The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-03
oNE-rLNNK CITIZENSHIP.

attracted C. "A polucW party which asked the
governing mandate on Tho atrcngth OF single
issue. Government ls n complex matter which
Includes n wldo variety Of subjects. zach I'm
por'ant and vital in its turn. What appears 90
be the outstanding issue in campaign may
become very inconspcuous during tho admin
istration who something not touched on at
all In the campaign may become the outstond-
ing subject Of vital concern during the admin
is,ratlon
Mckinley was elected president In a cam
paign fought on the Issue Of sound money then,
bccunie war president lie was reelected at
tho close OF campaign In which imperialism
was the outstanding issue, ana his running
mato completed q term Of office which Is writ
ten into history as tho era wherein the nations
soul was stirred on tho issue Of economic and
industrial Justice
In 1913 woodrow Wilson was elected prcsi-
dent on a sociological and economic Issue yet
within a few months foreign relations became
the greatest subject he had 10 deal with. lie
was reelected in response to his party's plea
that be had kept tho nation out OF war and
within a few moro months he had put that
nation in the greatest war OF all time.
Therefore a plank platform would attract
Government is a complex thing. Tho interests
OF the people are exposed on many fronts. and
he who would claim to know how to protect
but front. whose conception OF danger
tended no further than one enemy. would
amount to but little
Yet the country is fun OF one-pl6hk citizens,
Those hobby riders. And they danger
Gus. The lobbles existing at Washington care
stance. might enact law 10 do most anything
TO the great mass Of citizenship. impose burdens
OF an unspeakabe nature upon them and take
from them cherished rights. without hearing a
word of protest from Mr.. Wayne h. Wheeler,
providing It tackled on rider making the Vol
stead act more stringent
Ergo, tho congress would not be criticised in
any undertaking from declaring war against
friendly nation to stealing the Washington mon
ument by the representatives of the liquor in
terests and those interested In return to hard
liquor. II 1t tackled on TO the enactment a repeal
of the Volstead act.
Those seeking to secure the enactment OF n
law providing for the payment OF a soldier
bonus concern themselves only with that sub
ject They win join with any lobby or agree
TO any program concerning any subject pro-
vlding they can secure tho realization Of their
ambitions. The leaders OF the labor ollgarchy
who have Just rcsoluted to have the supreme
court disciplined and laboring men made Inn
mune from the enforcement Of law, are willing
to stand by aud SEQ any sort Of injustice COM
mitted on the employing class or the so per
cent OF citizens who are neither union labor
or capitalists providing that coupled with that
legislation there goes grant of the things
organized labor desires.
All OF these are ono-plank citizens. They arc
the bano OF tho country. OF political parties, Of
legislators, OF courts, OF government Itself They
know what they want and they don't give a
hang what the other fellow gets II they can
secure what they are after They consider gov
crnment something 10 fleece instead OF some
thing to revere and enforce FOR the benefit Of all.
Ard out in the states and the counties and
the precincts one-plank citizenship Sc Junction.
ing to the undolng OF the republic. Organi-
cations demand that candidate belong before
he can be supported for office. And II ne viii
Join or agree TO act in tho interest OF the or
san2ation he is given support regardless OF his
general fitness to exercise governmental au-
thority.
And so these one plank citizens disturb scrI-
ously the effort to secure better government In
the only way It can be sccured---by elcctnE
we-baanccd, experienced and capable men to
office whose conception Of government Is TINT
Il must serve al citizens precisely alike.
These one-pank movements give the rcck-
less the grafters, the corrupuonIsts. their great
opportunity. These fellows are perfectly will
ING 10 alIgn themselves with any movement tina,
gives them opportunity TO p,y their trade
Many whisky man turned prohibuoulst, rode
into political lie ana became the greatest cor,
rup,er OF them all; yet was maintained fl
authority because he stood fairly by his word tc
vote dry all occasions.
And so It goes And 1t IS becoming worse
Sngle-plank citizens are becoming more numer
ous. They are electlng men to office to guart
the sp'gct from tho dies, while the bees O
graft and corruption and extravaganza are dov
as,ating the cask OF It's contents through IN,
gde-open bungholo.
VIII We wake up in lime2 WA! we return {,