The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05

OKLAHOMA CITY, March A.
The wise man who first conceived
the Idea OF allowing tho elephant to
stand for the republican party en-
blem and tho jackass for tho demo-
cratic probably did not know that
Oklahoma was to become sover-
eign state. or he would have at least
allowed a sufficient number Of jack
asses to attend the various state
entertainments each with an emblem
at hand.
Certainly the party has stood. for
n plenty and viii have to stand ofor
plenty more. but occasionally IL
would-R appear reasonable to surmise
that there would be a letup over
night. First we had the Okmulgee
bank failure to wrestle with and we
are still wrestling with it-then the
league OF young democrats met in
the same town and proceeded TO
make the muddy waters Just n little
more so, then we had Shawnee.
where the anarchist and the social
lst stood guard at the door and told
the democrats whom they are to
nominate for office next August.
Ihat shawnee convention had Just
one good thing connected with It
the wild men In charge got 40 ram
bunctlous tina they destroyed them
selves without hope OF recovery. IN
Is unfortunate that some really use
tul and courageous democrats went
down with the convention, but i'm
catastrophe the sheep and the
goats cannot always be separated
| IN tlme. There may be men 'in-
dorsed" by that motley array OF tall
ent assembled at Shawnee who will
De nominated at the primary. but.
II such be the case, Il will be In spite
or ana not because OF the lndorse-
ment received by the nonpartlsan
league convention, for George Will
son. who has worked at the Job for
more than year as an organization
declared that is what II Is, no differ
using
And there were peculiar things al
that convention-not all OF them as
yet stamped deep enough on the
public mind. A delegate TO this non
partisan league convention stood up
ana read resolutions denounclng the
democratic and republican organi-
zatlons-yet the founder OF the non
| partisan league had to be sent 10
| prison In time of war because he was
| proven guilty Of disloyalty to his
flag and his state.
the convention adopted resolu-
| lions that no democrt can subscribe
| to--somc OF the phrases being such
/ that no citizen can afford TO sub
scribe TO. Then II proceeded to make
| out a ticket down TO and Including
| congressman from the various dis-
| tricts which the democrats OF the
state are asked to support next
,uRust
| whether that was intended for a
| Joke or in seriousness Is a secret
/ that must come forth later OF
/ course the meeting was primarily
/ called to enable j. G. Walton, mayor
! OF oklahoma City. to get a good
| start for the democratic guberna-
/ torial nomination. For weeks Il has
been known that the mayor had the
! pole for that race and foolhardy
friends rushed him headlong into an
assembly that could at best hinder
! him; no one surmises now that II
| ala otherwise. To make matters
worse, the convention used the
names OF some splendid democrats
/ and then attached three socialist
TO the tail In order il not enough
had been done, to make sure that no
one would eutlive the shock.
! Even John Simpson, head of the
| Farmers cooperative union. and
his 22l delegates could not endure
the whole show and quietly went
away, allowing the nonpartlsar
leaguers and few wild union men to
finish the circus and to do the pa
| rading.
quite naturally the depth OF the
meeting has not as vet been sounded
| The very personnel OF the indorsed
candidates means defeat for the ma
iority Of them, but. II is very prob
able that n large number OF the
more radical will he disgruntled and
vote the republican ticket on cleo.
tion day, Even so, certainly do dem.
! oerat or republican should seek sue