The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-09

Ey CLARK &. HUDSON.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April S.-Al-
though the time for filing as candi-
cate for state office will not begin
until April %. n number Of adver-
tisements have appeared announcing
the candidacy Of persons who have
decided that upon them rests the re-
spOnslbility Of keeping the country
on It's legs. The time for filing for
state office continues so days. clos
ing on June II, and the primary
election will be held this year on
August 1. During the filing period It
Is expected that there will be an un-
precedcnted demand for filing
blanks, owing to the heavy bank of
candidates observed on the horizon.
while the 90 days which elapse he
tween the close Of filing and the
| primary are likely to be willed with
| loud and raucous cries from the
l cockpit. The wild Chrleks that oft
| lowed by barrages OF clotted hair
and other anatomical bric-a -braC,
! indicating that we are passing
through the biennial carnage which
some old-fashionod people still call
election year"
In this fashion does the aggressive
and insistent office seek the man. In
| plain parlance, 1t treats 'em rough.
No political event OF recent months
| has aroused the interest-and the
| fur--that has been stirred up by the
| recent harmony" meeting OF the
! democratic state central committee.
| Sometime back, the leaders figured
out a plan whereby meeting could
/ be called without the probability OF
. inviting military Intervention before
the welcome address was concluded.
\ new constitution and bylaws was
/ framed, by a special committee OF
hand picked politicians, which
| provided for a new organization
| plan that would give the committee
| a stronger grip on the party mem
hership. Also, II fixed things so that
! Hen r. Lafayette would be unhorsed
befOr- beginning OF the primary
campaign instead Of waiting until
the ticket II named as had been the
rule heretofore. The date for selec-
tion OF chairman was set ahead from
August 20 April by operation OF this
new dispensation--which occasion
was celebrated in the meeting just
held,
This by way Of explanation as "a
why 1t happened,
Prior TO the date set for thi,
meeting several candidates for state
offices had been steaming around. IN
the outer harbor with their funnel,
painted green and torpedo tubes ad
iusted. a foray or two and some scat
tered target practice, indicated tha
something besides a new constitution
was needed IL the governurship con
test was TO he settled according e
the disarmament theory OF warfare
while at the headquarters Of III,
various candidates the ordnance de
departments were eNperimcntini
with new and powerful explosives.
Came Candidate Howard, abou
the time a grand jury Ot Okmulge
was given knockout drops, and sho
n few from his nssortm ment Just 10
practice. lie took tolerably good ain
M the governor and his hank com
missioner. announcing that the dem
oCratic party must repudiatc IN
state administration n II expects 4
win. he ran "a few deadly parallel
, columns of text book prices on Ro
Wilson, and charged that Tom owen
/ banker candidate, was being under
written by special interests inClud
Ing the political banking syndiCat
, In oklahoma city which conducts
, regular department for maxim
governors.
Came Candidate Wilson, who ha
% refused 10 get out or tho way 10
, owen at the request ~ ce tain poll
\ ucians, and not only repeated a
, that Howard told about owen bu
a.. added few select and sizzling re
. marks OF his own that would nav
. been worth a suarehoad II tho news
q papers had been printing that sort q
. thing,
Came Candidate owen. iptermit
tently, with various platforms suite
10 whatever situation might be de
Veloped by the course o. events, an
charged that both Howard and Wi
!, son We're never risht IN their live
z except when they were talkin
o about each other; that Howard Ia
favored the oil producers when u
was state auditor and that Wilso
Lad divided his time between tc,
{ book companies ana MIrlaud @
X leases
q Came Candidate Wilson, after th
Shawnee convention, who didn't sa