The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-23
CONFESSION or APPROACHING DEFEAT

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confession on APPROACHING DEFEAT.
The experienced political observer does not
have to seek diligently In order 10 discover evil
donce that the rcconstruclion camp IN fully cog
infant OF tho fact that defeat Is approaching
and certain unless some OF the old tricks prove
offlcacious In thwarting g. The confessions are
apparent and numerous.
For Instance, the charges that "a stream Of
gold Ia pouring into republican headquarters."
that big interests give to elect Fields" that
"an mmenSs slush fund Is being raised to buy
tho election OF Fields" that walton is making
his campaign largely without funds" are out
ot point
This s all very peculiar Indeed when one
reads In the same inspired paragraphs that tho
bulletin board at reconstruction headquarters
in oklahoma city proclaim offers OF immense
sums OF money that Walton viii win.
Money follows money. Everybody knows that II
"a stream OF gold Is pouring into republican hoad-
quarters" to purchase the election OF Fields"
then the betting odds would favor Fields for
the stream of gold would necessarily sprlns
from the same source tina, large bets spring
from. Ergo. 10 walton headquarters has all of
this money TO bet Walton headquarters cannot
from-campaign funds secured from the gull
ihls public. farmer organizations ana iahor
unions diverted to the private accounts OF the
Walton gang?
The whole thing is absurd and calculated to
confuse public which the reconstruction hench-
men have never been able to consider intelll-
gent Claiming that Fields IL being subsidized
In one breath. that Walton Is running without
funds in the next. and in tho next asserting that
Walton Ia SO far in the lead tina, the big money
OF the big gamblers is all placed on him. or
offered. is device designed to convince cer-
tain interests that Walton will win and they
should get with him for protection.
That is nll there is to such clap-trap.
As a matter OF cold turkey Walton stands 20
lose today and the drift against him continues
inabated, This is as well known TO the walton
henchmen 10 others Hence all OF this sud
den talk about bets ana money and majoritles
for tho purpose of keeping such a disturbing
state Of affairs from impressing the public.
And the reconstruction candidate has money.
plenty Of it. whether Il Is being expended In
"lhe cause OF the pee-pur Ia something else,
The reconstruction candidate Is reliably
ported to have come into this city within the
past week, arriving after sundown and depart
ing before sunup, In tho interim holding II
conference with a certain very wealthy oil man
known to have senatorial ambitions The pu,-
pose was money. ostensibly to enable him to get
out huge issues OF the observation-disclosures" the
walton -Nagle propaganda sheet. between now
and election day. And the story. accepted az
true is that the reconstruction candidate took
with him tho tidy sum Of $500. Not bad
nights work.
Money! Walton and his oonfederates, Sc
mane, Hood and Bynum. have proven themselves
ihs best money getters Oklahoma politics has
known, There Is no question about the amount
OF money that has been secured for the recon
slruction-socialst coalition; It has been an
Immense sum. Poncn City, Marand and GER
tain duct Of Tulsa oil mlllIonaircs have served
the exchequer noby. In addition to the
sources OF stupcadous wealth the unions and the
farmer organizations not only in oklahoma, but
throughout the United states and Canada"
have contributed until It hurt, No question but
that immense sums have gone into the hands
ot the recoustruction-soclalistc crew, partly from
men who are sincere about desiring the social
revolution and partly from men who are eminent
~ practical and know precisely what Il 10 they
want from the hands OF the reconstruction crew
should II win, but there IL a wide and growing
uncertainty as to just how much OF this money
has been used IN campaign expenses and how
much has been salted away IN building and
loan investment channels and private bank
accounts.
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