The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26
It's object to bo TO SEIZE THE
POWERS OF GOVERNMENT IN

an American soldier. was the chair
man OF the platform committee, and
presented the platform to the con
vention and II was adopted, ousloy
Lorncgan OF Chawncc. candidate for
congress on the socialist ticket In
1920, moved the adoption Of the
platform. Dan Hogan. socialist
moved that tho Plumb plan for taxi
ing over the railroads be made n
part of the platform aud the mo
tIon was adopted.
Walton was nominated for COVER.
nor on the platform as adopted and
Jack Davis and J. w. Hubbard both
socialists. made speeches In his fa
vor. DIR. Hubbard OF Atoka In sec
onding Walton's nomination said:
Il have been socialist for IL
years and am glad to endorse Wal
ton for governor"
And then II. c. BooknIght, negro
socialist delegate from McCurtain
announced that the negroes would
line up the same way and w. X
Wnldon. black delegate from Kiowa
shouted:
~ don't know whether to praise
God or the Farmers Union. I don't
know who 10 to blame, but I guess
this Is the next thing to Heaven
anyway"
After these nominations and the
expression of delegates. J. Luther
Langston. Oklahoma socialist, moved
THAT THE CANDIDATE BE RUN
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY,
BECAUSE 1T IS THE DOMINANT
PARTY IN OKLAHOMA. This mo.
ton was adopted and a political
crime committed against the demo
cratic party September 20. 1922,
this political organization which
maintained headquarters in 0klaho-
ma City and managed Walton's pri.
mary campaign and which now main.
tains the same headquarters and Is
now running his campaign for cleo
tion, sent out a letter addressed to
all Farm and Labor organizations,
signed by the Executive Board, in
which II is said.
"The democratic party is the
dominant party in this state and 1t
was recommended that all farmers
and laborers register as democrats
and vote in the democratic primary
and nominate ticket. This was
done. We named the ticket -"
I'VE are not partisans, we are OF
all political beliefs and fighting un.
der the banner of the Farmer-Labor
Reconstruction League"
Yes, this political conspiracy, by
men of all political beliefs, named
the candidate for governor, on their
socialist platform, and now are
fighting to elect him, not under the
democratic banner, the candidate
has never had the right to the ban.
ner of democracy, but under the
banner of the league, the socialist
banner, under which he claims to
have been nominated. The demo
cratic banner still rests in the as
sembly hall where the democratic
convention adopted its platform.
The candidate for governor has re-
fused to take his place on that plat
form and carry the democratic ban
ner to victory. Democrats, who in
this election, would fight for the
banner of their party. must fight to
restore the name democrat" to its
platform, and to do this the organi-
cation which is misusing this name
under a socialist banner and upon
4 socialist platform, must be de-
feated at the polls.
On June II, 1922, William Lemke,
4 socialist co-worker with Townley
N North Dakota, wrote a letter from
Fargo, to Orrie Woodward, of Okla
loma City, in which it is said:
'iDelighted to know that you and
Mr.. Wilson are attempting to free
he people of Oklahoma from special
privilege and have organized to put
,ver the North Dakota program. l
hope that you will be able
o establish the bank of Oklahoma
he same as the bank of North Da-
,ota."
At this time, George Wilson was
manager of the league campaign to
dominate Walton.
The Oklahoma Leader, published
It Oklahoma City, claimed to be
Iictor Berger newspaper, edited by
oscar Ameringer, Berger agent,
nd Dan Hogan, socialist, John Ho-
AN, socialist business manager, and
which it is claimed publishes the
ocialist articles of Pat Nagle, the
ocialist czar of Oklahoma, support
d Walton and the Shawnee plat
orm in the primary and is now
Importing him on the same plat
1rm, and speaks with authority to
Walton and the league members.
after the primary this
aper in an editorial exclaimed:
I'VE have the militia, the COVER
or, the election machinery. What
lore do we want?'
On September 5, 1922, this paper
aid:
"The Leader is for any man who
lkes his stand squarely. open, above
oard and in nlain view ON the