The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-09-23
Elect Delegates to State Conven-
tion and Instruct Vote as Unit
for the Proposed Suffrage
Amendment in State.
WAR POLICIES OF
NATION ENDORSED
Pledge United and Individual Eff
forts to Support President; Lou
than Chairman of Session;
Harmony is Watchword.

Electing delegates to the state
convention, adopting resolutions en-
dorsing the state and national adj
ministrations and instructing the del
egation to the state meeting to vote
as a unit i'll favor of the proposed
woman suffrage amendment to the
state constitution, the Democratic
county convention, held at the city
hall in Chickasha Saturday afternoon,
was marked by harmony from start
TO finish and its business was fin
ished within an hour after it opened.
B. B. Barefoot, chairman of the
county Democratic executive commit
tee, called the convention to order
and presented NJ B. Louthan for
temporary chairman and ]. w. Nor
gan, of Minco, for temporary secre-
terry Later on motion of Alger Mel
ton the temporary organization was
made permanent On taking the chair,
Mr.. Louthan addressed the conven-
tion briefly, thanking the delegates
for the honor bestowed upon him.
Mr.. Morgan also spoke briefly, ex-
pressing his thanks and touching
upon war topics.
On motion, the chair appointed IRA
Johnson, of Minco, Ben Vaughan, Of
Alex, j. L. Ransbarger, of Verden,
Alger Melton, and 3. B. Barefoot as
a committee to recommend list of
delegates to the state convention. G.
Evans, L. c. Hutson and Judge F. M.
Bailey we're appointed as members
of the committee on resolutions.
After the committees had reported
and their reports had been adopted,
on motion of Alger Melton, the unit
rule for the delegation to the state
convention was adopted, the dele
gates present at the convention being
authorized to cast the entire 32 votes
allotted to Grady County. and by a
subsequent motion, the delegation
was specifically instructed to sup
port a declaration by the state con-
vention in favor of the woman suf-
frage amendment.
The convention endorsed the ac-
ton of the county executive commit
tee in selecting D. M. Cavaness as
the Democratic candidate for county
attorney in place of Oscar Simpson,
withdrawn.
The following were elected as del
!. egates to the state convention;
NJ. B. Louthan, F. NJ. Bailey, M. F.
Courtney, Bert Jackson, c. "A. Dear
mon, 7, J. O'Neill, ]. D. Carmichael
L. c. Hutson, R. E. Davenport Alger
Melton, Jim Dillon, ]. D. Bryan, B.
B. Barefoot, n NJ. Williams, J. c.
Lewis, B. Holding. Adrian Melton
L. A. Sanders, Frank Plato, J. A.
Temple, G. H. Evans, NJ A Stoddard
w. w Clark. G. w Barefoot, J. E
Shelton. R. H. Wilson, M. II. Shep-
ard, S Broom Wall. Ira Johnson, j
w. Morgan, Rush Minco; Dr. Hanna
Ben Vaughan, Alex; Geo. T. Martin
Bradley; Bob Thompson. M. A
Stokes, Ninnekah; Walter Long, ]
B. Riddle, A. L. Evans, w. NJ. Hunt
ley, Henry Mileur, J. R. Burleson
Sell Pursley. Rush Springs; w. c
West. Minco; W. A. Bryant, Pocas
set; H. NJ. Smelser, Amber; Ben Ba
ker, T. ]. Brown, A. Z. Hennings
Tuttle; C. A. Bowers, Lon Smiley
Laverty; Theo. Slower, c. c. Fisher
Jack Hill, viii Linn, B. c. Lewis
Harry Shrock.
The resolutions adopted were a
follows:
BE it resolved by the Democrati
Convention of Grady County in se'
sion assembled this 21st day of Sci