The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-14

day ut september, a. u. iS7S Tha
snbscq qucnt so said call aud prio
to said FIRST day OF Septem Der, 1895
the representatives OF the said Ere
Silver party in the various counties o
the territory hold primari s aud con
ventions for the purpose OF eltctinl
delegates 20 said territorial Free 81
yer conven ion to be held on Seplem
Der lst lsss. Said Territorial Ere,
Silver convention was duly called I,
order and organized in said city o
Guthrie In pursuance OF said call, ant
that said convention was called to
among other things, nominate can
didate for delegate to congress from
the Territory OF Oklahoma, and alsC
Tor the election and organization OF {
territorial central committee for sniC
Free Silver party. That at said con
aention the Honorable James r. Kea
ton was duly nominated as the candi.
date Of said Free Silver party for dele.
gate to congress from Oklahoma terri
tory. That thereafter, the said con.
vention proceeded t. elect central
committee for said Territory Of Okla
hopa consisting Of one member from
each OF the various counties in said
territory, aud that thereafter and on
the fame day the said central commit.
tee, elected as aforesaid by said con.
ventlon, and at the time aud place it
named in said, and organiz ID by elect
ing Virgil lIobbs, qualified elector
residing at KingAsher, Oklahoma, as
chairman OF said committee, and G. 8.
Gritiin, qualified elector residing ia
said territory, as secretary Of said
committee.
That said Free Silver party so or
ganized and maintained, as aforesaid,
is the legally constituted Free silver
party Of Oklahoma Territory, and that
said party has kept uo its organizl-
tion since the last general election,
and that the said central committee
so elected os aforesaid, is the only le.
gally elected central committee OF said
PARTY and that said Virgil Hobbs and
G, $ Griffin are the legal and quail
fed chairman and secretary, rcspec
lively, OF said central committee,
and that no other person or persons
are legally entitled to speak for or TO
repres mt the said Free Silver party in
Oklaho ma, and that the said patty and
the said central committee and the
officers thereof are the legally and
regularly constituted Free Silver party,
committee and officers thereof in and
for the Territory OF oklahoma, and as
such entitled II be recognized by the
defendant above named, the governor
OF Oklahoma, and by the territorial
board OF election commissioners, and
bg all other persons whatsoever.
That heretofore, to.wit, on Septem
Der 81, 1898, in pursuance OF the arthor.
ity in him vested by law, the'said Virgil
Hobbs, chairman OF the territoriol cen
trail committee Of said Free Silver
party, duly nomiI atcd and appointed
in writing, Frank 5 Peck, qualified
c.ector, residing at Edmond, ia okla
hOma Territory, and a member Of the
said Free Silver party, as the repre-
sentative OF said party on the terrific
rial board OF election commissioners
That the said appo ntment was duly
filed ana presented TO the defendant
above named, as governor OF said ter
ritory, on the first day OF October, A.
d. 1898, and more than thirty days
prior TO the next general election 10 be
held in said territory, in November,
1898 A true copy OF the said appoint
ment and nomination, in writing, is
hereto attached as Il part Of this petit
ton and marked Exhibit A.
That, accompanying said nomination
and filed Herewith, was a certain ali.
davit made and sworn to by the said
Virgil Hobbs, true and correct copy
which sa affidavit is hsrrto attached
as a part OF this petition and marked
Exhibit b.
That the said Virgil Hobbs was in
all respects qualified 10 make the said
nomination, and that the said Frank
5 Peck was in all respects qualified to
serve upon said territorial boerd of
election commissioners as the repre-
sentative Of said Free Silver party.
That on the sth day OF October,
ls9s the said day being 80 days prior
to the next ensuing general election
ir said territory, the said defendant
proceeded 10 canvass the nominations
for members Of said board Of election
commissioners as the same had been
made by the chairman OF the central
committee Of the various political par
ties mentioned ia section / Of chapter
"A of the sccsion la VS. OF 1897 and pro.
ceeded to nominate the several mem
bers OF the said territorial board OF ell
cetion commissioners That az said time
the nomination Of the said Virgil
Hobbs came before the said defend
ent FOR his action thereon and that up
on canvassing said nomination Ls
made by the said Virgil Hobbs, the
said defendant then and there wong
fully and uniawful!y refuted TO recog
nize the said free silver party and the
said Virgil Hobbs as chairman Of the