The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-12
LEAGUERS INTENT
ON MAKING GOOD
THEIR PROMISES
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what the league thinks. Those
myopic individuals who Imagine
that II can all be fixed up" now
that the election Is over, accurdlng =,
TO the old rules. are in for "A sur
prise. They are still gathering their
political knowledge from Cuniform
tablets.
First off, every legislature In the
first session after Inauguration of
u governor Is largely Influenced by
the executive, All state appoint
ments are To be made A shock
Of fodder has lured many yearn-
ing bovine 10 tackle a barbed wire
fence. The legislature viii be con-
trollcd 10y the governor and In this
case. the governor will he controlled
by the league. lie stands committed
TO rs program and must do his ut
most to put that program into oper-
alton. He was nominated by the
league for purpose, he was elected
by the league FOR purpose. and by
that purphse he may bc expected to
stand This much for any who may
have been asleep while the new
day was dawning In Oklahoma.
But suppose. for the sake OF
Argument, that the legislature elect
cd Tuesday will nc perform--that
1t will accedc to the harmless" and
refuse the rest. That would settle
nothing but the legislature. with
the initiative and referendum the
league could vote "a law an the
statute books just as effectively as
the legislature can put IL there.
And there IL every reason TO be-
tI.t, fhpf tbA lguptIp fntandg a ptf
It's program through In Oklahoma,
by the legislature II possible. by
the initiative and referendum IL It
must
They Figure" II Majority.
Tho league claims to have elected
2S members Of the legislature. with
this nucleus. increased bv the
presence Of patronage and institu-
tional appropriations, II is easy to
figure a majority for the league
program. They may not adopt It
all, proferrins TO leave some for
campaign purposes two years hence.
but the march of the iron ba:tal-
ions OF the proletariat," in phrase
coined by Marx and somewhat
elaborated by Freezing. is thunder
ing down the Twonty-third street
i'dd N'Ndlh Jul b'duNlAui 'tpitul
grounds,
Unless somebody can be found
who is willing to furnish an alibi
therefore. It Is difficult 10 perceive
how any part of .se league program
can be defeated in the legislature.
So far AS can be learned, the re-
publican members. what there are
OF them. will not fling themselves
to the lions. They recognize the
victory OF the league and Expressions
from. some OF them indicate that
they are willing to help Governor
Walton put the Shawnee demands
into actually. In accordance with
the decision of majority OF be
voters.
II is believed that a majority OF
the democratic members will follow
the desires Of Walton as to league
legislation. During the campaign
IL viii be remembered, the constitu- |
tiondi democrats sent out n ques- |
tionnaire to candidates for the legis- |
lature. but the results were very !
far from satisfactory. Only a few |
replied and some of those who did |
so were defeated. Their bravery
in publicly announcing their stand |
in advance was probably accounted |
for by the fact that they did not |
y
John Mccartney, democratic Candi- !
date in kingflsher county. who de-
Clarcd that hee would stand by |
everything the league asks and |
rather intlmated that he was sorry |
IL didn't ask for more. But he was |
not elected.
Anybody That Walton Wants"
j. Il. Phillips Of Norman returned |
his letter marked unclaimed" But
he was elected and Is quoted since !
as saying that he will be for any ,
thing that Walton wants. Earl |
Brown OF Love county answered |
questions directly. He indicated |
that he is opposed to a state-owned |
and controlled bank, as proposed in |
the Shawnee platform.
that he opposes state-owned mills |
and elevators. but favors cotton /
warehouses being built by the state |
and that he is opposed 10 the $1,000 |
exemption. j. Woody Dixon denied !
the right Of the constitut!onnllsts to /
ask questions and invites everybody |
10 watch his performances In the /
legislature. Likewise, j. l.. Pullen |
of Murray county indicated that II |
was nobody's business but his and ,
Murray courtss J. w. Callahan |
of Latimer county indicates that he |
* in fun accord with whatever Gov |
crnor Walton wants and this senti- !
ment is often found among mcm- /
bcrs-elect.
one of the six members OF the .
lower house. elected from Oklahoma /
county, Mrs. Anna Laskey. was a
league candidate. she will be strong 4
for the program and for anything /
else the league wants. The other
members viii be governed by VIZ
cumstanCes largely. senator LII
lard is friend OF Walton's.
sTl. ,xa,utgyo hoa rd ~ the |lgauup /