The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-23

and is firm IN his support OF Jack
Walton. the party's nominee for gov.
nrnor. w. s. Kilgorc. former treas.
urer Of Grady county. today gave
out the following reply which he
wrote 10 letter from Scott Jones.
secretary OF The Constitutional Dom.
ocrutic club OF Grady county;
: Dear Sir: write TO acknowledge
receipt Of your letter OF the 18th
instant, in which you say that you
aie herewith enclosing some liter.
atu'e Of the Constitutional Demo
cratic club, which has been organ
lied In this city for the purpose OF
maintaining democracy and preserv-
ing the democratic party name. and
TO do this we shall use our influence
TO defeat Walton for governor.
Well. Mr.. Jones. am profoundly
astonlshed and surprised at what
you say. You claim TO be demo
crat and believe In the principles
of democracy as advocated and prac-
ticed by Thomas jefferson. Andrew
jackson and Woodrow Wilson. That
is my political preference and is
what | have always stood for and
expect TO stand for so long as | live,
ana believe that this principle
stands for equal rights for all
and special privileges for none,
but here is where am surprised
that your club claims to believe in
this principle ard ther declare that
your main purpose is to defeat the
only democratic candidate we have
on the democratic ticket for gov
ornor, and by so doing place the
governorshihs in the hands of a
staunch republican, when the demo-
cratic candidate was legally nomi-
mated by large majority. He was
classed by the state election board |
~ a democrat, and his name was |!
placed on the ballot, and no one
Gould vote for him in the primary |
unless he had first registered as !
lemocrat, and Walton entered the |
race for governor, and re-
,eived 10000 votes by the registered
However, II has always |
,een the rule of democrats to abide
~ the majority rule. Myself and |
amily (20 in alD voted for r, II.
Wilson, in the primary, and | did all
hat | could to secure the nomination
If Wilson, but when the majority
aid Walton, then myself and fam
ly unanimously support the nominee,
Iack Walton.
Now, Mr. Jones, how can you de-
eat Walton without electing Fields,
nd simultaneously electing an enemy
# democracy and an advocate of
lass legislation? Jack Walton says
hat he has always been a democrat
nd voted the democratic ticket.
card Senator Robert l.. owen say
t the convention at Oklahoma City
he 18th of August, when he was
peaking before the convention, that
s soon as he learned that Jack
Walton was nominated that he wired
i'm that he had his hearty support
ntil the last day. That he had
nown Jack Walton for a long time
nd knew that he was always a good
pright man and true democrat.
Now, | have heard Walton speak
vice since he was nominated and
1 both of these speeches he stated
hat he stood squarely on the demo-
ratio platform, that was adopted at
)klahoma City at the democratic
and the democratic plat
Drm adopted in 1906 by the demo-
ratio constitutional delegates. Now
that more can he say in stating his
osition? In both of these speeches
Walton never said word about ad-
coating those planks which were .
sft out and objected to by the DEM
cratic convention at the state dem
cratic convention.
An analysis of the republican plat
,rm that John Fields is asking the
to support is, in substance,
lis:
That they heartily endorse the ma
onal administration. The present
ational administration took this
Duntry in hand under the most pros
erous conditions we have ever
nown, and in less than eighteen
lonths, we witnessed the most COM
lete destruction of business and
concerns that the present
has ever seen. (NOW
HAT is THE ADMINISTRATION
IELDS MOST HEARTILY EN-
ORSES). They seated Newberry,
tried and convicted criminal who
as sentenced to two years in the
and they seated him in
le United States senate merely in
rder to set majority in the senate
Y ONE. They endorsed Harreld