The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-22
MASS MEETING LAST NIGHT.
sistees Delegates Eleetes to Attend
HofcerViiie Conveacon Oct. "a

sistees Delegates EIectes to Attend
HoieeuViiie conveseon Oct. %.
4 smsllsized audieace met al the
city hall zst night for the purpose OF
eelecting delegates TO the Holdenville
conyentioE 20 be held on October Is.
Col. Sidusy Sugzs took the chair
and stated ne object Of the meeting.
Judge Bradford arose snd took oc.
easiou 70 saT that he hoped srdmore
would be weE represented al s1is con
vention thar b. would hate 70 see
tie sman tOgns get ahead ~ Ars-
more IN repre- seutst5on. when we we're
really entitled 70 the largest reureseu-
tsrion OF any city in the Indian Terri
tory
Y Judge Mathews n1gve-i that we
send fourteen ieieg.xtss. but acting
upon the inforrtatiou thai We were
euiit'e1i to siXte IN dessgzteS. ii was
he sense OF thu meeting that thar
Gimfs-r De sent.
NorfussiOns " - iu order and r..
E='iued N eiecting the following dele
eat-s. Eith the uaiersrI1dfng that IL
aay OF them could NOT % they send
IA good substitute
sidusy Suggs. : E. Bradford. ". r.
Bowman Chas l.. Auuersou Dr. s
Carr. Joe r. Rot 'uson. Frank Fox
y. 2 Tisdal. J. ". Banks q. ". Red
ieE, " s. Smith. = T. Blsdsoe. &c
Grsazra- A J. wolysrron J. G Thomp-
son and l.. c. Slaughter
Some OF the members of the meet
ing thought that the delegates should
20 Instructed as 10 tfieir duties. while
others thought they 5hsnld go unin-
strucred to use their BEST Judgment as
to what Ardmore ant vicinity needed.
Rev G. C. Weith. whose name was
suggested as delegate but declined
on account OF other engagements. said
he WIS very much Interested in this
matter and thought II one OF the most
important matters Tor the people OF
the indian Territory that has come
up in a great many years.
He said at the Worlds Fair at St
LOUIS we would have an opportunity
10 cme in contact with people from
all p1vr the United States and could
4 then cell them OF this grest and beauti-
ful country. OF our rich and fertile
lands Of our minerals that lay dor
maur beneath our soil for want OF
capital 20 utilize ia and the hundred
ana one other advantages the pros
pecuDr could find here II ne would only
com.
Eis said that he had been travelirg =
somr this summer and he found any
amount Of people people who should
hDw better. whs1 thought that this
counrry was still IN a. semi-barbarous
state and that a white mans life was
mi safe within our horue~s-
Mr.. Weith regretted that ne could
1Or gO, as il would be a great oppor-
Luuty for us o. become acquainted
with the outsi0e world He made the
asseSrion. and no doubt correctly.
rhar the majority Ot rhe people OF the
Cnited States Rnew more about Cuba.
| Porto Rico unh rfe Philippines is
lands than they dSd % the Indian Ter-
ritory. which was virtually right Ia
the heart of this great enlightened
country.
| J. VI. BauEs thought that Mr. weirh
was pre-emneBrIy correct in MS re-
marks and heartily concurred in what
he said
Col Saggs said be hoped the mem
bers would attend and that Aivfmore
would be wen represented. Said ne
attended the Okmulgee com entior
and expected to End a large deIega
tion there, but only found twenty-five
O thirty This convention appointed
an executive committee to meet later
in Nhiskogee To represent the FIVE civ
ihled tribes. that sixteen were elect
ed, and when he attended the meeting
at Muskogee there were only nine OF
them present.
Nov he would like every town 10 be
wen represented at Holdenylle and
he hoped Ardmore would do her part
After some remarks from Juds,
bradford the meeting adjourned