The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-09-23

What the Joint Committee at South
McAIester ON I7th Considered.

there has been talk or the propo-
sitions made and rejected by both
sides, but nothing definite has
been given out, as DR.. Wolyerton
and his friends considered that the
propositions were in a manner still
open and that the meeting to be
held at Oklahoma City might wish
to consider them further.
However, they have been given
out for publication on the east side
so that the object for keeping them
from publication here no longer
exists, and we were yesterday fur
nished with copies of the various
propositions made and rejected at
that n meeting.
1t will be noticed that each of
the three propositions submitted
bv the Wolverton ccmmitte would
have been in effect a re-submission
of the claims of the two candidates
to the people Through their dele
gates previously elected or through
new delegates to be elected. This
doesn't suit the Marcum people.
They want to keep the contest as
far from the people as possible,
although democracy considers the
voice of the people the highest ex-
preston of authority.
On the other hand, the PROPOSE
tions of the Marcum committee
ignored the existence of the great
democratic electorate in the Terri
tory and contemplated a final de-
cision of the question, not by any
tribunal known to democratic pro-
ceedure, but by new and unheard
of processes which could be safely
controlled by Marcum influence.
! 1t is their old game still being
played.
The propositions from the VOL
verton committee were:
l. To allow the committees OF
two from each side to select a fifth
man; the five to constitute com
mittee on credentials, to take the
roll of delegates at the Ardmore
convention and convass them tor
the purpose of ascertaining who
had a majority in the convention !;
the finding to be decisive. De-
clined by Marcum committee.
2. To reassemble the delegates
to the Ardmore convention at
South McAlester. The said com
mittee of five to constitute a com
mittee on credentials to prepare q
temporary roll to be used in organ
izing the convention. Declined by
Marcum committee.
3. To call a new convention;
delegates to be selected by the
various clubs, to convene at South
McAlester. Said committee of five
to prepare rules and regulations
for selecting said delegates and fol
the preparation of a roll of dele
gates to be used in voting on the
organization of the convention
Declined by Marcum committee.
The propositions submitted by
the Marcum committee embraced
the idea of basing the representa-
ton in a new convention on the
amount of salary received by tn
various postmasters, giving one
class of presidential offices 10 dele
gates, and another 10 delegates
each; money order offices, 3 dele
j g ates, and G ording to each offici
IN the remaining class one dele
gate.
This would have given to repub
lican towns in the Northern dis
trict as great representation in tht
convention as the democratic towns
/ in the rest of the Territory; anC
would have given a town like Sa
pulpa with but few democrats, a!
many delegates as the city of Ard
more with 10000 population, s;
per cent. of whom are democrats
Declined by Wolverton committee
! The second proposition of tn,
Marcum committee embraced dis
trict convention plan, allowing
each club to select its own dele
gates to a district convention a
1 which five district delegates shoul,
S be selected in their stead; the dis
trict delegates then to select a ma
tional committeeman and an ex
, ecutive committee. This plal
would give to a few thousan,
democrats in the republican dis