The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22

o., NIvor Walton was received nv The
world from II -; - sei skein q D,iworth.
us Intended for publication, he asks
ua mayor some pointed questions.
NJ Mayor Walton:
Iu order to clarity tho much
wudi!ed political situation will you
b.. SD considerate as to answer the
toffowipg queries:
As you are the candidate Of the
r1rmcr-L bor Reconstruction
i..re and also candidate OF the
t.moC ratio party, are they both the
came? n not. wherein DO thoy dif-
farg II they are The same, why two
c8guomcus and what Is to bo recon-
etructed2
since In your stentorion clarion
call YOU are so stresslng the word
Farm" viii you please reveal the
names of some cf the farmers on
yaur ticket: also name any farm
ems indorsed at the Shawnee con-
c1vo. and about how many farmers
nlr'iclpatcd therein, and about
what proportion OF them were Of
rrpuhlican affiliations and about
how many republicans received. or
were even suggested for indorsc-
ments2
notice you have declared your
o.. Il III mar lll'llibuH h''Vah u WIN az
candida es on your ticket.
am in somewhat Of a quandnry
as to how you reconcile your pres
enf attitude with your primary at
t.ule. Then you were pouring out
tine walls of righteous wrath upon
fUo heads of the state house
gang" declaring them TO be func-
twlng in n certain downtown bank.
Now "a major part OF your ticket
is picked from that selfsame gang.
Think you the magic OF your
name and personality sufficiently
potent TO RECONSTRUCT" them from
Inc rascalllons you pictured them
into stellar orbs OF fidelity eagerly
accepting your cue and Joining IN
your ardent endcavor at recon-
structiOn" ny removing the state
government from that spccificd
bank out TO the capitol?
But while my rustic untutored
mind was bent upon an endeavor
10 solve this paradox | was refresh
.mrly diverted from that insur-
mountable task by noticing your an
fwc- to Cam Russelrs veXing med
dles0me query, wherein you declare
that you will not allow such drival
as tho source Of your investment
kale 70 divert you from the real
issue Of the campaign saying: shall
the robbery OF the people and this,
especially OF the farmer, cOnt.nue?"
Now this sounded bully and IL SIN
cero I fain must enlist In n purpose
So fetching and so appealing to
ruhe Oor mention of the farmer
surely touches). But the seeming
familiarity Of the ring suggests
pause and reflection lest lmpetuos-
ity involve indiscretlon. Since rob-
berries uncscapably nccessitate a rob-
ber and place of preparation, and
II Il be continuation against
which you are so unswervingly en-
listed there Is an unavoidable i'm
pllcatlon that same have been and
are being pcrpetratcd. and since
your silence as to these essential
particulars IL so loud. wonder Is II
Il is not designed that the acath-
ing indictment shall he subject 70 a
motion to quash after election? So
In order to buoy up my waning en-
thusiasm. will you please suggest
probable place OF preparation, cute
Of Identification OF perpetrators ana
character OF loot?
As | said before, when I read this
I recognized familiar ring, and
strive as l may, | cannot disasso-
late II from that old "bewhis-
kered,' "plug-hatted," ''gold-headed
eaned," "poodle -doggcd," hickory
shirtcd" and otherwise ruhe appar-
c'cd bamboozlcr, John Fields, but
lawn has suggested places whore
scrutiny might not be wholly vain
and has quite strongly intimated
that he would not he averse TO en-
poying bloodhounds rather than
your seemingly preferred Airedales
IN locating tho lair even though
az you say he may in pastime moods
cater to the poodle, and further said
Jawn has rather harshly suggested
that he does not have in mind 20
OycrwOrk the power OF clemency.
such brusque disregard for this
former chief attribute OF the gov
ernorship suggests TO the unsophis-
tcated rube that the plaintive wall
from certain indictmentec which
. now permeates the ozone to save
Walton regardless OF the balance OF
the crew" is the sincere call OF an
anguished soul recoiling from the
ominous walls at McAlester beckon-
Ing him thitherward after he has so
consistently and persistently strlyen
% divest them of their terrors.
What cruel thrust that was at pal
in such dire distress when the
leader in enumeratlng the gains
from the primary was so basely for
kettul OF him as to not toss him
cumb OF comfort by including the
power OF ciemency In the list.
BY the way. since the election
machinery is mentioned as one Of
those trophies, would you mind sug-
gesting In what way II Is TO be capi-
nlized? Is II TO be prostiJuted to
partisan ends instead OF insuring
free and fair elections? one might
suspect from the roar OF protest
from so many prominent democrats
tamong the many Il ~ refreshing
TO uoice the ma mes OF Bob Dunlap
and Flint Moss) that It may have
already over-serVed its purpose
along that line.
Say, Mayor! VIII you pardon
my rude familiarity II ] say you are
Funny Feller"? One day you are