Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-20
VOTERS PROVE APATHeTIc
Only Light Vote Is Cast; Few
Republicans Go to
the Polls.
ALL AMENDMENTS FAVORED
Receive Unfavorable Majority
in Very Few of the
Precincts.
Open Town Ticket.

~Pch hcWh ANAUts
Mayor--C. ~. Hubbard.
Commissioner No. i--R y. Cur,
ran.
Commissioner No. 2--M. .. No.
Nulty.
Commissioncr No. s---r. NJ. Isshn.
block.
Auditor---Charics v. Burke.
There were few clouds In slHht
Yesterday, but that fact aid not pre-
vent an impression OF extreme
'wetness" IN Tulsa last night whom
the returns were all In from the
Democratic primary. and II was d.
terniined who were 10 he the candi-
dates In the coming city election.
lhe old crowd got back into tho
rare and will try 10 put Il over BY
he same old methods. fcrssttinx
that Tulsa has outErown her habits
OF looneress.
II Is plainly up TO the people Uf
Tulsa now M 10 whether they want
The old Bookkeeping regime back In
power or whether they prefer 20
have the city run along tho Hines
which have characterized the prsssnt
business administration. with i
showing In financial managsmsnt
and clean policies which have ofoni-
fled the name ri Tulsa and has been
uneauailed In any previous adminis-
tratiou,
slate Goer osc~.
Long before the polls eInsed yss-
terday noss" Kennrs. the Richard
Croker OF the famous first nrecinoi,
stated that his" ticket wnS ko2nr
over 10 a ninn--that there was ~
doubt about II. n there had .bepn
any doubt about the policy OF the
hackers Of the Democratic Ticket.
Kenney's statement that certain r3kn
we're 10 he nominated would hats
dlspelled II, al he has been ideutiffeN
with that element for rsseral years
Tho vote IN precincts one and ten,
whore Kenncy operated, u sl4o
plenty OF proof az 20 what the poii-
cy OF the city government viii be IN
case tho Democrats elect their can
didatcA
II. r, currnn In district No. 4. 80
VI. Y. Newblock In district No. 4. Ws
not generally creditsd with bsing
hand .in-hand with this element. and
II Ia the assumption that the rest os
the ticket are depending upon their
reputation 10 carry them thru
Real Pun Just beginning.
The campaign viii start from to-
day and you may expect that the
crowd which n responsible for the
results yesterday will have all sorts
of promises 10 make TO the voters ns
20 what their policy Will be. Tho
Democrats have never demonstrated
that they were for anything except
a wide-open city. The present p1-
ministrstlon has demonstrated be-
yond any question: OF doubt that
Tulsa is too big and important a city
to he run for the benefit OF any In
dlviduai set OF men. and the psopis
are not going 20 cast their vote 10
return IN old conditions.
Democrats calling The World last
night 10 learn what the results were
In the primary openly remarked
that the ticket was defeated by ths
, ote yesterday
Hubbard for Mayor
G. IT, Hubbard. oil man, was nom
mated for mayor over former May
or W. E Rohde by a n,siority of
about two to ons, Hohde was
by the machine In virtually
ayefy one OF the ~ precincts In the
rily. In the "nld rell-hle" first. once
the stronghold nf the linuor and
element and stiii controlled
largely by them. he received only rs
votes out of n total OF iIs cast
The result everywhere bore out
tho claim that Hubbard was the
VET candidate and had their en-
iorsemert
II ala not take the result. how
aver 10 Sustain this assertion. II
MAS fuzzy borne out Friday night,
when Democratic machine leaders
mailed out under special delivery
stamps 10 the boys who believe IN a
wide open" town cards carrying
names NJ the machine ticket Az tho
bottom was printed this laconic mes
,oeo,
carry this IN your vest pocket"
The puggestion Jneaning, Mark
your ballot accordingly and shoNa
his ticket across They are our
friends"
The cards carried the. following
names For mayor. G II Hubbard;
,ommissioner No. ], r. u. Currsn;
.ommlsslouer No 2, NJ. J AcNulty,
r. commissioner No ,. r. NJ. Bohns
,omu lssloner No. T. Thomas I. Mon
zoe
Voters Apathctic.
While the old ring had everything
~ way. he biz outstanding feassra
,f the primary is that hundreds OF
stayed away from the
lulls arat refused 10 have anythlne
, 40 With n T,ev eviASntlv kuaw.
he Euno we're loaded and made up
heir minds 20 place themselves ur-
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