Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-03-06

of ana honest economical ana efficient
administration of the uuys affairs
and for the strict enforcement of lu
laws and that candidates are pledgcd
10 elected. io take their oath of office
without mental reservation"
Tho foregoing men aud platform
were adopted last night boy the iu.
dependent element to oppose Tine
democrats and republicans i'm the
coming city election. at mass meet.
ms of citizens held in the district
court room, attended by several hun
drcd crusaders The court room was
backed many standing in the corrI-
dors to hear the remarks OF the
hackers Of the independent ticket.
Following the announcement of tho
ticket and the platform. bcdlam broke
loose and for several minutes the
thuuderous applause and yells Of tho
enthusiastic men echoed and re-
echoed through the long. winding cor
rldurS Of the court house. Then A
general call I'VE want Sanderson.'
went up from the hundreds of men
crammod in the court room Not
being present special committee was
detailed 10 locate him and in tho
meantime the candidates for com.
missioner with the exception Of HUI,
made short talks, pledging themselves
to the enforcement of all laws on the
city statute books
Each Of the candidates received
thunderous applause from their ad-
mircrs and pledges OF united sup
port from now until the date of cleo
ton.
When Sanderson appeared in the
room cheers that could be heard for
blocks greeted him. The brains and
Drawn Of Tulsa are represented, "
said he after the noise subsded, "and
what We want to do and what we will
do is to get busy and elect our tick
et." he continued we have tried
a Wooden man long enough, and
now We all know that such a hard
and tough man cannot or at least
will not enforce the laws Of the city
Capplauso) and it is now time for
the reius of government to be en-
trusted TO men who viii do what they
say
"A movement has been launched in
Tulsa for a general cleanup day. but
I tell you right now that April z.
election day, viii be the biggest
cleanup day in the history Of Tulsa
lie expressed his uudyng faith in
the earnestness Of the men in tho
movement and urged that all get busy
and stay busy from now until after
the ballots are cast, IN behalf Of tho
movement. in order To redeem the city
from the tyranny and rascalty of the
present city officials
Committees Named.
G.. A. Steele. Charles Richardson. lf.
W Randolph and Robert Il. Bell were
named as committee to have the
names properly placed on the ballot.
and also 10 determine the exact name
under which tho candidates. will run.
Citizens Ticket seemed to be the
most generally approved by the men
present and 1t is likely that that name
viii be- selected.
Publicity committee: John Iaver.
e. 4. Houston, 9. ". Grimes, +. o.
Cayitt, John Cleary Finance com-
mittee. J b Wilson. e. f.. Stafford.
4. J.. Price, + NJ. Arnold. The fifth
member Of the latter committee will
be- named by G. A Sanderson this
afternoon, when the committee meets
with him in the commercial club
rooms at o'clock. Tho IS members
of the committee that wrote the plat
form and selected tho candidates
were made members Of the official
campaign committee.
Sanderson, who heads the ticket. is
one OF the best known business men
In the city and Is also d heavy Tulsa
property holder He announced for
mayor on the democratic ticket. but
on account Of refusal Of officials TO
open the registration books. he With
drew from the race He served two
years as secretary of the commercial
club and during that time brought
that organization out " deficit 0e
several hundred dollars and few
weeks ago when ne declined re-clec-
tion. had nearly $500 In the treasury
All the other men on the ticket are
well known. C. NJ Pritchard being
chief engineer at the Oklahoma Iron
Works. HUI is one Of the best known
oil men Of tho Mid-COntinent field w.
4. Gordon Is prominent local ab-
stract man. Groves. until recently
was engaged in the hardware BUSH
ness here. Groves first announced ON
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