The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08
IT'S A ROUGH RIDER VICTORY
PRESIDENT FILLS FEDERAL Of
FICES IN OKLAHOMA
And AZ the Same Time FILLS the Breasts OE
a Lot Of Politicians with RaEe-NOw
They're Going Home to Fight for

Antl-EIOOseVeIt Delegates In lODS.
WASHINGTON. Nov. THE President to-
day settled a political controversy of sew
eral weeks standing and set in motion the
Federal machinery for the new State Of
Oklahoma. He announced the appoint
ments of two District Judges. two United
States Attorneys and two Marshals, as fol-
lows.
Fol the Eastern district Judge. Ralph r..
Campbell of South McAlister; United States
Attorney, W. J. Gregg of Tulsa; Marshal.
Grove A. Porter of Ardmore. For the
Western district. Judge. John H.. Cotterall
of Guthrie; United States Attorney. John
Embry of Chandler: Marshal. John Aber-
nathy Of ~Anadarke.
The Clerkship for the Western district
will go by appointment Of the new Judge to
Charles F.. Hunter. chairman of the Repub-
lcan State committee and a former Rough
Rider The Eastern district clerkship will
be conferred upon r. p. Harrison. a pro-
tege of Joseph G. Cannon. The fees and
other emoluments from these clerkships
make them worth easily $4,000 a year.
The Eastern District will embrace what
was formerly Indian Territory; the Western
comprises the present Oklahoma Territory.
The officers appointed to-day left Wash
ington for Oklahoma by trains to prepare
for their duties. which will he begun on No
vember 10. when the President will proclaim
the new State. The same outgoing trains
carried the maddest and most disappointed
set of b~roadhatted politicians seen in Wash
ington since office hunting became a eco
nized industry.
Did you hear what the Rough Riders
did to us:" asked one of the disappointed
ones to another who sat in the lobby of the
Willard this afternoon. His companion
nodded. What you going TO do. Judge"
persisted the questioner.
Go back TO the Territory and raise hell
in politics." was the reply
In making up the judicial roster for the
new State the President consulted his
Rough Rider friends. Gov. Frantz and
State Chairman Hunter. No appointment
was made which they did not approve,
but some OF their original nominations
were Withdrawn and other names sub
stituted because of objections raised by the
President. But the list as finally announced
was vised 10y the Presidents Spanish war
comrades ten minutes before il WAS made
public
In ~sslectin the Judges the President
overlooked the applications Of every mem
der Of the Territorial bench. In the Eastern
district all the seven Judges now sitting
in the court were active candidates and a
majority Of them came 70 Washington to
preAs their claims personally. The Presi-
dent bowled over three OF them 10y adopting
n rule To appoint no man TO the district
bench who had attained the age Of 20 years.
This rule was curtailed later 10 eliminate
those more than S. years old One can
didate who is now on the Territorial bench
was 30 literally Endorsed by the lending
railroad officials of the country Thar the
President made inquiry and learned that
the father Of the young iurist was solicitor
for a Western railroad A suggestion
was given the candidate and his friends
which caused him TO take the next train out
Of town.
The nomination o. Silas II. Reed Of Okla
homa to be Judge Of the United States
Court in Alaska to succeed Judge James
Wickersham was announced to-day. Reed
was q candidate for an Oklahoma Judge
HAANJ INV NN' SiNEh ~ @NANoho ADlNOAhN-
ment az the suggestion Of Gov. Frantz.
The contests for United States Attorneys
and Marshals were overshadowed bv the
judgeships fight. The President cleared
the situation with respect TO those Offices
very early ia ihe game 10y announcing his
personal preferences
John Alternately, named for Marshal in
the Western district. is a former hunting
companion of the President. He catches
wolves with his hands. and this accomplish
ment was exploited in type and halftone in
one of Mr.. R~OOsevelt's magazine stories Of
his hunting experiences. The candidates.
against him felt the hopelessness Of their
quest and withdrew early.
Grove Porter. now serving az a Marshal
in the Territory. is a cousin Of Mrs Roosevelt
A formidable movement has been or
ganized already among the disappointed
candidates and their friends to wrest the
delegation to the next national convention
from the control Of the Presidents Rough
Rider friends. The fight promises to be
interesting. A meeting Of the Republican
State committee is TO be called to depose
State Chairman Hunter. The chairman
appeared to be undisturbed to-day over
the rumblinGs. On leaving the White
House after his victory he predicted that
Oklahoma would send a delegation to the
next national convention pledged TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a third term.