The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-04
RETURNS FROM so COUNTIES
GIVE CRUCE A PLURALITY OF $4,000

The great battle of the ballots in
the state of oklahoma Tuesday is
stul the topic Of conversation every
where. There were four state tick
cts in the field, all the counties and
districts had ont buuIensome tickets.
and the count has been very slow. In
the county races the results are
| known and the interest now is cen
tered upon the race for governor.
Ross claims he is elected, Murray
claims the nomination and says he
will 20 to the supreme court to have
his name placed upon the ticket
| Cruce says he has the majority. As
sociated press correspondents have
become excited over the sensation
of the day-the congressional inves
tigation at Muskogee of the Gore
charges, and this great news-gather-
Ing force has had little to say OF
the Oklahoma election. The average
man in determining whom the count
will go to must use his own judg-
ment relying upon the few figures
that are published. No county in the
state has worked more diligently
than the AIhmoreite has worked in
Carter county to get the complete
returns and the figures cannot be Civ
en- out here until some time tonight.
The votes from some eighteen coun-
ties reported this morning when tab
ulated shows that Cruce received H.
900, Murray 1000 and Ross 5000
votes. Murray has begun TO say ugly
things about the count, and many
persons are inclined to believe that
he is preparing to take defeat. Cor '
respondents of the press say the
result is in doubt, but all the figures
given out so far are in favor of
Cruce, and figures count, and not
the assertions of individuals. The
figures published in the Texas papers
from the different counties were tab
rlated and these figures give Cruce
2l,0OO and Murray $4,000. Murray
claims that these figures are from
the towns where he conceded the
votes to Cruce and Ross and that
when the boys from the forks of the
creek are heard from his majo nay
Will be safe one. Governor Haskell.
has given out a statement in which
ne says Cruce is the winner by
nice majority. J. c. Mahr, state
health commissioner, in a telegram
this afternoon to DR.. Walter Hardy.
county health physician, says Cruce
Is the winner by 1000 votes. Lon
Frame has wired about the same
news from Oklahoma City. J. Il. Pen
nington has wired from Oklahoma
City that Cruce is the winner beyond,
any doubt. The Ardmoreite wired
today TO the headquarters of each
candidate, asking for statements.
1t will be impossible to get The or
ficial count in before the last OF this
week or the first of next In tne
meantime the people can only ;Less
unless one candidate takes A bigger
lead than any one has taken yet.
Every man on the democratic ticket
was strong man and i NAV re-
quire the official count 20 determine
who is nominated. This much can be
said, that every figure published so
far gives Cruce the alvantaee IL is
believed he is nominated.
Other state candidates who are
probably nominated are Dunlop for
treasurer, West for attorney general,
Cameron for state superintendent.
Cross for state auditor (his death
will throw the nomination TO W. F.
Good news continue to come from
Cruce headquarters. This afternoon
Williams, who is Mr. Cruces mana
SER says he has unofficial returns
from fifty of the seventy-six counties
and that Cruce has lead of over
$4,000 and that as the returns keen
-oming in Cruces majority increases.
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the country, according TO their no.
ton.
The four societies taking this action
are the Epworth League, the Baptist
Young Peoples Union and the Chris
ian Endeavor and Presbyterian
churches.