The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-01-05
County Primary Denied.

when a resolution was offered to en-
dorse him for the same place for the
next four years, the county committee
said nav, nay and turned down the
resolution.
Wherefore the friends of Galbreath
claim that Brady was afraid to knock
the chip from the formers shoulder
and test the question of supremacy in
the home county of the two men, and
in that way they say their man has all
the better of the argument.
1t is also duly chronicled in history
that following the meeting of the
county committee, Brady suggested
statewide primary, to be held in
August when the question could be
settled by all of the democratic voters
of the state. Mr.. Galbreath came right
back with the assertion that this was
an attempt on the part of Brady to
"perpetuate himself as committee
man" since by August the other men,
bers of the national committee will
have been selected, organized and
down to the actual work of electing a
president, as candidate for the pres
idency will be nominated in national
convention along about July 4. This
argument never has been met with a
real comeback from the other camp,
wherefore the Galbreath adherents
again claim to have the better of it.
Is Erady's Move.
And SO it would appear that it is
Brady's move, but just what that move
will be or when it Will come appeareth
not to the present generation. tt
would be possible to let matters stand
as they are and to leave the matter of
voting up to the Tulsa county delega-
ton in the state convention February
%, each man getting what he could
when the county delegation is select
ed. Then 1t would be possible to re-
consider the question and hold coun-
ty primary along the lines suggested
by Galbreath, but that is bad guess.
This thing of holding statewide
in August? Well, that's an.
other thing. There are three other
interested parties-as interested as
either of the two from Tulsa--who for
these many moons have been casting
their eyes toward the national com
mitteemanship, and it is but a natural
that they also will have
to say. While no one of
them has stood right up in meeting
and said nay. it also is natural to sup
pose that they will unanimously op-
pose the idea of the statewide primary, |
which Mr., Brady has proposed for |
the Ides of August. The three other
gentlemen who are interested beacuse
they also are candidates are John B. !
Doolin, of Alva; DIR. D. M. HALEY, of !
and Robert Gillian of Ard. !
more. And each of them has been |
making some committeeman medicine |
On his own account all the while.
Pretty Situation. /
Sure, it's pretty situation and the
genius who guesses the best way out /
IS entitled to something handsome.
Those there are who predict that one
Charles ~ Haskell eventually will take
'ut stack of chips and get in the
same as Brady's partner. That. too,
ooks like a poor guess. The former
governor is cerdited with political as
uteness second to none. and no one,
lot even Galbreath's opponents, in the
ace, will deny the fact that he has
Whole lot OF friends and influential
mes at that. in Oklahoma
To meddle in the national commit.
affray in behalf of one can
idate and thus gain the i'll will of am
ther with powerful following un.
would be mighty bad medi-
inc for anyone looking fer any Unit
d States senatorship that happens to
e lying around loose. Furthermore.
ialbreath supported Haskell for gov
rnor in 1907 and at one and the same
ime voted for Robert L. Owen for
Inited tSates senator.
For these reasons it seems that in
erference in the side issue of select
lg national committeeman would
lake the handling of hot potatoes (
anne and uninteresting sport by com /
arison, for those who have ambitions
therwise, and again it appears
trough the same eyes of the innocent
ystander that Galbreath has a shade
etter of the argument in Tulsa to
his day of grace in the waning year
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