The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-07

in ,ha, the endorsement given Roose
welt four years ago in their conyen
ton was sufficient Mr.. Won Weis'
was Of the same opinion and moyt'
that the amendment be laid on th'
.able The yes" vote was the Taf
yre and the no vote was tht
Roosevelt vote. All Of Ardmore eX
cept precinct three voted yes, BerWyr
vote was yes, the Hewitt vote was
equally divided. Provence, Durwcod
Mulkey. Prairie Valley and Springer
voted no. The result was 223 l.
YES and IN u no. The vote dem
onstrated that the country vote was
for Roosevelt and the Taft vote was
in The town. II the entire 80 precincts
in the county had been represented
there would have been a chance for
Teddy. But either a dearth Of repub-
leans in the precincts or a lack OF
/ interest in the convention accounts
for their absence and a solid Taft
/ delegation will 20 from Carter coun-
" to III republican state conyen-
tlcn which conyenes March II in the
city of Guthrie. Taft was endorsed
for president, Jim Harris was in
dorsed for national committeeman
and the delegates were instructed to
vote and work for each and were in
structed to vote as a unit upon these
two propositions but the unit rule
was not applied to other matters
that will come up in the convention.
Judge Harreld, an enthusiastic
supporter Of Roosevelt, was there
He had his fighting clothes on He
was called upon for an address but
gave the excuse Of a sore threat.
However he was 10 his feet seyeral
times and asked for recognition. but
he failed 10 be a delegate and the
chair declined to recognize him.
Following are the committees ap-
pointed:
Credentials Sam II. Butler, S. T.
Lindsey OF Mulkey and A. p. TaylcT
of Berwyn
Resolutions George A. Ramsey
Walter Colbert and Robert A. How
ard.
Delegates -Chas. Ven Weise J. A.
Bodoyitz and c. d. Wortham.
On each of these committees one
Roosevelt and two Taft men were
appointed, except the committee on
delegates was a Taft committee.
Following are the delegates and al,
ternates:
Delegates-James T. Humphrey,
Sam owens, c. J. Gill, Sam II. But
Ter, W. b. johnson, r. A. Howard
and A. p. Taylor
Aternates-Cha Won Weise, Roy
NJ Johnson, L. S Dolman, c NJ.
Campbell, G.. A Ramsey, Da"id r
Redfield, G. d. Wortham.
Judge Humphrey addressed the
convention. lie said It made but lit
tie difference who was president If
the republicans could just redeem
oklahoma. He said the sheriff
should be made the tax assessO. and
the tax collector and that many
county and state offices could he
combined and save tha taxpayers one.
half their taxes. But ne acknowleds.
ed that republicans were NOT very
active in reducing officers when ;hey
are in power. He took occasion 10
pay very high tribute to Robert +.
Sciyally, chairman OF the board of
county commissioners since state
hood and said he had made most
excellent record in that office The
Judge was very anxious TO see Okla
hCma go republican because 1t meant
the election of William B Johnson
to the United States senate. A voice
from the crowd said Oklahoma could
be swept into the republican column
if Roosevelt were placed at the head
of the ticket.
w. w Taliaferro said that the
consolidation of the offices of tax col
lector and assessor was contrary to
TO the principles OF good government