The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-29

the superior courts which ne submit
ted to the resolutions committee.
An adjournment was taken until
o'clock in order that the committees
might meet and report as soon as
possible.
Immediately after the convention
was called TO order after adjourn
ment, the matter of nominating a
state examiner and inspector was
brought TO the front in the report OF
the committee on rules and order OF
business Those who hSd been or
the opinion that this matter would
not ioe brought up in the convention
We're prepared TO argue against it
rom number OF angles and two
reports were read. The minority
report provided for nominations
and ratification OF state officers and
congressman In the report of the
majority the word nominations"
was omitted.
Fight on Examiner.
In the debate which followed w.
b. Richards OF Oklahoma county
made a plea for the adoption OF the
majority report. w. n. Maben of
Shawnee declared that there was a
vacancy in the office of state exam.
iner and Inspector and called atten-
tlon TO the fact that Republicans
would name a candidate and that the
Democrats should do the same. Pat
Goulding of Enid seconded the mo-
tion that the minority report be
adopted and j. T. Coleman of Ard
more argued that the state commit
tee was the proper body to handle
the question. A. V. Van Deventer
OF Bartlesville was for putting the
matter up to the convention in which
the people had more voice than in
the committee. The argument was
prolonged and the excitement was
becoming intense when the chair
recognized c. ~ Haskell of Musko-
gee.
rs there vacancy" Mr.. Haskell
asked the convention. Il have not
looked up the law: ! do not know
anything about the case; hut it
seems as IL it would be we'll for us
to find out whether or not there is a
vacancy before we go in with this
argument" he continued 1t was
the cue the convention had been
waiting for and it was acted upon at
once. Mr.. Haskell further helped to
bring the debate TO a close by NOV
ing that the reports of the majority
and of the minority be adopted in
sofar as they were identical and that
the committee be sent back into con-
ference to lock up the legal points
involved.
Judge Williams offered an amend
ment that the district judges from
every district except Oklahoma coun-
ty be made members of the commit
tee and the two reports were adopt
ed as recommended by Ex-Governor
Haskell
Limbaugh Chairman,
Another small surprise came when
the committee on permanent organi-
zation made its report, recommend
ing that ID III. Linebaugh be made
permanent chairman. 1t had been
the impression that this night in
woke some opposition but the report
was adopted unanimously The 9th
er officers of the permanent organi-
cation as recommended by the com
mittee were John M Young of Law
ton, secretary; Earl Whitney of Sem
mole county. assistant secretary, and
Stacey Brown of Ell Reno, assistant
secretary John E. Johnson of Sc
quoyah county was named sergeant
at arms and Luther Harrison was
made reading clerk.
While the convention was waiting
for the resolutions committee to re
port Chairman Limbaugh appointed
MIR. Haskell and delegate from
Greer county to escort Senator Gore
to the Auditorium. When the sen
ator arrived in the hall, he was met
with applause which lasted for sew
eral minutes.
At the close of his address. an ad-
journment was taken until s O'Clock,
the resolutions committee having
failed to report.
Resolutions Read.
The Democratic state convention IL
enthusiastic for Woodrow Wilson,
but the widest burst of applause
which greeted the report of the res-t
olutions committee by alfalfa Bill"
Murray, its chairman, was when the
magic name of William Jennings
Bryan was mentioned in laudatory
terms.
One of the surprises of the com
mittee's report was the naming of
Judge j. j. Carney of El Reno, as
the party candidate for congressman
from the second district, it being
understood during the afternoon that
a mistake had been made in the
count and that James S. Ross of ok
lahoma City had received majority
When the list of party candidates
was read however, commencing
with United States Senator Robert
L. owen, that of Carney was in the
list.
"A strong resolution, condemning
the federal government for selling
liquor lisenses in prohibition states,
drew the fire of f. J. Gicdings OF
Oklahoma City who rose and asked
Judge Talbot, it's author. why he at
tempted to inject social question
into a political meeting. The crowd
was evidently with Talbot and Gid
dings was invited TO go back to Bal
timore" and asked whats the itat-
ter with Clarke"
Among the resolutions submitted
by the committee was one favoring
revision of the state primary law.
The chairman of the cnvention
was authorized to name committee
of five TO draft better primary law.
The allowing of members of one