The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
RUTH WILL NOT
GET HIS SEAT
County Election Board Will
Hold That DiSch Is Still
Chairman.

Charles II Ruth, attorney and for
mrr member of the city council In the
days of Scales and lackey will never
take seat In the county election
board " II can be- prevented by Il
large majority Of the Democrats In
this city Ruth Is not favored as Il
member OF the board 10y the Demo
crats who have been pleased with the
manner In which Chairman J b.
Disch has conducted elections
Paul NJ Pope, secretary uf the cOun-
~ election hoard. will not recognize
Ruth ~ member Pope has the
books and records of the board In his
possession and while he IL not In the
city today, he has stated that he does
not intend to recognize Ruth as a
member His contention, Hs well as
that Of many others interested In hon.
est elections In this county, il that
Chairman Dlsch has never been re
moved legally and that he is still
chairman Of the board
NtntTh COMMITTEE frrod.
A number of attorneys have given
/ opinions on the subject and they all
agree that Chairman Dlsch was not
| removed The county central commit.
tee had no right whatever to remove
him and the attempt that was made
IN do so will not stand In law, II Is
said by the lawyers who have given
opinions
The law provides that where there
T. vacancy OIL the county election
board the secretary of the state elec.
tlon board shall notify the chairman
~ the county central committee by
registered letter that such vacancy
exists II then becomes the duty ot
the chairman Of the central commit.
tee 10 call the committee together "a
name successor TO fill the vacancy
aud the purpose Of the meeting must
be- stated In the call
After the selection has been made
/ the appointment must he by the state
election board, and In the case oi
b Ruth II Is said that the state board
/ Intends to take no action That will
leave Ruth without confirmation and
Disch still member Of the county
/ election board.
Joe Morris Position.
THE Democrats would hold Joe
Norris personally responsible should
/ he recognize the attempted remova
OF Disch and confirm the so.called ap
| pointment Of Ruth said one Of thu
active men Of the party.
"Slnce Chairman Disch has been on
the county election board we have had
honest elections In this county. Tn,
/ crooks that worked In every election
previous 10 that time were let out by
/ Disch and honest men were placed In
/ the booths for Judges aud clerks. II
the first election under the present
/ beard there was some crOOkedness
aud those arrested FOR the uffeuse,
are yet to he tried. In the last elrc
tion a number NJ ministers served a,
| Judges and clerks, something that hat
not happened before In the history Of
| Oklahoma county elections"
Democrats In the city say Tn,
meeting ~ the central committee al
which the removal " Dlsch was at
tempted was not called for that pur
/ pose I'm the call that was published
nothing WIS said about replacing hin
on the county election board. The,
IRE also charging that letters wer,
sent to certain members of the boarC
asking them to attend aud that IN,
attempted removal or Chairman Discl
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