The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
OWEN GETS BACK
FINDS MACHINE
KNOCKING BADLY
coNrlNnEp FnoM pAan oNE.

coNTfNUED FROM PAGE ONE.
Neither wilson nor Howard had n
senatorla! combination on. Bolcn |
conferred with them. Howard with. |
drew from tho race. Then Bolen |
himself withdrew, all In tho Interest |
Of harmony" Bob Wilson remains |
in, having added 20 his support all !
the power and Influence that Senator
owen iq able 10 comm mand, 30 FAR as
the fight between Wilson and owen
IL concerned ana that. be u re.
marked, is tho reason Why Wilson
| dld not attend the elimination com
| ference laat wced. when 1t was pur-
| posed by the Tom owen forces 10
| put another candidate Of their own
| choosing IN place of tho whole bunch.
/ Senator owen is now In the flold. his
| plume waving I'm the breeze, his cut
/ lasa unsheathed and fire In his nos
trils Ito will meet his attackers
| slngly or in pairs
"Thc Pccpul" Play n Hunch.
! This In the game that was being
played by the SNUG political bosses
when tho Walton storm came up
and ran them TO tho cellar. out In
| tho sticks there were a lot OF people
who didn't know a game was going
on. and who wouldn't have given "A
hoot II they had. They had n pro-
gressiye feeling. II amounted to
hunCh Following II they com
monCed TO fan In bohlnd new
figure IN state politics who prom
ised radical reforms and who made
y platform ~ issun~ rather than men.
It was novel but attractive. The
result has been an obgcuration Of all
the booms and boomers. plots and
plotters Centcring about the other
candidates for governor which gives
fun promise OF becoming "A total
eclipse.
There r. talk that Tom owen will
withdraw, ana talk that he will not
There is talk that Wilson will with
draw. and talk that ne will not. But
there is no talx that Jack Walton
viii withdraw. To fully understand
that situation II must be realized
that the feud between Tom owen
and bob Wilson Is altogether a feud
between the forces that are behind
them. These forces have been named
above. The financial element on each
side Is afraid OF Mayor Walton. If
either Tom owen or Bob Wilson
withdraws. or II both OF them get
ont for n new man, IL will be because
OF truce between the financial and
personal interests behind them--a
truce born ot a mutual fear OF Jack
Walton. The event is possible. It
I. viii he inevitable II Walton con-
tlnuos his present runaway speed.
May Unite Against Walton.
| indicative Of this probable climax
IL the attack which IL being made
upon the fnrmer-labor league by
Wilson and Tom owen. Each is
bitterly attacking what he terms the
"bolshcviki," referring to Walton
supporters, and attempting TO center
upon himself the opposition To wal
ton. II la apparent that both can
not succeed. II the special interests
back OF each of the two become suf-
ficiently frightened, which promises
now, they will bury tho hatchet long
enough to unite upon one candidate
In the effort to encompass Walton's
defeat. And from that hour the air
Will he filled with hair, and hide,
and terrifying shrieks.
Chairman I'D Semans is going over
the state. visiting each county seat
} for some purpose unannounced. His
lntimates at the capital say he is
scattering his plan of organiza ton
: over tho state while there are others
who say he IL FRA ming plan of
elimination to be used in the effort
- to beat Walton when the time comes.
, Whatever Semans Is doing he is leav-
, ing no tracks. His efforts are spur
los VersenHt,"
There is still talk of Elmer Thomas
I as a compromise candidate for the
, nomination for governor on the
democratic side, although during the
= week Thomas came out from under
= a large sage brush where he has
4 been hiding from the political bosses
0 and filed as candidate for con-
gress. The idea seems prevalent
that Thomas Ia tho only man whC
can rescue the party from its i'm.
pending danger of being engulfed
, by passed. OF shaggy-haired louti
n who have no experience in engulf'
: ing. socialists and negroes" eX,
b. claims Bob Wilson, ARE capturinl
q the democratic party" "Negroe,
and socialists" laments Tom owen
ARE seeking control OF the demo
a cratic party" Each OF these two
WORTHLESS would like party com,
posed entirely OF his own selections
In the present emergency. 1t woulC
save a lot of grief
l. Want Acceptable" Farmer.
o Some OF tho bosses who want 4
It eliminate both Tom owen and Bol
J. Wilson are trying to find an accept
II able farmer to compromise on
y. They think that would head Off tn
l. tendency of the democratic agricul
ic tural section to favor Wilson. Blu
" such farmer would have TO be "ac