The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

ton may be defeated In the coming
legislature and
''Whereas, IL Is their purpose 10
~e-olec, one W c. McAlcster. secrc-
tary OF the senate and ex-officio
secretary OF the state election board
In order to make safe the defea'
OF the farmers program both in the
legislature and before the people
through the referendum and
Get Behind Walton"
Whereas, there were at least five
state officials whose nominations
were stolen I'm the primary by the
'short-potting' Of ballots, switching
OF figures as Ia the case OF PlttsDurg
county whore 500 votes were deliber-
atcly stolen from the Honorabiy j.
G. Walton and shifted TO some one
OF their machine who was running
behind and every other crooked de-
vice known TO band OF expert
election thieves and
Whereas. all decent and upright
citizens regardless OF s.atlou In life
ehould get behind the Honorable J.
e. walton governor elect, his policies
and program and hold up his hands
IN this the greatest crisis IN tac his
tory OF Oklahoma
Therefore be y resolved that We
tho delegates to the Lincoln county
convention Of the Farmers Educa-
tiouai Cooperative union Of OKLA
homa 20 on record against sluSh
FUNDS uf corporate greed, election
thieves and thievery and ask our
senator the Honorable CORTLAND
Feuquay to vote against these election
thieves and support the governor
elect in every way possible to the
end that his administration may be
beneficial and successful and resolved
further that We ask our represfna-
tves to support the Honorable MUIR
ray Gibbons for speaker OF the house
and resolved further that we ask the
press Of the state to give this resolu-
ton the widest publicity"
While the fight 10 dislodge Lieu
tenant Governor Trap from his grip
on the election machinery has not
been given so much prominence il
has favored the entire controversy
over organization of the senate. The
matter of whether Senator Holloway
or Senator Anelin is to he prest-
dent pro tenn of the senate is Of
rather small consequence after all
is said for the reason that one FL
Trap Will be on the job as presid-
ing officer every day of the session.
! The pro tenn may preside when moth
ing is passing but persiflage but
Trnpp Will be Willie at the rat hole
when bills are being passed, there
/ fore the fight over president pro
/ TEN of the senate amounts to little
other than cloak for the real tussle
which Is over control of the election
machine.
His Secret Committee.
It has not been generally known
/ but at the time the committee Of II
was asked to draft farmer labor
! legislation a committee of three was
asked by Walton to draft new
election law, This committee Is COM
posed of Porter Newman of Durant.
recently elected judge of his district,
| j. S. Estes and Earl witt of Okld-
! homa City. II has been at work on
| the draft of an election law which
! Is said to be fair and which VIII
| be handed to Mayor Walton upon
| his return to the capital. Judge
Newman is in the city and will re-
main until after session convenes.
1t has been doubted that the sem
ate will consent to throwing Meal
| lister over as a concession to the
| new administration and there is a
general belief that Trapp has sue
ceeded in organizing the senate fav-
| orably to the secretary's retention.
| If this proves TO be true then the
! fight is to be transferred to the
} open and unless the proposed cleo
ton law can be passed by the legis-