The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23

hence. Governor Robertson was to
be dissuaded from his threatened
irruption into the arena, and all was
to be merry as a marriage bell. The
plan lacked only Howard's consent,
and Peters couldn't give 1t; there
fore the recess.
1t is not to be assumed, however,
that the efforts of the mandarins
will be more than temporarily halt
ed by the Howard bean-spilling.
Another conference is immient. out
of which better results are expected.
although 1t will involve the sub
stitution OF another name for that
of Brewer, IL some one can be To-
Gated to whom Howard is willing
to deliver his political assets. But
Howard feels certain. and has some
evidence. that his stock Is going up
of late and that he is closing up the
breach between himself and the
leaders. He thinxs he can beat
Walton II left alone by the pesky
underwriters who are trying, as
usual, to first pick out a governor
for the folks and then let the voters
have their little fun by going to the
polls on primary day. 1t has been
Howard's chief campaign claim that
he is not controlled by anybody. and
he feels that IL he should allow him
self to be pulled off 1t would falsify
his claim in the eyes Of the people.
So It would.
If there were any doubt OF WAL
tons lead In the governorship race
at present, the frantic and last re-
sort methods Of leading democratic
politicians to compass his defeat
would dispel all uncertainty. No in
formed supporter of either of the
other candidates but will admit that
Walton Is now the strongest con-
tender for the nomination. So far,
no other candidate in the field has
been able to overtake him. First,
Wilson tried It and put on high
pressure until the indicator stuck,
but never passed anything but DUST:
then Tom owen loaded a couple of
banks on his fordster and started in
pursuit, ending at the state COM
mlttee with four punctured tires
ana mud guards ruined; following
which. oward stepped on the gas
and was going good when the UNDER
writers met and decided that the
prospects for all entrants were too
poor to justify any underwriting at
al, and Tagged the whole bunch.
Howard, who apparently had lust
taken the pole in pursuit of the
racing mayor, was annoyed. A lit
tie more and he would have been
chagrined. He damned the whole
plot, underwriters, politicians and
all. Outside OF that, he was satis-
tied; SO the matter rests, upon this
resting.
The colors Of the farmer-labor
forces were turned toward the state
capitol during the week, when II
was discovered that a printed form
or oath was being used by registrars
IN Choctaw and other counties TO
scare off socialists and others who
were preparing to change their po-
Iltical affiliation and align them
seiVes with the democrats in time TO
help nominate the ticket I'm August
democratic leaders have been wor-
ried about this for some time. mar
tlcularly In counties where the
Souhty machinery is threatened, and
II mas been expected that something
ot tne KIND would be done to head
OFT the impending calamity. BESIDES,
IN some OF the counties there IA a
lot or road bond money to be spent.
ana the crowd that has been spend,
ing II is convinced OF the abs,irditv
OF turning several bushels of ready
money over to a bunch of "illiter-
ates' TO slosh about in. Far be n
from them. Far, for be II.
An Imposing Ceremony.
Thus II came that the plan was
evolved of handing" a form OF affi-
davit to the applicant who presents
ed himself to have his old certifi-
cate Cancelled. by the terms and
conditions OF which said applicant
undertook to pledge "in the name
or God" that he would always and
forever support the nominees OF the
democratic primaries. To this he
was asked to add the supporting af-
fidavits of two witnesses, both
democrats since the battle of New
Orleans. and who had never
scratched a ticket. who were TO at
test that the novitiate had been
renovated and regenerated accord
ing to the laws of the prophets and