The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-07-16
Durant Senator Declares Machine
Forces are Supporting West and
Robertson in Opposition
to Leading Candidate
ROSS APPEALS
FOR BOB DUNLOP
Presents Claims Of Bob as an Ene-
my Of State Wide Prohibition
and Advocate Of Local
Option


Chickasha avenue, a fair crowd heard
two strong speeches with the candi-
dacy of Judge r. l.. Williams and Bob
Dunlop as the subjects, the speakers
being J. F. Mcintosh of Durant, state
senator, for Judge Williams, and Hon
Leslie p. Ross for Dunlop.
Though they spoke from the same
platform the speeches were hardly in
the class of debate, both men being
content to set forth their candidates
strong points without getting particu-
larly vitriolic about it. At that, their
statements were crossed up several
times and there were plenty of chances
FOR arguments.
Speaking for Judge Williams and
laying particular stress on the ma
chine" question, Mr.. Mcintosh said in
part:
What is left of the old Haskell ma
chine, headed by the former governor,
is for Charles West. What exists of
the present administration machine is
| for ]. B. A. Robertson.
"The Oklahoma News recently re-
ported meeting held at the home OF
the governor of Oklahoma, where it
was determined that the adninistra-
tion machine would support Robert
son. 1t is well known that some men
connected with the present admins
| tration cannot be controlled by the ad-
ministration machine. II was an
nounced in this article that the man
ayers of the administration machine
would support j. B. A. Robertson. 1t
was stated that the arrangement with
the Robertson managers is that John
r. Williams will continue to handle
the school land department DR.. J. G.
Mahr will hold on to his medical ma
chine, Lon Frame controls the board
OF affairs, and Ben Riley manipulates
the election department if they can
succeed in electing Robertson 1t is
we'll known that the secretary of the
election board took no part in the
machine affairs. The action of these
men since the reported meeting con
firms the published article. They are
now busy supporting Robertson, using
all the power of the school land ma
chine, the medical machine, the board
of affairs machine and the election
board machine to defeat Judge Will
liams, the leading candidate and the
choice of the people. These men know
that when Judge Williams is elected
governor of Oklahoma political ma
chimes in this state will be at an end.
Judge Williams has repeatedly stated
that he will not be candidate for any
office at the expiration of his term as
governor. That he will not build up a
political machine and that he will not
permit one to be built up in any of the
departments of the state.
"The people of Oklahoma who are
\ opposed to the West-H Haskell machine
the school land machine, the medical
! machine, the board Of affairs machine
and the election board machine, are
standing with Judge Williams in lis
v fight for the people of this state"
l. Mr.. Ross stated that Bob Dunlop il
J. the only man in the race who has
& nerve enough to openly advocate hi'
n convictions In this he referred to the
l. liquor question, stating that DunIol
o favored local option and high license
f. He raped the present day liquor law
r of the state, declaring that they wer
| merely the makers of criminals. A
" an example of the harm being done
Mr.. Ross gave the illustration Of III
Ie old man who wished to get quart O
S. apple brandy. He cast about here an
n there and could not locate the desil
e, ed beverage. Eventually he was com
IS PEELED to call upon his own 19-year-ol
id son to get the liquor for him.
q. This, the speaker contended. woul
al be done away with II local option an
D. high license prevailed. He stated tha
IS Dunlop believed in high license an
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