The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-14
Do REPUBS WANT
ELECTION PURITY
is THE NOTED JAKE HAMON OF
LAYTON JOE McNEAL'S IDEAL
PURlST ?-MACHlNz POLITICS.

Oklahoma City, Okla, oct. l4.-The
republican machine politicians Of Ok
lahoma have been making fuss late
ly for honest elections.
This is the same bunch who stole
the election for congress from the late
lamented Bill Cross in territorial days
of Oklahoma.
This is the same bunch who re
fused in Ell Reno on October 10th,
to enter into an agreement with
the democratic state candidates TO
enforce all the election laws OF Ok
lahoma, and who presented a reso-
luton to the democrats, asking
them to agree to violate the princi-
pal election law now in force in
this state
Some time ago, Governor Haskell
appointed Mr. J. l.. Allen of Mus
kogee as the republican member of
the state election board Mr.. Allen
is man of high standing and integ
rity in the state OF Oklahoma.
The republican machine was not
satisfied with Mr. Aliens appoint.
ment and under the law, which
gives the state central committee OF
the dominant parties of the state the
right to name member of the state
election board, they submitted the
names Of two men to Governor Has
kell to he appointed in Mr.. Aliens
place. These two men were Frank
Greer, editor of the Guthrie Stae
Capital who needs no introduction
to the honest people of Oklahoma,
and Jake l.. Hamon of Iawton. Greer
was Ineligible for the reason that
he was printing the ballots for the
state election. Under the law, Gov
ernor Haskell was left no other al
tentative than to appoint Jake Ha-
mon as q member of the state cleo
tion board of Oklahoma, as this de
mand was made by Joe McNeals
chairman.
Jake Hamon is the man whom Sen
ator Gore charged with having offered
him q $4,000 bribe.
In view of these facts, do the dem
ocrats, socialists and honest repub-
licans of Oklahoma believe that the
Cannon-Aldrich-McNeal Stand-Pat Re
publican Machine of Oklahoma is sin
cere in wanting an honest cleo
ton?
If Joe McNeal were TO be elected
governor, wouldn't he have two mem
bcrs of the election board like Jake
Hamon?
In the last primary election, out of
$500 voting precincts in Oklahoma,
there were specific charges OF fraud
in only about fifteen of these voting
boxes. The charges that the repub-
licans are making in this state regard
ing fraud at the last primary is a re-
Election on the members of every
election board of the state, both re-
publicans and democrats, and when
you take into consideration the fact
that ninety per cent of the election
boards OF Oklahoma are farmers, it
can readily be seen how absurd this
libelous statement is
The democratic party of Oklahoma
is law abiding party. and stands
for the strict enforcement of all the
election laws, including the grand
father clause and 1t knows that the
| election board of this state will con
duct fair election, and have an
! honest count
If the republican machine politi-
clans of Oklahoma are in earnest
about having a fair and honest elec.
tion why did they demand the dis
missal of man with the high stand
ing OF Mr.. Allen, and force on the
election board Jake l.. Hamon, who
Senator Gore and Republican Con
gresham Creager swears, tried tC
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