The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-21
TnE CmAMLroN CANDIDATE.

rhore iS reptile known 10 almost everyone
ahich possesses a quality that has mus far hnf.
lied the scientist. This reptile is called the
chameleon and enjoys the peculiar ahility 20
change It's color to conform 10 the material It -
adjacent to; thus conccalng its true coufor-
nation
d Daily occurrences In the present etato .cam-
palgn prove beyond question OF doubt thar
Jack Walton. reconstruction-Hoclalist candidate
for governor, has perceived the advantage tho
shameloon has and ls emulatlng that trench-
erous reptile IN hla quest for votes
when the fun inqulty ~ the soldier bonus
Bin he hnd coused to bee inflated WIS first die
covered and the business interests Of the state
Especially tho First congressional district, rose
on masso against It, Walton came here and ex-
piaincd that he did not intend the soldier bonus
seriously, that he was not for II ana that hc had
taken the pains TO that Joker was written
into 1t that would make It unconstitutional In
case the people voted Tor 81.
: BY such dishonest explanations he was en-
abled to hold many democrats OF the oil regions
10 him. His factotum In Tulsa. Doctor Bynum,
has worn the carpeta Off the approach to demo-
cratic oil men IN recent days. assuring them
that the reconstruction candidate was prepar-
ing TO double cross the socialists and farmers
and the laborng mcni that he could be de-
pended on to fostor tho plans OF business aud at
the same time hold the radicals In cheek
y In fact It has come to the shbboleth OF the
Walton advocates every where, "Waltou d0esnt
mean IT," regardless OF what It was Walton was
saying or had said, II he said something which
gave the trade union boys uneaslness tho OK
planatlon was Jack didn't mean It," n come
ching was said that offended the farmers, again
II was Jack doesn't mean IT, And all the whilo
hts pussyfooters ana intriguers have been In
tho heart OF the great industrial section Of Okla
homa explaining TO the business mon that Jack
doesn't mean IT,"
j In his speech at Kngfshor Saturday. how
over. the reconstruction candidate. II HIS organ
In Tulsa is to No relied ON. burned his bridges
behind him and urged support for his soldier
bonus niquity which no had told the Tulsa oil
men he did not stand for ana had arranged to
have declared unconstitutional In case It car
rled. Read this from tho Tulsa reconstruction
organ on the Walton KinstIsher speech;
In his speeches In Kingfshcr county the
y democratic nominee strongly urged that his
e. hearors vote FOR the soldiers bonus bUL Ho
declared he is tho one candidate FOR gov
ornor who has proposed and worked for any
definite relief for the Veterans OF the World
war. In vlcw OF the failure Of national
. bonus legislation. he said II was all tho more
necessary that Oklahoma act.
THE opposition charges that this lcgisla-
ton will place a burden upon the back Of
taxpayers That Is not true. The farmers
y and workers do not pay one cont toward
that bonus. 1t is tax upon the war
profiteera,
There you are That ought to be clear enough
for the democrats OF northeast oklahoma to
understand without the aid of any Philadelphia
lawyer. This $4,000 900 is to be raised with
out cost to the general public. It IS to be raised
by taking II from tho war protlteers," the war
kprortcers being the same OIL men and mining
men and large employers of labor in tho in
dustrial region Of the state that Walton and
bis henchmen have been bcscschng for COM
.pRisn funds!
We wonder just how much evidence the
democrats OF this socton OF the state really
want to convince them that they are facing
an alleged democratic candidate who is not only
'uot a democrat hut absolutely undcpondablc,
and positive menace to the state and their
#busnc.s.