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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-12

Woiverton. This was by far the
best speech before the convention.
In short and terse sentences, in
strong and vigorous language. he
portrayed the character of DIR.
Wolverton, to which the audience
listened with wrapt attention,
which carried endorsement of every
word spoken.
He was followed by Judge Fur
man, who seconded the nomination
in a speech second only to Judge
Lewis, and was accorded the same
close attention.
Shepherd of Chickasha followed
in a strong speech seconding the
nomination of DR.. Wolverton, also
Jack Hurley of South McAlester.
G. w. Eaton of Claremore put
Col. Marcum in nomination and
stated that his delegation came to
the convention instructed for Col.
Marcum and had not followed the
colonel out, and was now present
to carry ont their instructions.
A II otion to suspend the rule:
and declare DR.. Wolverton elected
by acclamation was withdrawn a
the request of Col. Marcum'i
supporters, who insisted on goinl
on the record.
A roll call resulted as follows
Welverton, S69, Marcum, 80.
For Marcum-Wynnewood, 15
Blue Jacket, ,; Lenapah, .; Clare
more. 9; Vera, l; Hill. /.
ii. Gamble of Blue Jacket ex
planned that he was instructed fo
Marcum.
| A. J. Tillotson of Nowata ex
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lowing as the names Of said COM
mittee for the ensuing four years:
Creek. M.. Hall, Tulsa. chair
man; G. h. Tully, w. t. Thorn
burg, t. c. Harrell, T. W. Gullick
and 5. NJ. Rutherford.
Choctaw-W. P. Stewart, Geo.
Noble, j Fl. Baker. NJ. d. Sorrell.
Cherokee-R. E. jackson, j. P.
Suddath, ]. B. Tillottson, w. j.
Strange.
Chickasaw-C. P. Bruce, l.. F.
Russell, 1. King, S. c. Treadwell,
Harry Fielding.
Quapaw-J. F. Robinson, j. r.
Woodland.
The following were elected dele
gates at large to the Kansas City
convention:
Preston ). Davis, Vinita; c. III.
Tully, Eufala; D. w. Talbot, Mi
ami; Yancy Lewis, South McAIes-
| ter.
For Chickasaw Nation:
Geo. Barefoot, Chickasha.
A. J. Milburn, Lebanon.
For Greek Nation:
l.. Walker, Holdenville.
G. w. Bill. Okmulgee.
For Cboctaw Nation:
j. j. MeAlester, McAlester.
Jack Hurley, South McAlester.
For Cherokee Nation:
j. NJ. Reynolds, Alton.
j. A. Tillottsou, Nowata.
Judge Furman was directed to
prepare and publish a vote of
thanks 10 the people of Ardmore
: for the hospitable manner in which
the delegates had been treated.
A vote of thanks was extended
THE DAILY and WEEKLY ARDMoRE-
. ITE for the able and fearless man.
I ner in which it had conducted the
/, campaign for DR.. Wolverton, and
there being no further business the
convention at , o'clock a. m. adj
: journed sine die.
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had been prematurely carried into
effect. Paid q grand tribute to the
English race. which spoke the lam
guage of Shakespeare and prac-
tised the morals of Milton; but
that no English foot was ever
placed Oh foreign soil save to con-
quer.
At the conclusion he was most
heartily accorded an encore from
the floor, to which he declined to
respond.
VIM. Franklin of Ardmore had
few thoughts, but closed to give
way to committees who wanted to
report.
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
NJ. NJ. Williams of Chickasha,
chairman of committee on creden-
tials, read the report of the com
mittee, emitting names of dele.
gates save in case of contests.
The total showed a poll in the
entire Territory of S99 votes.
Pool of Durant was authorized
to cast the vote of Durant, 2$
votes.
Butler, Wheeler and Robbins
were auth orized to cast the vote 0.
Wynnewood, Is votes.
R. l.. Williams was allowed t.
cast the vote of Silo.
S. H. Davis, chairman commit
tee on organization, reported a
follows:
| Permanent chairman, E. q. Tol
lett; secretary, S. FL. Davis; frs
assistant secretary, John Cooke
second assistant secretary, w. j
| Baber.
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The Marcum Convention

The Marcum faction of the Ter
ritorial convention assembled at
the court house at 7:30 p. m. and
completed organization by electing
Edgar Smith of Vinita permanent
chairman and W. III. Walker of
Purcell secretary.
The committee on credentials
reported 7l2 delegate votes repre-
sented.
Col. Marcum was then elected
National Committeeman by accla-
nation.
