The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-01
APPOINTMENT OF
BAILEY CHANGES
POLITICAL DOPE
Move Of Local Man to Supreme
Bench Brings New Possibilities
In Race for National Job OF
Scott Ferris.
(By Tom r. Phillips)

torney, as justice of the supreme
court from the fifth supreme judicial
district succeeding Judge ]. r.
Sharpe, resigned, has focused new
light on the congressional race in
this district
Before receiving the appointment
from the hands Of Governor Robert.
son, Judge Bailey was considered
formidable candidate for the seat in
the national congress, now held by
Scott Ferris, who is after Senator
Cores toga Bailey. it is known
prefers the seat on the states judi
cial throne in preference to the seat
in congress.
Linn Nursing Ambition
That VIII Linn, district judge OF
the fifteenth judicial district, is
nursing the ambition to represent the
sixth district in congress became
known this week When asked if he
would don his spring togs and make
;he race, Judge Linn declined to re
turn definite answer, but stated
that lie had been frequently solicited
! by Grady and Caddo county citizens
to become a candidate for the legis
latiye position.
Judge Linn is well known in the
political arena Of the state, having
served as state election commissioner
from "a pr 1913 to October 1910. He
served in this capacity during the
Oklahoma City-Guthrie campaign for
he state capitolship Resigning as
state election commissioner in Octo-
Der 1910 Judge Linn was appointed
superior judge in June of the same
year The superior court in this dis
t'.ct was abolished in 1913 and in
the following year, Judge Linn was
elected district judge, succeeding
Judge Bailey, who made the race for
the supreme court Linn defeated
Theodore Pruett, OF Anadarko while
Bailey was beaten by Judge Sharpe
his predecessor on the supreme
bench Linn has served as judge of
the fifteenth district since assuming
the office in January 1915.
The local iurist is a brother Of
Conn Linn, former county judge of
Tulsa county, later district judge Of
the Tulsa district and now practic-
ing attorney in tho eastern Oklahoma
metropolis.
Where Linn Vests Hopes
The friends of Judge Linn aver
tnat, should he make the race, he
would vest his hopes and stronghold
in Grady aud Caddo counties, where
he holds court Supporters Of other
candidates declare that Linn will not
make the race if It becomes neces-
sary for him to establish his sole
hopes on Caddo and Grady counties,
in view of the fact that Dan w.
Peery of Carnegie, Caddo county is
an avowed candidate and has actively
launched his campaign Peery, ac-
cording to the belief Of a few Grady
county men who have been holding
their hands on the political pulse,
viii control the bulk Of the votes in
eastern Caddo county
Wilson May Enter
/ ,f ff. lpt
OF public instruction, formerly con
rected with tho Chickasha city
schools and later county superntend
ent Of Grady county is frequently
mentioned as one of Chickasha's
probable congressional aspirants. VIII
son, il is known. posses campaign
talent unriva'ed by any man in the
state, and his local supporters and
admirers declare he could make a
strong race.
Dearmon Entertaining Idea
Senator c. A. Dearmon, member of
the Seventh Oklahoma legislature
and father of everal of the most
popular measures passed in that ses-
sion. is entertaining the idea of Of
ferirg his services to the sixth dis
trict as member of the national
law making body. Dearmon has
made the statement many times that
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