The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-13

hatch of radiCnlian and class
prejudice was assured.
How utterly absurd for certain
distinguished gentlemen and Ger.
tain prominent newspapers TO 80
running about over tho land wiring
ing their hands ni the approach of
socialism ana reOnstruCt,on ana
nonpnrtisan league hcrcsy. They
are the ores who brought the curse
upon the land and thcy have no
cause whatever to complain II the
pendulum swings as far IN the oppo.
site direction ns they themselves
carried II towards pcif corruption
lncfflcioncy and aristocracy
Wnltonlsm IL Protest.
The thousands and thousands who
followed tho banner of Walton I'm
the primary do not. as general
thing. seek anything destructive
anything radical or anything that
will mean Injustice r. their fellows
They are sccklng Justice for them
selves. snfcty for their own interests
and government that IN some
measure at least Will protect them
against the constant eucropchmcntH
OF the class and interests which
have wrecked the state banking
system ana grown rich In exploiting
the state otherwise.
In 1914 the voters Of Oklahoma
gave unmistakablo evidence OF tholr |
wishes. That year they made II un.
mistakable that they willed u
change IN the governing mandate /
and in the method OF conducting /
elections. Had the republican cnn- |
didate for governor been given tho |
commission in that year. Rs tho pco- |
pie willcd, the Shawnee convention |
would never have been held, Jack |
Walton would never have been n |
candidate for governor, the non /
partisan league would nevcr have |
been given a foothold in this state |
Tho logical swing Of the political |
pendulum would have preserved .
the balance.
But tho oligarchy would not give .
In. Instead the fun weight OF the .
machine was thrown into the scales /
against the rising tide OF protest
And 80 there was no change there 1
was no turning on OF the HIGHT OF .
publicity; the spider sat complacent-
~ in the dark and continued TO spin
his web OF fnvorltlsm and lncf.
ficiency nnd extravaganza. Each
succeeding legislature continued to
practice stlll greater outrages upon
the people. Thus was the ground
mado fallow for every ism and every
proposal which promised relief: thus
was constitutional government. in
name, made moro ana more unpop-
ular. until at last the radicals were
able 90 control.
Why Walton Was hest
j permitted myself to say I'm tho
campaign, ] repeat now, Walton waa
the best bet any sincere, fair-minded
hoerty-loving democrat could make.
Ills nomination and election prom
lsed more for the common good than
tho nomination and election OF
either owen or Wilson. And for the
reasons Immediately following,
Walton was Independent OF the
Political oligarchy which has mis-
ruled and all but bankrupted thla
state during the past dozen years.
lie espoused the cause OF tho COM
mon people-those who have been
furnishing the votes and the swag
Tor the various state house crews |
since statehood. His position, In OPP |
emily declaring his principles and his |
proposals was constitutional--a po- |
sition made inexpressably stronger |
by his open opposition to the khan |
and It's injection into politics OF an
inVsible empire where hate and in
tolerance and blgotry run rampant.
The voters had ns much right to be-
lieve In his sincerity as In the sin
cerity OF owen and Wilson.
owen was the intended residuary
legatee of the present administra-
ton; not, II is true. with the con-
sent OF that administration, but |
through the intrigue and crafty ma
nipulatlon OF that Administrations .
creators and financial hackers. Thus |
his onmination and election could |
mean nothing more than n shifting |
OF the actors; that scenery and the |
strins-pullers would remain the |
same.
However exccllently equipped Tom
Owen may have been for the office |
he sought, l have never In n quarter |
century Of political observation aud |
nctivlty seen cnnd daCy more out
Of tune with existing cond tions, !
more hopeless from the standpoint |
Of public opinion, than the owen |
candidacy of 1922 I'm Oklahoma. Tho |
gentlemen who 80. l,ir. ~; ;!;c race !
and kept him there agnins, his bet |
ter Judgment may know politics but |
they gave no evidence of it In this |
case. Had they offered Frank john |
son, of the American National Bank |
of Oklahoma city for governor, with |
his brother Hugh OF the State Ma
tiOnni for treasurer, they would have |
made themselves no more grotcsquc- |
ly absurd.
And Wilson, n candidate without
rhyme or reason until he became
the creature OF certain large oil in
terests that he had favored while
head Of the educational interests OF
the state. later tying up with the
invisible empire; working hand and
glove with DeBarr, OF the state uni
versity who as the reported Okla
homa representative OF HIS Impe-
rial Majesty, the Imperial Wizard
OF the Invisible Empire OF the Ku-
KluN Khan" Of Atlanta. run that
part of the Wilson campaign which
was not attended TO by the Marian
oil interests, gave promise OF dlvid-
Ing his authority with these two in
terests should he be elected.
The Primary Verdict Sound.
with such a situation confronting
them how could the democratic
voters of oklahoma have decided
other than they did? a more logi-
cal, sane, conservative decision was
never rendered by any electorate,
II one correctly understands all of
the various issues and causes In
Yolved.
I am one who does not believe the
decision would have been different
save in degree had klanism not been
Injected Ii Is true that the attempt
OF this organization 10 SecUrc con-