A motion prevailed to send a
committee of five to Kansas City
to make preparations for the reeep-
tion of delegates.
Col. Marcum was called for and
made a short address, in which he.
defended himself against the
calumnies of enemies in tine pres
ent campaign, after which the
following delegates to the Kansas
City convention were elected:
At Lsrge-W. T. Hutehings, Mus
kogee; J. F. Sharp, Purcell Alter
nates-J. E. Gibbons of Purcell
and DIR. g. r. Hill of Vinita.
Choctaw Nation-George Mans
field. South McAlester.
Cherokee Nation-Doris Hill of
Vinita.
Greek Nation-Ed Lee, Wag-
oner.
Chickasaw Nation J. B. Thomp-
son, Panls Valley.
The following were elected to
serve as Executive Committee for
the next year:
2. ID. Brewer, chairman. Click
asaw-J. I. Wheeler. b. Y. David
son. K. g. Latting. A. ID. Smith,
j. p. Gibson. Cherokee-P. l..
Walker, A. B. Cunningham, j.
{. Buchanan, j. T. Watts, Joe
Lehay. Choctaw-Dr. II. C.. Nash,
w. l.. Pool, E. E. Daniel. Fay
Lester. l.. P. Davenport. Creek
d. b. Spaulding. DR.. j. 5. Nc
Alester, J. B. Lucas. T. l.. Waters,
c. G: Watts. Seminole-Dr. ".
BURY, J. n. McNab. Quapaw-
J. NJ. Biddle.
lmpromptu speech making occu-
pied the closing hours of their
session, which adjourned in time
for the delegates 10 leave for Il cir
homes on the midnight train.
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Committees.

Weaver from Alma got the floor
and gave some war "reminiscences
which the crowd enjoyed. Said he
knew Wolverton and knew he
didn't want nothing but what
was right"
There was a suspicion that when
the convention called for Weaver
they meant Claud Weaver of Pauls
Valley, an eloquent young LAWYER.
and that the old gentleman from
Alma took the floor under mis-
taken apprehension.
Redford Bond of Chickasba. a
Chickasaw Indian, was next intro
duced and showed himself to be an
eighteen carat scholarly,
logical, forcible. He paid high
tribute to the soldiers and sailors
of the Spanish-American war, but
deprecated the climax in seeking
the conquest of the Philippines
reviewed the history of the nations
of Europe replete with blood shed
in the cause of conquest and com
pared il with that of America,
which he said had never shouldered
arms save in the cause of liberty
saving the Philippine war. He
was we'll received.
S. NJ. Rutherford of Muskogee
made splendid appeal for harmo-
ny and Cancellation upon his mo-
ton, made Immediately after the
Marcum bolt, that the convention
take a recess until 8 p m. to re-
celve overtures from the recalci
trants, some of their number hav-
ing indicated to him that such
overtures would be made, The
convention, however, was evident
ly of the opinion that as the bolt
ers had left without cause they
could return without persuasion.
w. P. Thompson of Vinita
moved to adjourn to $3.50 p. m.
Adopted.
NIGHT SESSION.
The convention re-assembled al
$50 p. m. with Temporary Chair
man Davenport in the chair.
The chair announced the appoint.
ment of a committee on resolutions
as follows:
At large, W. A Ledbetter, A.C,
Cruce, E. g. Toilet, S. A. Wilk.
inson, J w. Singleton; Chicka.
saw nation. c. d. Curtin, Jno. A
Mcclure, NJ. NJ. Bevens; Cherokee,
w. NJ. Galleger, DR.. Glass, G. p.
Jones; Greek, 6. C. Biedlman,
Robert Searcy, Frank LONE; Choc.
taw, F. c. Garner, WA. Mcbride,
w. a. Durrant; Miami, S. e.
Fullerton.
Robt. Jones of Pauls Valley then
. addressed the convention.
Claude Weaver of Pauls Valley
| said ne was a Texan and true tC
mis- nativity He paid his respects
. in forcible language to the boilers,
aud said that the intention to boil
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In our convention report yester
dav we closed at 4 O'Clock, at
which time the Hon. Preston
Davis of Vinita, was address
ing the crowd in convention
| hall on national issues. He op-
posed the trusts, tariff, standing
armies and Imperialism, at the
close Of which he was awarded an
ovation.
Judge Lewis Of South McAlester
was introduced and for the first
time got the convention in good
humor. He paid high tribute to
DR.. Wolverton, regretted the dis
sension engendered by this cam
paigD, but thought the opposition
would be small.
