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...during the middle of last summer that strange rumbles emanating from the Oklahoma oil-fields caught the national ear. At first casually identified as the eruptions of another wildcat oil-well, they were later traced to a new and unique figure who has appeared on the American scene, Alfalfa Bill Murray. The latest of a long line of politicians representing the common people, he possesses the homely manners and pithy wisdom that have become an American tradition...
...presence of "Alfalfa Bill" in Washington during the past few days astutely looking over the political situation, focusses attention on the dynamic character, who not long ago employed such belligerent methods to raise the price of oil in Oklahoma. Whatever his political qualifications, Governor Murray undoubtedly possesses personal characteristics of a type calculated to raise him in popular esteem. His vigorous denunciation of international banking may lack some of the elements of sound criticism, but it goes straight to the heart of the average man who is bewildered and a bit suspicious about where his money goes. The farmer, always...
William Henry ("Cocklebur Bill") Murray, Governor of Oklahoma, went to Des Moines, addressed the national convention of the Farmers' Union in the manner and speech of a presidential candidate.* Waitresses at the Shrine Tempie wore in their caps badges marked: ALFALFA BILL MURRAY FOR PRESIDENT...
...question of the nomination of Roosevelt, 500 men registered votes, 314 in favor of the Governor and 186 against his nomination. Roosevelt was the only candidate mentioned on the ballot but. Al Smith and Governor "Alfalfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma received three or four votes apiece...
Notably exempt from increases were: all kinds of grains, rice, flour, meal, hay, alfalfa, straw, cotton, fresh fruits not mentioned above, potatoes, peas, beans, flaxseed, sugar beets, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, logs, fuel wood, railroad ties, excelsior, sawdust. No increases would be permitted on any carload to exceed by 10% the present maximum rates...