Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-11
Two Candidates Come Out
for Democratic Mayor
atty Nomination.
MEETING BLOWS UP
Less Than 100 Attended
Last Night; No Material
Showed Up.

Mayor o. d. Hunt and Merritt j
Glass yesterday filed with Secretary
Joe kenton of the election board as
candidates for the Democratic mayor
atty nomination. However. neither
man was mentioned at small Dem
ocratic mass meeting held in the dis
trict courtroom last night. In fact an
effort was made to force John ii
Miller into the race for mayor, but
the latter declined to file.
The meeting was attended by less
than one hundred men. and although
the chairman announced that 1t was
called for the purpose of affordlns
candidates an opportunity to file. no
one took advantage of the occasion in
that respect. Several speeches of a
personal nature were made and
everyone deplored the fact that the
party had been "shot to pieces and
was evidently facing defeat at the
hands of the Republicans.
New Candidates.
w. +. Strickland and T. jefferson
Chapman filed yesterday as Demo-
cratic candidates for commissioner
No. 4. c. NJ. Downing filed the day
before as Democratic candidate foi
commissioner No. l and Carl Gregg
for commissioner No. 3. Both of the
latter are holding commissioners
berths at the present time. A total
of six Democratic candidates for com
missioner and mayor have now filed
but the element Of the party repre-
sented at last nights meeting did not
seem satisfied with any of them. and
there was still much talk about get
ting out new men"
Thomas II. McCabe. a printer at the
Democrat office. filed yesterday as 6
Republican candidate for commits
sioner No. !.
Ren +. Colley, who served out ar
unexpired term as city commissioner
a few years ago. filed yesterday as &
Democratic candidate for city audi
tor.
Lee Daniel called last nights Dem.
ocratic meeting to order. He apol-
ogized for the small attendance and
stated that no mass meeting had beer
called, but was interrupted by pro.
tests from several persons who sale
they had read in the Democrat that
it was to be the biggest meeting OF
the season. Daniel explained that the
purpose of the meeting was to have
candidates file, but no one filed. ant
no candidates were mentioned. save
John II. Miller. and he stated he pos
itively would not run for office.
After silence of several minute:
someone started a cry for Frank u
Curry, and the latter finally consent
ed to make speech.
The Past is Dead
1--WE have won the city elections ir
Tulsa heretofore" declared Curry. "by
O brutal majority, but now we have
got to use our spurs-we have got tC
get good men out if we are going t.
win. There is one alleged Democra
in our ranks who supports the party
for the pay there is in it. He keep:
quiet about bootlegging and sucl
things as long as the money comes in
but when the money stops he let's ou
an awful yelp. We have got to get riC
of such men as he, even If we all have
to go down to defeat to do it,"
on motion of Judge Curry the
crowd elected George Reeves chair
man of the meeting.
Ed Grassland was called on. He
stated that he would support the
Democratic nominees. whoever they
might be.
Democratic National Committee.
man Robert Galbreath issued this
warning to the Democrats of Tulsa:
"Y ou have been drifting and you
have got apart. The Republicans
will nominate a man for mayor who
will be creased lightning on the race
track and you've got "A fight on your
hands"
City Attorney John Woodland made
a splendid speech, urging the Demo-
Gratis to forget their differences and
get together and select the very best
men as candidates.
A stranger. who said his name was
Patee and he was a newcomer from
Missouri, arose and talked at some
length. lie made a plea for a return
to the old aldermanic form of gov
ernment, for rapid rotation in office
and agaisst bootlegging and gam
bling
H. b. Schaeffer said that the salary
paid city officials in Tulsa is toe
small. and as a result competent mer
will not run for office.
Ex- Mayor w. f.. Rohde made q
plea for several amendments to the
charter and expressed himself in fav.
or of the councilmanic form of gov
renment.
Can't BE Done?
John II. Miller made a straightfor-
ward talk. in which he urged Demo
cratic candidates not to make the
mistake of Announcing that they
would CLOSE up the town" Such q
promise is foolish, he said, for boot
Logging can never be run out of q
community. and at best can only be
regulated. He talked in favor of seq
regation. and at the conclusion OF
his remarks a motion was made and
seconded. asking him to file fol-
mayor. 1t was agreed with thunder
Gus applause but Miller asked that
the motion not be put, as he would
not become a candidate under any
consideration.
Plans for further Democratic meet