N N. G. Buckley Of Wynnewood
spoke next. He came, he said,
from a. club of which he was chair
nan and had been voted down on
every proposition, and against his
protest the club was Instructed for
#Marcum, but was no bolter and in
tended to remain in the convention
and cast his vote for Marcum, but
il he had power to name the man
TO lead the democracy of the Terri
tory, would name A. j. Wolvertou
and if he should name the man to
Epreside over the destinies of the
nation would name w. J. Bryan.
Judge Furman of Ardmore
Thanked God that he could say
Vfellow democrat" and not fel-
flow boilers, congratulated the
Marcum forces that majority re-
manned in the hall. Discussed the
ariff said the word had its origin
b brigandage and piracy and
enells OF Africa today. II was the
Regro policy. That he did not
elame negroes for being republl
ans because republicans loved
hem so. That the republicans were
#fylug TO steal the land from the
indians and give 40 acres to the
legrO. He arraigned the republl-
a party, saying they had tariff
% per cent on bibles and were
Fylng to get a corner on the grace
6od; discussed the money ques-
Ron and paid his respects to John
nerman, saying he was so cold
Aooded that when he began to
seat frost cropped out on his
Ofehead; declared Grover Cleve-
aad tried to surrender the democ-
aey bag aid baggage to the repub-
eans and was the Judas Iscariott
ne democracy; discussed gold
0gs and said John NJ. Palmer had
aaived his Judgment and the
a'ate Of Limitation, that he ad-
i0ed Palmer was a bug bat on
count OF the presence OF ladies be
ld not say what kind. Col
srnan closed with an eloquent
'0ote to Wm. J. Bryan, and was
4sefed to the echo, when he sat
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Whereas, the Quapaw Indian
agency of the Indian Territory, is
separate from the other nations by
distinct geographical boundaries
and whereas, it is sufficiently popu-
lated to entitle it to separate and
distinct representation and to O dis.
trict delegate to the national dem
ocratic convention, and whereas
it has heretofore been attached to
the Cherokee nation; therefore be it
Resolved; That il is the sense of
this convention that the Quapaw In
dian agency is entitled TO a district
delegate to be elected from said
agency, and it is hereby set apart
as separate and distinct district
and is entitled to and hereafter NAV
elect one delegate TO the democratic
national convention, thereby making
five district delegates and one at
large from the Indian Territory.
The committee to select the ex-
ecutive committee reported the fol
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Lost-Reward Offered.

Lost last Sunday evening a ply
sician's visiting list or pocket
ledger. Finder will get reward by
leaving same at ARDMoREITE Of
nee. l2tf
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Sthey must obtain it tom the demo-
csctic party. a
3. We are unalterably opposed to
imperialism and insist that wherever
the nag eNes and congenial power is
extended that the constitution goes
OF it's own fire to limit and restrain
such power; asd We condemn the
republican party ler the passage of
the Porto Rican tarfK, bill, and de-
clare the same to be impe.iaIistic and
unconstitutional, making ipyidious
distinctions between different sec
tions of the territory of the United
States.
4. We are opposed to the republi-
can doctrine of expansion, and we
denounce the Mckinley administra-
tion fer its attempt to murder the
Monroe doctrine and commit the
American people to 4 colonial policy.
5. We favor the building of the
Nicaraguan canal, and urge prompt
and efficient action by congress in
the fu,therance and completion
thereof under the protection and ab-
soiute control of the United States
q. We renounce the Cuban DC stal
scandals, and demand the investiga-
ton and punishment of all who are
J guilty OF crime in connection there
with, regardless of their political
standing.
z. We heartily sym pathize with the
South African Beers in their oble, he
roic fight for freedom and condemn
the weakness of the republican con
gress and administration in refusing
to express to the government oi
England the we'll known wishes oi
our people that her war of extermin-
alton against them should be stopped
s. Carpetbagism is as repugnant to
= the great democratic principle o.
p home rule, as applied to the IndiaI
Territory as il was in the days o
reconstruction. We therefore favol
:. the appointment of all officers, charg
ed with the administration of tn,
laws in this Territory from amonl
the people residing therein.
?. 9. We favor fair treatment on th
part of the part of the government
in all it's dealings with the Indians
insist that all treaties now existing
and which may hereafter be adopte'
and be faithfully carried out in lette
and spirit, and that no changes b
made therein without their consent
10. We are heartily in favor of tn
denomination of the Honorable vii
liam j. Bryan for president of tn
United States, and hereby instruc
the delegates from the Indian Tel
ritory to vote as a unit for bis nom
nation at the national democrati
convention at Kansas City, Jul
4. 1900.
