The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02

accompaniment. he constitution
with its perils. and securing q lacul,y
OF useful politicians would have
aroused public Indignation had the
public really been cognzaut of 'he
rather farCical program. Governor
Bob Williams welded his veto Ak
on many Of them and placed them
out OF commission for time. but
they came back again. IL has no,
yet dawned on those legislators who
would again try the Clednng.ou'
process that a campaign against an
established institution Is about the
hardest one can contemplate. The
veterans "Cuss'' the useless shrub
berry. bu. they know from sad cx-
pcrience the task OF grubbng them
out. Failure to appropriate money
for maintenance * practically the
only method and that attempts will
find those behind the places In CON.
mand of valuable. and every d.
.ermined assistance.
Many Called But Few Chosen.
For the past several years the
democrats have had little trouble In
filling the places necessary for the
conduct Of the legislature Even
now. with repu blicans In control 0.
the house for .he first time the
number Of applicants is really few,
one reason explains this-the sal.
aries paid are usually not larger thar
can be obtained in private life andi
is hard TO get those experienced 10
take vacation for an Ordinary
sixty-day session. always a. the risk
OF not being able to get back Their
ole positions
Necessarily there will be strange
faces among those who serve the
legislature. But for the week pre-.
ceding a session members have had
very few to seek employment
Another Lull.
There has also been another
notable lull in the song OF place
seekers. The death of Jake l..
iiamon and the dispute az 70
whether state Chairman Harris
should succeed him caused loss o.
hope on the part of many west side
republicans who had always backed
the Ardmorc man To the las, ey
tremity. Whether that will reall.
have anything to do with the for
tunes of these aspirants can only be
answered by 'he powers of appoint
ment and recommendation. In any
event, the democratic factional bat
,ls, and republican legislative or
ganization, have completely sub
merged the call for patronage "
services performed. =
The one outstanding patrOnas'
story is peculiar in itself. l.. Il Dis.
ney of Muskogec has been frequent
ly mentioned as the successor q
Gabe Parker as superintendent Of
the MuskOgco Indian agency Il
truth he Is believed to have III,
backing OF Jim Harris. and II is
fact that no discovered lIarreld 81
| the senatorial candidate who coult
be nominated and elected Disney
| aggressive; To be polite. very mucl
SO. He managed Jim Harris cam
pa!gn for national mitteomal
and he did So with his usual energy
Not few of those on the other SID
felt the Disney boot and while ~
big ones say nothing. the torchbear
ers and news Couriers very reidli
admit they will try Ia stop IN
Muskogean's march upward, Ther
is very much more talk about IN
Disney aspirations In oklahoma ~
han I'm Muskogce. for the reason
was the west side crowd Disney ha
to ride over to secure tho indorse
| big Wagner friend.
An Unconscious IlnInOrist,
Jerry Rand. editor OF the OkmA
gee Times, has won a reputation q
a humorist and didn. know Il. u
| a recent long editorial relative y
/ state politics, the Times. seriously
mentioned the fact that corpOrauo
Commissioner Campbell. Russell ma
written a few letters TO friends ask
Ing support for Senator Tom simp
son OF Thomas for president pr
tempore of the senate.
| Simpson and Governor Rol"rtSo
are inseparable and work tugcihe
In the very closest harmony, Every
body knows the feeling eXisti'S pe
tween Russell and the governor
Knowing, .hey also know that Wha'
| ever chance simpson had g. rNe
have hope of good life after dea.
would vanish. insofar as Russo
could believe, when IL became Know
he was the governors choice for an
position. Russell may believe IN Ie
generation, but 1t IN certain ihai u
! believes in the actual extcrmlndi9
of the Robertson following, the pH
and little alike to be removed iron
all official place.
Brings Up Another.
Speaking OF corporation com iu's
! sioncrs calls TO mind the fact lus
| Chairman Art Walker has not ~