The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-24

| over tho state will function a. the
/ regular democratic hpHdquIficss
ana flourish the upchyards pllt-
/ form. a severe struggle is forosocH
/ between tho radicals and the rcRu.
/ lars iu the matter of establishing
. headquarters. tutit chairman Sc.
/ mana thought of hIR now plan. tho
/ reds h1d an tho hcadquIlfcrs OK
/ gopt Ed'H private office. Nov, hove
/ ever things may change. Tho See
| mans plan coutompmlos ns many ~
/ eight headquarters for mo rcrul1rH.
| which viii Doc throo moro than ib"
| radicals have. and this ls likely go
| bring on contest for numerical
/ supremacy ln headquarters that may
/ ON nll The empty office huldiul4 iu
I The state. lu faot being real
oatnto uud rental agent h.mHoN re.
mans may have such @ result lu
mind.
since the primary. % constant Of
fort hus been 100 progress 10 wrench
control away from the league and
place the party machinery safely Too
iNo htudH os democrats who wear
'Ny party label OffHottlnp tUlH. the
fcuFuo leaders have boon afrosaIug
the walton campaign to tho purt-
pui exclusive ut everything else. aud
HAY. entirely suppWu'od ih" rtuf,
democratic platform With tho ono
Ifuunl Boy the league a' shawnee
100 February THAT has become moro
and moro 0pparoG! as the dave have
passed aud HH the sptrrhra uf Mayor
walton have appeared. The mayor
making his campaign ba,puIfH and
nr.ur bIs gums from hIs two shaw
nee platforms. lie scarcely over
refers 20 the democratic platform
which r04e ana fsli nm.i ih' aroma
Of the HockyurdH ut oklahoma CITY
pn August 10. lln iuH lets lt llc.
Some day. after tho election. hr in-
buried. For the present ho o.. com
tent To- leave the carcass exposed
1s q warning 10 other aspiring ana
porspirIng persons who may tickl"
themselves into the duluaiuu that "a
political party cnn tool around with
candidate without getting its feet
In the gears.
True. thpro H. some recruitment
over this attitude upon the part OF
ne mayor and the league. This is
being expressed by the organization
# various clubs and associations OF
democrats who announce that they
re not for the lengue candidates
70 VIII support the regulars. There
arc II number OF these. ana their
success is being watched with ln-
est by both leaguers and anti
lcagucrs. II Is probable that IN they
get dangerous To walton, the league
y start hackfire In order TO snve
him, and that the massacre " Little
Big Horn will bc = tame affair in
with what will happen
some of tho state aud congress
sionAl candidates, The fear of some
thing Ike this 4 daterrinE many
democrats from expressing thcm-
selves fully ana from signing up
documents committing them tu tho
scratching OF tho mayor. They have
friends on the ticket, and they don't |
want TO look upon a total wreck |
after the election.
Az has been said before, and IS
ven understood. the league has a
program and not a party. II doesn't |
ve yam about any candidates on |
he democratic ticket who were not /
" It's slate. II IL not democrat /
Il Is "A class organization. There !
fore. II is In no wise obligated TO |
support it's own candidates. And Z
hat In where the bump starts I'm /
he machine. Regardless OF conse- |
luenccs. II now appears. there will |
control OF the party leadership from |
. league by defeating It's candidate
for governor and others on It's slate.
IS movement comes entirely from
Within the democratic party. and the
republicans while some OF their
may profit from tho con
est for supremacy, are neither re-
'ponsible for 1t nor financing 1t. The
war is interneclne. Its purpose is
control OF tho democratic party In
'uturo---a future which is not to be
'acrlflced for anything I'm tho pres
mt, Lcaguors profess To believe that
hey can afford TO lose all tho rogu-
ars who want to leave. They as
'ert that they can get n number OF
to join them equivalent
the number OF democrats they
YIll lose. Maybe they can. There
are republicans who win Join most
,nything, but so Tar they have never
en- rushing out TO join any sort OF
democratic party. Times may ho
different now. Not 80 with tho so
'iallsts, however. II Ia likely that
most OF them are already in the
cague, and they have made up Tor
several thousands Of democrats who
will balk at entering tho cave OF
Adullam.
The campaign Is becoming more
and more a contest between the