The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-26
WILL CERTIFY TO PRESIDENT
Who VIII Then Issue Proclamation
and the offieisis Of the New
State viii Then Be
Sworn in.
Ardmoreite Special.

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stitution and the naming OF the first
state officers cannot be secured un-
til October when the state return.
ing board meets to canvass the re.
suit, but figures received at demo
cratic state headquarters show that
the entire democratic state ticket
is elected by n majority of 10000
votes. The official returns cannot
change these figures more than few
hundred either way.
Besides the state officers, the dem
ocracy captured four out of the five
congressm en and have an overwhelm-
ing majority in each branch of the
legislature. insuring the election OF
Thomas p Gore and Robert L. owen
to the United States senate.
The constitution was ratified by a
majority OF at least 10000. and moth
ing now stands between Oklahoma
and home rule. except for the vote to
be certified to by Roosevelt, and for
him to issue his proclamation In pur
suance to the terms of the enabling
act. The vote on the constitution will
be canvassed October s. by re-
turning board consisting Of Chief JUS
| tice ]. II. Burford of Oklahoma,
Judge w. II. II. Clayton of the In
dian Territory and Secretary Charles
Filson of the territory OF Oklahoma.
So soon as the returns are figured
up, this board will certify the result
to President Roosevelt, who then
has twenty days in which to deter
mine whether the constitution adopt
ed squares with the enabling act and
is IN accord with the constitution Of
the United States. When he decides
that 1t is he will issue his procla
maion declaring Oklahoma a state,
and the state officers will immediate
ly be sworn in.
No better losers than they are
| fighters Frank Frantz and Charley
Hunter, his man Friday, are trying
to cover up their inglorious defeat
by raising the cry of fraud in the
election.
This action on their part was an
ticipated by Chairman Thompson of
the democratic committee, as he had
been advised before the election that
Hunter had sent letters to his conf
Dental henchmen in Indian Terrific
ry directing them to prepare false
affdavits charging the democrats
with fraud.
The utter absurdity of this cry of
Hnuter's Is shown when the election
returns are examined and analyzed.
Hunter says the election in Oklaho-
ma was fair. but that gross frauds
were perpetrated in Indian Territory.
The returns show that Haskell and
the entire democratic ticket have a
alone. q Hunter could prove fraud
In every democratic county In In.
dian Territory and have their vote
thrown out, II would accomplish moth.
Ing for the republicans.
In all the counties carried by
Frantz In the entire state, he has a
gross majority OF less than G,o00
votes. Haskell's majority OF 10000
votes In Oklahoma alone would of
! cot tho ranuhii,an majority In tho
entire state and leave the democratic
ticket still 1000 in the lead, with
all the democratic counties In Indian
Territory thrown out.
While this is true, there is no reas.
on why any Indian Territory county
should be thrown out The Muskogee
Phoenix and the Tulsa World. the
leading republican papers of Indiay
Territory. have both declared edito.
rally that the election was fairly
conducted and fairly won by the dem.
ocrats. and both condemn Frnatz and
Hunter for trying TO play the baby
The republicans of Indian Territory
know that there was no attempt al
fraud by the democrats and they are
rising in indignant protest all over
the territory over Hunters threat TO
contest the election in an effort to
further delay statehood.
The republicans were fairly beaten
in a perfectly fair contest and the
better element OF the republican party
will not stand for further guerilla
methods on thG part of the carpet
baggers, and coons and brewers 1t
Is confidently expected by the dem.
ocratic leaders that President Roose.