The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10
GOVERNOR FRETS,
EAGER TO SPEAK
IN FIELDS WAKE

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been looted. ana that there has been
graft in other departments Of state"
or course. Mayor Walton was ~ a
hurry, and % was his iirw speech,
hut if hO lUdorseg "plunk one OF
the shawnee 5rOt u f. going Co be
dIflcult for him to alsO lut1rHc
plank one" Of the stocFyard4 draft
which points with pride to the
a.h.DvCmonts OF the present state
administration For him 90 say 'haf
ei'hor one OF these planfs F 900 per
cent? of the other BE- further owl
dDuce ~ hi1 stli-Duuf,deu... Soc
body oise could get away with i'. but
the league ~ serene and SCOTS at
the mention of Inconsistency beg ta
leader. Robertson also SCOTS N1Ei'
scoffs.
=. u. a. out uf sorts.
But apClkIuE pf Robertson. Thr
governor has had o number ~ acute
attacks lately, and 81 81 found 30
have been caused hy Cuuiug der
tho restraint Of custom. Iis ie going
70 t1ko tho stump for Walton. but
70 would bo urrugh 90 ra!!i!"aI ell
quetlo far him 20 start out before
Walton himself opened ihr campaign.
So what with the etiquette and
the heat nnd the buffalo rn1t9 ana
the newspapers, our ch'rubIc ,Nccu-
two almost lost his patience once or
twice Uad walton not '1ton out his
opener and pulled tho cork from tho
campaign wIcr ho dld. another
week would have seen the flag on
the state capitol at half mast 0nd
Tupp in the executive chair. Now
that the grand opening haF been
pulled of, 1t may ho expected that
the governor will break his tcthcr
and take a terrific lungo at John
Fields, who has been annoying him
for spmO time. Tho league ana the
socialist folks don't fancy this muCn.
for II win have the effect Of dctr6ct-
ing attention from their inierpreti-
tiou ~ the Issues. aud they arc
making heroic efforts TO prevent 10
hut with tho governor apparently In
position to mnncuver the campaign
funds, aui In possession OF Hnme I'M
portont cogs iu the election ma
chinory. as well as claiming the right
90 defend his administration when
!. Is attacked. Il loods "a though the
league ana socialist leaders viii
have TO be satisfied with observing
tho governor out on the stump as
central figure.
Most observers ngree that the
league and It's auXllittics succeeded
in delivering about $1,000 votes for
lts slate In the democratic primary.
This wns not 20 per cont OF the total.
and the governor thinks the admin
istratinn dif about ns we'll Since
both were tor walton, he incllnos 10
the flfty-fifty view, For every
league speaker there should ho an
administration speaker; and II the
governor Is 20 give up his stock
yards platform. which was 80 skill
fully and rythmically composed by
Raxtcr Taylor of tho Etatchouse,
then he should be given extra speaH-
ers 10 balance. Tho governor In go-
.SnE out. Neither the leaguers nor the
soclallsts nor any other power save
death, Can prevent him from snatch,
Ing up HIS lance and gslloplng
against John Fields. In addition.
no plans o,hor diversions. such ns
pommelne a few editors, suing folku
for damages to h!s reputation. ar
, esting some Tor libel, and cussing
'em out generally Walton will have
80 look 10 mis- stars, il Robertson
does not nose him out OF first place
in public interest before tho cam
paign ia over.
state lssucs Crowded out.
The ARRANGEMENTS to secure Has
kell. core, Ferris and others from
outside the state 10 make speeches
In the campaign. is evidence OF the
effort to crowd state issues out by
forcing national issues into the con
test. This has beGn tho democratic
hope, openly expressed FOR months
II has been felt by democratic party
organization leaders, that TO permit
a campaign 90 be waRod upon state
issues would be dangerous, and that
the only successful way TO prevent
this would be 20 force national poli-
cies TO the fore TO tho extent that
the voters might forget that this IL
state CAMPAIGN With Robertson
militant figure I'm the fight this
would be YER difficult, and his per-
slstence has made the situation quito
awkward Perhaps Haskell can find
way To Fix II, after having prac-
tlced on the Maine republicans.
Scmans. the sheik, Is stlll in COM
mand at the Lawrence hotel head
quarters. During tho week he has
been reinforced by John Williams
and II II. Edwards who managed
the r. n. Wilson campaign, 40 that
one might almost expect 10 see Mar
land walk I'm with his check book.
This brings mp the rumor that Mar
land has been visited several
times of late, with n view to Inform
ing h m that political campaign
is on and that he must he sure 20
60 out and vote on election day. ila
vote Is very important, IL might
decide the election,
Scmans' Plan Uncertain.
whatever Chairman semans has
In mind about giving the walton
folks management OF the campaign
he is not max public, II may he
that he viii turn the whole thing
over TO them, as some OF them seem
Ny.T 90 n "a Vrn L Z.
ago; but the best guess is that they