Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-17 | Page 4 | Alfalfa Bill out?

ALFALFA BILL OUT A ABOUT BOUT the closest thing the United States ever had to a militar military dictatorship was as the rule of Governor Murray in the sovereign state of Oklahoma Of late hate it has been rather quiescent You may have wondered why In order to be a dictator one must have hae someone someone some some- one to dictate to as any man knows whose stenographer is on her vacation That s seems ems to be about the way of it in Oklahoma The rhe people just got tired of the gubernatorial technique tech tech- ique of walrus mustachioed Alfalfa Bill Barred from being a candidate to succeed himself Governor Murray picked Tom Anglin speaker of the house of representatives representative of the Oklahoma legislature to carry carryon on when he lie stepped out Almost any man with the backing of the national guard should be bc able to do that Oklahoma has been largely governed by ukase and decree Bridges oil wells and f football games have all been under military rule from time to time and citizens more than once have had to call upon the courts to have the peremptory peremptory peremptory per per- orders of their governor overruled So the idea of having Anglin take over did not appeal to them Tuesdays Tuesday's primaries told the tale ale But Oklahoma still picks picturesque men for its favors The fhe voters gave Representative Marland time one-time oilman with of his own now practically broke the biggest tall tally Anglin ran rau second but with not nearl nearly the number of ballots Marlin received Former Former Fornier For For- mer nier Governor Jack Walton once impeached came next with Attorney General King ICing in fourth place The last two were bitter critics and vigorous opponents of Murray On our own Pioneer da day l Oklahoma will win put on another show Marland failed to get a ama ma IDa majority and so there will be a run off primary between him and Anglin Marland hasn't t got th the 1110 candidacy in the bag Murray is not that easily beaten He is trying to convert the Val Wal and IcI p. p to and the political pot is still boiling