The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-14
THAT MANDAAUS.
The PETITION FILED IN
THE CASE.
ASKED TO RIGHT n WRONG.
A Compists history OF the Free SILVER
Party Given Detail aud
Legal Form,
ASKED TO RIGHT A WRONG.

| plaintiff, VS.. CAssius M. Barnes, Gov
ernor OF Oklahoma Territory, De
fendant.
The said plaintiff complains Of tn,
said defendant ard for his cause @
action alleges
That the said defendant above
named, Cassius NJ, Barnes, is the duly
appointed, qualified and acting Cover
nor OF the Territory of Oklahoma
That heretofore, to wit, in the fall oil
ls9e a lsrge number OF persons who
were interssted in enacting Legislation
which would result In restoring silver
to the position in the monetry system
of the United States which it had oc
cupied prior TO the year 1873, and
prior to the time when the same was
demonetized by act of congress, as.
sembled in FL Reno, in Oklahoma ter
ritory, vnd then and there formed
themselves together into a party
known as the Free Silver party, and ss
such party and representatives there
of, held a convention in said city Of
El Reno at said time, for the purpose
OF formulating principles and adopt
ing platform for said party, also for
the purpose Of providing the usual po-
litical machinery Of a political party,
namely a central committee, and a
campaign committee with a chairman
and secretary, and with the usual
membership in the various counties OF
the said territory. That the persons
so assembled at El Reno, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, were duly qualified
electors residing 10 the various coun-
ties OF Oklahoma territory, and that
such persons at such time did organize
a political party known as the Free
Silver party, and did then and there
formulate and provide platform
and declaration OF principles sett-
ing out the financial policy OF
said party as aforesaid, ana did or
ganize by electing a campaign commit
tee, and as chairman OF the said cam.
paign committee did duly elect Virgil
Hobbs, qualified elector, residing at
Kingfsher, in said territory, and as
secretary of said committee duly elect
ed Clark G. Hudson. qualified elector,
residing at oklahoma City. in said ter
ritory. That at said time the repre-
sentatives Of said party and OF the
principles enunciated thereby, held a
convention In hi Reno for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for delegate
to congress. and at such convention
duly nominated Hon. j. Y. Callahan as
the candidate of said party for dele
gate TO congress from Oklahoma terri.
tory. That thereafter more than 500
OF the representatives OF said party
and principles, who were duly quail
fed electors in the several counties OF
Oklahoma Territory, did sign petit
tion under section Of the Session
Laws Of 1895 OF Oklahoma Territory,
praying that the taid j. Y. Callahan
be placed upon the ticket TO be voted
for by the electors Of Oklahoma Terri
tory as delegate to congress at the en-
suing election, which was held on the
49, day OF November, A. ID. 1896. That
thereafter the territorial board OF elec-
tiOn commissioners, duly organized
under the laws OF the Territory OF
Oklahoma, recognized the said j. y.
Callahan Ss the Free Silver candidate
for the Office OF delegate To congress
from Oklahoma Territory, and also
recognized the said Free Silver party,
and caused the name Of the said j. y.
Callahan to be placed upon the official
ballot prepared by and under .he direc-
tion Of said territorial board of cleo
tion commissioners, under the designa-
tion OF Free Silver Ticket" and that
at said general election held on the 49,
day OF November, A. ID. 1896, the said
>. Y. Callahan was duly voted for
by such persons as favored the
principles which the said j, Y.
Callahan stood for in said election,
and that at the said election the said
j. Y. Callahan received majority OF
all the votes cast by the electors - ok
lshomR Territory for the Office of dele
gate TO congress from said Territory
and was by the properly constituted
authorities, upon canvas, Of the
vote, declared TO be elected as delegate
to congress from Oklahoma Territory
upon said Free Silver Ticket. That
thereafter said j. Y, Callahan duly
qualified Gs delegate to congress sfore-
sAip and has since that time served In
the congress of the United States, as
delegate to congress from the Terri
tory OF Oklahoma. That the next en-
suing legislature OF Oklahoma Torr..
tory, which convened In the city Of
Guthrie, in said Territory, on the 49,
day of January, A. ID. 1897, passed an
act duly recognizing the legal exist.
ence OF said free silver party as a po-
litical party in said Territory OF Okla
homa. and provided, among other
things that the said Free Silver Party
should be entitled 70 representation
upon the territorial board OF election
commissioners, all of which more fully
appears 10 chapter IA, beginning on
page I4s, OF the session laws OF okla
homG, 1897. That the said Free Silve.
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