The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-17
FIELDS SCORES
WALTON SCOUT
ON RACE issue
Republican Nominee S a y s
Mayor of Oklahoma City
Claims G.. o. P. Party of
the Negro Element.

MANGUM Jack Walton is making
his campaign as an independent and
not as democrat" John Fields, repub-
lican candidate for governor, charged In
his speech here Thursday, in making
his plea for a coalition government
that would give the state a constitu-
tional administration.
"a man right in this audience today,
Wno is scout from Waltons head
quarters, said at Clinton the other
night that / might get $4,000 conserva.
tive democrats, but that Walton would
win enough socialists and negroes to
offset this and defeat me"
He Attacks ScanlOn.
Fields indicated one j. w. Scanlon
who has trailed him since his meet.
ing at Guthrie, Saturday night and
who is reputed to be n representative
of democratic headquarters. Scanlon
confirmed to member of the Fields
party at Clinton that he had sounded
out the negro sentiment and that they
would go for Walton solid.
walton has relieved the republican
party OF its traditional burden of the
negro" Fields declared ''and has TAX
en- them over in body TO form n part
Of his new party that he is building
up by using the name of democrat"
Adding, "I don't know why the ne
groes are for Walton but Scanlon says
that ne has promised them what they
want and perhaps that may be the
reason"
The republican candidate outlined tht
platform, upon which he is running
submitting that II was a program that
any good American could support, b'
he republican or a democrat.
Would Organize Farmers.
I'VE propose to aid i'm organiZni
the farmers into associations for tn
cooperative marketing OF their pro
ducts. We submit that agriculture
should have recognition equal at leas
To that accorded capital and labor,
nc said. 1--WE favor laws to preven
price gouging and profiteerlng w
stand for the stripping of waste, ex
travagance.s graft. incompetency ant
partisan favoritism from the publ
service. We maintain that equal edt
cational facilities should be afforde
TO children living in the town and II
the country. We favor the abolition
of gambling in wheat. cotton, corn an
all farm products.
"We stand ready to lend our activ
support to the program of the farr
bloc in congress and to do anythin
that can be done to insure squar
1eal for the farmer.
Pledges 'White Supremacy"
1--WE recognize that the laws pr'
viding for the separate education an
transportation of whites and negrot
are the settled policies of this stat
and pledge ourselves that existing lei
islation along these lines will renal
unchanged il our ticket is elected
November.
''The first big job of the incomin
administration should be the cleanin
mp OF the wreckage OF the state qua
anty fund to the end that deposition
would be repaid dollar for dollar Il
their deposits in failed banks Fielt
said. "lf man had messed up a jC
for you, would you let him contnl
TO mess ii up? Wei. hat is VIII
Jim Robertson is asking you TO do
"lf a man had failed In a small @
terprise. would YOU let him attcm
the same thing on a much bigger sea
or would you demand that he demo
strate first his ability TO succeed
n small way. before moving into lar
er fields"
Sayre Crowd big.
Let the state first show the peor
that II can put the bank guaran
law back upon sound basis before ,
vote to turn all OF our public fun
over 10 political appointees to be m
nipulated at their pleasure" Fields a
vised.
Fields, Irving Page, candidate {
state treasurer. and w. L. McWilllan
candidate for corporation commssit
spoke in Sayre Wednesday night befo
large crowd and were given n
tering reception. Beckham county
credited to the Fields column by lcs
ers there who say that conservati
democrats and many farmers will W
for the editor candidate this year.
Greer county viii also give FieI
heavy democratic support and ma
OF the latter say privately that he h
an excellent chance TO roll up II
jority here. Fields will speak at
dorado Friday morning Hollis In
afternoon and Frederick at night.