The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-13
A DUTY FOR DEMOCRATS.

Theodore Roosevelt was not too big a man to mix in the
petty politics of his precinct meetings. Roosevelt got his start in
a precinct meeting where most Of the active attendants were ward
The precinct meeting is the very basis Of party government.
The general public has permitted the precinct meetings to go by
The precinct meeting. more often than not. has been left to
a handful of professional politicians, regular election day workers,
friends of minor office holders and hot stove statesmen, to frame
and fix as the city, county or state officers wanted it fixed.
You are the folks.
You are the grass roots"
cinct meeting on January Is and see to it that the members Of
the committee chosen represent you fairly. Don't let Somebody's
man. organize the meeting and cram a prepared list Of officers
and committee members down your throat. If democracy is worth
having, it is worth fighting for. The office holders in Oklahoma
haven't left much to the people in party affairs, but the times de-
If the party reorganization is as complete as the machinery
affords, the democracy Of Oklahoma will have a grand opportunity
to wipe out the records of ~l92o-Daiy Oklahonan.
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The sum of s195ooo isn't too much to pay for a seat in the
senate, according to decision of a majority of that dgnified body.
All the democrats and nine republicans went on record in favor Of
unseating Senator Newberry but the latte On his fight by a
vote Of 46 to Al. OF course the Michigan III rs friends kept him
completely in the dark concerning the immense sums Of money
they were spending in his behalf; they didn't let him in on any
of the secrets of his campaign at all, and it seems that he didn't
even read the newspapers in which he would have found plenty Of
information calculated to raise some sort Of suspicion in his mind.
Not a dollar was spent in his behalf with his knowledge or con-
sent" 50 he swore and SO he declared in his statement to the
senate. Still, in spite Of Mr.. Newberrys "vindcation,9 several
a bad policy to put up senatorial togas at public auction, letting
them 60 to the highest bidder, whether the candidate himself is
putting up the money or his friends are bidding it in for him.
It will and should Be a long time before the action Of the senate
majority is forgotten.
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1t is to be hoped that the plans for carrying the Nichlos test
down to a depth of $500 feet will succeed. Dating back to the
time when oil operations were first considered in this section, some
ten or twelve years ago, the opinion Of the best authorities has
been that there could be no satisfactory answer in this vicinity
without deep drilling. These opinions have been based upon scien-
tiic investigation and it has been suggested that it would be neces-
sary to go at least $500 feet. Of course, the Nichlos well is a
wildcat strictly and any investment in it should be understood
TO be purely speculative but at the present depth it is just as good
a bet as it ever was. 1t will be fortunate, indeed, # the well can
be completed.
Some of the economists think our great presidents ,-a Of a
flexible tariff wouldn't work out very well, but we hardly see why,
in view Of the success we have had with flexible Platforms
Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.
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4 GOOD man of our citizens will wonder at the SIN. ions