Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-07-25
League Issues a Fiery Man
lfesto to EvlIdoers at
Lawton4
INTEREST CENTERS,
However, on the Political Arena
That Promises more Inter-
esting Engagements Than
the Threatened Lynching
Bees.

NNuASo 70 hSADDl StINtu Oh al
confidence men, pickpockets,
thieves and crooks who are
caught plying their vocations
that they will be hanged to the
nearest tree. +"
An organization which will
lcaH itself the Law and Order
League was formed here yester-
Iday, and will print 200 bills
inaking the above announce
ment, and distribute them
among the crowd which is al
ready gathering eround Law
ton. One Of the old residents
OF the reservation has taken
the initiative in the movement.
This would indicate that there
might be lynchings, and all
kinds of things liable to hap
pen when the new town Of Law
ton is organized. But the men
who have passed through sim
liar experiences say it is all
nonsense to perfect such an
organization, and they laugh at
the fear of the inexperienced.
Mark my words, no organ
zation will distribute any such
circulars, said a man who had
been at both Oklahoma City
and Enid at the former open
ings. "But you'll see the liv-
liest election that was ever
held in Oklahoma" An in
quiry among the campers
proved the plausibility of the
statement in which the first !
sale of town lots is more than |
two weeks removed. There is
the livliest sort Of political |
humming already in progress. |
More than 1000 persons who
announce their intention of |
making Lawton their home are
already here.
Fully one-half of these are
now camping in tents around
the Lawton townsite. No less
than = half dozen municipal
tickets have already been dis
cussed. The democrats and re-
publioans will each have a
ticket, there is a citizens ticket
forming and the law and order
contingent, representing the
anti-saloon element, will have
a ticket, and the wet will con-
front them with a list of candi-
dates favoring a "wide open"
town. Texans are now in a
clear majority and the politi-
clans from the Lone Star state
make no secret Of their inten.
tons. They say Lawton Is to
be a democratic town. "Say,
declared the proprie-
tor Of a lemonade stand, who
had proved himself a great in
iuence by organizing five
Texas companies for registra-
ion, "we'll lick them Kansans
and Oklahomans out of their
boots. Just watch our smoke.
We've got spellbinders for
your life in overalls. by CAD sir.
We've got 'em in overalls that
IAN skin Champ CLARK, from
1our state, a mile. You Just
ell that paper of yourn to
watch the smoke from Lawton. {
Say, we've got fellows right I
leTe that will take the crowd I
With them and Wen have a q
Texas man for mayor. 1.-THE
democrats from Kansas and !
Oklahoma see the handwriting
m the wall and are looking for q
N available man from Texas /
or mayer. Any number of /
Nansans and Oklahomans !
re offering for the minor Of
ices, but no one has had the
emerity to announce their can
idacy for mayor. Frank Field,
4 Guthrie, is a candidate on
he democratic nomination for
.olice Judge, and F.. S. Young, 7
I Enid, for chief of police, and l
,. w. Buckner, of Guthrie, for I
ity attorney. The republicans 6
ow on the ground are boom I
lg w. 0. II. Haynes, of Lex G
lgton, Ok, for mayor. Hay 4
es organized eighteen com
anies and is well known
mong the campers. The re- :
ublicans claim that after the
rawing ut El Reno the rush
'om the north viii begin and .
Ae Texans will be Outnum-
cred. Dennis Flynn will be ..
ere August 8 and organize the
apublican fight. e
Until the new town is incor- '
GRATED it viii be under the
ontrol Of county officers APP
ointed by governor Jenkins. G
here will be judges, sheriffs }
18th their deputies and United 5
tatos marshals and all manner e
civil police officers for Co !
lanche county and for this rea- q
On the majority Of campers be-
eve there IA 40 ocoaaion for q 2