The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-02
Members Of G. 0. P. Central Committee Of
District Meet Here 10 Decide Date
and Time Of Holding Congress
siOnal Convention
DUNCAN MAN TAKES
FALL OUT OF FIELDS
Lands on Former Candidate for Governor
for Fayoring McGraw in Preference
to "Jim;" Says Teddy May Be
National Nominee

Members of the Republican central
committee for this district met this
afternoon in the offices of Eugene
Hamilton, United States commission
er, in First National bank building
| Chickasha, for the purpose of calling
| convention for the Sixth congression-
al district and to decide on the place
and the date of holding the same.
John NJ. Claypool of Duncan, mem
ber Of the committee from Stephens
county, was one of the earliest of all
early arrivals.
Mr.. Claypool stated this morning
that he is here as an active repub.
lican, working in the interests of har-
mony in the republican ranks and to
further the victory which he feels
sure the future holds in store for the
&c. 0. P.." both nationwide and in
Oklahoma
4 am also here" said Mr. Claypool,
in the interests of the candidacy o.
James Al Harris Of Wagner for re-.
election to the position Of national
committeeman from Oklahoma.
Jim Harris, as those who know
him love to call him. has done much
for the republican party in Oklahoma.
He is known nationally, has been t
worker in national politics, has made
good as national committeeman and
deserves reelection.
Harris is opposed for the position
by ] ]. McGraw of Ponca, who is be-
ing groomed by John Fields, candi-
date against Hon. r. L. Williams for
governor of the state of Oklahoma.
In this connection | desire 10 say
that the rank and file Of the repubIi-
can party in Oklahoma feel grieved
at this action upon the part of John
Fields When the voters of the re
publican party picked up John Fields
and made him their foreman, set HIN
upon pedestal and turned heaven
and earth il an honest endeavor to
eject him governor OF this great state,
and when later they saw fit to make
him a mouthpiece for the party, they
mad little or no reason to fear, much
less to think he would pull a stunt
such as he is now pulling.
"'Jim' harris Friends are among
the masses; the supportes CT this
man come from the two-room box
houses and the forks of the creeks;
they are men who constitute the bone
and sinew of the republican party in
Oklahoma. And these friends Of Jim
Harris are the fellows who voted for
John Fields for governor. who voted
for him, many of them, on account
OF Jim Harris, and they are feeling
none too kindly toward Mr.. Fields on
account of the stand he is taking in
'hand-riding' McGraw for national
committeeman from Oklahoma.
81 have been Harris supporte
from the beginning of the campaign
and want to say right here and now,
that Harris will not only carry the
state with a sweeping vote in the con
vention, but he will carry every dis
trict in the state. make this predic-
ton premeditatedly.
practically every Bull Moose ~
Roosevelt supporters we now call
them, in Oklahoma, is supporting
Jim Harris for reelection as national
committeeman Alva Mcdonald, state
chairman Of the progressives in Okla
homa, is supporting Harris. He is do
ing this on account Of the fairness
with which Harris treated the follow
ers of the Big Bull at the Guthrie
convention in 1912.
Harris is going to be reelected.
The loyalty of his friends, the loyalty
of the republicans in Oklahoma is go
ing to do that We are all loyal to
Harris. Were I to receive wire, or
phone call, from Jim Harris at this
very moment asking me to start out
for the northermost sections of srozen
Alaska on foot, / would not hesitate
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