The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-03-21

Logan county Republicans held two
spectscular hipprodromes yesterday in
the McKonnon opera house In the
morning a congressional convention
was held to select delegates t. the
Kinghsher convention on March 30.
and In the afternoon another conven-
tion was held to name delegates to the
Oklahoma-St. Louis show on March
2s. Both conventions we're uproarious-
ly uproarious and the negroes smelled.
So did Perkins The Asp contingent
had both conventions by the umbili-
Gus, and Barnes wasn't even allowed
TO insert his cheese knife Both con-
ventions were star-chamber affairs, so
far as the darks were concerned since
no negro was allowed 10 pass the por-
tai, unless he had first provided him
self with ticket from Col Bill Walk
er. And singularly enough, every
time a negro wanted ticket, Bill had
gone out to sees man. The negroes
who were not delegates occupied the
galleries and the rest Of the tagged
sheep were herded IN the auditorium.
Crumbs we're thrown to the old soil
diers, but weren't eaten.
Morning Performances.
AT the opening Chairman Overstreet
invited all the old soldiers in the house
not on delegations TO take seat upon
the stage but outside of O. M. Barnes,
Sheriff Painter, Phil Rosen baum, Bob
Huston and NJ. Golden they didn't
come up worth cent.
Secretary McCabe read the call and
the performance then opened with the
nomination OF H. II. nodd, of Wood.
land township, s. l.. Overstreet and
A. II. Huston OF Guthrie, M @. Hart OF
Seward township, as temporary chair
man Dodd, Overstreet and Huston
declined and Mr. Hart tried TO but
was forced into service by the unan-
imous vote of the delegates. who were
beginning to fear they would he with
out a chairman
Rinaldo Brown. OF Mulhall, was
elected secretary
G 9. Holland moved that commit
tee OF 20 be selected to select and re-
port back to the convention e5 dele
gates to the Kinghsher convention.
Judge Harper 3. Cunning ham want
ed to hog everything for the town and
moved that each ward in Guthrie elect
two delegates and the other fifteen he
divided among the. twenty townships
in the county p AtAftt ~Ah
WIS 6tapleton, OF Guthrie town
ship said he was opposed TO this kind
Of an unequal division as he wanted to
go from bis township and every other
township should have delegate.
Every township except Mulhall was
against the amendment
The Guthrie hog amendment was
plainly defeated by viva voce vote
and so decided by the chair.
A roll call was demanded by Cum
ningham and the vote was taken. The
outside townships all voted against II
except Mulhall and when Guthrie was
reached, seeing they were defeated,
they followed suit with the exception
OF Perkins, who voted yes. because it
was right" The vote stood. nays,
lat; ayes. s..
J. w. McNeal and Robert Martin.
Guthrie; A. B. Wood, Mulhall; c. w.
crocler, Crescent and e. b. ogle. Or
lando. were appointed a committee on
resolutions. The committee retired
looked wise little and then brought
in Dennis regular set of typewriter
resolutions, which were adopted.
An attempt was made TO work up
some enthusiasm by calling out Judge
Perkins, A. Ii Huston. Mayor Martin,
Jake Carter. Rev. Morrison. Barry
Palmer. II. f Ardery. Cole Martin aud
his pa, Captain jackson. Judge Me-
Gill, Judge McCarver aud other party
leaders were called upon for speeches,
but each declined with profuse bushes
and thanks.
The committee to select delegates to
Kinghsher reported the following list
of twenty five delegates, who were in
structed for Flynn, frst last and all
the time: f
Delegates to Kingashsr.
Cimarron township-W J Dunlap.
Iowa township Henry Owens.
Lawrie township-Geo w. Taylor.
Orlando township Z. b ogle
Mulhali townshi2-Renaldo Brown.
First ward. Guthrie--O Z Fegan.