The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-26

for the senator had been expected
to enter actively into the guberna-
torlal campaign. To certainty he
cannot move as a big spoke I'm a
state campaign and carry on a cam
paign for himself in the Second dis
trict. Senator rutherford is very
much a free lance is making his po-
| litical conclusions and his eloquence
and positiveness have given to his
movement a statewide interest.
The other democratic contest Is I'm
the sixth district where former Sem
ator Elmer Thomas and Senator Jed
| johnson have locked for final
/ battle. Thomas, of course. is the
more widely known over the state,
! but johnson is pushing his case far
| enough to attract attention.
Complications In the case.
Complications have arisen in the
| democratic field for state treasurer.
/ one reason is that strangers have
| appeared. In the beginning 1t was
/ practically conceded that a. S. j.
| Shaw, secretary OF the school land
/ commission, would get that nomina-
| tion, but Representative Mark Lou
! than OF Chickasha got into the
/ game early and has already cam
| paigncd more than half OF the state.
! Also, the banks are not all agreed.
/ IL is admitted that Shaw has the
/ support Of the bank line that has
! controlled banking politics FOR
some years, but things are not what
| they once were, and former Senator
| Joe Strain of Nowata county is max
! ing a noise like a soldier who would
I serve his state as treasurer, also
| Bin Barrowman of Purcell, so where
there was once peace, confidence
| and security, there now appears a
| campaign of considerable magni-
tude. Louthan and shaw have al
1 ready established headquarters in
the capital city and are making
faces like folks who actually want ia
| treasurer for a four-year term.
A Phase.
A phase OF impersonal politics is
worth while. No one presumcs that
the national administration is 100
popular in oklahoma: the most
foolish person will not assert that
the state administration is popular.
There are CrOss-Country conditions
which viii enter into this campaign
that wise men are pondering over
ana none ambitious to express ad-
vance opinions about. Very certain-
ly the bank guaranty act and the
conduct OF the bank commissioner =
office will be central figure of the
/ campaign to be wagcd between
August and September. Just as cer-
tainly the democrats will not be
rushing forward to defend all of the
acts of the present administration
and just as certainly the republicans
are not going to hire brass bands
to parade for all things done by the
national administration,
on a close guess good gamblers,
II forced TO play down now, would
say that the democratic state NOM
inees will not be friendly to the
present governor; likewise, the re-
publican nominee for governor,
without saying it. Is not going to
Washington every weekend 10 hug
the republican administration.
The republican state organization
will make a frontal attack on demo-
cratic state government, and the
question is, whether the democrats
will meet that in an offensive or
defensive manner.
World readers will recall tho de-
plorable conditions in both political
parties at this time in 1920. At that
time 1t was evident that the two
parties were torn asunder with fac
tions. Victory fell to the republicans
because Jim Harris, then state
chairman, threw his discordant ele-
ments together and was able TO CO.
operate with the dsgruntled fac
tions of the democratic party which
had not been cemented or pacified
The democrats will reorganize
early In April. Undoubtedly their
new state chairman will be Ed Sea-
mans of Oklahoma city, who was
the head of the Oklahoma county
= committee in 1920 and was able "a
hold his party vote above normal
lie moves quietly but not more so
than A. c, Alexander, head of the
republican committee. Neither OF
these gentlemen will lose party
} strength because OF excessive talk
ing on their part, but it remains "a
be seen which Of them can throw
his forces together the quickest and
get possession of the most adyan'
, tageous points.
Moreover where is the so-called