The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-02-23
Delegates to State Convention are
Selected and Full Set Of New
Party Leaders are
Chosen
ENTIRE HARMONY
MARKS MEETING
Platform is Adopted DR.. Spinning
Delivers Address to Conven-
lion = Henderson Elected
as County Chairman


Saturday afternoon at the city hall
the Progressives OF Grady county held
their meeting of county delegates to
elect county chairman. state commit
tecman, congressional committeeman
and delegates to the state convention
to be held al Oklahoma City, February
25- Though there was no great amount
of enthusiasm brought forth BY out
bursts of oratory. the meeting was alb
soIutely harmonious and those assem-
bled went about their task in a quiet.
businesslike way.
The total number present AT the
high tide of the attendance was AZ. but
before business was started the num-
Der was diminished by four or five.
leaving probably S5 to 81 who took an
active part in the convention. mo-
tion carried providing that all voters
OF this county present who had adopt
ed las faith of the Progressive party
be considered delegates and allowed to
vote in the convention.
J, E. sehow and c. b. March, county
,ehairman and secretary. respectively.
by vote we're chosen to those offices,
temporarily
motion prevailed that the chair
man appoint committee Of five on
resolutions, in compliance with which
the following were appointed: +. L.
Persons. S H. Holcomb J. r. Heaney.
r. G. Hodges, and w. r. Patterson. The
following were appointed as commit
tee to recommend names Of delegates
to the state conventions G. L. Ham
rick, j. A. Rose and Otto Dahl There
being / votes allowed in the state con-
vention from Grady county, a motion
that "A delegates be sent from this
county, with ii vote each, carried. 1t
also being voted that whatever number
Of the entire delegation attend the
state convention. cast the entire vote
OF the county.
Following the approval OF the COM
mittees on delegates and resolutions,
the following officers were elected:
J. e. Schow. state committeeman for
Grady county; Jonas Cook, congress
sional committeeman: R. s. Henderson.
county chairman; c. B. March. county
secretary.
Chairman-elect Henderson, accepted
tie office in short speech, and his
first official act was to appoint an ex-
ecutive committee as follows. j. W.
Speake. S H. Holcomb, w. r. Patter-
son. Chester Cowan and r. c. Hodges
This committee will complete the or
ganization throughout the county and
is given full power to fiji vacancies.
The entire Grady county delegation
win boost e. L. Person for chairman
al the state convention.
Z DE-. George L. Spinning Of Pasadena.
6ai. WAS present and was added to
the delegation as honorary delegate.
to accompany the Grady county delega-
tion to Oklahoma City. DR.. spining
made the chief speech OF the afternoon.
In part he said; Ny advice TO all young
men, is 10 study politics. Study munic-
ipal politics. study county politics and
study state politics. How ean we have
government by the people, for the
people if the young men Of this coun-
try do not study politics2 Devote the
same sincere study to political ques-
ltions as you do to the study Of mathe.
iimatics.
Only TO those who know Col. Roose-
velt intimately can come the compre-
hension OF his real personality. I know
him very intimately. and because
know him so well is the reason that /
stand for him to the last ditch.
@The progressive principles are
moulded along the right lines. It takes
some time to form great political
party. We must wait. We must fight
I believe the same spirit possessed by
the men Of the cooked hat and flint
locks. the same spirit that was mani-