The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-17

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lEsr issautlful nans VII appear sa !
lthoEsaad bznnerS ard SeialiIate froa
lmgrizd Hgh.s
+ 4 doren special trains I'll b neeS
ed 10 take 0klaaoma boosters 70 II.
lbig convention and there vii be thou
sands going by the regular trains. Al
during the last week ia Nay the ad
yance guard we're preparing stopping
places and laying out the ba5tls
igFounds.
While most Of the Roosevelt adher
euts believe his viii Be the only name
presented 10 the convention and that
the nominations will be made on the
hrst ballot stiH they are going pre-.
pared 70 stay until the question is
finally settled
Heading the delegation Is Col. Geo.
C. Priestley q Bartlesville. Okla. one
q the new stars Of the new stata-a
man Of Teddys own kind-whom the
republicans Of the stare have recently
made national committeeman. Col.
Priestley is q direct descendant OF Dr..
Joseph Priestley. noted chemist. physl-
.cist and author ootemp0raneous with
Ben Franklin and whose long headed
ness and strategic ability ind emula-
ton in MS worthy deseendent 1t vas
Col Priestleg who brought Roosevelt
TO the fore and succeeded in starting
in Oklahoma the wave which viii
sweep Teddy into the White House.
With Col Priestley VIII be Col. Bill
Higgins. ex [. s. commissioner. Geo.
R Mckinley, manager OF Priestley's
campaign. Chas. Hunter. ex-Rough
Rider, Oklahoma Bear Cat Disney. the
man who makes them jump through
the hole in the doughnat. Catch 'em
Alive" Jack AbeFnathy ex [. 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.
G. Parmenter. Oklahoma's silver
tongued orator. Miss Alive Robert
son, post master OF Muskogee and the
highest salaried woman in the II. S.
service. Judge ]. c. Dickerson, Chick. |
asha, ex-federal Judge. P. c. Dings,
banker. politician, Ardmore. Tom Wall. |
noted athlete, banker, politician. Po- |
-eau, Okla. Judge Heenan. TahleQuah. /
author poet. lawyer of the early from
-ier, Pat Dore. Westyille, cowboy, city /
builder, Fred Stubbs. brother Of Coy
srnor Stubbs. oil magnate. Joe A. |
Bartles, Dewey. Okla. king cowboy. |
sportsman and city builder. promoter
Of Early Days Amusement annual
celebration held at Dewey. Okla.
Manly 3. 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
for Oklahoma and it's
great men through the American press, II
md hundreds Of others whose names
IRE equally as familiar. and people
gho do things and do them with
-ush.
Such will be oklahomas contribu-
ion 10 the national convention. full
If vim and vinegar ready for fight
II a frolic. but for Teddy first, last
ind all the time.
There is no bitterness against Mr..
Taft, among them, however. they
imply feel that he hasn't measured
lp' 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-
lore Roosevelt. the man of the hour"
-the man Of red blood and activity
he man who dares to do and does"
they see the need for such man at
his time and Oklahoma republicans
re patriots first and politicians after
Yards.
What care they for the fossil re-
mains Of past and gone custom"
ghat care they for precedent or for
shat has been;@ Oklahoma is look
ng into the future and her citizens ;
re broad enough to see the march OF
utilization and big enough OF demand
len as their leaders who have the
ourage to take them to that civiliza-
ions farthermost limits.
During the closing week of the col ,