The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-02
Politics and Politicians

than to say that the first real OPEN
ing gun fired at tho capital city
placed Walton where he had not
been before, recognized by his COM
petitors as "A rival Tor the prize. and,
unless someone grows faint OF heart,
means fiyG-cornered contest. be
tween democrats for the guberna
torial nomination.
In addition, there is to be none
too much peace. The things said
nt the walton opening cut deeply.
Some of the speakers were eNtraor-
dinarily bitter in speaking of owen,
and said nothing pleasant about the
| others. Howard's speech at Lawton
! the week before very positively
| demonstrated that he is n candidate
on his account and expected 10 call
things by what he considers their
| correct names. lie attacked the
Wilson school book record and has
tried to keep fire under Judge
owen at the same time. while owen
and Wilson are making faces at each
other. II they say no more than has
been said, there is occasion TO sur
mise that they are not agreed as 10
public policy. Mr. Wilson now has
the support OF the Robertson organ
iZation and can avail himself OF ad-
vantages the others will have TO win
by perfccting their own organi2a-
tions.
The only democratic candidate for
goernor who has remained silent IS
Hubert Bolen. He Is modest and
has not thrown himself into the
game Of dickering for the best Of
position in the big start. II is
strage to say that his early support
comes from the very extreme east
ern section OF the state but IL IL true.
No oe has been able to place him,
for the reason that his campaign
tactics are as yet unknown. II will
be recalled that he was the cam
palgn manager for Senator owen
when the latter was cOntending
against former Governor Haskell,
and he is not novice in the art
OF politics.
Interesting Republican situation.
|, But IL the democratic opening
events are interesting, the present
and sudden activities OF leading re-
publicans can he labeled stin more
so. One reason is that for time
the republicans appeared to he
asleep. Suddenly they seemed to
emerge from everywhere and for the
past several days they have been in
the hotel hobbies, talking over the sit
uation, framing up states and other
wise appearing to be looking for
ward to a fruitful season,
Perhaps some of this may have
been due 10 the fact that Or. Hugh
Scott OF Washington. where he is
engaged in soldier relief work, made
"A formal announcement Of his can
didacy for the republican guberna-
torial nomination, bringing to the
surface some others who would en-
Joy the leading the forces OF the T.
o. p, In the fall campaign. But not
all was due 10 that source. In Ok
lahoma CIty admirers Of John
Fields, who led the party in the
memorable campaign OF 1914
against Judge Robert l.. Williams,
have been seeking to induce him
TO rescind his former statement as
published In The World that he will
not be n candidate. Pressure has
been brought on the editor, but so
far as can be ascertained ne has al
lowed his original statement to
stand-at least he has made No sign
indicative OF being q candidate for
anything.
a new man looms from Oklahoma
City-tather Oklahoma City and
Purcell william Trudgeon. He re-
sides In oklahoma City, but his lar
Sest business interests are located In
Purcell. The bee has this pioneer
fairly well stung up, and unless the
swelling leaves him, his smiling face
can be expected at the political pool.
At the capital city II Is accepted
as fact that George Schwabo Of
Nowata, speaker OF tho house of
representatives, will he candidate
and the majority OF Oklahoma city
republicans have never gotten rid OF
the opinion that National Commit
teeman Jim Harris will be candid
date although he has not visited
the capitol for several months and
no one here claims authority 10
speak for him.
There is also feeling that James
Hepburn, attorney for Okmulgee