The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-03

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| grcssional district for congress. was
| the most notable eruption in republi-
/ can politics in southern Indian Terri
| tory that has occurred for many
| years. 1t Is the death Knell o. what
| has so long been known as the
! Clayton Ring" 1t means that Judge
| ". Il. II. Clayton. chief justice of the
court of appeals for Indian Territory
will not get the endorsement of the
congre ssional nominee for appoint.
ment as federal Judge of the Eastern
/ district Of the new state. for which
/ ne is candidate, and that Judge
! Townsend federal Judge of the South.
ern district. will get that endorsement
which probably means the appoint
ment
Judge Clayton. brother Of Powell
| Clayton. has for many years dictated
republican politics in the southern
part OF the territory by the iudicious
! distribution of patronage. There has
been a growing fight made upon him
| by those VINO did not get appoint
monts. When the congressional CON
y,ntion was held it meant fight be.
tween clayton and Townsend, both
candidates Tor the federal judgeship
Of the eastern district under state
hood. aa to who should name the con.
| sresaional nominee All the factions
admit there is no chance OF elccung
a republican congrO ssuIan In that dis
trlct but the endorsement OF the con.
gressional nominee goes long way
toward getting federal appoint
ment.
Ed Perry OF Coalgate was against
the Clayton ring. He formed a com
bnation with the Townsend forces
FROM the Chickasaw nation, and when
he convention was held he picked
up Disney. a protegc OF Cy Leland,
who came to Indian Territory as a
clark OF the Dawes Commission, and
put him in the race. Disney had
been rabid anti-Clayton man. The
Townsend combination won and Dis
ney was nominated, to the great sur
prise of himself and everyone else.
When endorsements for appointment
are in order Disney will recommend
the appointment of Judge Townsend
for Judge, and c. NJ. Campbell, Town
stnd's present clerk, for clerk of the
Eastern district OF the state.
This situation clears the water con
siderably in the fight for the federal
appointments of the new state. There
are now eight federal judges in In
dian Territory. They are Townsend
and Dickerson OF the Southern dis
trict: Clayton and Humphrey OF tie
e Central district: Lawrence and Sulz
bacher OF the Western district; Gill
and Parker of the Northern district
Seven of the eight are candidates FOR
the appointment as federal judge un
der statehood. in the Eastern district
nice fat job with $1,000 per year
salary and lots of patronage to dis
tribute. Judge Sulzbacher is not In
the race, and says he does not want
the appointment.
Clayton, Townsend and Parker are
, considered the strong candidates. The
Atoka convention has practically el
minated Judge Clayton, unless he car
get the president TO ignore the loca
l. republican organization, and leaves
l. the speedway open for Townsend anI
n Parker. Townsend has always ha'
y strong backing. But Parker Is a sol
4 of Judge l.. +. Parker, general solici
:. tor for the Frisco railroad, and whel
= he accepted a judgeship in the North
= ern district, which he did not want
1t is understood there was subcon
scious understanding that there wa
something better in store for him
f Besides, Parker married an lndiai
y y girl. and that pleased the presiden
:. nightly. He will have the solid SUI
d port of the railroads in his fight. !
y is well known that the railroads wer
- a unit in his behalf when he was al
pointed before. lie is a railroad al
torney, or was before he became judg
4. and has railroad influences with hir
r. all the time. II is also well undel
n. stood fact that the railroads are de
Ie pending upon the federal judges q
,r the new state to stay the hand Q
the present rabd antirailroad sent
meut in the new state, and preyen
its running the railroad interests.
u is well known also that the presider
10 likes young Parker personally, an
es whether he will shy at the railroa
s. influences behind him or not Is a
X open question. Parker cannot be cal