The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-04-26
HARMONIOUS MEETING.
The Alien &. Thurman Democratic Club
Selects Thirty Delecatcs 20 the
Nlnlta Convention.

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afternoon at the opera house was
largely and enthusiastically attend
cd by members of the club and
small contingency OF Republicans,
the latter with view to seeing some
fun. In this they were sadly mis-
taken for never was there a more
harmonious gathering, political,
church or otherwise than was this OF
which we relate.
The Allen G.. Thurman club is the
strongest political organization in
the Indian Territory, bOasting Of a
membership of 800, a goodly per
coAtage of which was was present
yesterday.
To the credit of the club and its
members it can be truthly said there
was not n single proposition passed
upon but that it was by unanimous
vote.
The meeting was called 10 order
al 3 O'Clock sharp by Capt. John L.
Gait, president of the club who
briefly stated the object to be the
selection of thirty delegates to the
I territory convention to be held at
Viuita June o, the latter convention
to select six delegates to the Chicago
I National Democratic Convention.
After the meeting had been called
20 order and its object explained the
/ following business was transacted.
on motion, the chair appointed n
committee Of five TO prepare and sub
mi; 10 the club the names Of thirty
delegates to attend the Ninita
convention. This committee as
named was composed of r. II. West,
John \. Mcclure, c. L. Byrne, ID.
J. Kendall and +. +. Wilson.
ON motion committee of five on
resolutions was appointed as follows:
e. L. Herbert, J. G. Thompson, w.
/ 4. Ledbetter, G.. n. Bruce and Lee
Crucc.
ON motion duly adopted the com
mittce on delegates was instructed
70 report the names of its members
as FIVE Of the thirty delegates to
bc selected.
After being invited by a unamin-
ous vote, Hon. Henry NJ. Furman
addressed the club in an able and
sound democratic speech, in which
be cuunseled harmony, strict avoi-
dance of the money question and a
devotion TO the affairs OF the ter
ritory. His address was eloquent,
/ patriotic and of course democratic.
At the close of Judge Furman's
address the committee On delegates
reported rs follows:
[ Hon. Juo. l.. Gait, Chairman.
/ Your committee appointed to
nominate thirty delegates to repre-
sent the club at the Ninita conven-
/ tior on the 9th day of June, 1896, beg
I leave 10 report that each member of
this committee accepts the nomin-
alton heretofore made by the con-
venti0u Of themselves as members Of
this delegation and thank the body
Tor this courtesy.
We further nominate and recon
mend the twenty-five members Of
this cllh whose names are herewith
reported for delegates.
The names OF delegates uominat-
ed were read as follows:
L. n. West, D. j. Kendall, +. f..
Wilson, G.. l.. Byrue, J. \. Mcclure,
II. W. Dick, G.. J.. Herbert, W. A..
Lcdbetter, -. l.. Frazier, Lee Cruce,
W. NJ. Nix, W. T. Wilmington, W
f. Bowman, Lee Galt, :. T. Bledsoe,
Tom Norman. II. N. Furman, John
l.. Gait, J. e.. Thompson, Arthur
Walcott, G.. II. Brace, \. Eddleman,
Il. H. Kelley, Henry Baum, Cad
Bennett, J. y. Cook, r. II. Bruce,
a. H. Brown, DR. ". T. Gardner
!. r. Mason. on motion the above
nominations were unanimously con-
hrmed.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
10 thc hon. Jno. T.. Gait, Chairman
ci tie Allen &. Thurman Demo-
cratic CLUB, OF Ardmore, ]. 4.
We. your committee on resolutions,
beg leave TO make the following
report
:. We, the Democracy OF Allen G..
Thurman club, of Ardmore, in con-
vention assembled re-affirm our faith
and loyalty to the true principles Of
Democracy as taught by Jefferson
and jackson and we believe that a
strict adherence to n 1se principles
are the only safe guards of the
liberty and happiness of the whole
people.
,. Resolved, that il is the sense OF
the Alien G. Thurman Democratic
sf In