The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-18
M. L. TURNER OF OKLAHOMA
CITY SEEKS REVENGE.
THE LINEUP FOR GOVERNOR
cruee, Murray and Others Mentioned
as oubernatorial Timber to Sue
eeed Haskell-McGuire Will
Have a Race for Congress.

returned home. the state legislators
are relieved OF their official duties,
and politicians are now lining up for
the .all campaign. The past ten days
have been productive Of a good many
rather startling changes in the po.
litical lineup among the democrats
Of the state. All candidates must
be nominated by primaries, and the
primaries will be- held August 4.
1t has been generally considered
all the time that Senator Gore would
have no opposition for the nomination
for reelection this summer. but
within the past few days letters have
been received by men in various
/ portions of the state from NJ. L. Tur.
ner Of Oklahoma City. I'm which
he says that he contemplates enter
ing the race, and asking their ad.
/ vice and support. He was a candidate
before and was defeated by Senator
Gore. Other than Mr.. Turner there
will be no opposition TO the short
term senator \ year ago he was
campaigning for his first nomination.
There have also been some new
/ alignments in the gubernatorial sit
uation. It is well known that William
/ II. Murray, speaker Of the house, will
/ be candidate 10 succeed Governor
/ Haskell 1t was also generally under
stood that Lee Cruce of Ardmore.
who was defeated by Governor Has
/ kc!l, would be- a candidate, and since
the state convention at Muskogee last
fall, It has been said that the break
between Haskell and Murray was
permanent, and that the Haskell
crowd would line up behind the
Ardmore man for governor. When
the Legislature adjourned there was
a conference in Guthrie, attended by
some of the most active democrats
of the state, among them Governor
Haskell and his ablest lieutenants,
and Speaker Murray. and it is un-
dcrstood that Murray was advised to
get into the race at once and get
his fences in good shape to over
balance the opposition and onmity
that he naturally and unayoidably in
Cured during the time he was speak
er This certainly would indicate
that Crucc has decided not to enter
the race, or at least that the
strong political friendship that has
existed between Haskell and Murray
is still intact and that the governor
and his followers would favor the
cadidacy Of Murray.
Another development is, that A
II. Ellis, ~ Garfield county, may get
into the race for governor. He will
be a candidate for reelection to the
legislature this fall and wants to be
speaker of the house. This. he would
apparently use as stepping stone
to the race for governor. Ellis de
veloped considerable strength in the
legislature this session and was the
acknowledged leader of the insur
gents in the house In the event his
plans should fail as outlined, he
proposes to make the race for con
gress In the first district agalns
Bird Mcclure.
In the fourth district no opposi
tion has developed against Charles q
Carter and none is expected In thi,
district a nomination is equiyalen
20 an election. Mr. Carter Is
Choctaw Indian by blood and is tire
mcndously popular. lie did some ex
cellont work in congress for the In
dians.
Justice r. l.. Williams Of Duran
will be candidate for chief justic,
of the supreme court and will hav,
no opposition. $. w Hayes, of Chick
asha. also a candidate for reelection
as an associate justice has no op
, position in his district and viii
doubtless receive the nomination
without a contest of any nature.
, The state legislature has finishe,
, its work, and, as a whole, the dem
b. ocratic party is proud OF its work
=. and will make a campaign upon II
; just as was done when the consti
o tuition was written, This will b,
r backed up by the accomplishment
, of the democratic delegation n
Washington which secured the mos
, intelligent legislation that has eve
i been granted for the Indians, an,
=, more OF II.
Between now and the election, e,