The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
WILSON Charges
JACK NOT Demo
Former Legislator Tells Crowd
at Mustang, That Shawnee
Platform Dangerous
to Democracy.

MUSTANG - Charging that the Far.
msr.Labor program as expressed in
The Shawnee platform and cnuncated
by j. C. Walton, democratic nominee
for governor, is an inlmical 20 the
interests OF the farmer. Ben +. Wilson
dirt farmer and speaker OF the second
legislature Monday night spoke hero
against the program OF the Reconstruc.
tionlsts. Wilson served in three leG-
slatlve sessions and filled one term
in the state senate. lie lives In Ok
lahoma County.
"The Shawnee program really prom
ises the farmer nothing" Wilson said In
his arraignment OF the league and its
candidate. IL is the dream OF Inn
practical visionaries. We fought these
visionaries for years as socialists. Now
we have them in our party They have
come like thieves in the night, viola
ting all governmental ethics in naming
the nominee OF party for which they
have nothing but hatred. "The shaw
nee platform provides for the state
ownership OF mills. elevators. and the
time IL for the creation OF a state
bank. tax exemption up TO $1,000 and
public ownership OF utilities like the
Oklahoma Natural Gas company.
A Wild.Eyed Dream
"All this wlld.eyed dream program
was offered US years ago under the
name OF socialism. Why just after the
primary Oscar Ammeringer. former as
sociate OF Victor Berger. hoasted tina,
the socialists had tried socialism and
failed. they had tried the farmer labor
party and failed and now they were
succeeding by boring from within"
Wilson carefully analysed the state
banking planks OF the two platforms
and showed that Mayor Walton does
not understand the issue involved. He
Coin Harvey. former free silver en-
ponent. now socialist leader and an
agitator. in which he said that he had
talked with Mayor Walton the day
after the packing town convention; that
the mayor had admitted that he did
not understand the financial issue but
that he would study IT,
AHut IN ine hlnu VI UoUllnco wv
have" said Wilson.
HE accepted the advice of social
lists. not democratic leaders and freely
admits to them that he knows moth
Ing OF state finance but that he Will
study up ON the subject. This brings Us
TO the vital issue In the campaign &c
the real danger. Walton spurns the
democratic platform Tor the socialist
one. He ls accompanied In his tours
by socialists. II he Is given IA decisiv.
majority on election day he win con
slider himself bound to carry out the
Shawnee program. lie will believe tina,
he Ia n man OF destiny.
"And 10 whom is this man who al
miis that he knows nothing OF stat,
finance to turn for advice9 Why tC
the men who created the Shawnee plat
form, Pat Nasle. Luther Langston. so.
ciallsts all.
II have always held that loyalty e
party is the attribute OF a genuine man
but loyalty to the principles OF our
country are paramount.
N feel badly to think that social
ists have stolen our party but that is
what has happened and must how
to the best interests Of my state and
nsighbors by refusing to support the
head Of the ticket"
Wilson declared that the real farm
ers are not going to I've deceived by
the socialists into aiding them in the
capture OF the democratic party.-Adv