The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-07

fully concealed.
And so the drst Jump toward safety
was made.
The governor gleefully announced
Il got what wanted"
All Of you now know what he got
and the people OF the state are rapidly
coming TO a better understanding OF
how he got IT,
Since It was entirely clear that Dem.
ocrats would not endorse the opera
lions OF the governor and the bankers
and lawyers affiliated with him. some
other way was sought. An offensive
and defensive alliance with Radical
Socialist leaders and agricultural agi.
tators was formed.
II worked.
And now the governor is asking
Democrats to stand for his program
to perpetuate what he and his gang
have been doing and. on top OF that.
to support the most extremely Radi.
cal Socialist demands.
It rests very largely with the Dem.
ocrats OF Oklahoma to determine
whether the governor can repeat with
deep relief in November. II got what
I wanted
The people OF Oklahoma who are
citizens nrst and partisans afterwards.
IL at all. will decide whether he gets
what he wants or gets what he has
coming TO him.
The Republicans OF this state face
a great opportunity and a great res.
ponsibiiity-sn opportunity TO save the
state from disaster and the responsl.
bility OF so conducting this campaign
that Democrats by the thousands will
realise that now they serve their party
best By voting with US.
To do this will not be easy.
Every srtihee known to politics. and
probably some as yet unknown, will
b smploysd TO defeat US.
Unfortunate economic and climatic
conditions have brought disaster upon
many OF our people and many of them
are ready to listen TO the candidate who
chssrfully and iIresponsibly promis.
es relief. Our opposition has such a
candidate and he Is surrounded by
men. trained In the school Of Radical
Socialism. who are adopts In the art
OF arrying class against class and OF
turning distrust and discomfort to DO
litieh advantage.
Closely cooperating. though not
publicly assoeisting. with these are
professional politicians. out after the
stur who put the fact that they are
and always have been Democrats
above all other considerations. These
are actively at work. assuring doubt.
srs that the Shawnee Platform is de.
signed merely to get In on-thst a
legislature to protect the
state will be elected. They insist that
The Oklahoma City platform 10 the
'eal -Simon.pure Jefferson.
an Democracy-sufficiently potent to
tisinfect the platform OF the Radical
Socialists. Their candidate for xoy.
srRor. however. declares that he and
the Shawnee Platform are one.
Our problem is to encourage the peo
pie OF Oklahoma to study the present
governmental situation In this state.
TO reflect on the lessons OF the past, to |.
observe the effect on other states and
nations of the putting into practice OF
the proposals endorsed by the candi.
date for governor whose nam. will
head the Democrat column on the bal.
lot to be voted in November.
We must convince the people that
We mean just what we say in our plat.
our candidates win be held
% strict aocouutsbility-that insofar
Is 1t is possible TO do SO under the
'leverly designed partisan system of
government which We have In Okla.
loma, we will give to this state four
1ears OF coalition adminlstration-tha
I will be different coalition from
hat already accomplished by the Cd.