The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-06

machine does not like the mayor and
is trying to put "A halter on HIM
Just when the machine was oross.
ing it's hardest bridge, getting ths
ss3s, 900 appropriation for tho stat.
highway department, IAllard, an
overseas veteran, commenced a bar
rage attack. II could not have bcer
prcarranged attack, for Il camc 70
the other democrats on that fIghtinr
line like 4 shock. Hut IL it shocked
the minority democrats q did cvsA
worse than that to the machine. In
the language of the gentleman tcsti-
flying as to what religion had done
for him. 1T well nigh rulnt them
Nevertheless, many at the capito'
construe that Lillard Is in a position
to keep tho democratic state ma.
chine quite busily engaged with i,s
own business, while Mayor Walton
bags for himself couple Of city
commissioners who will support his
administration.
Perhaps this Is merely imsGinar
and that there is no line ~ con.
munication between the parties mon
! TONED, but these are strenuous po.
| litical times and what IS least CN
pected generally happens FIRST
Colonel Ewing Inquisltiyc.
Every old-time resident Of Okla
homa either knows personally d.
knows OF Colonel Amos Ewing
Guthrie capitalist and politician, wh"
has served so often i'm the legislator.
or for 1t in some capacity that h'
himself has to look at the record, o.
I IA tas sV, I, Of
While visiting in the capitol build
ing, news that tho senate inycsig4i.
ing committee had found" that toI
very rich Tulsans had sent the orol.
nous sum Of So 900 to Okl9hum
City to influence the Legislature
reached the veteran legislator
With tears in his eyes the yctot
exclaimed: My God, have We con
to this' Did they send an of thl
money by freight or fast express
trust that depravlty has not come
| amongst us and that owl IS MI
abroad in the land"
What n Late Frost MAY DO,
Those gubernat oriai blossom
which come out so carly arc VeH
| likely to suffer In tho event there Il
a late frost. Things like that have
happened and can happen again. Tn
legislators camo here hoping to G'
cover a governor or to manuiac.ur
one. Ben Harrison OF Calvin has hal
nice prospects and his house record
has not impaired the prospects. h.
| for some reason the state demo
cratic machine acts like his .and
dacy would not bo so pleasing
that of Treasurer Lcecraft The Ia.'
ter has steadily maintained cam
| paign attitude and Assistant Treas
urer George A. Smith has taken \.
matter seriously. The rest of VI
state is either -committaI or ''
| clined to be gun shy,
The former state treasurer UNDER
| took to- capture the democrat. 81.
| bernatorial nomination and inI
away from the breastworEs 49,
far away from the brcastworaa ds
deed.
In the senate there was ''m'
when the lackeys thought thr' mien.
possibly make a governor of 0ar'.
McPherren, who IL a giant Ni,a d
voice that just bankers on hC.Hs or,
played for the common folk 0gN'
| fit. Down on Red river "a .s p.
rant home, McPhcrrcu can pay
HiisitS Sdttlt Or lrlitA'r ".."
speeches are a delight Hut IH..
| coming TO Oklahoma city 20 90
little senatoring he has found 'oI.
voice is OF little value Io.,i
have two clubs, with stronE guar
to protect the rear,
In one respect MCPhCrr'u \
promise of having qualifications
chief executive possessed hN no o'g,
man at the outset-he has N0ioG ~.
every Appropriation bill and o'I,.',
ed those assailcd without ltnl""
| and without apology.
However, there arc plenty h..
bers of tho democratic state
chine who could attend 10 the aNI-,,
priations all right, II they cou.a '
be elected governor. Take, 10,
stance, Harry Bruce Cordell OF Mag
tou, senator and best littIc dlI,s
priation obtsiner within the nrir.,.
now or the far dark past M,I I'm,
rem is six feet two inches m h',S-.,
and built accordingly; CordoU ~ ,
feet and 10 inches and not ,.,,r.
But size is not everything ana .t
dell manages appropriation r,,.
dispatch and without effort "'
tory. , 10
This must not be consM.assgI
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