The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-25
A MIXED poIITICAL SITUATION.


A MIXED POLITICAL SITUATION,
Tho campaign from the democratic viewpoint
remains very, vcty much mixed. Al that is Ger.
tanly known Is that there arc two guberratorial
candldates--John Fields, republican, backed by
a harmonious and enthusiastic state organization
which extends down into the county and pre-
clnet. and another candidate. Jack Walton. who
wan shomlnated on a reconstruction platform sup
ported by socialists and who has since been
adopted by the democratic party which in state
convention gave him another platform.
We erred IN saying this was all that Ia GER
tainly known. It is likewise certainly known
that four different Walton headquarters have
been opened in Oklahoma city and are being
maiutained by four different and distinct groups
OF politicians. Chairman Somaus. who oriEa-
dlers the democratic forces and insists that he
Is the one and only. has opened headquarters at
the skirvln but is preparing to move to the Law
renee hotel and take over an entire floor pro.
vidlng the women democrats don't prevent It.
Thls is walton headquarters No l.
Bsn Lafayette. who for a good many years
hold the position in the democratic party which
Mr.. semans Is now holding onto by n hair, has
doors from tho big Fields headquarters La
Fayetto has flung his banner to the breeze. the
same being a huge sign which reaches from one
side OF Main 10 tho other and Ia embellished
with letters four feet high. This is Walton
headquarters No, ..
Col Pat Nagel who has oeen mixed In OKLA
homa politics for 80 many years that the mem
ory OF the oldest citizen runs not to the contrary.
who began democrat and graduated by degrees
INTO the socialist party, who controls the okla
hotna Leader, the Walton press agent during
thd primary. has opened headquarters IN the
Egbert hotel on Broadway and made adequate
preparation to meet and greet the boys and d-
req the movements of the campaign. This Is
Waiton headquarters No, 3.
And down on Grand avenue In the Baltimore
building, the reconstruction league fellows have
a suite OF five rooms. or is II three? where they
are working large force mailing out propa.
sanda and announcing TO the forces that wrote
the Shawnee platform and placed Walton It
that their day is AT hand. This place is also
labeled Walton headquarters. and IL No, I.
Ia the meantime another is said to he about
to ppen. The big mass meeting OF negroes the
other evening, when statewide Walton-ror-
governor club was organized, and at which u lot.
ter from walton read asking that the club
be'organized and pushed and that his friend, a
negro minister OF the capital be made president,
started great activity In a political way alons
coiored race lines, II is said that within the
next week the colored folks will have Walton
headquarters at the capital which win bring
the number up TO five.
An OF which has started talk and speculation
Each of these headquarters insists that It s the
only genuine one Aside from colonel NnBel
and the reconstruction boys, the directing heads
arc not on friendly terms Lafayette and
sefnan do not visit m the meantime tho cundi-
date himself, for whom all this expensive and
ornate preparation has been made has been
absent from the state Nobody knows which
headquarters he Is going to recognize, which
platform he is going TO sit or stand on or which
set OF campaign managers he Is going to issue
MS orders through.
thought even more disturbing ls which Of
the headquarters and which OF the four brga-
diers will dispose, OF the political swag ln case
the battle OF ballots IN November goes well?
Are the coonels, the captains. the lleutenants
the sergoauts, the corporals and the high prl-
Yates who are 20 be appointed to man the new
state government aud administer one platform
1r the other IN walton Is elected 90 he
selected from the ranks OF the Shawnee conyen-
ton or tho ranks or the Oklahoma CITY convcn-
lion? Is ed semans or Ben Lafayette or Pat
Nagei or the chietan over at reconstruction
headquarters to be entrusted with the great
seal Of the administration and the combination
to the strong box?
Mxed7 The "other" candidate and platform
are more than mixed! And the feeIngs OF a
great majority OF the taxpayers respecting that
"other" candidate and platform are badly
Bcrambled.