The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-11
by e. w. T.. HINDS.

Norld tEpltnl correspondents.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 10
Cooler weather has not brought for
ward much additional political in
formation during the current week
At the state house tho constructive"
peak was reached when an eating
house man was called before the cor
, poration commission to show cause
Why he should not be punished for
refusing to allow Corporation Com
missioner Campbell Russell to cat
In his dining room, the refusal being
due to the fact that Mr.. Russell was
! destitute OF n coat AZ tho time he do
sired to feed himself. This impor-
tant matter of stutoCraft brought
forth many prcsumablc Witnessed
witnesses alleged To know just how a
moro person should be attirrd before
making arrangements to satisfy hun
ger.
II can he stated without fear Of
contradiction that II was the first
case of It's kind within our nation,
and for the good name Of tho state
and the peace of society, lot us
| hope It will also be the last for we
| have had sufficient freak state
craft In oklahoma to win rather
unenviablo reputation abroad,
Another cause for political silence
was that the republicans are looking
forward to the meeting OF the state
committee, whore they ARE TO clect
officers. Thcrc have been confer
cnCes--many OF thcm-and the con
| feroos expressed satisfaction ~ tn"
outcome OF these deliberations, but
| Il must be remembered that thero
are great number of republicans
| still patiently or impaticntly looking
| FOR appointments from Washington,
and they naturally are not inclined
to start any line of talk calculated
to get them into disfavor with those
who may be Instrumental in passing
the political pie,
senator Harreld's return to the
state IL therefore Of more than ordi-
nary importance 10 the republicans
who seek places while the senator
did not start out As a real job gcttcr
| Tor his followers. he has developed
not little and the followers who
were endangered for 80 long are
now quite hopeful, Naturally, the
, senator has moro than passing inter-
est in the selection of officials for
the republican state committee ana
is expected to take a very active
! part in their selection, although this
| will very probably bc done through
| trusted lloutenants.
! The senator's conspicuous position
as the dominant person through
whom patronage can come has
caused some of his former critics to
|changA quite notivcnhly In their at-
Itltudc, and 1t is quito noticeable that
some who at first thought the scnn-
/ tors opponents would ho ahlo To-
muster all OF the force ana power,
/ are now buslly making medicine for
( tho man who for six years viii stand
at the head OF tho party in this state.
/ The Old Guard l. ont.
There ia nothing pcrCcp,bly new
/ I'm tho long standinS list Of aspiyarts
/ for state chairman. oklahoma City
( visitors profess to believe that the
chairman will not be of the old fac
/ tiuualists, but there is no one mon
toned hut has been a captain In
some ono of the faCtiunal ranks and
/ II Is very probable that no new per-
son win he considered Being chair
| man * quite unprpfitablo, ana who
| ever is elected viii ho expected to
spend quito little money aud 10
/ look cheerful while letting loose Of
| the ratn. Local republicans say that
{ tho runncrs-up arc Fred Hearty,
! head of the anti-Harrold faction, and
a.. g. Alexander, Harreld's principal
! lieutenant This may be attributed
! largely TO the fact that both are resi-
/ dents OF oklahoma county and the
others from more remote sections Of
| the state. pave Malcrncc OF Walters
lis known to have committeeman
from the southwest behind him,
while Tom Malleu has the Dick
Quinn support from the far north