The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-09
SUPPORT WALTON
IF PLATFORM Of
DEMOCRACY WINS
That's Sentiment Of Grady County
Democratic Convention; VIII Not
Accept Shawnee Platform;
Instruct Delegates.
RESOLUTION CONDEMNS
CHIEF ADMINISTRATION
Harding Raped for Management OF
Nations Affairs; is Delegates to
state Convention Are Elected
at County Meet.

The democracy of Grady county
Will not accept the Shawnee plat.
form" hut will be solid behind Jack
Walton's candidacy for governor II
he subscribes to the democratic plat.
form to be- adopted at the state con.
yention to be held in Oklahoma City
next Tuesday.
This was the sentiment expressed
at the county convention of the
democratic party, held yesterday af-
ternoon in the county court house.
NJ H. Shepard. chairman of the
county central committee. declared
today.
"It was very clearly evidenced at
this convention that Mr. Walton will
get the solid support Of the democ-
racy of the county II he accepts the
democratic platform or irons out the
socialism in the Shawnee plat
form,'" Mr.. Shepard said.
Several democratic speeches were
made during the convention. Every
speaker was applauded as he urged
the drafting of a party platform.
81 have always been a democrat
and / shall always be democrat.
but cannot support the Shawnee
platform as II now stands said
one speaker. This statement brought
vigorous applause from the crowd,
which filled the district court room.
Iron the socialism out of that plat
form and II Is a democratic plat
form which any democrat could sup
port" he said.
In all of the talks, Mr. Walton
was referred to only in the highest
terms. B. B. Barefoot, chairman OF
the congressional committee of the
sixth district, in a speech before the
convention declared that Mr.. Wal
toms plan, as he outlined it before
the executive committee in Oklaho-
ma City last week, would cement
the democratic party together ana
make il stronger than ever, almost
unbeatable in the state. Mr.. Walton
declared before the executive COM
mittee, Mr.. Barefoot said, that he
was Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow
Wilson democrat. Mr.. Barefoot ex-
pressed the belief that all difficult
ties concerning the party will be
overcome and that harmony will
prevail after the state convention.
Speakers before the convention
were: Alger Melton, B. B. Barefoot,
J. ID. Carmichael, DR.. A. S. Riddle,
Judge H. L. Grigsby, Judge j. d.
Vance and Judge Frank M. Bailey.
Amendment Is Urged.
An amendment to the primary
election law which would requier a
candidate to receive majority vote
of the members of his party before
he shall be declared a nominee was
urged in the resolution passed by
the convention yesterday. Such
law is now in effect in the state of
Texas. Under the provisions of this
law, a "run-off' between r. Fl. Will
son and Mr.. Walton would have been
necessary. The one receiving the
majority vote of the party would
have been the nominee.
The resolution refers to the policy
of the national republican admins
tration as weak and vacillating"
and condemns same. Following is
the text of the resolution:
I'VE condemn the weak and vacil-
lating policy of the national repub-
lican administration that has i'm
paired our standing abroad and
brought industrial turmoil and de-
preston at home, and commend to
the leaders of the national admins
tration the consideration and appli-
cation of the policies of democratic
leaders that domestic prosperity and
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