The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-06-17

charges IN ueIhil, put lWo inStonNNS
will be given as illustrations. 1t
was charged that one Marcum club
roll had on it the names of every
member of the republican club In
the same town. The party max
ing this charge had a list of the
members of the republican club
sworn to by the president OF the
club. and had the affidavlts OF the
persons named that they were re-
publicans and not democrats and
that they had never authorized any
person to enroll their names as
members of democratic club. In
the other case a Marcum club had
sixteen hundred names on the
roll. Those democrats who chal-
lenged this roll had an affidavit
from the postmaster to the effect
that less than one thousand men
received their mail at that post
office and that over four hundred
of these were republicans. There
was other evidence from persons
we'll acquainted in that country to
the same effect. On Monday morn
ing telegram was received that a
certain Marcum club of five actual
members had elected twenty dele
gates-from where gotten was not
stated. These are only samples
of the charges that were made.
They were not made by persons
living in the Chickasaw nation,
but they were made by democrats
of unquestioned standing, who
lived near to the places mentioned
and who demanded that they be
given an opportunity to make their
charges good. Under these cir
cumstances the executive commit
tee could not investigate these mat
tiers before the hour for calling the
convention to order. By the ac-
ton of the Marcum boilers it be-
came impossible to have fair roll
to organize the convention with.
Only one thing remained for the
executive committee to do. That
was to recommend temporary Off
GERS and let the credentials COM
mittee settle these charges of fraud.
Judge John Calf, than whom a
more honorable and fearless man
never lived, as is we'll known to all
of our readers, was chairman of
the executive committee. He
called the convention to order and
introduced Rev. Mr.. Law who
opened the proceedings with prayer.
After prayer Chairman Gait in
troduced City Attorney ]. c. Gra
ham to deliver an address of well
come. Several Marcum delegates
objected TO this. One from South
/ McAlester said: I'VE do not wan1
a welcome from any such Cd
d-m crowd" Mr.. Graham tried
to speak but he was interrupted
jerred at, cussed aud howled down
by Marcqm delegates. This was
the beginning Of the confusion
AS soon as Chairman Gait could
do so he stated that the executive
committee had recommended Mr.
j. ). Davenport of Vinita for tenn
porary chairman and Mr.. Johr
Cooke of Antlers for temporary
secretary. A motion was made t.
adopt the report of the committee
The supporters of DR.. WolvertoI
voted in the affirmative. The sup
porters of Col. Marcum seeing tina
they were in the minority made al
of the noise they could to drown
if possible, the vote. They wer'
so busy yelling and cursing tina
they did not vote when the mega
tive was put. Such expressions a.
Cd d-m s-of- a-b-" filled tn,
air, and that too in the presence o
ladies. Nothing but the firmness o
Chairman Gait and the GOODNESS aDC
forbearance of the supporters o
4 DR.. Wolverton prevented a riot
/ 1t seemed TO be the purpose of tn,
Marcum forces to break the con
4 veatiea ap in a row. MIR. Daven
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