Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-27
"":~tv Members of County
y". "o 1''''0s I'alle,.ui Spe-
cial Session.
CALL A CONVENTION
Will Adopt Platform and
Introduce Candidates
Next Month.

with thirty members present, Wost
of them from the rural districts, the
county central committee of tSe Re
publican party in Tulsa county keld
n special meeting in Tulsa yesterday
afternoon. They went on record
against preferential primary, but
decided to hold a convention some
time IN June. at which time the plat
form for the coming county cam
paign will be adopted and candidates
and prospective candidates viii be in
troduCcd.
A committee, consisting of County
Chairman A. A. Small and Mcssrs.
Houser of Broken Arrow and Town
send of S<iatook. was appointed for
the purpose of setting the date and
ARRANGING for the convention. Repre-
sentation in the convention VIII be al
lowed on the basis of one delegate
to every ten votes
COP. Has Majority.
It was announced tht as a result
of tho united efforts of the Republi-
can organization during the recent
reg1stration period "A total of eleven
thousand voters were registered in the
county This is twice the number OF
votes cast in the election two years
ago The increase in the city OF Tulsa
Is DnenOnlenIl. nc SNdlfil'lN ny
Chairman Small that nearly six thous-
and of the eleven thousand voters
registered were Republicans. aroused
preat enthusiasm Committeeman n
from every section of the county re-
ported widespread interest in the com
ing campaign and an almost universal
desire for "A change In officials. The
committee decided unanimously to put
out full ticket. There will be clean.
IL ri ION
OF the county.
1t was decided to keep Republican
headquarters in the Robinson Arcade
open until after the election in Novem,
ber. Two large rooms have been fitted
up and telephones installed.
At the convention in June some
speaker of national reputation will ad
dress the Republicans of the county
Big Primary Vote.
| Several members yesterday spoke o.
| the necessity of getting out heavy
vote at the primary in August, for thu
purpose of knocking out the IL ol
more proposed constitutional amend
ments including the new literacy tes
law, put up by the Democratic party
as a substitute for the late lamentec
grandfather clause" Speakers alsc
urged that the county cast unani-
nous vote against the vitaliZation OF
Campbell Russells section l2A OF
the constitution. If this amendment
should be vitalized it will take $4,000
away from the schools of Tulsa county
annually, as it provides for the distri-
button of all school tax by the state
on the basis of school population.
Chairman A. A. Sn all made the
| keynote speech of the coming cam
| paign.
1--WE are in this battle to win" he
declared. "Nictory or defeat rests
with this committee. We can and
must win; not to punish, not to find
| fault with anyone, nor to unearti
! crook edness, but on account of the
| bad management we have had, to get
officers who will give the people q
business administration in out county
affairs.
1--WE must win,' he continued. "Th,
eyes of Oklahoma are on Tulsa coun-
! ty. This county. more than any 9TH
er county in the state. is making the
! history of Oklahoma. The city cleo
ton here placed the city administra-
| ton in the hands OF the Republicans
and the peope are saying. will tn,
Republicans make good? And now
! holding the strategic location in this
state. IL is our duty, as the generals
| in this campaign, to see to it that the
| proper methods are employed. the
proper ticket put forward and voters
given the opportunity of putting clear
( business men in every office in the
/ county and assist in redeeming tht
state of Oklahoma"