The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-07
OFFICIAL PARTY.
IN SESSION NOW
INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER
GREETED BY MANY JUDGES
AND ATTORNEYS-BANQUET.

When United States Commissioner
of Indian Affairs arrived here a
| little after l o'clock this afternoon
he was met by every man he de
sired to see with possibly one eX-
ception and that was the county
judge of Stephens county. Accom-
panying the commissioner were
| United States Senator Y. p. Gore,
| United States District Attorney Hay
! den Limbaugh, United States Mar
! shal b. A. Euloe, United States In
dian Superintendent Dana II. Kel-
sey Commissioner 20 the Five Civ
ilized Tribes J. George Wright, W
W. Hastings, Cherokee attorney, p.
! J. Hurley, Choctaw attorney; w. F.
Semple, Choctaw probate attorney;
James l.. Hale, Choctaw probate
attorney; Reford Bond, Chickasaw
Attorney and J. b. Moore and w. H.
| Woods, Chickasaw probate attor-
neys; ]. w. Howell, supervisor Of
the Indian service was also with the
official party.
The county judges here are Field
ing of Murray county, Freeman or
Carter county, Adams OF jefferson,
Williams of Grady, Mauldin of Nc
Claim, Wallace of Garyin, Fenwick
of Johnston, Henshaw of Marshall,
and Hays of Love.
The official party was driven to
the Randol hotel where lunch was
taken and following lunch the com
missoners and others interested in
the meeting went into executive ses-
sion at o'clock in the district court
room. Mr.. Sells hopes to complete
the hearing here by or o'clock
this evening and after that hour he
will meet about one hundred Citi-
zens of the town in banquc'
the Gem Cafe. Short speeches will
be made by several Of the party and
by local people
Senator Gore met a number of
his friends and he and RObt. Gillian
lunched together The senator VIII
leave here this afternoon at 5:15
over the Frisco and will arrive in
ST. Louis to speak to a Jackson Day
celebration crowd tomorrow night.
From there he will proceed to Wash
ington.
p. c. Dings of this city, who knew
Commissioner Sells when he was at
torney general of the state of Iowa,
met him at the depot and accompA-
MED him with Others to his hotel
Mr. Sells moved from Iowa to Tex
as in 1905. He stopped orr In sra
more on two different occasions
with a view of making this city his
home but decided to locate in Gle
FraVaG Aftnr poplxipU his
home in Texas he engaged in the
banking business, he wrote the pres
ent banking laws of Texas and was
great friend to the corn club
movement in that state tnat result
ed in good to the interests of ag-
riculture. Nh Sells was active in
the campaign for the nomination OF
Woodrow Wilson and was given an
important post in the Wilson ad- |
ministration. He will return 10 OK
laboma City and will meet the peo-
pie in the capital city tomorrow |
evening. AS he passed by the en-
CINE that pulled his train into town |
he stopped and chatted pleasantly |
with the engineer whom he knew
in his home town of Cleburne.
OIDeTS WHO are mere 10 STE lut |
and to be present at |
the hearings are Congressman Will |
liam II. Murray, former senator Will |
liam NJ Franklin, Judge c. F. Spen- |
Ger of Montague, Texas, judge OF the |
northern district of Texas composed !
of Cooke, Montague, and Denton |
r. A. Keller, former coun-
tv Judge of Love county and other
prominent attorneys from over the
state.
The Cato Sells party was in Ok
lahoma City this morning where a |
was held at the Skiryin |
hotel between the governor and the !
What transplred IN !
the conference was not known.
Judge Robert L. Williams and Judge
J. B. A. Robertson called upon the
and expressed the
keenest approval of the probate
rules of procedure that are being
Miss Kate Barnard, com
missioner of charities and correc-
tons, also called upon the commits
sioner for a few moments.