. Arthur Nehemiah Leecrait
would like To he governor ana no
docs keep putting his toes in the
water, hut has so far very evident
llv thought it too chilly FOR a ma
nlunge into the actual depths,
Election Machinery.
The proposed election law cnanSe'
onnear political or course all rlec
itIons are political, but the proSen
condition OF the oklahoma l'Fis
iature as to political partisana'fhil y