Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-04
ANT|-KU KLUXER
WINS EASILY IN
OKLAHOMA VOTE
Walton Nominated for Gov
ernor by Democrats With
Solid Vote of Catholic
Members of Party.
(By The Associated Press.)

Oklahoma City, Aug, (by the
Associated Press Victory by a
decisive plurality for Mayor j. c.
Walton of oklahoma City, anti
Ku Klux khan and Farmer-Labor
candidate IN the three-cornered
race for the democratic nomina-
tion for governor in Oklahoma,
was assured tonight on unofficial
returns from Tuesdays statewide
primary.
With but 7O5 out of the states
1887 precincts still to be heard
from, Walton has piled up lead
of slightly more than $4,000 votes
over his nearest opponent, r. IL.
Wilson, who received the backing
of the Ku Klux khan. Returns
from the heaviest voting precincts
had been tabulated.
Both of Walton's opponents
have conceded defeat. Wilson ad-
mitted the Oklahoma City mayors
nomination today, and Thomas H.
owen conceded he was out of the
running Wednesday.
The count from 1882 precincts
was: Walton, 1851; Wilson, 62,-
333; owen. 4s,771.
Fields Leads Republicans.
Mayor Walton will be opposed
in November by John Fields of
Oklahoma City. editor of an agri-
cultural paper, the republican
nominee.
The nomination of Mayor Wal
ton, in the view of the newspapers
and political observers, was an
overwhelming victory for the Ro-
man Catholics Of the state COM
bined with the FarmerLabor
vote element.
Walton had the endorsement OF
the Farmer-Labor Reconstruction
league with platform embody-
ing many of the principles Of the
national Partisan league and
union labor organizations.
The Roman Catholic democrats
Joined solidly against Wilson, the
alleged X. X. *. candidate, and
threw their support to Walton,
who is a khan opponent it is
claimed.
Catholics in Opposition.
In a statement to the Associated
Press, the Rev. j. F. Mcclure,
chancellor of the oklahoma dio-
cese of the Catholic church, de-
clared that the church in Okla
homa had opposed the khan candi-
dates IN a spirit of self-defense.
After calling attention to the fact
that religious feeling in Oklaho-
ma is in disturbed and unhealthy
condition already" the statement
declared:
1--WE did oppose the Ku Klux
klan and its candidates as we'll as
we could, not that we have any,
thing against them as individuals,
but solely to discourage the SLAM
der, hatred and masked conspiracy
against American liberty, not only
for ourselves but for all. We
would never have taken part in
this campaign, as an organization,
had we not been compelled to de-
fend ourselves.
ut is our sincere desire to see
the day when political considera-
tions alone shall be considered in
politics; when a political campaign
shall no longer be the signal for a
new outburst of anti Catholicism
or anti-anything else
except bad public servants, bad
measures and bad political princi-
pies"
The statement was issued fol-
lowing the publication in the Daily
Oklahoman, of Oklahoma CITY.
democratic newspaper, attributing
the apparent nomination largely to
Catholic votes.
Six Incumbents Named,
Six out of the eight incumbents
In congress, including Miss Alice |
Robertson, republican of Musko- |
gee, apparently had been renomi- |
mated. Manuel Herrick, republi-
can OF Perry, was defeated in the |
Eighth district, and Representa- |
i've 7. A. Chandler, republican OF |
tulsa, forged ahead of G. B.
SchWabe, of Nowata, tonight with
returns from 1876 out of 443 pre-
cincts In the First district tabu-
ated.