The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05
Politics and Politicians

even the most ordinary knowledge
would presume to say there is any
thing in common between the re-
publican faith and the nonpartisan
eGgue-republican doctrine and
Townleyism are as far apart as the
size OF thought will permit. Yet, If
the democrats refuse to affiliate"
with the Townleyites, the latter
must. to make democrats behave.
turn as much of their strength as
possible to the republicans.
In this there is consolidation, for
while democrats may lose strength
II cannot allow those who oppose
constitutional government to gain
the throne Of authority, because the
republican party's faith demands
stronger constitutional government
than the democratic leaders ever
pretended to believe necessary.
one Added 20 List.
One new candidate followed the
convention. William Bar-owman OF
Purcell publicly announcing himself
as n candidate for state treasurer
He makes four formally announced
candidates-Mark Louthan,s Chick
asha, who was first; A. S. ]. Shaw.
Altus; Joe Strain, Wann, and the
one first mentioned. The conven-
tion Endorsed" Strain. but he prob
ably could not help that.
Two surprises.
Two surprises came from the
Townleyites, one being TO lndorse an
engineer by the name of Fay Connor
for corporation com missioner. II
had been expected that Chairman
Campbell Russell might at least be
favorably mentioned at the meeting
"A B.A L. n - ah4Va ~ Nh,G
Farmers Cooperative union. In
stead his name was hooted, and
when President John Simpson
sought the Endorsement OF John A..
Whitehurst for a second term as
president OF the board OF agricul-
ture. the labor radicals defeated him
by an overwhelming vote.
1t will be recalled that when the
state had coal strike, Governor
Robertson sent the militia down to
the mines to preserve order" and
that he later called for volunteers
10 20 and mine coal
President Whltehurst was among
those who responded and an accom-
modating camera man got an excel
lent picture OF the governor and
president OF the board of agriculture
a. they were standing In the cage
diamonds Therefore the president
OF the board of agriculture did not
have much standing in a convention
where more than half OF the mem
bers had union labor cards In their
pockets
Still another surprise was that OF
the state democrats who have been
towering figures in the campaign
against the governors policies. ONLY
two of their names were mentioned
and all but one of them who are
candidates had some other person
Endorsed" as the choice of the ag-
gregation.
Republicans Appear Cheerful.
There is no denying the fact that
the republican state and federal lead .
ers are very cheerful over the devel-
opments OF political affairs since the
beginning of the year. The Okmul-
gee bank incident (Which should
have been purely a business matter)
has brought forth ugly talk. so ugly
that at times It looked as II II really
might provoke civil war. II has
ruined several big democrats and
made officers afraid to sit on duty
whilst the ugly thing has been being
untangled.
Even now the governor OF the
state Is busy writing scorchlng let
ters 10 County Attorney James Hep
burn, and the replies from the Ok
mulgee official have been interesting
hut at times -sickening. And
Hepburn, an old-timer in Okmulgee,
| has risen up from near obscurity as
one of the state figures. He Is re-
publican and his name il being used
| by wise republicans as one to con-
ture with tor the gubernatorial NOM
| inatio,..
Without regard to what may hap
pen at Okmulgee and without regard
to the fact that Governor Robert
son has declared through the press
OF the state that he is not yet
through with the county attorney.