The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-05
STATE ELECTION
BOARD RUMORS
While Not Needing Them Repub-
liCan Committee Nevertheless
Meets To Recommend
APPOINTMENT IS PAST DUE
Resolution Appoints Five Repub-
Leans Any OF Whom VIII Be
Acceptable To GeiSSler

A meeting Of the Republican state
cculrn committee Is being held this
uflcru, OH uD the Shnlu hotel aud -ey
rrnI multcr- Of Importance are up FOR
considerations \ resolution directing
State Cmirmnu Arthur II Gcisslcr to
request Governor Williams tO appoint
ut an curIy date the Republican mem
hor NJ the state election board Nu- Of
fprrd nl the meeting The principal
rcusou for calling the committee 10.
grihrr nt this timc WIS tu consider the
election board situation
Il hu, been rumorrl FOR some time
TINT rcrlulu Democratic politician,
have urged Guycrnur Williams that he
permit them tu say tu him who the
Nrpublicnn member uf the state cIcc.
Sion hoard shall bee. thus ignoring the
section NJ the statute which provides
Tor the submission II Il list Of five
mines by the Republican, committe
with the request that governor appoint
from such list the representative uf
that party ou the election board The
resolution adopted by the state com.
mittcc lucs not tHkc notice Of these m.
mors ana apparently proceeds upon the
theory that when the governor doe.
make his appointment he will name
one ~ the five men whose unmc- mp
pear on the Republican HIST However,
the rr' Olullou alleges that the appoint.
mrnt l- several months past due aud
Tint the statute provides that this
appointment shall be- made by and with
the advice aud consent ~ the senate
Therefore II IS evident that the nw
contemplate, that the term of the Re,
publican member ~ the state election
hoard shall begin between January u
and the date " the adjournment NJ the
legislature"
The five men whose names were sub
mittcd ~ the governor ON January II
by Chairman Gcissvr on brlInf ~ the
Republican state committee aud from
which the long DELAYED appointment I,
10 he made, are r. A. Chandler oi
Vlnltn. Roy NJ Johnson u Arlmore
Vernon W. whiting ~ Puwhuska a
Frank A. Parkinson " Lawton and A
NJ Webb Of waynoka.
Il. J. Halnes Of Alva Is the present
Republican member Of the state elcc
tion bonrh. appointed In July 1914. b,
Governor Crucc lIaincs was appoint
cd without the endorsement NJ III,
Republican, committee. At the time ot
/ his appointment Joe Morris had lus
become secretary NJ the state election
board 10y reason Of the new law ant
Ben Riley, who had long held tina
place and was protegc ~ Govern0i
/ Cruce, was appointed boy the latter AZ
/ a member ~ the hoard
Ilaines Is business partner Of Johr
II. Doolln aud was all right In the 10
sitlon from the Crucc aud Riley stand
point lie was not In position 10 on
pose any move opposed hy Riley. Tn,
entire arrangement was for the pur
pose ~ offscttinG anything Morris
might do to favor Williams as a candi
date for governor.
The state election hoard is. " course
inactive now, rs there is no campalgr
pending hut many new appointment,
are To be made soon ON county election
honrdS. II IL not likely that Governor
Williams will leave Halnes on IN,
board to assist In filling up the place
on the county hoard