Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-30
q. 0. Z. Office Seekers Gain
Many Voters in Climax
Speakings.
PREDICT A VICTORY
Warn Audiences at BiXby
and Broken Arrow
Against Measures.

Republican candidates for county
offices trekked their way over roads
heavy with dust yesterday in the final
swing through the county before the
primaries Two big meetings were
held at BiXby and Broken Arrow
where the orators poured grapeshot
into the proposed literacy test and
Campbell Russells 12-A amendment
and then said pleasant things about
themselves and the party
The speakers had to stand the acid
test at Bixby when the long drouth
was broken by heavy shower. De-
spite the fact that it was raining, the
audiences listened attentively to the
arguments and stood their ground
Some persons were even kind enough
to remark that they believed the Re-
publicans had brought the long de-
sired soaker with them and they were
in excellent humor to listen.
Arriving at Broken Arrow the can
didates were escorted to the city hall
and at o'clock the room was full
while many sat on window sills and
desks Old residents declared it was
one of the best turnouts that had ever
attended a political gathering in the
history of the town.
The crowd was with each speaker
and as each thought was hammered
home the crowd cheered loud and long
and stamped on the floor.
w II Brooks prpSi1pt oNpr tho
meeting after Committeeman NJ. p.
Houser had called II to order and
turned the keys of the place over to
the candidates.
Small First Speaker.
A. a. Small, candidate for congress,
was the first speaker and was given
rousing send-off when he arose. An
excellent talker. he had little trouble
in srousing the crowd and was inter
Yrupted frequently by applause.
Il have been in this campaign for
the past five weeks" he said, and |
have found that the disposition of the
people is to think. | know it botakens
victory for the Republican party
which today stands united and more
in harmony than it has stood at any
time in the past twenty years.
I'VE are united and strong. Now is
the time to put cut the best and
| strongest ticket that has ever been Of
fered in Tulsa county and / know that
! the men who are to be chosen by you
voters next Tuesday will shape just
such a ticket.
Don't overlook the opportunity to
keep Tulsa county money At home and
vote against the 12-A amendment,
| which would scatter our money TO
| Muskogee, Enid and oklahoma City.
"ThC most important thing in this
election is The defeat of the proposed
literary test, which Is the crudest and
fln'si"st excuse OF lew ever cen
coctPd by "A political ring Don't forget
30 take your lead pencils with you and
scratch out the words reading Fer the
Amendr ent."
Perhaps the best argument out OF
he many given against the literacy
test was that of S Il WM!en OF Ninita,
gpeakjGg for Bert Chandler, candid ato
FOR congressional hOnors.
IF this amendment receives the
nanCtion of the voters. do you realize
that IS, 900 Legal voters Of this state
will nc disqualified from voting. and
thai OF this number only 1856 are
negroe1 The voters who would be
disfra v chiscd If th,s thing becomes a
law own property valued al more than
| 10000, 900, and yet they would have
no voice in the government if tho
political ring has its way.
H. 81 Martindaic. candidate for
co Lnty attorney, ssid, II am dis
gusted with the antics Of my Demo
cratic opponents for the i'm portant Of
. flee / am seeking, and | tell YOU men
IL onc-tenth Of the charges they are
I making againyt one another are true
| theI neither of them is fit to serve"
! The remark brought rounds of ap-
pause.
c. D. Baldwin. also a candidate for
the office Of county attorney, made
a Cccidcd Impression. Both he and
Martindsie declared they would sup
! port each other no matter which was
/ chosen.
ctter candidates who spoke and re-
ceived warm receptions from the
crowd were Fred Linn of Skiatook.
candidate for county clerk; William
! Mccullough, candidate for sheriff;
Lon Kirkpatrick. candidate for sher-
( iff: Charles n. Simon. candidate for
: county Judge: Claude Sample. csnd
i Dat, for county treasurer and ]. p.
Hafter, candidate for commissioner.