Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-06-26
PRODUCERS DIVIDED
over SHUTTING down
CIRCULATING PETITIONS
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL
ADOPTED HERE.
FIGHT is ON SATURDAY
Entire Matter vii Be Rehashed
Before Corporation Com
mission Saturday


Ihat some OF iuc producers ol ll'
/ pklahoIu1 ItId VIII NOT agree 10 'n'
majority vote OF th' 'uhNe"'Io"
wednesday hlEhl IN "nl'n IL was "c-
cldcd 10 smut down uIll'hk l"I q
period or not less man 'V uay7' =
SHOWN hy lh' Ia'l lH'' pe'luon7 ar
being freely 'Ir'uIa''u P'o'CS'l,'b
against 'he Pi"p"7,u "'uoh ul ,"C
corporation commission ana aISo
denying ihat the vote as lak'h IaSt
Wednesday night In WhIch II was de-
the desires ol the majority Oh inc on
men OF oklahoma.
not ohly are the p''luohS n'lhS CIR
culated, but efforts To uaduce the
leaders OF the minority campaign are
! beng made In lht hoIho town ol
these men, In iact' so broadcast nave
these reports peen spread that NJ !.
! French, leader OF the minority report
/ fot called upon to telephone Ihe
| World ana state What had beeh done
, ana sdld IN OkmuIsee NheIe nc
makes ms nome.
Would Have Mobbed french'
Before the Okmuigee ueIesaiion'
Whlch lell Iuisa at noon EesltIuaS'
/ had reached OkmulBee' wen known
oil man or luIsa ttlephoned TO an
mulgee and stated that french ana
other members or the oklnulsee dele-
CATION had soid out TO the pipe mes
ana hau auNOcatCu shut-uoWh
| through mcrCehaIy lHoINes, thdt
French ana others had consplred 10
! hurt the OkmulBee dIsrtct, ana olher
! charges OF a similar motive.
AS the result the producers at Ok
muIgco yesterday morning were ready
TO mop frehch ana MS committee
wheh they arrived there Yesterday
afternoon, but the truth becoming
known when the Tulsa World got
, there ON me early morning dcllNefy,
gave them the true state Of affalrS
and, instead OF threats and black
/ looks OF the morning Mr. french ana
/ the other members OF the delegation
were received with the happiest feel
lngS imaginable Tor the producers OF
| mat district
Mr French is very much OF the
/ opinion that charges like those made
IN Okmulgec nave been made in other
ields ana thinks the producers had
| better be on their guard and not be
! led aside by these false reports.
French Stood FIRM
Ihe charges made against MT.
/ french are utterly false and 1t IS
-''A i''''b ''A'NN N''' '''''i p 80 " ~ '''ll
for moment given credence. The
only explanation for the Okmulgee
producers doubt is explained by the
TACT that the telephone message was
/ from one whose word has heretofore
/ been regarded as Of value.
Inc truth OF the matter IS that Mr..
! French should be the last one in the
state to be suspected of treachery.
As a director of the Independent Oh
n Gas Producers association, he has
given Of his time and money to the
1 cause Which NO thinks is Just, and II
/ is but fair to Mr.. French that state
/ mehl be made that Mr. French has
always been found To be falr in his
contentious ana honorable in all his
dealings that have come under our
nolice.
/ As has been stated, Mr. French led
me hght Tor the minority report
w me II was not one man victory
YET II must be acknowledged that
frehch Ied the hsht, answered the
arguments TOOK rldIcule and never
faItered Tor a minute, ana great
part OF the glory or the victory Is
justly his.
Fight viii Concentrate saturday.
Together with the members Of the
committee VINO VIII present the
3 dh'pt'u ItpoI / VIII 20 tie tHtulltS u
inc measure armed with their pc
! ltlons they Will cndoaVor to convince
the Corporation Commission that the
report adopted is harmful, and VIII
endeavor to prevent the commission
from making such an order as the re-
port provides.
| AS result the battle-ground Will be
moved to Oklahoma city, and May u
promises to be red letter day In the
history OF the oil business.
What the outcome Will be Is un-
known. The committee is fortified by
tho rule of far play and the Will OF
the majority, but whether that VIII
bring them success Is not to speculate
on.
Commissioner George H. HenShaw
made two talks. lie was enabled at