The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-30

ties. has sprung up fuil-grown like
Minerva and is making side-shows
OF all the other headquarters In
town. old politicians stand around
and mutter low. strangled syllahlea
as they witness these noviccs in the
political game set the pace. It can't
be done-but they're doing II. A
mailing list OF 10000 democrats.
with over a million pieces Of mail
sent out, a publicity department
busy all the time; dozen speakers
each making two to five dates every
day. organization campaigns In
nearly every county; seven or eight
long distance telephones busv-nll
this In less than three weeks There
are very few politicians around
Perhaps that IL why they got so
much work done.
"Siicnt Noty' L. Loud.
Three weeks ago there were not
to exceed so per cent OF the voters
who had expressed n choice for gov
ernor. A majority OF those were
for walton. The other 30 per cont
began to opcn M about that time,
since which event the percentage
has definitely changed. il is ap-
parent that what Is known ~ the
silent vote" is strongly inclined to
Fields and there are Indications
that Il has already placed the two
candidates neck and neck IN the
running. II that ~ correct. the cur
rent will carry Fields over 10 days
hence. several laps ahead.
There are many misnpprehonsIous
! in this campaign, but none have
been 80 general. apparently, than
| the idea that Mayor Walton viii car
| ry oklahoma county That Is some
thing he doesn't do. Personally.
/ Walton has not been tested out on
| this. but he carried the city when
| he ran for mayor three years ago
/ last spring by about 1,iO0 votes.
The factional fight begun at that
/ time has been very bitter. Two
| years ago Walton ran his chief Of
police. Jerry Smith. for sheriff, and
| he was beaten In the county by
nearly four thousand votes. Smith
was personally popular and a good
officer. The fight was against Wal
toms administration. The next
! spring the two commissioners who
/ had supported him IN his policies
were candidates for election. They
were botn beaten by republicans,
with mOjoritlcs OF some 1900 and
| 1900. although the city IA normally
| 1000 democratic. In each case,
! Walton has been able TO control the
nomination: but he has been unable
/ TO increase tho primary vote to any
/ great extent.
In the late primary walton's vote
/ in the county was 1856. The Will
son vote was 5.S76 and owen re-
| ceived 4.145. Two years ago the
county cast 34,t75 votes. THIS year
II should cast at least $4,000. prob.
! ably more walton will not get half
the vote that was cast for Wilson
and owen. Some predict that he
will not receive third. At any
rate. the best calculations, combined
with the history OF other elections
held with Walton az the issue, ana
l.present conditions locally justify
the belief that Fields win carry
Oklahoma county by 5000 majority.
II may even be more. The party
split in the county is decisive and
unmendable.
Won't Lose Their Party.
Report has 1t that there has been
an awakening among republican
voters in the north part OF the state
since tho constitutional democrats
began TO operate, to the fact that
Fields may be elected. They have
begun to cit up and rub their eyes
with an appearance OF interest. Mos,
observers think Il Is about time.
otherwise the democrats would hav,
the Job to do all alone and would
be inclined to take all the credit
AS II is, the democrats are furnish
ing about all the pep" there is ir
the campaign for Fields. and seen
about TO put him over in spite OF
"the world, the flesh and the devil
They are putting up terrific fight
to preserve the party organization
from control of the reconstruction
league, and they cay they would far