Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-23
Representing Himself as
Eugene Lorton Gun
known" Offers Bribc.
OFFERED TO BUY
VOTES FOR M'GRAW
Said He Was Tulsa Editor
and Had the Money "to
Close the Deal"

GONE one representing himself TO
~ be Eugene Lcrton called up Fred
Livingston at his home near Sayer
over the long distance telephone from
Oklahoma City about 9 o'clock Mon
day night and wanted to know how
the delegation from Beckham county
to the Seventh congressional district
Republican convention, which meets
Saturday at Hobart. stood between
Harris and McGraw for national COM
having met Mr.. Lorton. took an
evasive position and the party repre-
scnting himself 10 be Mr.. Lorton then
stated that he had the cash and stood
ready to buy the delegation for Nc
Graw and wanted to know how much
II would take. A number of people
were listening over the X. T.. ID. line
and 1t is said can verify the converse .
tion. Mr.. Lorton was not in Okla .
homa City after o'clock Monday aft
ernoon and at the time OF the alleged
conversation was at the Grand theate er
in Tulsa in plain Wow of crowded
house of Tulsa people who are all
more or less acquainted with him and
his presence here can be esta blished
beyond the question of a doubt. He
had no long distance communication
with Mr.. Livingston or anyone else
either from Oklahoma City or Tulsa at
any time Monday or Monday night or
any other time, The whole trans
action Is contemplate frameup aud
shows the lengths to which the sup
porters of Jim Harris are going in
order to put him over for national
committeeman.
May Discover Party.
The manager of the oklahoma City
telephone exchange stated to George
j.. Bell, the local manager of the ex-
change in Tulsa, at o'clock last
night, that the records for the long
distance calls at Oklahoma City for
Monday and Monday night had been
locked up but that he would go over
them early this morning and ascertain
II possible from what phone number
the long distance call for Mr.. Liv-
iugston was put in. Unless a public
pay station was used it will be easy
to trace the record and locate the
guilty party.
Mr.. Lorton was in Oklahoma City
Sunday night and until the de.
parture of the Frisco train at 2.4i
o'clock Monday afternoon and oc-
cupied a seat the entire distance TO
Tulsa with William Higgins of BAIT
lesville.
Alva Mcdonald, who is managing Z
Harris campaign, exhibited a roll Of
bills in the lobby Of the Skirvin hotel
about noon Monday and was offering
To bet 800 that Harris had a ma
jority of the delegates to the Seventh
congressional district convention.
Make Dirty Fight.
AS a matter of fact more than ma
iority of the delegates were known to
have been opposed to Harris when
they were selected. but during sunday
vicious and malicious stories about
McGraw's religious beliefs were cir
cuated over the district together with
promises of political patronage and II
was doubtful Just what would be the
outcome of the convention. The ef-
fort to prejudice delegates against
McGraw by fake telephone communi-
cations such as the one framed up in
the name of Mr.. Lorton indicates the
desperate situation the Harris forces
4nre facing and the dispicable methods
to which they are resorting in order
TO retain control of small section OF
the state which they have been boast
ing was absolutely dominated by them.
Alva Mcdonald was directly re-
sponsible for the defeat of John
Fields for governor in the last elec-
tion, who, If he had been elected,
would have prevented the passage OF
the vicious and un-American elec-
ton law which through the power
and influence of Governor Williams,
was crammed through an obstinate
legislature.
He is b1asting that he prevented
three counties in the Seventh district
from endorsing Fields for his splen-
did race. Harris election will he ac-
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