The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-01
They're Not Satisfied With
Way Things Are Going,
SO Start Revolt
8GULARS START CAMPAIGN
Constitutional Demo Club
Members Intend to Carry
Drive All Over State
BY CLARK c. HUDSON
World Capital Correspondent

Drilling the oil sand IS one thing;
drilling the oil men is another
IL viii probably come 80 die
tlnct shock to the proleta-iat, who
heard with loud shouts OF rancor ir
the primary campaign that Marland,
Standard OIL and Dutch Shell were
I'm q deep conspiracy 10 defeat Mayor
Walton, when they learn that the
political dairy maids have been out
milking those came plutocutlc, Gar
gantuan corporations for the pur-
pose OF obtaining funds with which
TO elect Mayor walton nov that he
is nominated. But, whether II is
shocked or not, the proletariat prob
ably figures that It is JUS as well
TO take a fellows money away from
him before he Is operated on as
afterward, and thus the method will
De condoned.
Ponca City Was First.
The first milking seems to have
occurred at PonCa City, participated
In at various times by I'D Semans,
Mayor Walton and Ed Hood IL
seems that Il was necessary or ad-
vlsable for the latter Ed 10 go up
and do the milking, after the beast
had been tanned by the other two.
Then. when the Tulsa milking was
due, Hood loaded his bucket and
{ milk stool into his car, together with
= Art Walker Of the corporation COM
'mission, and went over 10 act as
shlef milk maid. Walker, Il is un-
derstood. merely went along as con-
eervation officer. Hood acted In the
milk maid capacity for J. u. a.
Robertson when that dignitary was
winning for governor. and he likes
the Job. Having been representa-
I've OF some OF the STANDARD sub
ddfa ries. he knew the location Of
the herd. and furthermore, he pos
sesses "A rare and gentle touch. Both
Ed Semans and Ed Hood worked
together in the Robertson campaign,
and the dairy product that year was
unusually large.
But how It happened that they
worked Mayor Walton into the
tPonca City affair IS n matter that
has not been explained Mar
\ land was first given TO understand
q that the school land commission, in
n case the democratic ticket Is elected
will be controlled by officials who
were not indorsed by the recon-
struction league. True, Walton
would be chairman OF the commits
sion. But Whitehurst defeated n
league man for the nomination for
president OF the board OF agricul-
dldate for auditor: Shaw defeated a
league man for treasurer: Mash de-
feated the league candidate for state
superintendent, and Short defeated
the league candidate for attorney
= general. When this was pointed out
10 Marland he is said TO have heaved
n sigh OF relief that blew out the
electric lights as far away as Black
Wen. and then, tainted. What hap
pened to him before he came 10, is
OF course something that he could
hardly be held responsible for.
Maybe He Was ''in the Daris,-
.0Just why they had TO drag walton
INTO II Is not clear. He will not have
a majority OF the school land com
mission, which has to do with the
MarIand leases. and they might have
let him alone. Same ut Tulsa. In -
stead OF allowing him TO pursua his
way joyously dallying with his
shawnee platform, they insisted tha
ne cancel n lot of dates and go over
70 be introduced as exhibit A" while
the herd was being corraled. Benp
or an obliging nature, the mayor
dld as requested: but OF course he
knew nothing OF the purpose OF his
VISIT. as he clearly indicated in his
newspaper interviews. II was a
nasty thing for the two Eds ana
their confederates TO do.
Ihe league Is not at all pleased
with the way things are going. Wht
holds the purse strings Is might
IN political campaign, and so fal
the strings have reposed securely IN
Ine grasp OF Chairman Semans
treasurer Bob Dick has arrived Or
!he tleld, but has as yet found moth
XS TO be treasurer Of Such fund
are wrung from the crowd tina
$pects fayors. have passed quieti
into the possession OF Chalrmal
semans, and he doesn't appear 3
nave In mind the expenditure O
much money on league speakers an
propaganda. Fearing that the can
dldate for governor and the fe,
others It nominated on the ticke
VIII suffer at the hands OF the regu
Iars' the league Is starting a cam
paign OF It's own for its candidate
on the ticket and is making an in
dependent appeal for funds. Tn
situation Is unique. II has rarel
been duplicated in political history
here or elsewhere
Socialists Are Busy.
While all this is going on, IN
middle f-the-road sociallsta ar
making n strenuous campaign 10
their state candidates. They hav
speakers busy In all parts OF IN
state, appealing 10 the socialists I
remain With their party orEaniza
tion rather than to adopt the demo
&atic party as a substitute. Thi
question Is one that Is rocking IN
state, causing all eyes 10 be turne
upon the socialists this year. an
giving politicians pause. The vic
tor Berger faction OF the socialist
which entered into the plan 10 leav
their party organization and operat
through the democratic party. ar
understood TO be in the maiorit,
There is, however. a strong minorit
OF socialists who stand for a con
tnuance of their party organization
and these have a full state ticke
~ the field. The Berger faction
ted by Pat Nagle, Luther Langstor
oscar Ameringer. Dan Hogan an
me Oklahoma Leader crowd. Thi
faction entered tho Shawnee con
Venuon and is cling strong suppoI
70 Mayor Walton and the othe