The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-07-18
POLITICS TAKES
ASPECT OF OLD
BATTLE CLEARING
Anonymous Letters Sent
Out by Wilson Head
quarters, Charged at
Owen Headquarters;
Other Stuff.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
GETTING ATTENTION
Jack Wheeler is Furnishing
the Fun During Campaign
by Attacking Connolly.
Especial to the Ardmoreite)


OKLAHOMA CITY. - As the cam
paign enters on che last lap, II develops
practically all OF the characteristics
ot past fights. Anonymous letters and
letters signed by fictitious names are
Said to have peen sent out by the thous-
and from the Wilson headquarters last
week At least the owen headquar-
tiers makes the direct charge that these
anonymous le.teI5 came from Wilson
and enoneratc W. ton entirely from
any blame.
Judge Thos. n. owen completed a
tour'pf the southwest part of the state
with Saturday night meeting at Ana
darkO. This trip Is the subject OF con-
yersation in political circles because IL
has all along been conceded that Bob
Wilson's chief strength lay In the
southwest portion Il the state. Against
this Is the fact that The owen meetings
held in the ssieiih congressional dis
trict and the sldthei n part OF the sixth
congressional district last week were
the largest attended of any political
meetings ever neld IN that part Of the
state and in Corlcll. the center of a
rich ard very democratic farming COM
munity, all the merchants OF the town
closed up for ms meeting.
Owen Tours East
Judge owen is nvw in the eastern
part Of the state speaking this week
down in the old Cnvctaw nation. He
speaks Tuesday nigh, at Hugo. al Ida
bel Wednesday afternoon, Broken Bow
Wednesday night Thursday morning
al Valiant, ThursIG! night at Poteau,
Friday he speaks at Stlwen at 2:sO
and at Westyille at o'clock p. III. He
completes this weeks itinerary AZ Tah-
lequah at 2:So Saturday. He may pos.
sibly speak n Hubert. Saturday, but
Ihis has not bean definitely decided.
Bob Wilson las been beating the
bushes energcucally the past week. He
has number o! ncn from the school
land department out over the state
speaking Tor hln including Bill Du-
rant and Judge Snaw Judge Shaw
has been getting into something Of a
mess by charging that Texas school
books carry comm, rciai advertising the
same a. those in Oklahoma but u tele-
fran from tho superintendent Of in
struetion emphutio2ny denies this.
Scandal IN Schools.
The arrest of ". II. Clark for the
sale Of teachers Certificates promises
t!cal sensation. honorable Ben vii.
Hams OF Norman. who Is one OF the
real criminal lawyers OF the state, Is
Clark's attornsy. anc in = statement 10
the press. Ben says that he believes
that hundreds of sucn certificates have
been issued IN waiCh Clark has had
no hand ana that he purposes 10 bare
the skeletons III tbs closets when the
Clark case comes up Tuesday afternoon
The Oklahoma IL ader. publishes the
story that hun irejs of these certifi-
Gates have bean Issued and sold and
suggests that TIE state call Professor
John Hampton OF Roley as witness
Now Attorney General.
Next 10 the Governor race, the con.
test attracting most attention Is thu,
OF attorney general The candidates
are George Short, who was appointed
attorney general by Governor Robert
son When frlnce Freezing resigned
Robert Burns, ex.member of the state
senate, and Senator +. y. Hill, OF Nc
.Alester.
There is always more or less fun in
political campaigns and Jack Wheeler
candidate for state labor commissioner
IS furnishing the fun this time Claud
Connolly. the present labor commits
slonsr, is endorsed by the non. partisan
league, and Wheeler has out card In
which he oharacterizes this stuff as
bunk" IL always gets laugh ant
really centers almost undue attention
on Wheeler's candidacy. 1t looks ss
though Wheeler would get the support
OF the conservative element of the labor
unions, and especially the support oi
those opposed to the non.partisar
league.