The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-29

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| Son plan OF eiectlnS tHlttu states
senators.
The resolution was opposed by
Judge Il. p. Hill of McAlester State
Senator Van Deventer, Bartlesville,
and Judge r. C. Allen of Wagner.
But William III. Murray made his
leading argument in which he charg-
ed, in effect that II such a measure
were enacted it would mean that the
people had lost faith in their repre-
| sentatives in congress and that the
whole fabric of states rights would
be annihilated.
Judge Williams demanded roll
call on the vote which rejected the
report of the minority. After Okla
homa county bound by the unit rule,
had cast its 81 votes for the resolu-
| tion, Chairman Rogers of the delega-
| tion announced that the delegates
had been laboring under a misap-
| prehensicn and that the county,
vote would be cast against the re-
port. Pontotoc county, which had
previously cast solid vote of 81
for the resolution, changed its vote
and the resolution lost by vote of
| 600 to 334.
The majority report in which each
candidate for the various state Of
fees was nominated and indorsed,
and the state administration WIS
| indorsed was adopted
The convention took no action IL
| the matter of nominating a candi-
date for state examiner and inspec-
| tor After the committee on rules
| Of trpfnncc cd
| discuss the one point which had
! been left open after the adoption of
both majority and minority reports,
the legal arguments were such as {"
convince the members of the COM
mittee that there was no vacancy IT.
the office of state examiner and in
| spector which the convention had
the power or authority to fill.
| 1T was this question which had
| threatened to bring on the first real
| test of strength at the afternoon ses-
sion of the convention when a ma
| jority report, identical with that of
the minority except that it provided
! for nominations and ratification of
state Officers and congressman
while the report of the majority
provided for no nominations. This
was intended to eliminate the fight
which was to he taken as a direct
| slap at the administration in the
face of the recent appointment or
| Fred Parkinson to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Charles A.
Taylor
HarriIi Reelected.
| The new state committee met in
the morning at the Lee-Iiuckins ana
organized by electing Tom HarriIl
of Wagner chairman. Dave Fraw-
| ley of Alya secretary and K.
Thurmond of Sayre. treasurer. These
things were accomplished after
few changes had been made in the
original states and they proved sat
| isfactory to every wing.
| After the election of officers of the
state committee. it was evident thay
the rest of the slate would go
through about as prepared Georges
H.. Bowman of Kingfisher, was made
temporary chairman. and j. e. Ter
rell of Hobart was elected temporary
secretary
The first skirmish occurred when
William H Murray introduced a mo-
1AOb AhdI In1 1OlulhALtCto UC lnadC
up of delegates from each judicial
district Then came an objection
from j. I. Coleman of Ardmore who
pointed out that the method Of
choosing committees did not give
fair representation for the reason
that there are number of districts
which have two judges.
He therefore, introduced an
amendment to the effect tnat the
membership in committees should
be apportioned by district judges.
The amendment was not acceptable
to Murray who stated that it would
be unwise to establish the precedent
in this convention, although ne was
willing that it should be followed in
coming conventions.
Judge Doyle of the court of Grim
inal appeals seconded Cofeman's mo
tion and then Murray charged that
the opposition was based on expedi-
ency. In the meantime 1t became
evident by the clamor that arose
from the delegates that the original
motion would lose and Murray made
the motion that the amendment be
tabled Here was where Justice IL.
H. w ltlldillS VI tnc SUPP cltC tOul
arose to a point of order and an
other clamor arose after which Muir
ray announced that rather than
take the time to call the roll, he
would agree to the amendment and
on motion of d. H. Linebaugh the
resolution, as amended, was adopt
ed.
Committees Named.
Then came long wait while the
delegates from the different judici%
districts held their caucuses TO
name the members of the four com
mittees: on credentials, organiza-
ton. rules and order of business and
platform and resolutions as provid-
ed for in the amended Murray reso-
luton. 1t was in these caucuses that
the anti-administration feeling be-
came evident and in one or two coun-
ties where the opposition element
was in the majority. there were OPP
en- breaks. One of these occurred
in the caucus of the MuskogeeNWag-
oner county delegates. where Dis
trict Judge R. C. Allen had been
slated for membership of the resolu-
tions committee. 1t was known that
Judge Allen was in favor of abolish
ing the superior courts. He was
left off the committee and S. V.
O'Hare substituted. Judge Allen was
upheld by a majority of the Wagon
er county delegation although the