Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-31
GOV. FRANTz SPEAKS
EXECUTIVE AT BANQUET RES
PONDS TO TOAST.
CHOOSE COMMITTEEMAN
Central Committee Favors Selecting
Honoree from Outside Of Tulsa,
Which Will Be Done Today.
Special to the World.

Special to the World.
Bartlesville, July 80, IL p. m.-The
greatest meeting of republicans that
has ever been held in the southwest
is now in progress in this city. All
day, prominent representatives of the
party from every section OF the two
territories have been arriving and
were met by enthusiastic workers who
had preceded them. The keys of the
town were placed in the hands Of the
visitors and the esprit de corps of
republicanism was never at higher
pitch than it is at the present time.
Among the distinguished guests
who arrived today were Governor
Frank Frantz, of Oklahoma, Hon.
Dennis Flynn, ex-delegate to congress
from Oklahoma, Colonel Pliny Soper,
republican national committeeman
from Indian Territory, Hon Grant
Victor, chairman Of the republican
central committee of Indian Terri
tory, all the republican central com
mitteemen, and others. Governor
Frantz and his party were met at the
trains by hundreds of cheering re-
publicans, the bands played, flags
waved, and the whole assembled itself
into the grandest republican parade
that has ever been held in the Indian
Territory, or the great southwet.
Governor Frantz rode and was hear
tily cheered on all sides. p
The official program not being TAX
en- up till late tonight, Governor
Frantz and a number of the visitors
attended the base ball game between
Bartlesville and Parsons, and expend-
ed some of the preliminary lung pow
er on one of the liveliest roofing mat
ches ever witnessed in this place.
At 8 O'Clock a public reception was
accorded Governor Frantz and the
other prominent visitors at the Ala
media hotel, followed by the banquet
at 9 o'clock.
w. p. Freeman, clerk of the court
of appeals at South McAlester, acted
as toast master and most ably intro
ducel the speakers, of whom there
were five on the program, although re-
marks were made by others in attend
ance. Governor Frantz responded to
the toast of the 'Forty-sixth Star,
which was welcomed with thunder
.ous applause. The talk was one of
the best ever made by Governor
Frantz and was the outspoken
thoughts of a man to whom patriot
ism is bred in the bone.
Colonel George A. Murphy, prom
inent attorney of Muskogee, credited
as being one of the most eloquent
speakers in the new state, responded
to the toast, "Republcanism," and
so ably did he play upon the loyal
feelings, civic pride and honor Of his
hearers that it is safe to say that hard
er work will be done by the Indian
Territory leaders in the next cam
paign than in any campaign in any
state in the past.
Hon. p. L. Soper responded
to the toast, Indian Territory's Duty
to the Party" and voiced the con
census Of opinion of those present.
His remarks we're received with en-
thusiasm.
Harper S. Cunningham talked elo-
.ouenilv on HOklahoma's Duty 10 the
Party
c. II. Filson spoke on ''Ous Duty
Mr.. Fison is territorial chairman and
secretary of the Oklahoma committee.
For some reason, Bird s. Mcclure,
candidate to succeed himself in con-
gress from The new state. failed to
appear.
Among the republicans of note that
are attending the banquet from Tul-
.sa are Colonel ID. L. Sleeper, Ben
F. Rice, W. |. Reneau, NJ. J. Romine,
Dr. S. &. Kennedy. Myroa Boyle, of
ythe Indian Republican, and J. r.
Brady, Of the Tulsa Daily World. A
question of naming successor OF the
late A. X. Query, as coinn'itieemaon
was made before the central commit
tee this afternoon, but no final action
was taken. II is the idea and plan
of those from the Creek nation in at
tendance TO choose the successor out
side Of Tulsa, and this will probably
be done tomorrow.
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L.. Marshall and farnilr of Chnl-