Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-26
AN OPEN LETTER
TO R |, DAVIDSON
Republican County Chairman
Asks Pertinent Questions
of State Senator.
HONEST VOTE IS ISSUE
Recalls Peculiar Phases of
Controversy Over Assessor
ship Race.

In an open letter yesterday To state
senator r. L. Davidson of Tulsa, A.
y. small, Republican county chair
man, demands To know II the senator
~ IN favor of honest elections and
honest counts In this state and, If so,
why did he go into court and attempt
10 thwart the will Of the voters OF
Tulsa county by trying 10 force W :.
J Hooker into the county assessors Of
flee?
Mr.. Small recalls tho history OF the
county assossorship controversy and
lllngs some pertinent queries at the
senator Tho letter follows.
An Open Letter.
Senator Il. l.. Davidson.
Tulsa. Okla.
Dear sir You now occupy the
position of state senator from this
senatorial district and as such
your constituents are entitled to
know your opinions aud ideas and
purposes; In short. you are pub4
lie servant and we are entitled to
know your intentions before they
are passed into acts.
Now you. rs attorney for one
W :. Hooker. filed petition In
the district court of Tulsa county
in which you stated that your
client and one T.. y. North had
received an equal number of
votes for the office Of county as
SCISSOR in said county and asking
the court. Judge Conn Linn, to
appoint a referee to take evidence
and TO report To the court. The
defendant North Joined YOU in
asking for an investigation and a
recount of the votes In the entire
county and then you as such at
torney for your client drew the
journal entry, did present II to
the court after both the plaintiff
and defendant had q. K.cd II and
the court signed the order as pre-
pared by you In which Judge a.
A. Hatch was appointed referee
and directed to have all the bal
lot boxes in the county opened
and the ballots counted and 10
report to court. You as sucr-at-
torney did attend all the hearings
and did call every ballot from l}
OF the 40 precincts of the county.
You know, If you kept record,
and you did. that there are only
six of the 43 boxes counted in
which the result as obtained oy
your calling the ballots was the
same as the precinct returns rs
Kept by the county election
board. You know. II you kept a
record. and you did. that in pre-
cinct Of Tulsa city there We're
II more votes for your client
than shown 10y the election
boards tally. You know. If you
kept a record. and you did, that
In the precinct where your client
lives your count shows % more
votes pollcd than is shown by the
record Of the election board, and
that. these % votes were for Mr..
North. and that that precinct Is
No. in this city. You do know
OF the talk that precinct No. 10
In this city is not correctly count
ed and that Mr.. North has 40
more votes there that did go to
his credit: If not. why did ,you
refuse to count 1t? II now stands
as one of the three not counted.
If you paid attention. and you
did. you know that in many pre-
cincts the tallies did not check
with the extensions and as re-
turned by the election boards to
the county board. II you watched
closely. and think you did, you
know that the returns made to
the county election board are not
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