The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05
No Danger of Third Party in State Race
Walton Oklahoma City He Will Choice of
Sadly He Thinks
Democratic Organization Political Pot Is Boiling Right Merrly.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 4--The
political clock has moved faster dur
ing the current week than for many
which have gone before. For one
reason, real factor has seemingly
moved out of the gubernatorial con-
tobt.i Two publications. the Okla
homa City Leader and Harlow's
Weekly. have credited the mayor OF
Oklahoma City with stating that he
VIII support the nominee of tho
farmer labor party. That. OF course.
probably means that he expects
such party to name democrat, but
no person affiliated with the demo.
cratic or republican party can be
too lovely with some sideline, and
there sare but two elements OF
thought in these United States.
III Mayor Walton. whose strength
Ia not overlooked by The World cor
respondent, has arrived at the con-
clusion that he In bigger than tho
democratic party and any other than
tho republican party is going 10 bat
with the party of jefferson, he IL
In sad error. In these United States
there are two divisions of thought
name thym what you will one
believes In the teachings of Alex
ander Hamilton. the other In the
Oklahoma Is not going to have
any sideline fellows this year. We
are undergoing serious times and
men and women may arise and
reach attitudes la either the repub-
lioan or democratic party. but we
are not going to have three OF four
par tisan organizations. Oklahoma
once had b6, 600 people who claimed
to be socialists, but they were not.
Some of them went back to the
republicans and some went back TO
the democrats, where they belonged
In first place--they were Just sore
at their respective party leaders and
never fully understood what other
party they had tried to affiliate
with.
Somewhat Interesting.
The really very interesting thing
of the current week Ia what has de-
veloped about tho state treasur-
ership, Irving Page OF Blaine coun-
~ has not only announced as a
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation. but carries the indorse-
ment OF about all the demo-
Gratis of his home county. He is
really siEable man. serving his
second term as county treasurer;
being the head of a local building
member OF city school board II
Is a novelty for a republican to an
nounce for a minor state office and
SILL more 30 for II lot OF democrats
to indorso that republican,
II may spell something different
In Oklahoma politics and We will
all admit that we can have better
politics than we have had for the
past several days.
But TO make the same subject
moro interesting, Representative
Mark Louthan OF Grady county
has made himself a figure. He Ia a
candidate for treasurer on the demo-
cratic ticket and appears to have
chased off and taken care of hun.
self without consulting anybody but
himself. Ordinarily. state treasur-
ers are named at an oklahoma Ci;y
hotel, No ono ever did seem to
know just why this was done. but
II grew 20 be, a custom. and the
fact that Louthan has gone TO the
sticks for a nc g.ination has sort
OF upset the people who thought II
should be done the other way.
IL Is rather interesting TO think
that two - men--on, a democrat
and the other republioan---came
In and took the interest away from
an even dozen real and would-be
candidates for governor; all the
more 40 because at this time, almost
everyone Is going about asking
who is going to be GOVERNOR"
Let Us he Plain.
Almost every citizen OF the state
is interested In good government.
Those who have studied the theory
OF government understand that par
tisan politics can only bring good
government about because OF ma
jorlty control OF such partisanism.
AS matter OF fact the very thing