The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-19
Convention By No Means Noisy Affair;
Col. Bill Dwyer Speaks; Pick
Names TO Place on Ballot
in Primary
PROCRESSIVES NCT
PLENTIFUL AT MEET
COyle and ROysdon Chosen for Commis-
siOner, Durk and Wells for Sheriff,
Clark and Hamilton Tor
County Attorney

The Republicans Of Grady county
met at the city han Saturday after.
noon and put out ticket for prima-
ry action. The maetlne vas BY no
means a noisy one. y In fact the most
optimistic mind would be atrained in
70 coniuring il into ali enthusiastic
one. 33l Nsl
The meeting waslcailed to ofdef in
due and ancient form. J. w. KaSser
was called to the chairman's seat and
stated the object OF the meeting. He
told his compatriots. ins few we'll
rounded sentences that it was tho
duty Of the Grady county wing Jf the
G. 0. p. to get out and do things: to
nominate ticket and win Victory
Greeted by ripple Of applause. Col.
William Dwyer arose ana stated to
those assembled thar he wsshed to talk
few minutes upon tho assurance OF
national Republican success. He told
his auditors all about the big g. O. P. \
pow-wow in Chicago; he told them
how many who had hoped to SEQ
Roosevelt named as the leader OF she
grand party which was destined to
deal blow Of crushing defeat upon
the man from New Jersey: he told
how. at the last moment the big dogs
with TIE brass collars thought Roose-
velt's welcoming back to the standpaf
fold at the present season would DO
inopportune. unfortunate and iii ad.
vised he told how the galleries
whooped and whistled for Roosevelt
while the delegates sweated and smok.
ed and chewed long green and voted
for Hughes.
And then the speaker assured his
auditors that all the Republican party
Of Grady county needed was to get to-
gether and whoop things up and let
the people Of this glorious state know
that II had cut it's milk teeth and it's
eye teeth aud. in the due coarse Of hu.
man events. victory would salt down
and perch, with folded wings. upon
the proper standard.
After seventeen pairs ot Sands had
clapped forth thunder Of applause,
the gathering relegated all oratory in
to the background and got down ia
brass tacks.
Notwithstanding many assurances
had been passed out that the doors uf
the church were being kept open and
that the. light was being Kept working
overtime for the return 81 those who
had backslidden into the camp OF the
leaderless Progressivea. the local rank
and file Of the Progressives was no.
ticeable at the convention principally
through absence
Announcement was made that :. d.
Sanders Of Minco. had filed with the
state election board for the office or
representative Of Grady county.
The work OF naming candidates
was taken up. For commissioner OF
the southern district, John Coyle was
named; for commissioner OF the
northern district Dan Roysdon: for
commissioner OF the central district,
Marshall Johnson; for sheriff. Tom
Burke. Of Chickasha. and f. Wells, OF
Cement; for county attorney. Adolf
phus Clarke and Eugene Hamilton:
for county Judge. George Forester
and Norris Smith; for county clerk,
olin Brashear, OF chickasha. and
Charles Callahan. Of Alex; for court
clerk. w. W. Cantwell. Of Ninnekah
and Early Geary. Of verden; for
county treasurer Elmer Stone. Of I'm
ion Hill and Ben Hampton, Of Chicka.
sha.
Candidates for the offices Of county
surveyor and county superintendent
we're named. The names Of the can.
didates selected viii be placed on the
primary ballot.