The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22

reported TO he admouishing your
adherents 90 "stiffen the lines,
every good democrat alert In seeing
tnat no dents occur. that good dem
ucrats never flagg or swerve". then
the next day las az waurike for in.
stancel begging them TO "go out
ana get you two good farmer re.
pnhllcans' Tor every spurious demo-
'fat desertcr. Funny how the dem
ocrat forfeits all claim to good"
and the republican is cmblazoned
with the badge uf good" for iden.
ti0ally the sclfsams act. But the
funniest part is that IL takes two
good farmer republicans" to fill the
break left by one no good democrat.
Is he reckoncd as only half man
because OF his being rube? Or IL
10 because Of the way the election
machinery is wont to tally him2 In
either event Il should hc a fetching
appeal TO that one half man
farmer republican"
BY tho way--G noticed lately that
your valiant comrade. the governor.
mad felt constrained 10 go love
making the Ethiopian or crst-
while dubbed denizens Of the pro-
verbal woodpile.
Why this seeming dernicr resort?
Was II born of necessity from fad.
ing prOphcts2 Was II imposed as
a ponance ere absolution could be
extended for want OF proper eau.
tion. dealing with split checks
rather than good and sufficient
kale that leaves no troublesome
tracks As Cat Cam. rather suggcs-
lively intimates you do? OF course
| am not unmindful OF the fact that
rogation points as lies, still some
things arouse wonders, aud while
IN wondering mood ! would won
der II those 20 whom this proffer OF
love was so amOrously extended
Will not be filled with wonder why
the governor had never found IL
convenient to indulge himself in
this delightful pastime until just on
the eve Of murky prospected cleo
ton. and still another wonder Is
how many OF them Will fall for IT,
Ney may not know enough to en-
title them TO vote, because they had
legitimate fathers or grandfathers
unless they vote the hybrid ticket:
but won't they know enough 10 see
through a thing so transparent and
respectfully decline the governors
proffer OF participation In the proc
ess OF hybrldlzation?
Biblical lore tells US that tho old
prophet jeremiah propouuded tho
"COn the Ethlpoian change
his skin or tho leopard his spots7"
Which during the ages has been
deemed susceptible Of only a mega
tive answer? Could he have be-
held the lightning change artist
democratic governor OF Oklahoma
giving full play to his resourceful-
ness under political stress. thereby
converting the erstwhlle repulsive
color and obnoxious odor OF that
selfsame Ethiopian into the most
ravashing beauty and intoxicating
fragrance that ever regaled optic
or olfactory? The magic in In
volved in this unbelievable trans
mugr,fication tmisspelllng inten-
tionaD being the eloquence OF the
governors amorous wooing with re-
sponse yielding to his advances and
voting the mybrid ticket he fain
must have passed up the Ethiopian
and confined his query 10 the leop-
ard.
In contemplating tho complacent
self assurance with which you dan
gle your bait before the eyes OF us
one-half man good farmer repub-
licans memory harks back TO a lit
tie poetry in one OF McGuffy's
school readers where a spider. with
Robertson- like goo-goo eyes and
amorous accents, was angling for a
fly thus:
Won't you walk into my parlor?
Said n spider to a fly.
'Tis the prettiest little parlor
That ever you did spy.
The way into my parlor
Is up a winding stairs. etc.
Spider like, you picture In glow
ing colors an allurlnG little parlor"
Gorgeously adorned with ware
houses. elevators, mills, banks,
prlnteries, etc.
But lacking the candor OF the
spider you would adroitly lull us
into unmindfulness OF that fateful
stair. amid the devious windings OF
which Banquo-like specters (taxes