Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-08
OKLAHcMAASU SURPRISE
Democrats Make Almost Clean Sweep
In Two Territories.
WRITE CONSTITUTION
Tams Bixby Comedies the Victorious
Party All the Delegates Except
Twelve, but the Latter
Claim More.

Oklahoma City. Nov. THE result
Of the election for delegates to the
constitutional convention was a decid-
ed surprise to the Republicans. espe-
cially when their defeat is SO over.
whelming. The Democrats estimate
their majority at 10000 and claim they
will have seventy-eight OF the ll2 del
egates. In Indian Territory. particu.
larry In the southern half. the Demo
cratic majority is large.
Secretary Johnson OF the Democrat.
&c committee says the Democrats will
have more than eighty majority. i,
is stated that many business men did
not vote.
Tams Bixby. chairman Of Indian
Territory dIstrictlng board comedies
the Democrats all the districts bu,
twelve. The Republicans seem TO have
lost every district south Of the Cana.
dian river.
In district No. 1914. the largest negro
district In the Chickasaw nation. w
II. Murray. Democrat. defeated NJ. V
Chindle. Republican. about two 10 one
Hon. Peter Hanraty. delegate from
the Nineteenth district to the consti
tutional convention. head OF the labor
organizations Of the two territories and
district president OF the Mine Work
ers OF America. says the labor vote In
the convention will be 40 per cent OF
its membership.
In three voting places at Holdenville
I. T., there were less than a dozen In
dian votes recorded. The Indians dc
not like the white mans way OF vot
ing When they vote they assemble in
two lines and count noses In this
precinct Messenger. Democrat. re.
ceived 1.i07 votes out OF 2.l9S.
In the Purcell district McClaln. Dem
ocrat. got over GOO plurality.
In the Guthrie district Jenkins Re
publican, defeats Jamison. Democrat,
by 100 votes.
Cloud. Republican. full-blood Cher
okee and a Republican. defeats Rob
ertson. Democrat. by ss.
In the Newkirk. Okla. district King.
Democrat defeats Metzgar Republi.
can. by 81.
In the Pawnee. Okla. district Berry.
Democrat, has $50 majority over Nor
5bies, ,Ttenublican.
Mine Cashion. Okla, district New
ell. Democrat. has a majority OF 1876
over Wright. Republican.
Johnson. Democrat. has In the Per
~. Okla. district a majority OF $50
over Boiler, Republican.
Many are OF the opinion that the
negro question Influenced numbers OF
Republicans 70 cast their ballots for
Democratic nominees.
When Chairman Damn Of the Okla
homa Democratic committee returned
20 Oklahoma City from Alya, where he
went 10 vote. he was met az the Rock
Island depot by swell-headed friends.
who cheered him all the way TO the
Lee hotel. He made a speech, In which
ne said: This victory Is the result
Of our organization. which has labored
since July in the cause OF our party.
The victory cannot be called a Demo
cratic one. but rather a victory OF the
people and by the people OF the two
territories. We had against us the
work OF the gerrymandering board
upon which there was no Democrat,
and the districts were intended TO be
Republican. In the work the ignorant
voter was taken advantage OF and the
Intelligent voter was almost disfran-
chlsed. But the people have In this
popular way rebuked the carpetbag
misrule in both Indian and Oklahoma
territories II Is now our duty 10
keep faith with the people who have
given US these places TO perform the
most important OF all work tPro-
longed cheeringD
Chairman Harmon Of the Oklahoma
Republican committee ascribes the de.
feat OF his party TO the prohibition IS
sue and inability to convince Republi-
cans OF the importance Of the election.
Indications are the proposed prohi-
bltion amendment was defeated.
A statement from Republican heal.
quarters Wednesday says the Repib-
llcans elected ten delegates In okla
hona and from ten 10 fifteen dele gates
10 Indian Territory. giving them from
ten 10 twenty-five out OF li2 delegates
who will frame the constitution for the
new state OF Oklahoma. News from
country districts In Indian Territory