The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-09
REPUBLICAN PARTY
NAMED And HALT
Party Headless, Trunkless And Feet
less According to Lawton Man
Tbrou out Harris

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trunkless ana ieetcss n TIE opiaion
.of E M Tmmaayer Of awtan recent
Republican ale ~ the UMtad
SJates a8 aa a5leel
leue ,a M #ulsa World giving his
views Wlg republican state
tion shoull be called which jit-
aai ma 8Ha hra0 Em Haris
bodily eH } ioa a1d he
ranks o a.e Hs o che party
lC might and probably will be neu-
toned by lIaus tha. Parmentor AS &
defeated candidate simply refuses 10
take the salt creek expedition pro-
yided for him free Of charge by the res
publicans on August 6. but he insists
he is in earnest and the indications
are that many other republican leaders
will be back of an insurgent move
ment in the standpat element of the
party one of the strangest political
occurrences which might take place
In recent Editorials, Evrett Purcell
editor of the Enid Events and post
master of Enid not only agreed but
urged that Harris be eliminated and
a state convention be held, one of the
things which neytr will happen in the
present year of our Lord, if any move
on the part of Harris can prevent Col
onel William Higgins of Bartlesyille
also is one of the hackers of this pro-
gram.
The republican, leaders, assert that
at the recent meeting of the state cen
trail committee at Guthrie, the steam
roller which caused the formation of
a new party at Chicago, was not in it
with the way Jim Harris railroaded
himself almost into the job of national
committeeman They insist this job
cannot be given away by the state
committee that republicans should hold
state convention and endorse can
didate to succeed George Priestley,
also ratify the candidates nominated
in the August primary.
Parmenter's Letter.
The letter of Parmenter in part is
as follows:
II received copy of the World of
August q, and note therein your COM
ments upon the condition of the repub-
lican party at this time, in this state.
'In every campaign in Oklahoma for
eleven years, have taken the stump
and preached the doctrines of republi-
canism, and the hour has never been
dark enough for our party in this state,
that ! have not believed it to be in
finitely better than the democratic
party. feel a deep and abiding in
terest in its welfare
CAS- l view it, the republican party
in Oklahoma today is trunkless, head
less, and feetless. We have no state
platform, and no man on earth can
guess what the republican party itself
stands for within the state. Here we
are. stumbling along, trying to keep
the party alive, and no convention OF
the rank and file or its members is
called We seem to have degenerate
ed into a party of the committee. by
the committee and for the commit
teean. have accepted invitations to
make campaign speeches, beginning
Friday, September IS. If an inquiring
voter should ask me what the republi
can party of the state stands for, in
humiliation and shame, | would be
compelled to answer. "No man know
eth"
Does the party stand for econ
omy?' 4 don't know, would be the
answer. Is it running on the socialist
platform? don't know would be
the answer. Well what does it stand
for?' Well, | don't know, would be
the answer What is there in this tC
attract the Independent voter? The
fact is, that the republicans have
troubles enough without being put il
the hole that we are now put in, BY
the failure of our state committee tC
call a state convention. A nationa
campaign with no state convention, ol
state platform is an absurdity There
are republicans whose hearts ache fol
a strong, aggressive and progressive
declaration of principle They woulC
like to be for something and have {
chance to do something. The progress
sives have broad platform. The dem
oerats held big enthusiastic and ex
citing state convention. The social
lists have a declaration of principles
stand for certain ideas and work to
wards that end.
Party is Past Hope.
Insofar as matters Of this kind arr
concerned, the republicans of the stat