The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-07

sou to furnish me With any evidence
OF improper conduct as 20 any mem
bers of the state election board tha;
may have come 70 your notice said
Governor G. y. Haskell, Wednesday,
ju written reply to an open let.
ter Of ". n. Murray Of Tishomingo,
candi ate for governor. In which the
latter stated the board was favor.
ing his opponent. Lee Cruce OF
Ardmore, IN the appointment Of Of
, ficials for the primaries, August ?
Governor Haskell strongly refutes
Murray's statements that all candi
dates will not be given fair play
. IN the August canvass, and says
with proper evidence Of an unfair
action on the part Of the election
board he wiz take immediate steps
looking 10 the removal Of those con
ccrnod.
/ in his communication Mr.. Murray
made a bitter attack on Fred Bran.
son, chairman Of the state demo.
I cratic committee. and in his letter
Wednesday, Governor Haskell quotes
from the legislative records to show
that he Murray had been msin-
formei as to Mr. Brarson's stand on
several important bills which came
before the legislature OF which Mr.
Murray was speaker
Murray's Claims.
Following Is Governor Haskell's
reply which follows the open letter
published over Mr. Mumay's sigma
ture:
Oklahoma City, Okla.
July 6, 1910.
"fIon. VIM. II. Murray:
Your open letter published in the
press of yesterday. addressed to Hon
William Linn. secretary Of the su.
preme election board. has been call
ed to my attention ! find it reads
as follows:
Open Letter.
'"Okahoma City. Okla,
July 4. 1910.
""1o tho Honorable VIII Linn. Sec.
retary Supreme Election Board
Dear Sir:
81 wish TO call your attention to
the fact that the supreme election
board of the state. consisting of
three members, of which YOU are
secretary and Fred =. lranson Is
chairman, the other member being
u republican, are charged with the
duty of holding and conducting the
primary election on the 2nd day of
August. ard that my understanding
iS that not n single member OF
this board Is friendly TO me In this
campaign. Whether this be true or
not, ! do know that your associate
member, Fred =. Branson, is and
has been my personal and political
enemy. growing largely out of the
contests Ia the first legislature over
my advocacy of the guarantee bank
: law, the prohibition law. and the
: measure providing for gross pro
. duction tax upon oil.
"I wish TO call your attention &c
y the fact that in some Of the counties
r of the state the managers of one
, OF my opponents. the Hon. Lee
Crucc. are either inspectors or mem
bers Of the county election board
and whilo in some of the other cou0
e ties the election officers are my
friends but the Information has
- come 10 me- particularly in the
n case OF Tillman county, that Mr.
!. Branson has informed them that II
- was perfectly proper for sail mem
bcrs OF the county board to manage
Mr. Cruces campaign. | do not know
TO what extent these things are
within your knowledge. but | do
know that even without your knowl
edge II is within the possibility of
county boards by mutilating ballots
and otherwise, 10 change the re.
suit in those counties wherein strong
partisans of the opposing candidates
are in charge of the campaign: and
/ further sumbit that II is contrary
TO good principles OF honestly con.
Quoted elections for any manager O.
any candidate for public Office To
constitute any portion of the elec.
. tion machinery of the state. county.
or precinct, in view OF the fact that
, when men are emhroilcd in the can.
vass they are naturally disposed to
believe that those who stand opposed
. to them in their community or sec.
-, tjou have been unfair in the con
test. and this leads to the belief