The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-06
WALTON OUTLINES
LEAGUE POLICIES
IN LOCAL SPEECH
Extracts from Farmer-Labor Platform
and Comments on "PIanks" Con-
stltute Talk OF Oklahoma
City Candidate.
TAKES BROADSIDE AT
HIS TWO OPPONENTS
Calls Wilson Candidate Of MarIand,
Standard OIL and Book Trust and
Owen Of johnson interests;
Raps oklahoman.

Extracts from the platform OF the
Farmer.Labor Reconstruction league
with general comments on the vari
ous plank" constituted the bulk OF
the talk OF Mayor Walton. the
Leagues candidate for the democrat
ic nomination for governor, In his
speech at the court house In Chick
asha Monday afternoon. Otherwise
the speech was featured by frequent
attacks on the Daily Oklahoman, the
Oklahoma City Chamber of Com
merce and by two broadsides against
Mr.. walton's leading opponents, r.
IL. Wilson and Judge Owen.
Repeatedly during the hour or
q more he was on the floor Mayor
Walton referred to the Oklahoman
in bitter terms, denouncing It as o
"dirty sheet" and he was equally
severe on the Oklahoma City Cham
Der of Commerce, comparing 1t to a
band of hi-jackers and personally at
tacking It's president, Mr. Pettee.
Wilson was referred to as the can
didate of Marland and Standard oil
and the textbook concerns and Judge
Owen was declared to be the candi-
date of the johnson banking inter-
ests.
Il don't blame the editors of the
state for taking the Marland money;
they are not dishonest but they need
the money" said the speaker at one
place In his talk and at another
time he declared, 81 would rather be
in the lowest depths of hades with
a farmer or laborer than on the
highest pinnacle above with golden
wings, in company with the 1000
per centers.'
At the outset of his talk Mr. Wal
ton told about his parentage and
early life and his religious connec-
tions, saying that he was born poor
and had to make his own living and
help to support his parents. "They
say that | am Catholic but there
isn't word of truth in It," he said.
81 am a member of the Christian
church, and both of my parents
Were Protestants. ! used to work
on the railroad but | educated my
self and became a consulting en-
gineer. | am one of the few sue
cessful engineers in the southwest.
I,,tf In otra Nf " 4.
ness and | have enough to live on
without the salary of public office.
/ have always stood for fair deal
for people who never had fair
deal"
Referring to his endorsement by
the Farmer-Labor League, Mr.. Wal
ton said: "They call me bolshevik
because was endorsed by the
League. | admit that don't know
what bolshevism is, but | hold that
the farmers and tollers have as
much right to hold convention and
select their candidate as Banker
johnson has to draft Judge Owen
or Marland, Standard Oil and the
textbook trust to draft their scandi-
date. | am not fighting bankers and
business men and | warn you to be-
ware of the poison spreaders and
the kept press that tell you that |
am. No honest banker or business
man need fear me-"
The federal reserve board was
blamed by Mr. Walton for deflation
and the drop in prices which was
ruinous to farmers. "Ine one year."
he declared, they deflated our cur
rency from ,70O,0OO,OOO to $780,
100000. And this was in the inter-
est of the money clas. 1t forced Lib
erty bond holders to part with their
bonds at reduced prices and the big
bankers who bought them profited
by it. Why did the farmers and
laborers join hands at Shawnee? 1t
was because their interests are more
nearly Identical than those of any
other two classes. All that the work
ing man is asking is the amendment
of the workmen's compensation act,
making it similar to the Ohio law.
We want to eliminate profiteering
the middle-man who preys upon the
farmer. We demand a state print
ing plant and free textbooks. We
are in favor OF supporting all our
state institutions. We want the in
spection of banks and the selection
of bank commissioner taken away
from the banks and placed in the
hands of the people"
Other features Of the Shawnee
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