Respectfully submitted,
Z. G. TOLLETT, JR.,
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A seasons fun at the Minstrels
olight.
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Chairman.
E. G. ToLLETT. JR

JNo. A. MCCLURE. Secretary.
Amended as follows: Life tenure
of public Office is born of irrespon-
sive and despotic power and We
therefore favor the appointment for
a reasonable term of years. BY VIM.
H. Murray.
We favor the election of the Unit
ed States senators by the people of
the several states. BY VIM. Ii.
Murray.
The following separate resolutions
were adopted: The Indian Territory
being without representation in the
congress of the United States, and the
the ordinary channels through which
public documents. speeches and other
campaign and political hteratures
are supplied to the citizens of the
states being necessarily closed to the
democrats of said Territory; there
fore be it
Resolved by the democracy of the
Indian Territory; That the demo-
cratic CONGRESSIONAL committee be
respectfully and earnestly requested
to furnish the democrats of the In
dian Territory all needed literature
Be it further
Resolved; That the chairman of
the Territorial Democratic central
committee be directed TO furnith b
said congressional committee, in
due time for the coming campaign.
the name and addess of the presiding
officers and the membership of each
democratic club in the Territory. Be
it further
Resolved; That the secretary of
this convention furnish the Hon.
James d. Richardson, chairman Of
said congressional committee a copy
of these resolutions.
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"Tell Capt. Crawford to come here
at once" said the General.
The orderly saluted and rode quickly
away. The General sat still in his sad
dle-sternly silent-waiting. In less
than five minutes Capt. Crawford rode
up and saluted the commander.
Capt. Crawford" said the General
slowly, you will take No 10 battery
and proceed at once to Zerbugge's Hol-
low. You will direct your fire against
yonder farmhouse, and you will not re-
tire until the battery there has been
silenced."
The captain looked at his commander,
Col. Neel looked straight into his SOUL
Crawford went white to the lips
isis this absolutely necessary" he
stammered weakly.
Necessary? OF course 1t isl" roared
the General. Am I in the habit of
issuing orders which are otherwise?
Are you coward. sir? Are-?"
He finished his furious TRADE to the
empty air, for in the midst of 1t the
captain had put spurs to his horse and
ridden off.
In an incredibly short space of time
the battery, with Crawford at its
head, was racing across the zone of
fire in the direction of Zerbugge's Hol-
low. From his position on the emf
nence the General watched them dis
mount, unlmber and so into action;
then he turned his horses head and
went back to- camp.
Meanwhile u tragedy was bsing en-
acted the like of which was never
heard of before in the narrowing his
tory Of modern warfare. The moment
Crawford's guns began to spit, Il
hitherto, silent pieces from the enemy's
battery opened their brazen mouths.
The explanation of this was that, the
range being shorter, the Beers were
able to bring the whole of their guns
into play.
The havoc was fearful. Within a
quarter of an hour every horse belong-
ing to No. 10 was either dead or dying
and the guns We're being charged
and run up by hand. In that vortex Of
fire and blood all order was forgotten.
Their instructions were to load and fire,
and they did that well, many dying in
the doing-slipping down by the IRON
shod wheels to be mangled and crushed
beneath them as the gun was returned
for discharge. 1t was sickening, appal-
ling, and for five mortal hours it was
kept up, until from the Boer battery
there came no answering shot. Their
mission was fulfilled; the guns of the
enemy We're silent.
But what fearful price had been
paid! The slain lay literally in heaps,
curled up In postures curiously grotes-
que showing how, by the interposition
of the "fell hand" their writings had
been mercifully stayed.
At the order "Cease firing!" consid-
erably less than score of men-alI
that We're left of the hundred odd
which had formed the guns comple-
ment--dragged their weary limbs
across the veldt in the direction of the
English camp.
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FILIPINO VILLAGE.
That at Pan-American Will Be of
Great Interest to Tourists.

Ground was broken few days since
for the Filipino Village at the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo next
summer and Pony" Moore, WELL
known newspaper correspondent has
started for the Philippines where he
will get together material for this fea-
ture of the Midway. 1t Is expected that
whole vessel will be required to bring
to this side of the Pacific the native
Filipinos, the cattle, utensils, tools and
various objects which will be used in
creating a representation of actual
life in this most interesting new possess
sion of the United States. The Filipino
Village will occupy eleven acres of land
on the Pan-American Midway, and the
population of the village will be about
100, ranging from old folks to babies in
arms. On the right of the entrance will
be an adobe tower with thatched roof,
a representation of the Spanish Watch
Tower which marked the water bat
teries at the entrance to Manila harbor.
