New-York tribune., 1907-09-09
BROOKLYN BOY LEADER
Charlie Hunter IN Charge of Repub
I;can Cam paiign in Oklahoma


,artv- oreanization. in charge Of the first stats
carnpaign in the new state. Is composed entirely
of men who came to Oklahoma in the first days
not as ofHcehoders but pioneers who helped
davelcp the territory-al1 interesting Characters
all men of long residence in the West and all wei
known throughout the new state
When the first made for homes. bach
I'm 1859 two of the men who raced horseback
into the new country were Cash Cade. now
tioual committeeman. and Charles e Hunter.
state chairman Of the Republicans Ed Perry Of
Coalgate vce-state chairman. entered Indian Ter
ritory in 1890 and Oscar Wells. OF Ardmore. COM
rnittee secretary. dates his entrance into Indian
Territory az twenty-eight years ago.
Charlie Hunter the state chairman. Is natvs
of Brooklyn. where he born September
Is 1856. Early in life he was left orphan. and
In 1873 his only brother died in Baltimore. Fol-
lowing period in the Brooklyn public schools
he apprenticed to the printers trade at Pougn-
keepse. n. Y and IN 1883 he was in Kansas City.
engaged in the publishing business.
There have been few land openings IN Oklahoma
in which Hunter has not participated. He cams
Guthrie among the first in 1858, and IN 1890 when
the Sac and Fox Indian country was opened. hs
was again in the race, and Of the found
ers of the town of Chandler. establishing The
Chandler News" the first Republican paper IN
Lincoln County In 1891 Hunter found in an
other land rush. at the opening OF the Cheyenus
and Ara pahOe reservations. and he helped found
the town Of Okarche. In 1898 the "Cherokee strip
was opened. and Hunter Of the first to
the townste of Enid where he established Re-
publican paper. The Daily and Weekly Easle.s
There were no more land openings until IN 1901.
when the KioUas and Comanches permitted their
lands to be settled, and Hunter again on th,
ground floor. assisting In establishing the towns
of Hobart Snyder and Frederick
When the Spanish War began Charlie Hunts-
was resident of Enid and made several attempts
10 Join RooseveIt-s Rough Riders being each tinna
refused because Of his small stature Finally,
through the influence of friends at Washington. hs
received a special order from AdIutant General
Corbin admitting him TO the regiment in May. 1888.
He IN the engagement at La Quasir1as and in
the battle of San Juan Hill. IN the days following
he succumbed TO fever and furoughed hone.
being mustered out at Enid sergeant Since ths
he has served secretary of the Roosevelt
Rough Riders Association and department CON-
mander I'm Oklahoma OF the Spanish-American Was
Veterans.
The vice-chalrrnan of the state COMMITTEES Is 'Ed'
Perry. Of Ccalsate- He Is native OF Montreal.
Canada his mother a French woman and hls
father English and Irish His parents located dur
ing his early childhood in Denison. Tex. and IN
1890 he became a resident OF Coalgate- Perry
in the general merchandise business IN CoaIgats
until 1898. and since that time has been coal op-
orator until recently. when he sold both his r1ines
and Last year, while the tribe IN Mis-
sissipp Mr.. Perry married Miss lie FTore. niecs
of Greenwood lie Flore. the noted Choctav CHIEF,
and the first elected chief OF the tribe
In regard to his political views Mr. Perry has
issued the following terse platform: II am for
square deal. grass root representation. for keep
ing close the people. against ring rule and for
fair treatment"
Secretary A. o. Wells Of the state COMMITTEES Is
a resident Of Ardmore in the Chckassw Nation
he is a native of OHIO. remaining there until the
'can OF the West brought him 70 the Choctaw
Nation where he found employment
puncher on a big ranch. Wells helped organlzs the
Republican party in Indian territory and later
in the Chickasaw Nation When ths Oklahoma and
Indian Territory Republican committees suslga-
mated last autumn Wells elected secretary and
was reelected at the state convention in Tulsa
last month.
Cash Cade. Of Shawnee. Republican National Com
rnitteeman from Oklahoma. Is OF French descent.
ffs grandfather being resident of Alsace- His
father was born the Natural Bridge. in Viz
ginia, and Cash Ceds was born near Hsrrtetsvine.
Ohio on August e. 1856. He taught school to get
the money with which TO completes his education
at the State Normal School. IN Lebanon. Ohio. Soon
afterward he started West making for the Black
Hills and the trip between Fort Laramie and
the Black Hills he made overland In 1879 he was
hack IN Anthony. Kan. and later he founded the
town OF CoIdwater. his being the first whits
child born in the town. Several years prospecting
in Colorado and Arizona were followed by his To-
eating at kinkfsher when old Oklahoma was
oDaned to settlement In 1852 He served ths
first Clerk OF Kngfsher County and the first Regis
ter OF Deeds. He townsite man for tre Choc-
taw Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad when IL was build
ing through Oklahoma. necessirating his removal
m shawnee and later he resigned that position 20
become president OF the First National Bank os
Shawnee.
Mr. Cade was elected national commtteen111
three wears ago. his term not expiring until next
,,ear He was candidate 70 succeed w D. Fossett
as United States marshal two years ago. when
President Roosevelt appointed John r Abernatiy.
the wolf hunter. Afterward he was rendered the
rosItion OF register OF the government land ONCE
a. Guthrie which he declined II has been said
frequently that he aspires TO he one OF the Hrsr
United States Senators from the new state
Among his friends Cade is frequently designated
as the squarest in politics they have ever
known.
MAY SET GROFE APART.