The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-08
DARE ISSUED BY
WALTON To DEMO
PARTY Of STATE
Nominee Makes First Public State.
ment Since August Primary; VIII
Stand by Shawnee Platform,
Candidate Declares.
COMES AT TIME WHEN
HARMONY BEING SOUGHT
Statement Given Out rs County Con.
ventions Being Held and on Eve
Of state Convention; sIaps at
Irregular" Democrats.
Ony The United prc,s.)

1hltliUiud tfAff hhhs tf'tsf
irreyocably for the program and plat
form of the shawnee conference un-
III Il IL amended. changed or modi-
fled by the groups that give II
birth"
wl,. this declaration today In his
first formal statement since his
nomination for governor. Aug J.,
Mayor Jack Walton hurled his chal-
lenge to regular" democrats who
have been seeking for week to
pave the way for harmony at the
convention here Aug. Is.
Walton appealed TO farmers. labor
ers and good citizens who desire
orderly. beneficial government TO
consider the issue joined between
their groups and other business"
He declared that the issue in the
primary campaign was "the s1.27
that goes from every So Of farmers
and laborers TO other business
Brand any man who tries to shift
the issue from $l.27 to religion, the
enemy of the producing farmer and
the enemy of the industrial worker"
he urged. "The one hundred and
twenty.seven percenters will appeal
to any feeling or emotion, religious
or racial, to protect their $1.27"
Coming as il did at the hour of
county conventions and the eve of
the state democratic convention, 1t
was declared by politicians as a di-
rect dare to the democratic organl-
zation.
Walton addressed this statement
to "the people of Oklahoma:
~ address you because ! recognize
no other superior
You ask me if I will obey the
mandate you handed me August?
This is my reply:
1 stand irrevocably for the basic
industrial group upon which civiliza-
tion rests--the farmer.
stand irrevocably for basic in
dustrial group upon which civiliza-
ton rests-the industrial laborer.
stand irrevocably for the ev-ser-
vice men--the group upon which we
must rely to protect us in the hour
of peril.
| stand irrevocably for the pro-
gram and platform Of the Shawnee
conference until it is amended,
changed or modified by the groups
that gave it birth.
What is the issue before the peo-
pie of this state and of the United
States?
This is the issue:
Where the money goes:
To the farmer from the industrial
laborers dollar-$.35. asu ssU
To the industrial laborer from the
farmers dollar--s0.3S. 3sa i8n ST.
To other business out of both dol
lars-$127.
Where it should go.
TO the farmer from the industrial
laborer's dollar-$0.80.
TO the industrial laborer from the
farmers dollar-$0.S0.
To other business out Of both
dollars-$040.
One dollar and twenty-seven cents
was the issue during the primary
campaign. The trained lawyers, the
trained politicians, and the subsi-
died press of the interests struggled
to shift the issue from $1.27 to So
cialism, bolshevism, Russianism, Da-
kotaism and other "isms" and failed.
Now the campaign is on and the
interests, through their trained law
yers and politicians and their sub
sidized press will struggle to shift
the issue from $1.27 to religion.
now appeal to the farmer; | now
appael to the industrial laborer;
now appeal to the ex-service men,
and all good citizens who desire an
orderly, beneficial government.