The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26


some other party for the votes such
name might bring 10 their candI.
date.
The election laws OF the state ro.
quirc voters 10 register In the party
with which they affiliate. and each
voter Is required 10 make oath that
he IL In good faith. n member OF the
party IN which ho registered. No
person can vote IN the primary of
any party unless he Is registered as
member OF that party. Session
Laws OF Oklahoma. 1913. page 3is,
Section Q. denies political parties as
electors representing any political
organization. and says:
such political parties shall noml.
nate their candidates as all other
political parties and be governed by
the laws regulating the same. AND
SUCH POLITICAL PARTY SHALL
IN NO WAY USE OR CONFLICT
WITH THE NAME OF OTHER 20.
LITICAL PARTIES IN THIS STATE"
When the Shawnee organization
adopted a motion to run its candi.
date In the democratic primary un.
der the name Democrat" 1T VIO.
LATED THE LETTER. SPIRIT and
INTENT OF THIS STATUTE.
When socialists changed their
registration to democrats for the
purpose of voting in the democratic
primary for their candidate for gov.
ernor, they VIOLATED THE LET.
TER and SPIRIT OF THE REGIS.
TRATIoN LAWS OF THE STATE.
In 125 Pac. 739. the Criminal
Court of Appeals say:
'lf republicans vote the demo.
cratic ballot and democrats vote the
republican ballot and socialists vote
any ballot but their own, then NOM
NATIONS so MADE CANNOT BE
SAID TO BE PARTY NoMINA.
TIONS."
A party nomination for office
which does not represent the will
of a majority of the persons com
posing such party. has NO RIGHT
Full CLAIM WHATEVER TO THE
SUPPORT OF THE VOTES OF
SUCH PARTY
In the State of North Dakota, in
1915, at conference of socialists,
where the defeated socialist candi-
date for governor was complaining
over his defeat and declared the
fight useless, A. c. Townley, the
originator OF the scheme now being
attempted in Oklahoma said:
Il can take the name "non-parti
san" and sugar-coat the principles
of socialism and every farmer will
swallow it and call for more"
On this, the Non-partisan League
of North Dakota was organized, to
the disaster of the people of that
state and on this was the Farmer
Labor Reconstruction League of Ok
lahoma organized, which now at
tempts to destroy government and
disrupt the democratic party in
Oklahoma.
| believe in God the Bible, Christ
and Christianity. On such beliefs
this government was founded, and
by reason of such beliefs it is main
tanned today. If Atheism, disbelief
in God, Christ and religion should
organize itself and call its members
Christians" | would fight it and its
influence with all the power and
ability God has given me, notwith.
standing the name.
| believe in the Declaration of In
dependence, the Constitution of my
country and the principles Of dem
ocracy springing therefrom and
when any organization of persons op
posed to these principles of govern
ment and the declarations of the |
democratic party attempts to seize
the powers of government, shall
fight it and its influence with all |
the power and ability ! possess, al.
though it may call its members
democrats" | believe in democratic
principles, stand upon the demo.
cratic platform adopted by the dem
ocrats at Oklahoma City, and shall
vote for every democratic nominee
who stands with me on that plat
form. 1t makes no difference who
is elected governor of this state,
Fields or Walton, after the
election | will still be found on that
platform fighting for the democratic
party. | am not "bolter"; no man
who stands on his party platform
and fights for its principles can be
called a "bolter." Walton bolted the
democratic party when he refused
o stand on its platform and wave
is banner. When he kept his
stand on the Shawnee platform and
waved the banner of the league, he
luit the democratic party.
Shawnee Platform.
The Shawnee platform is sugar
'oated socialism. The 1916 social
st platform declares for state
'ank; for the establishment and op- {
ration of mills, elevators. ginning.
ompressing, manufacturing and 9TH
r businesses; ownership and oper-
tion of public corporations and a
ak exemption of $1,000 on heads of
antilles. There were the main de- !
lands of the socialists in 1916. The q