The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-15
PRIMARY PLAN
WILL BE USED
IN OKLAHOMA


a practical presidential primary
determined the choice OF the Demo
lcratic voters of Oklahoma OF non
inee for the presidency is p9ssibl
Iity for 1912, acoriing to a plan work
ed our by Chairman Fred r. Bansol
,of the state Democratic central con
mttee which will be carried into ei
feet, If IL meets the approval OF th'
rank and file OF the party.
Chairman BransOn pans TO have
small ballots printed bearing th'
names of the avawed candidates 10
the presidential nomination, with
blank left for the names of AM
ether presidential possibility who's,
eandidacy has net been announced
the name of the voters choice to be
written in ii he iavors someone 9th
er than the aYowed candidates Inc
| ball9ts would bear the names OF Jud
son A. Harmon Woodrow Wilson
and Champ Clark, To be voteG for in
the usual way with a blank space lof
Il choice outside Ot those three
The ballots will be printed ut the
expense of the state central commit
}tee. and distributed at the precinc,
meetings which will he held Satur
day Februar 10. An effort will bc
made to have as large a representa-
ton Of the voters as is possible at the
precinct meetings and thus secure
an accurate expression OF the vii OF
the voters on the question OF the
nominee, the instruction Of the Ok
lahoma delegation. as we'll as the in
dicatiOn of a second choice.
oklahoma viii. be the first state to
select delegates to the national con-
venhon, and with the adoption Of
the plan as proposed hy Chairman
Branson the Democracy of Oklahoma
would be the first to employ the presi-
dental primary idea. recently repud-
lated by the Republican national com
mittee and approved hy the Demo
cratic nationa. committee With the
provision that the states adopt their
own plans for such primary ana bear
the expense incident t0 carrying it
into effect
The following Official call for the
state convention and detailed plan for
the selection of delegates TO the
county convention was is5ued last
week by State Chairman Brans1n
The Democrats Of the State Of Okla
homa Will Take Notice:
That your state Democratic cen
tra committee, at a meeting held at
Oklahoma City on October Z 1911,
passed the following resolution
among others.
BE 1t Resolved by the state Demo
cratic central committee of Oklaho-
ma
.,,bc. +lo et,t, ocn,o,+io,, no ,,Ii
ed to meet at Oklahoma City at 10
o'clock a. M, on the 22nd day OF
February, A. d, 1912 for the pu'-
pose Of electing twenty 600 dele
gates (and alternates) to the national
Democratic convention to be held in
the year 1912 and also to select
pres dental electors; elect a member
of the national Democratic commit
tee. and transact such other business
as may properly come before such
THAT each county in the state
shall be entitled TO the following rep
resentaton in said convention: One
GD delegate for every two hundred
l200). or major fraction thereof. votes
cast for the Democratic nominee for
governor at the last election
THAT on Saturday, February 10,
1912. at O'Clock D. m, in the pre-
cincts under call OF the several coun
ty chairmen OF the state, delegates
shall be elected to the several com
ty conventions, under such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed By
the several county committees: and
that the county conventions, compos-
ed OF the delegates 50 selected at the
precinct conventions. shall meet on
February II, 1912. and Select dele
gates to the state convention.
That the chairman of this com
mttee is authorized and directed 70
issue call for such conventions,
setting ont the representation that
resolution and the secretar" OF the
state committee is directed to notify
the several chairmen and secretaries
of the county committees OF the ac-
ton of this committee in this mas-
ter
Now. therefore, as chairman OF the
state Democratic central committee,
and by virtue Of the above resolution,
hereby call state Democratic con
vention to convene at the Auditorium,
in Oklahoma City, Okla. promptly at
10 o'clock a. m. on Thursday, Febru-
airy %. 1912; that said convention
shall be composed OF delegates from
each and every county of this state,
which delegates shall be selected III
the following manner:
The chairmen of each Of the county
central committees Of the state shall
call their respective committees to
meet as early as practicable, sugges-
tion is made that they be called 20
meet not later than Saturday Jdnu-
airy q. 1912. and fix the ratio OF rep
resentation which each precinct in
the county shall have in the county
and shall call conven-
tion to be held in each precinct IN
the county on February 10, 1912,
elect the precinct delegates TO the
county convention: that each coun
tv convention shall be held on Satur-
day, February II, 1912. The respee-
tive couny conventions shall be com
posed of the duly elected delegates
from each precinct. the number Of
delegates from each precinct being n
accordance with the ratio OF repre-
sentation fixed by the county com
mittee.
The county conventions held on
February II. 1912. shall elect dele
gates to the state convention. to meet
as above set forth on February 22,
1912 the ratio of representation OF
each county i'm said state convention
to be one delegate (and one alter