The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
OKLAHOMA TO CHICAGO CON-
VENTION.

NGN1 lONs
We are coming Father Abraham
100000 strong" was the song of Che
hosts who responded to Abe Lincoln's
call; and they came 100000 more, an
Iinyincible force that swept all before
it. So today from Oklahoma comes
the song of the hosts 1--WE are coming
Teddy Roosevelt 100000 strong" till
the Chicago convention will resound
with oklahoma" and the magic OF
her beautiful name will appear on a
thousand banners and scintilate from
myriad lights.
A dozen special trains will be need
ed to take Oklahoma boosters to the
big convention and there will be thou
sands going by the regular trains. All
during the last week in May the adj
vance guard were preparing stopping
places and laying out the battle
grounds.
While most of the Roosevelt adher-
ents believe his will be the only name
presented to the convention and that
the nominations will be made on the
first ballot, still they are going pre-
pared to stay until the question is
finally settled
Heading the delegation is Col. Geo
c. Priestley of Bartlesville, Okla, one
0f tho nouy ctorc re tba nam o+o+o
man of Teddys own kind--whom the
republicans of the state have recently
made national committeeman. Col
Priestley is a direct descendant of Dir.
Joseph Priestley, noted chemist, physi-
cist and author cotemporaneous with
Ben Franklin and whose long headed.
ness and strategic ability find emula-
tion in mis- worthy descendent. 1t was
Col. Priestley who brought Roosevelt
to the fore and succeeded in starting
in Oklahoma the wave which will
sweep Teddy into the White House.
With Col Priestley will be Col. Bill
Higgins, ex u. S. commissioner, Geo
r. Mckinley, manager of Priestleys
campaign, Chas. Hunter, ex-Rough
Rider, Oklahoma Bear Cat Disney, the
man who makes them jump through
the hole in the doughnut, Catch 'em
Alive" Jack Abernathy ex u. S. mar
shal. Ex-Governor Frank Frantz, Billy
Cochran, congressional committee
man, j. c. Denton, republican candi-
date for congress. Booster Bill Tull
the Muskogee real estate wonder. A. |
c. Parmenter, Oklahoma's silver
orator, Miss Alive Robert |
son, post master of Muskogee and the
highest salaried woman in the u. S. |
service. Judge J. C. Dickerson, Chick
asha, ex-federal judge, p c. Dings,
banker, politician, Ardmore, Tom Wall, |
noted athlete, banker, politician, Po- |
teau, Okla, Judge Heenan, Tahlequah, |
author poet, lawyer of the early from
tier, Pat Dore Westvile, cowboy, city |
builder, Fred Stubbs. brother of Gov
ernor Stubbs, oil magnate, Joe A.
Bartles, Dewey, Okla, king cowboy,
sportsman and city builder, promoter
Of Early Days Amusement annual
held at Dewey, Okla.
Manly B. Updike, editor, publisher
Wide West & Oklahoma Bulletin. the
man of Oklahoma, who by
operation of an Oklahoma press bureau
It the convention is getting the proper
recognition for Oklahoma and its
sreat men through the American press,
md hundreds Of others whose names
ire equally as familiar, and people
Who do things" and do them with a
ush.
Such will be Oklahoma's contribu-
ion to the national convention, full
# vim and vinegar ready for a fight
II a frolic, but for Teddy first. last
md all the time.
There is no bitterness against Mr..
Taft, among them. however, they
imply feel that he hasn't measured
ip" to the standard and the spirit of
he times, and they are exercising the
reat American privilege of saying so.
IN the other hand they see in Theo-
ore Roosevelt the man Of the hour
the man of red blood and activity ii
he man who dares to do and does {
hey see the need for such a man at {
his time and Oklahoma republicans f