The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-22
PROMINENT TERRITORY MEN.

rine prominent citizens as possible
senatorial timber. Two Of these are
from Ardnore, Ledbetter and Camp
bel: two from south McAlester. Stuart
and McMurrsy; one from Purcell. Dor.
set Carter: and four from MuskoEee.
Zeye,y. HutehinEs. Owens and Doug.
las Of this number seven are Demo
Gratis. the two Republicans being
Campbell and Douglas.
At az times 10 terestlng visitors a.
The national capital are TO be found
from the southwest particularly OK.
lshoma and Indian Territory. ard
year after year practically the same
group comes 20 each session Of con
Eress for the purpose of getting legis-
la,ion needed for that country. With
a population OF 10000. Indian Terri.
tori has no organized form Of govern.
ment No United States senators or
members Of congress. not even ter.
ritorial delegation he result IS the
people there desiring legislation meet
In conventions and elect some one as
their representative and by subscrip.
tion raise a small fund and send the
delegate east. Practically all leg.
islation secured during the past fifteen
years for the territory is the result of
\ the work Of these delegates. and
with the coming a statehood. from
among their number In all probability
will be chosen a United states seu1.
tor and az least two members oi c5L.
gress. In the list of these men are "
A. Ledbe'ter. OF Ardmore: Hon. c. 3
Stuart f South McAlester; Col Chr.
ence b. Douglas Of Muskogee. Dorset
| Carter Of Purcell: Robert l. owen O.
Muskogee: c. VI. Campbell of Ari.
more: J. F. McMurry Of South McAl-
ester: W. T. Hutchings q Muskog~o.
and Col. William Zeyely. Of the West
az large. All Of these men are pioneers,
who have fought their way 10 he
front Of the fringed edge Of civiliza.
tion and the name Of each represents
different natal state. Mr.. Lsdb-ttsf
Is an attorney OF much ability. and
/ his success at the bar has provided
him with enough Of this worlds goods
10 retire in comfort should he so De.
sire Jldge c. p Stuart was formerly
the lag partner OF United States Sen.
| ator J. W. Bailey In Gainesville. Tex.
as. and afterwards chief justice OF the
United States courts for Indian Terri.
tory He Is now practicing law ana Is
/ counsel for the Rock Island In the ter.
/ ritory Col Douglas Is editor and pub.
! Usher of the Phoenix az Muskogee. the
only morning daily In the territory.
with which paper he has been phenom-
inally successful He Is president OF
the International Republican Press as
sociation and colonel OF the Second
regiment Indian volunteer militia MIR
Carter IS the author OF Carter's Di.
gest OF Indian Statutes. is a good law.
yer and just now Is president Of the
Oklahoma Central railroad Of which
| he Is building 200 miles through the
territory Col. owen was four years
United States Indian agent for the
| FIVE tribes and also served four years
as a member OF the Democratic ma
tionsl committee He Is a Cherokee
/ Indian by blood and has been a lead.
er 10 the advanced thought Of his peO
| pie Judge Campbell Is serving his
third term n clerk OF the United
States court for the Southern district
and has the distinction OF having or
eanized the Republican party in the
/ territory being the first chairman of
the executive committee Mr. Hutch.
ines IS an attorney and one Of the
most successful men In the territory.
He has had much 20 do with shap
ing territorial affairs and has repre-
sented the Cherokees In some OF their
most important cases Mr.. McMurray
has for six years been counsel for the
ChicRasaw and Choctaw tribes, and
/ during this time IL Is estimated he
has saved tnese two nation S20,0000O0
In eliminating from the rolls Of mem
bership fraudulent claimants who had
been enrolled. Mr.. McMurray has the
most extensive Washington acquaint-
ance Of any territory man who comes
20 this city, and is the most effective
aiyocate Of needed legislation the In
dians have ever sent to Washington.
Col Zeyely Is a Mlssourian, a cosmo-
pol.tan and an all-arornd good fellow.
FoT years he was an Tadian inspector,
crd Is now located nt Muskogoe,