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

cess flying either party banner along
with that Townley and his party
heterers or loaguers.
Therefore from this viewpoint II
Is proper to say that if real demo-
Gratis win, all hail; IL the repub-
licans win. God and the constitution
will still be with us; but II this nom
partisan league be successful, deity
has already damned us beyond d.
vine power to remedy.
To See the Light.
Senator Harry Cordell who is a
candidate TO succeed himself, was
indorsed for lieutenant governor.
and burned up the wires to refuse
the proffered honor. II. o. Miller
of Norman was indorsed for presl-
dent OF the board of agriculture and
got off the reservation. Some of the
others are wandering through the
statehouse halls talking to them
selves and wondering what the wild
waves are really saying.
The Primary EffecL
The effect OF that meeting on the
democratic primary Is not hard to
foresee. There were officials in
dorsed who will very probably be
nominated without opposition and
some of those may be able to over
come tho handicap. Senator L. =.
Hill OF McAlester had anpounced
his candidacy for attorney general
that day and after City Attorney
Humphreys OF Atoka had announced
himself a republican and a candi-
date on no other ticket, the attor-
ney- general Endorsement went TO the
McAlester senator. He Is a very
capable democrat and had delayed
/ M a
eral Freezing had resigned and an
nounced that he would not be can
didate 10 succeed himself.
Endorsement of three socialists on
the congressional list will OF course
play havoc for the reason that tho
present and former democratic con-
gressmen, In order to maintain
Themselves will swat the greater
portion of that indorsed ticket with
a mighty swat In one Of the cases
1t appears that the delegates were
trying to outdo Manuel Herrick,
with apologies to Manuel who never
did The World correspondent any
harm.
The other democratic candidates
remained In the background until
the after effects OF the meeting were
showing up. quite naturally the fact
OF Mayor Walton having the long
string OF candidates attached to his
ticket" has caused Messrs Wilson,
Howard, owen and Bolen to feel
that the aspirants for the places
mentioned by the nonrArtisan
! leaguers will at least be unfriendly
I ~ the mayor and that opinion un-
dJdbtedly prevails at the capitol
building.
Another failure OF the conven-
tion was to stay away from the
statehOuse to secure their Candl-
dates. Justices Doyle and Kane,
state Examiner and Inspector Fred
Parkinson and William Franklin,
clerk OF the supreme court, Claude
| Connally. labor commissioner, were
all given Endorsement. as was also
| Colonel Sneed, an appointee OF Gov
ernor Robertson. There was some
really good politics In this, for the
reason that several OF these gentle-
men are known to have no opposi-
tion In the democratic primary and
also because some OF them will add
considerable respectability to the
nonpartlsan slate.
Rather Peculiar.
But waving aside what that
strange convention may have done
to one or more individual citizens OF
our state, It still presents the most
peculiar political situation that has
arisen In Oklahoma,
one outstanding feature is that
II could not have been pulled off
were there not great discomfort
among large bodies of the people.
Another is that while the deie-
gates frankly admitted that they
were OF all political faiths. they as
| frankly admitted that they were go-
Ing to play in the democratic yard.
because II Is presumed to have the
largest party vote and could there
fore more easily be used as their
stepping stone from the ranks to
| places OF high authority.
On the other hand the republicans
are next In number and no one OF