The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15
EIGHTH DISTRICT
NOT UNCERTAIN
Story 1t Is Doubtful on
Governor Race a joke,
Hudson Declares
SOCIALISTS IN HEAVY
Next Time Maybe They VIII
Go Out and Kidnap Rcpub-
lican Party for Their own

world capital Correspondent
OKLAHOMA CITY. oct 70
Whoever started the story that th"
lHghth congressional district ieI
doubtful ou tho governors race. rNi-
IDENTITY has strong rnuHe Of huuor.
Possibly no ala 10 bDCauHn ho likes
60 Gee a Cummat.uu iu progress, on
conceived the idea that he could get
Chairman Alexander uf Tho state re-
publican committee excited. Any
how. lrs Joke. Tho EiEhiu dlalrI't
may not vote, hut it b. not doubtful
There are epois, of course. whore
some unusual Influence changes the
normal condition, but they are Just
spots. ana they are not confined 30
one side.
AN for Walton"
The trouble with most political
mathemnticlaus this year ia that
they figure too much on previous
elections Tho follows who Insist
thai this campaign Is nOupartiHnn
and that old party lnoe are being
tramplcd into ubscuriiy VIII begin
to figure on the same old lines when
they start to tell how they are going
20 win by several millions Instance
tho fact that Walton leaders Will
strive 20 improAs one with IN" hHHrr-
ton that party lines arO an broken
ana rupturod, by reason Of whleh
NINNN ANillfHl " Nli WAhh 'N'Nh'it -
the head Of the class; and thcn,
when asked how they figure the
proposed majority they begin by as
ruming that all the democrats are
for Walton except few 'sorohcnda'
tikewiAe. tho republican assumes
that all republicans are guing 20 Vo,e
for Fields. except possible rev IN
the labor unions and some negroes.
The socialists Ar" In the real spot.
light OF this campaign. For thlrd
party, and poor third at that, they
have achieved far moro importance
than their numerical strength en-
titles them TO. ono faction put ON
n ahow that resulted In the capture
OF the democratic party primary,
while the other faction went ahead
aud nominated "a socialist ticket as
usual. Next time, II this plan works
out successfully. u third faction may
atari out after the republican party
and come dragging II In.
HlCas Most Prominent,
Up TO this time, tho chief orator
or the socialists on the stump mas
been william Madison Hicks VINO
has been out speaking for walton
aud urging ali socialists to- follow
tho nrrnngemcnt made by the Her
ger faction. hut now TINS mas
ohnnged. stanley !. clark. who ~
recognized as the leading SOCIALIST
orator OF these parts, has arrived In
the state after sojourn ga whr
prisoner somewhere at IN" instance
az President Wilson, ana VIII contest
the point with Hicks, who was also
almilarIy iucarceratcd. clark VIII
maintain that the socialists should
not try 10 accumulate portiee. hut
should expcud their energies In At
tempting TO run ono sufficiently TO
keep IL afloat llis idea is that
collection OF political parties In not
what the socialists started ont after,
and ~ they had, he thinks they
should be fresh. new parties. lie IL
not an ANTIQUARIAN. He doesn't think
his colleagues made much OF haul
when they went out and captured
the democratic party, and he says ne
much. The difference OF opinion
npon this point may result In joint
dobate between the two socialist
orators on the question OF who
created civilization, both contestants
taking tho negative.
The challenge TO the 0rrangement
made hy the Berger socialists, whl'h
is brought by the advent or Stanley
Clark, IL likely to have some IN
fluonce upon the election. Already
Enfield and Sinclair have h"en
spending constantly to socialists Tor
weeks, In opposition 20 the program
mt over by Amcrlnger, Hogan,
Iangston. Nagle, Wclker and others
OF the majority. As an orator, ozark
cannot bc surpassed I'm the state, lils
alignment with the mensheNh VII
add strength TO their cause, ana u
is ukcly to add numbers. IT II makes
any considerable inroad into the
fusion arranged at the shawnee con-
vention It viii prove too dangerous
to the success OF tho reconstruction
league.
Some Close Contests.
Several counties have witnessed
close contests between the democrats
and socialists AZ times, with the re-
puhllcaus polling n small vote, ln'
stances ~ this nre Beckham, RuRet
Mills, Kiowa. Dewey Gnrvin, Mar,
shall. BRYAN, Choctaw, Pontotoc and
Stcphens. clearly, " the socialist
nud democratic vote In these coun'
ties could he consolidated, Johr
Fields would fare badly. Even
though Walton should lose half IN,
normal democratic vote In su'l
counties he would stll hc mutN
ahead. But n the straight socialist
ticket should carry OFF hplf the so'
Cl7ust vote, the story would b" mu'U
different. Therefore, tho strenuous
campaign being put on by mo reg
ular" socialists with Stanley 'laiN
stumping the state, may have % de'
Gliding affect upon the result, ANY
informed person knows, uf course
mar m. sla4llr' ,..p added 10 IN,
demucnlc would produce o. h.'NN
majority. but lnot is not the way
IL works out loo real life. There is
slough both ways from such a com
binatlon The only question is how
much OF a slough there viii b'.
That the reconstruction league u
NOT considering itself bound to SUP
- AZ, ID candidates " lt