The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-16
POOR SHOWING
OF OHIO MOOSE
Fcss Seems Assured of
Republican Senatorial
Nomination
BONUS ISSUE is GONE
Thompson's Compact Support
Faces Badly Divided
Opposition

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July Is
~H..U are no indications whatever
r.r, q trend OF progressive repubn-
cam forces has set in. IN the pend
..s primary campaign, toward Rep
r.-outative &. l.. Knight OF Akron,
who because Of his prominent con
Y..t0n with the progressive move
r,rt In Ohio in 1912 and his at
...s on the administration pro
gram. might be regarded as the
candidate around whom such sCnti-
It.g.t would gather. Knight has
maintained an organization office
An his home city for many weeks,
and now has general state head
quarters here. Because OF his un-
usual declarations and peculiar
method Of doing campaign work his
ie Iv far the most spectacular can
d,lgy m the field on either side OF
the party fence IN Ohio. Naturally.
he is getting publicity without ask
mg for II, but 1t Is questionable
whether IL is publicity that is help
ful TO this candidacy.
EruublIcaus, even those Of pro-
rrt..lyc tendencies. naturally ask
how one can attack the republican
administration and at the same
time ask to be nominated to lead
the republican party in the state.
u I- not easy to see how KNIGHT
could. as the candidate OF the repur-
l.ars for governor, conduct a cam.
49, IN harmony with the national
5rgressloual campaign. Careful In
dlrv into the situation on the re-
publican side here, with this matter
specially I'm view, fails to develop
any pronounced Knight sentiment,
and IL IS plainly because to the
great mass Of the voters OF the party
Representative Knight has made
himself AN impossibility.
Day Loses Advantage.
Py a singular turn, on the eve OF
the meeting Of the legislature I'm
gu,ci.I session this week 90 make
provision for further payments a."
state soldiers bonuses. "A decided ad-
vantage 200 senator Arthur Day that
seemed to have developed wholly
accidentally was swept away. II was
fine Intention Of Governor Davis
when he issued the call for the spe-
CaI session that constitutional
amendment authorizing an addition
al bond issue from the proceeds
Ot which TO pay the bonuses, should
he submitted to the voters at the
I primary election. but IL was found
that there was a surplus of 10000
900 in tho state treasury out Of
which the amount required for the
bonus payment could he taken. and
that was done. thus making the sub
mission of a constitutional amend.
ment at the primary election un-
necessary and removing that induce
ment TO world war soldiers to come
10 the polls at the primary. Senator
Day, as the author OF the original
war bonus act and himself a World
war veteran, expected that his vote
would hc largely augmented by the
presentation of this amendment.
With month Of the primary cam.
raisn yet to run. II seems likely
/, that the bulk of the republican
. votes that will he cast at the pri-
mary election for candidate for gov
ernor--the so-callcd organization re-
puhHCaus-will 20 10 Colonel
Thompson, who evidently has the
support OF that element Of the party,
while the opposition will be fairly
equally distributed between the 9TH
er candidates - Representative
Knight, Speaker Bectham, Senator
Day. Secretary OF State III. G. Smith
anu Former senator -. ". Nituams
OF Jackson, with the other three can
didates as merely "also rams"
IcsS' Lead Even Larger.
The lead OF Representative s. n.
tess over his three rivals for the re-
publican nomination for senator Is
even more pronounced than that Of
Colonel Thompson for governor. on
y the candidacy of former Senator
DICK is receiving any attention what