The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-28

ALL IN AND
! BOOKS CLOSED
TWO FILE FOR CORPORA.
TON COMMISSION AT
ELEVENTH HOUR

The closing OF the lists in the
office of the state election oard
last night found several hundreds
of citizens still anxious lest their
names had not properly been filed
or that a mistake might occur in
the crossing of "t' or the dotting
of an IL which might have invali-
dated their election. in case they
were to he that fortunate.
it was the last day for filing for
Legislative office within the state. as
candidate for congressman. ty dis
trict or al large. for the senate.
Justice OF the supreme court, cor
poration commissioner, presidential
elector or Judge of the court OF
criminal appeals.
There are stnl thirty democratic
candidates for the nomination for
congressman at large. Two more
filed yesterday and four who had
filed previously Withdrew. Those
who withdrew are Joe Lawhead OF
Anadarko, G. w. Cornell of Weather
ford. who files instead as candi-
date for representative in congress
from the second district: w j,
Caudill. state enforcement officer,
and Harry Allen Those who filed
for representative at large on the
democratic ticket are Robert Lee
Anderton of Oklahoma City and
Charles Adler of Guthrie.
For Corporation Commission.
State Senator Harry Allen OF
Aidmore withdrew from the race
for congresmsan at large last night
and filed for corporation commits
sioner on the democratic ticket.
Among the other late filings also is
that of r. p. Bowles of Durant. for
corporation commissioner. fhe pc
tition OF Eugene Gill for place on
the ballots as representative from
Oklahoma county. was one OF the
last received during the evening.
The first Oklahoma county district
from which Wash Sorrels, Lon Fos-
ter and E. L. Sheldon fled yester-
day is one OF the strongest republi-
can districts in the state. made so
ny a republican board of county
commissioners in a neat gerry
mander.
Clerks in the office of Ben Riley,
secretary of the state election,
board. were kept busy until late
hour last night filing petitions and
catching up with the business OF the
office incident to the last day of
fling.
The republican list of candidates
for congressman at large increased
TO eleven Those who filed yester-
day are A. w. Maxwell OF Guthrie
and P. s. Coleman of Wiiburton
Judge John J. Carney OF FL Reno
also sent in his fling for congress
man from the second district on the
democratic ticket. Wash Sorrels OF
City, a democrat, filed for
from Oklahoma coun-
Nv first district, and o. NJ. Morris
OF Duncan. democrat filed for rep
from Stephens county,
With the entry of b. c. Parmen-
ter of I.awton who filed yesterday,
there are now FIVE republicans in
the race for the nomination for
United states senator.
Many New Candidates.
Others who filed are Frank H.
Mcclure of Guthrie, republican, for
from Logan county,
first district; L. n. Brown of Okla
noma City. prohfbitionist. for presl-
iential eIector; A. l.. j. Merri-
Weather of Boynton, republican
or state senator. twenty-seventh
district. NJ. simpson Allen of Ok
ahoma city prohfbitionist. for pres
Dental elector; c. =. Clark OF Law
on. republican. for representative
n congress from the fifth district;
I. b. Morford Of Lawton, republi-
an. for state senator, seventeenth