The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-15
THE HASKELL MEN
HARD At WORK
EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO
HAVE HASKELL eNOOhStO
OVER BOB OWEN SATURDAY.


Democratic conventions in every
county in Oklahoma will be held sat
urday afternoon, February II, and
Clar, and Wilson headquarters III
Washu-ton are sending ont requests
to receive by wire reports from each
county in the state. Many Of the
couu'c. will instruct their delegates,
while others will go unnstructed. Et-
forts are being MADE to secure
sufficient number of instructed votes
from the counties to secure an en-
dorscmcnt by the state convention.
The Wilson and the Clark followers
are both of the opinion that they can
capture the state and they will make
an effort to do So Already plans
are being made to capture the control
OF the organization OF the state con
vcutiou.
While the presidential rae" is the
one center about which politics in
the state convention will reNolvc,
yet there is another feature being
coupled with the organization of the
state convention and tha is the sen
aoria light between owen and Has
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to have a suite of rooms at the
Skiryin and 1t is said that he and
his following will make an attempt to
capture the convention and obtain an
endorsement Of the former governor
for the United States senate.
Haskell workers are today as busy
as bees in every section Of the state.
They are as quiet as mice in their
operations, but they are turning ev-
cry available stone 10 do effective
work From one county to another
Haskell workers are going. The plan
is to secure an open endorsement for
the former governor if it can be done
in the proper manner and where 1t
cannot be done the plan is to have a
majority of the delegates Haskell
supporters and when the delegates
are chosen there will be a careful
counting of the noses to determine
whether Charlie Haskell can control
the convention and save his cand,-
dacy for the United States senate en-
dOrsed by the state convention. When
there is something to do Charlie Has
kell never sleeps. Bob Owen is in
the senate, he will probably be at
the state convention but has not
said SO, it is certain however that
owen is not working politics in the
state now. He is making no attempt
to capture the state convention.
Whether the endorsement of the
politicians OF the state will help the
former governor of the state or not
is a question that the politician is
better equipped to pass upon. The
laws of Oklahoma provide that al!
the people shall pass upon the fit
ness of the two men at state pri-
mary election to be held next Aug
ust and if Haskell is endorsed at
Oklahoma City on Washingtons birth
day 1t means the arousing of every
owen worker in the state TO have
the politicians of the state repudi-
ated at the polls
Tmhat the Oklahoman expects the
counties to make some endorsements
aside from the regular line of work
in the county conventions Is seen
from the blanks which that paper has
sent out TO its correspondents and
they desire the reports filed immedi-
ately after the convention adiourns
and will pay the day rate instead
of the night rate on these dis
patches.
From reports received over SSe
state it seems that Robert Gillian,
Nlhe Ardmorc candidate for national
committeeman, is gaining ground
and there are reasons to believe that
he will be elected on the first bal
lot. Bob Gillian has not mixed his
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