The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
NcD0naldS Grab At Committee Job Falls Flat:
His Chosen Followers Fail to Get His ANGLE

secretary OF the state election board.
II IL very unlikely that the re-
publican minority in the senate can
muster enough votes To even get this
bill out OF the committee box. al
though the present election ms-
Chiucry is not satisfactory, ana the
registration and election laws are
disappruycd 10y almost everybody. In
fact. Governor Robertson has pub
licly stated that he would like tr-sce
q revision OF both statutes but OF
course did not specify Just what
changes he would Ike to have made.
Republican leaders are very anN-
ious to have the election machinery
changed "a the counties. Even this
would give the democrats very de-
CIdcd advantage. for there are cor
tainly more democratic than ropuh-
ltCln counties In Oklahoma. How
ever. those who have had long CN-
pcriCuce IN politics are determined
to in somo manner curb the power
OF the state election board. although
MI Of tho ugly charges In late wears
hev" been between democrats. I'm
which the republicans were In no
way concerned
The only cases or note IN recent
NNAI y WIS III INV u lIllN'N 'ltiNl'l'l VI
1918. when friends uf r. T.. Wilson
declared that no had been uomi-
mated for president OF the board Of
agriculture, while John A. White
hurst was declared tho NOMINEE.
This incident has caused as much
disa ffCction among democrats as any
other one thing, and the disaffcC' ion
growing out Of II caused the prcsi'
. don't Of the hoard Of agriculture To
take secondary rank during the
present administration, uotwith %
standing the commanding position at
/ the head Of the states most power
I ful board.
The other was the contest over
| secretary Of state between Joe Nor
| ris, incumbent and W. &. Murray.
/ There are many thousands-.1f demo-
Gratis who are convinced that Mur-
/ ray defeated Morris, but he failed 10
/ got on the ticket and Morris was
| elected.
! NOTWITHSTANDING these contentious
and cause for somo discomfort as to
/ the election board, William a Du.
rant. among the present democratic
lnppointivc officials under fire. and
/ former speaker of the house OF rep
! rcScntatives. declared before a demo-
cratic meeting that tho election laws
must be preserved at all hazards
and his declaration must he taken
as having been inspired by tho demo
! cratic state machine II this ~ true
/ the republican expectation Of a
| modification of tho state election
| law. or even the registration law. is
| 10 meet with wocful disappointment,
| ror the senate has too great a demo
| cratic majority for thn insurgents TO
overcome on n straight party vote.
In Event OF Uphca,al
But all present and past political
arrangements of the two parties can
! he overturned by tho investigating
| committee Of the Legislature. headed
! by r. H. Matthews OF the house.
! IN the event that committee returns
| a final report which will indict high
state officials. and there is very
strong probability that such indict-
ments viii be returned. new align
ments will form rapidly
No one convcrsant with lcgislntiv,
| affairs apprehcnds that the governor
/ will be impCachcd--with his nine
senate votes already arranged for. Il
is not hard to gain two more, suff!'
cicnt 10 defeat any indictment thai
| may he preferred against him hv the
house. But there is n political storm
behind that hOus" invcStigati ting com,
mittec. and It must not he forgotten
mat four weeks have gone by since
the senate went into executive SEES,
sion 10 confirm the gubernatoria
appointces, and that no report, other
han that "a committee is investigat
ing" has ever heen filed.
! Senator Rob Wallace OF Pauls Val.
Icy is member OF the committee
10 which the matter was referred
and according to all reports and thJ
records. Wallace is something OF ar
! Investigator when he applies himself
10 the task. Representative Porter
Newman Of Durant is another demo
crat on the investigating committee
IN their spec ches and private con
versa tons both Wallace and New