The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-22
Committee in Session Here to Organ.
'ze and Decide Time and Place
OF District Convention; At
tendance Good.
EXPECT FIGHT TO NAME
PLACE FOR CONVENTION
representatives Jake L. Hamon and
Jim Harris Herr; ]. J.. Meeraw,
Present Committeeman, Ar.
riVes in City Early.

Inc republican congressional com
mittee of the sixth district is scbe,
duled to meet this afternoon at 2
O'Clock in the EARLY hotel. Several
members OF the committee arrived in
ChicSasha this morning and 1.-The re-
naming members, or their represen-
tatives, are expected in time to open
the meeting on scheduled time.
Representatives of Jake Hamon
and Jim Harris, candidates for re.
publican national committeeman. will
attend the meeting. j. ]. McGraw,
OF Ponca City present committeeman
and candidate for reelection, arrived
in the city elrly today Hamon is
represented by j. e. Dyche of Okla.
homa City and Alva Mcdonald. of El
Reno Harris is represented by w.
W. Hollister Of this city.
The meeting of the sixth congress.
sional committee was called by e. G.
Etzold, of Temple chairman pro tenn.
pore by virtue of his having been
chairman of THE committee dissolved
after the last republican national
convention.
Members Of the Committee.
The republican congressional COM
mittee is composed Of county chair.
men in the various counties included
in The district Members OF the com.
mittee is the sixth district are:
r. Brown, Watonga, Blaine county;
w. /. Lacy, Anadarluo. Caddo county;
W. A. Maurer, El Reno, Canadian
county; John T. Bruss, Lawton. Co
manche county; E. G. Etzold, TEN.
pie, Cotton county; j. u. Sanders.
Minco, Grady county; DR.. D. B. Col
Inns sugden, Jefferson county; w. j.
Brown Kingfisher, Kingfisher coun-
ty; James d. Elliott, Duncan, ste
phens county.
Convention win be Called.
The meeting OF the committee, &C.
cordng to John Appleby, Oklahoma
City, secretary of the state republi-
CAN committee, was called for the
purpose of organizing the committee
and of transacting other business
that may properly come before the
body.
The time and place Of THE district
convention will be decided at this
meeting. Two delegates to the ma
tional republican convention, at
which the party's candidate tor pres
ident will be selected will be chosen
at the district convention. Two al
ternates will also be elected.
1t was learned this morning that
the fight in the committee would be
over the naming Of the d1te and
place of the district convention. w.
w. Holliaeer, representing the Wag-
goner man, stated that the Harris
forces would not put up any fight
whatever in the committee meeting
here.
McGraw forces claimed Ito have
complete control of the committee
and slid that they would name the
place and set the date OF the disHrfct
convention. The big bout will be
staged at this convention.
That tde republicans candidate for
president would be Governor Low
den, Of Illinois, or Gen. Leonard
Wood, was evidenced by sentiment
expressed among the republicans
here today. Fred Parkinson, of Law
ton, one of the Lowden managers in
this state, is in the city today. The
Lowden supporters declared that
much of the sentiment favored the
Illinois governor The Wood forces
were quiet
Many prominent republicans, in-
cluding ]. W. Klyser. editor OF the
Chickasha Star, and republican MEM
Der of the state board OF public af-
fairs, are in the city to attend the
committee meeting.