The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-10
a 0KLAH0MANS
GO TO CLEVELAND
Two of Them Were Prom
inent in Nonpartisan
Circles in n. ID.
WANT WORKABLE PLAN
viii Advocate National Adop-
tion of System That Has
Already Won Election

Special 10 The World.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 9.--Tour
delegates from Oklahoma will be In
cleveland, ohio. Monday morning.
to represent tho state farmer labor
Forces Rt tho national conference for
progressive political action The
four are: George Wilson, former
manager Of the Farmer Labor Re
construction league ard n leader In
'hs Walton campaign; !. Luther
Lhugstou, long a BocialiFt ieadcr and
leader In the movement which cul-
minated in the nomination and cleo
sion OF walton as governor. j.. ".
bhCldon, organizer OF tho TrCOn-
b'ructton league IN Oklahoma, editor
OF tho RecOnstructlonist during
tho recent campaign. and Earl witt.
member or the executive committee
OF the league representing ths rail-
way brothorhoods. These four will
participate In the conference" as rep
rescntatipes OF tho forcea and groups
which dominated tho late election in
Oklahoma.
Two OF them Prominent.
Both Wilson and Sheldon we're
prominent In the noupartisan lea
que In North Dakota during tho as
cendancy OF a G. Townlcy. Wilson
has lived many years In Oklahoma,
but went TO North Dakota to take
a position In one OF the state schools
and while there entered the work OF
the league, Sheldon cano TO OKLA
hOma 10 organize tho league I'm this
state. and succeeded In organizing
number OF counties in tho north
west under the name OF "roConstruc-
tion league" This organization was
al In .tE.Ns .g,fa q
into the Farmer Labor Rocousiruc-
t!on league MT tho shawnee conven-
ton. the other being tho farm la Dor
union, which held its aato cunvcn-
lion at McAlester last week; tho
state federation OF labor and the
railway brolhcrhoods.
lhngstOn Mas for many years been
one or the labor leaders and for some
time has been prominent In tho so
cialists party. He was one OF the
three or four who held the first
meeting to consider plans for tho
domination of Mayor Walton. im-
f1ediately att,< the city election In
R95i. ffe has been prominent in
lvery subsequent meeting having
shat ohjnrf 'n view, and was consult
I'd at every important point during
shs campaign.
Earl witt also en.~s~Df the Walton
pnovement early, and has been g
ylrector In the campaign work
@hich eliminated In tho November
success. He is a railway conductor.
The Cleveland conference In the
outgrowth of meeting held at
Chicago early last year to outline
q campaign for tho uniting OF far
mer and labor groups into a poiiti-
cal unit. The Chicago meeting was
called by w. 8. Stone and others,
and recommended the plan OF action
which was carried out in Oklahoma
ana a number OF other states with
success. The Cleveland meeting
Will consider method Of enlarging
ana continuing tho political union
OF the grcnps. One OF tho problems
VIII be determination whether fur-
ther activity will take form in the
organi2ation of new party emhrac-
ing the farmer and labor groups, or
whether the plan adopted in the
campaign Just closed will be contln-
ued.
Oklahoma's four delegates will ia
vor R continuance OF the system
which brought success at the recent
erection, that OF boring from with
IN" II Is their Idea that the groups
gan moro easily operate by captur-
two existing parties, selecting the
dominate one in each state, than by
The more expensive method of or
ganizing a third party as was done
In Great Britain.
Delegates TO the Cleveland confer
once are aprortioned among all far
mer organizations, the national and
International unions, socialists. com
mittee OF As, single takers. nonpar~
tisan league and independents.
In case the plan OF boring from
within" is adopted, the difficulties
OF operating such n system in a pres
tdential year are TO be overcome by
an effort 10 capture tho nominees
for presidential electors, and in case
neither party nominee is accentah'e
such electors would be pledged to
vote for someone else for president.
presidential electors ara legally OBJ
Hgatpd to vote for marty Nominees