The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-06-18
1T WILL BE DEMOCRATIC.

Col Douglas, OF the Muhkokee fhoe'
nix, who stands high In the ranks of
the Republican party, and who Is said
TO have ycarning to be senator
or Congressman from the new state,
ir an editorial In his paper entitled.
political Forecast" says:
give years ago. the country would
have been safely Democratic. owing
10 the heavy Democratic majority In
the Chickasaw natiOn. but since that
time there has been very little Texas
immigration 10 that nation and the
heavy immigration into the Creek,
Cherokee. Seminole and Choctaw ma.
tions comes from the north and Il
IL probably ninety per cent Rcpubli.
can and the result Is Indian Territory.
II II goes Democratic at all will do
so by very small majority. II Is al.
most certain that the Republicans will
elect three Of the congressman with
a fghting chance for the fourth one,
and there Is little doubt that they will
control the FIRST legislature and elect
the FIRST two United States senators.
Tho state ticket will be very close
and n the Republicans nominate
strong men with a large personal FOL
lowing they hao a good chance to
win"
II will be noted. with all the coloaci's
boasting that ne admits there Is a
probability OF the Territory going
Democratic. one Of his statements is
wholly erroneous; that rs, when he
says there has been but little Texas
immigration 90 the Chickasaw nation
for the past five years. The truth Is
that there has been steady immigrt
ton from Texas TO the Chickasaw
Nation for the past fifteen years and
IL has been heavier In the past three
years than ever before And it has
been class OF immigration that any
country would be proud Of Among
them can now be found many OF the
prominent lawyers. doctors, teachers,
newspaper men and better class Of
farmers OF the Chickasaw nation
What Is true OF the Chickasaw nation
In partially true Of the Choctaw ma.
lion. a heavy immigration into the
southern portion OF that nation has
been had from Texas and from Ar.
kansas. the Choctav nation bordering
that state for It's entire eastern length,
a distance OF over l75 miles. And
from these two states has come many
n good Democrat 90 the territory.
There has not been a heavy immi'
grafton from the north either 10 the
Seminole or the Choctaw nation as
claimed by the editor OF the Phoenix
and he knows Il. There has been a
heavy immigration from the north to
the Creek nation, and good citizens
they are, but not all OF them by pny
menas are Republicans quite a num-
ber OF northern people have made the
Cherokee nation their home In the
past two years. But no town OF the
Cherokee nation, except Bartlesyille,
has made any considerable increase
of population OF late II should be re.
membered that these two nations
have always been considered Demo.
cratic and the greater portion OF the
settlers have been from the southera
states. Muskogee. the stronghold Of
Republlcanlsm. the home OF hundreds
of federal employees and with hun.
dreds of northern citizens, not to men.
tion some four or FIVE thousand ne
groes. has gone Democratic at eve Y
election sac the last one Tulsa. me
next largest town OF the Creek ma
iion. Is Iow under a Democratic sd
ministration. With the exception Of
Muskogee. Tulsa has had more Of the
boasted northern immigration thal