Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-02-24
FIELD lead ALL THE Way
OkLAHOMN'S VOTE IN NATIONAL.
CONVENTION WILL HE
"IlAIF AND HALE"
HASEELLISM TO OBLIVION
Former Governor Has Little Attcn-
ton Paid Him; Democracy of
Stale j. Badly Dlsintcgratcd.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 23-(Spe-
ciaI) machine like organlza-
ton the forces of Robert Galbreath,
Tulsa cuunty's candidate for national
committeeman swept the democratic
state convention today ana elected
the Tulsa candidate national com
mitteeman from the state of Olllahp-
ma. If was notable victory for tho
Tulsa man, and marked a fitting close
to the two days of the stormiest con-
venton ever witnessed In the South
west. John Doolin. of Alya Woods
county; Dr. Haley, Of McAlester,
Pittsburk county; Webber, of Wash
ington county. and Crawford, Of Sc
quoyah county, were the opponents
of Galbreath. but 1t soon narrowed
down to "A contest between the Tulsa
| candidate and Doolin, who was back
ed by all the strength of the admins,
tration, On the final roll can, Gal
breath polled 400 votes and Doolir
143.
The convention adjourned sine die
at 2:20 this afternoon after having
been in session since / o'clock Thurs-
day afternoon.
Split on Clark and Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
and Champ Clark Of Missouri will d.
vide the oklahoma vote in the ma
| tional convention under the terms of
a compromise that was put through
at O'Clock this morning, after hours
of fighting on the floor Of the con-
vention. The compromise provides
that ten delegates shall vote for VIII
son and ten for Clark, with the pro-
vision when the Clark men leave
Clark they shall vote for Wilson, and
vice versa.
The following are the Wilson dele
gates selected late this afternoon by
the convention. Delegates at large:
O. j. Fleming. f. ]. Giddings, w. w.
Hastings, w. II. Murray T. Z. Gore.
George l.. Bowman, b. ID. Hite, \. IL.
Owen, Il. p. Hill and s. c. Barret
They were instructed to cast five
woes az unit. The Wilson delegates
by district with their alternates are
as follows; First District-T. $.
Chambers; alternate, ] S. Kelly. Dis
trict No. 2-J. ]. Carney; alternate
Judge Cornell. District No. 3-S. v.
O'Hare; alternate. c. II. Davis. Dis
trict No. IT, w. Hunter; alternate,
Il. T. Crittenden. District No. g.
T, l.. Wade; alternate, A. ID. Burch.
The Delegates at Large.
The Clarke delegation at large, in,
structed to cast five votes as unit,
was composed of r. l.. williams,
Scott Ferris, Fred p. Branson, How
ard Webber, Henry,S. Johnston,
George W. Bellamy ahsb. S. Mitchell
with w. A. Collier, w. n. Maber and
A. s. c. Bierer as alternates.
The Clark district delegates We're:
First district-Roy Hoffman, j. J.
Bealer. alternate. District No. q
W. II. Wilcox; w. II. McCook, alter
nate. District No. 81. r.. Sam
mons; alternate, j. w. Sullins. Dis
trict No. 4-P. B. Cole; alternate.
John Ellard. District No. 5--E. K.
Thurmand; alternate, f. d. Glasco.
The presidential electors at large
were Sherman c. HarreI, Joseph W.
Foster. J. ID. Scott, II. II. Brennan
and j. w. BOlens, and the congress
ional electors were David Batner, r.
A. Beard. S. IL. Mayes. j. c. Thomp-
son and j. NJ. Williams.
Split Comes as Surprise.
The contest over the presidential
candidates was launched shortly after
o'clock this morning when William
ii. Murray chairman CT the resolu-
tions committee, introduced reso-
luton proposing the split delegation
plan. The plan had previously been
discarded by the Clark forces and
accepted by the Wilson men, so the
resolution came as somewhat Of q
surprise to the delegates. A bitter
fight followed In which Murray used
every artifice In his power to push
over the resolution. Shortly before
) o'clock. a roll call vote was taken
and the compromise went through by
a narrow margin. Adjournment was
then taken until 10 o'clock. The con.
gressional conventions were to be
held before that tine so the conven.
tlon could pass on the delegates.
When the final session was called
to order, the national committeeman
fight was launched. Adalr county
was first on the roll call and they
yielded to Tulsa county. Thomas
Lyons rose to his feet and for ten
minutes held the closest attention OF
the convention In a masterful noml-
mating speech of Robert Galbreath.
When he sat down, the greatest DEM