On the left will be facsimile OF .ha
signal tower that loomed above Fort
Cavite and which was wrecked by
shells from Dewey's fleet. Between
these points will be nipa- covered build
ings and bamboo fences. Canvas and
lateen sail boats will drift upon a
placid lake fed by cataract with a
fall of 45 feet. There will be a market
square, Filipino church and many
dwellings for the natives in which they
will live just as they do In the Philip
pne Islands.
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Zoe each

of tobacco to all who clamored for
these things.
The interior of the main building
presented scene of awful devasta-
ton. Shells had evidently exploded in
out, and smashing the woodwork into
splinters One portion, however, by
one of those strange freaks of chance
which are continually occurring in
warfare, remained practically intact.
1t was getting dusk, and as they
approached it was seen that a light
was burning there. The general went
first. and after him came the others.
Included among the number was Colo
mel Neel. The sight that met their
gaze was one which that officers con-
science never allowed him to forget.
The light they had observed eman-
ated from a dirty piece Of tallow can
die placed in the neck of a bottle,
but it was amply sufficient to reveal
the interior. in all it's vivid ghastliness.
The room had evidently been used as
q storage place for coal, for lump
of that commodity lay in one corner.
Over part of this a white sheet had
been spread, whereon lay the bodies
of woman and a small child, both
horribly nlutilated, and blackened al-
most beyond recognition.
Last of ALL sitting hlrddled up in a
far corner, with his face toward the
dead, was the figure of a man.
stand forward there!" commanded
the general. 'Nho are you? And
who are these?"
The man stepped out and saluted.
Sweat and powder had effectually con-
cealeh his identity. His clothes hung
about him in tatters, and from an ugly
cash above his right eye the blood
was streaming down. He indicated
the two ghastly corpses with a grimy
hand.
general" he said, my wife and
child I am Captain Crawford!"-Chi-
cago Times Herald.
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The Uindication Of Crawford 8
IMg.N..MN.ee ee.g.a. .v.gg.g .g.!v.e eMg,M.MMS

The officers tent was full of gen.
tlemen in khaki, lounging about in
all directions, and in every conceiv-
able attitude suggestive of wellbred
Incidence. Even the rigid disciplin-
arian, General Condit, seemed to have
unbent a little. He stood with cross
ed legs, his arm around the central
pole, smoking placidly. 1t was young
Lieutenant Gaily who was speaking.
He was relating a stirring account of
how Captain Crawford-one of their
number. who was at the moment alb
sent-had captured a Boer battery
earlier in the day.
1t may have been the fact that the
deed had been one of exceptional dar-
ing, or perhaps because the officer in
question was such q universal favor
lite. more probably still, a combina-
tion of both; at any rate Gaily's en-
thusiasm became infectious, and three
stentorian cheers We're up for Captain
Crawford, in which every man present
joined-save one.
o exception was Colonel Neel. He
stoo. apart with folded arms, and to
look OH his narrow countenance that.
to say the least of it, was decidedly
unpleasant. The circumstances of his
subordinate's silence was soon appar>
ent to the lynx-eyed general. He
turned on Neel with a distinct frown
of displeasure.
II hope" he began, In cutting
tone. that these boyish methods OF
showing our appreciation of a gallant
action are not distasteful to you?"
Neel's lips curled. and the ends of
his waxed mustache took downward
trend.
mot at ALL" he said; "but to my
mind the man only did his simple
duty. Any one of us would have done
the same, given a like chance"
you do not doubt his courage?"
"Yes: in one sense / certainly do.
I've no particular admiration for the
f1ash-in-the-pan business"
but look at his record, man."
Yes. yes, I know-a series of mad
rushes-nothing sustained. No test at
ALL to my mind"
The little knot of listeners gasped.
The general knitted his heavy brows.
"These are sweeping assertions.
Neel," he said.
perhaps. but flatter myself I know
Captain Crawford better than any
man present. Our paths have lain to-
gether for years; i'm fact, we We're in
the same class at school,"
He did not add that Il bitter enmity
had existed between them since that
time. the origin of which had been
the thrashing of Neel by Crawford on
account of the formers brutal treat
ment of small hoy. Nor did he
speak of the stimulous that feeling
had received some years later, when
Crawford had superseded him in the
affe fections of certain maiden of en-
ceptional loveliness and charm. Blu.
though he spoke not of these things,
the circumstances of the moment had
whetted his memory, and he gnawed
viciousy at the amber mouthpiece OF
ais pipe.
''Oh, by the way" broke In young
tially. iDnocent!y, ''he married one of