Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-02-27


There is belief, statewide, that
williams is as good as nominated,
and that Is always strong factor.
Thinking men have picked him as
winner for the reason that they be-
lieve he has the strength possessed
oy no other candidate, to bring or
der and harmony between the de-
partments of state and the executive
and legislative branches of govern
ment.
In former races Williams has
shown himself to be strong and has
twice been elected to the supreme
court. Robertson. on the other hand,
has shown himself to be poor vote
getter Everybody comedies that
Robertson is genial gentleman but
they refuse to take him seriously as
candidate for Congress or govern
or His withdrawal from the race
four years ago has the effect of de-
feating Bill Murray but no one be-
heves that Robertson could have
heen elected. This belief is verified
by the( returns from the state pri-
mary two years later when the
sudge was a candidate for congress-
man at large.
Here the people had the opportun-
ity to express three choices and had
they taken Robertson seriously he
would have been one of the elected.
Many think that he made a good
race and was nearly elected. Such
was not the fact. He was not among
the first three but not even among
the second three. He was the sew
enth man in the race and run along
and but little ahead of Moman Pru-
EFT and behind Leslie Ross.
The following are the official fig
ures taken from the books of the
state election board:
w. H. Murray, ........38,29 ,290
j. B. Thompson 1874
| Claud Weaver ,941
/ Fred Branson 1895
VIM. NJ. Franklin 1,163
Leslie p. Ross O,2SS
]. b. A. Robertson ... 49, ,279
"These figures tell tale of weak
ness that is indisputable. Every los
ing race weakens candidate and
nothing has happened since then to
bring Judge Robertson into promin-
ence except his resignation from the
supreme court commission. Who
can look these figures in the face
and condemn us for expressing the
Lelief that he has no chance of cleo
ton. If he was seventh when the
people had three choices what will
he he when they have but one
choice?
NOW what about the situation in
Lincoln county? The judge accus-
es us of trying to dump the $500
loyal Democrats into the band wagon
of Bob Williams When these loyal
Democrats had the last chance of
expressing their choice, with us pull
ing for the judge with all our might
SS5 of them voted for Robertson
v hen they had three choices. The
other 2,615 loyal Democrats refused
to get into Robertson's wagon. Has
anything happened to convince them
that they were wrong? Will those
who are fighting him on account of
his $500 Deep Fork fee join the
sS5 or the 2.615.
; 'In Lincoln county in the same
: election w. H. Murray, an opposing
} candidate received GIG votes, run
ming ahead of Mr.. Robertson. Can
anyone look at these facts squarely
and say that our judgment is on
crooked?"
When the Honorable( 90 AL Jen.
innings, ex-bandit, ex-train robber
ex-jail bird appeared in Durant for
an address. his principal theme was
that of branding as crook every
holder of public office in Oklahoma
and his implied assertion that he
(Jennings) eisEthe only honest man
' in the stateg8Mr Jennings is OBJ.