The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-06
But Mayor, Passive Now, Is
Likely to Bare Teeth When
His Foes Go Too Far"
LEAGUE READY TO FUNCTION
Falmer-labor Combine EX-
pected to Exercise Itself
When Walton Takes Office

receive Uu.UOO, wilson fO,uvV' anu
owen 65.u0O. That was IN the
world last Sunday, written four days
before tho primary. To-day -FOUR days
after the primary. the figures are
nbout the same, showing that the
expense Of holding tho election
might as well have been saved hhd
the candidates been open to con
ViCtion. a lot OF money was speht
unnecessarily. and fervid oratory
wasted ali because a bunch or un-
reasonable candidate had to be
shown Perhaps they should not be
consured however, since they were
confused by dcluge OF 'chrotul
polls" and straw votes In various
other newspapers, and at that time
had not yet learned whoro to look
for reliable information.
So much fOi that.
Tne main question which srrosts
tho vayfaring man now is what VIII
walton do with his nomination it
he takes IL into a convention or
politicians mostly enemies, VINO are
present for the purpose OF disrohlng
him OF his platform rcgalla ana de-
nuding him OF his farmer-labor
league hnbiiimcntsY THIS ldea was
hatched at the meeting Of the state
executive committee on May 1. when
tho convention date was set for Aug
ust IS, and was born Of the rear
that Walton might got the nOmlna-
tlon with his league platform ana
schanRe tho texture OF democracy In
Oklahoma. Therefore, the snap con-
vention. Therefore, also. the deter
5 minatlon of the machine leaders not
TO call II off, for that would be to
gabandon an Arrangement planned
for the very contingency.
And the Icagae Delivered.
At the primary Just held. the
farmer-labor league delivered tho
vote almost az pledged This fact is
evidenced In the vote down along
/ Red river, particularly In the third
7 congressional district whore the
farmers organizations apparently
+ went to the polls almost en- masse
for the league ticket. Naturally, the
head of the ticket protited most by
1.-THE league fight. for he was the cen-
ter OF interest and power lay In the
Rovernorshlp, BE that az II may,
the farmer and labor organizations
3 which were represented at the
Shawnee convention and which In
dorsed complete list OF candidates
for the democratic nomination, stood
by their pledge. They came
through"
Along with the candidates, tho
< league adopted platform which
contains number OF swcepingy
q radical demands. IL was the pro-
! gram for which the candidates, on
their part, stood pledged. And
I now, having delivered the vote ac'
Z cordlng to agreement, tho league
does not intend that the bourbon'
shall come along and steal its can
dldates, carry off tho spoils OF VIC
tory and toss It's program into tbs
garbage. In plain language, th'
y lcncuers do not incline TO the idef
that their hard earned victory shal
he turned into a defeat by the use
OF strategy and larceny. They poin
Z to the fact that they have been In
trusted with the responsibility o
running the democratic party II
this state, and that the old crowC
has been ordered to the rear. I
the old crowd stlll figures that 1
II self-coustltuted custodian o
tho party, and insists upon per
forming as such, then tho time 4
about due for a kicking squad 4
execute the rear attack.
Walton's Mind Made Up.
Most Of the mayors politica
friends are incensed at the insis
terce of the machine for the snai
convention. They see In II n deter
mination TO force Walton TO eithe
accept a substitute platform for tina
upon which he made his campaign
or defy a party convention and giv
his enemies an excuse for boltinF
II he accepts, he will lose the farm
er-labOr vote: N he defiCa, he Wi
lose the bosses and release the ''ycl
low dogs" Such is the trap whic
they laid for Jack, the mayor, whe
the snap convention was called
Cantd upon TO choose between TN
two alternatives, the mayor win do
~ lie viii do so upon the thcor
that his platform was iudorscd
a higher authority than n conver
tion Of politicians. and that thos
who demand his surrender wuIl
be against him M much n he CON
Piled as they are now.
The situation is that Walton car
not afford TO accept any platforl
save that upon which ne made h
campaign, ana that he is not at a
likely 10 DO so, Therefore, II 10
lows that the old guard. II Il II
sists upon holding the cunVcntlo
and making another PLATFORM +,
him, IS deliberately setting ahol
to encompass his humiliation an
defeat, Not heirE able 10 bolt hi
openly without having their regula
ity called into question, 'hcv ad1p
ed this plan for saving their par
faces, II win also leave them
control OF the machinery, whic
Walton's election would most ce
tainly take away, ana which III
been built up with such flnesse du
ing the past year and a half. T.
the nomination OF Walton h
brought about desperate situati,
for several powerful elements In q
party not least OF which are 4
Oklahoma City newspapers, the p
ltlcal banks and the milk-fed al
milk-ed corporations. In some ca
es II amount almost TO matter
Ielf preservation, and II they q
9ull a stunt that will accompli
he dual purpose OF beating w,
ton and Keeping their machine tn
will commit anything short OF mt
der 10 do H. Hence, the snap co
vention TO kidnap the candidate a
scrap his platform. Hence, the q
rival on the scene OF the executi
committee OF the farmer lab