The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-17
With Bill Making Police Chief
Job Elective in Hands of
Governor Five Enter Race
for Office.
NAMES ON BALLOT
UNLESS BILL VETOED
Polls in Primary Open at 6
O'Clock Tomorrow; Beets Has
Opponent for Street Com
missioner's s Job.

the bill making tha offices of the
chief Of police and street comission-
er elective in cities of the first class
having been approved by the legis-
lature and passed to the hands of
Governor Robertson, sinterest in the
city primary to be hSld tomorrow is
booming. /
Five men, jim ii Diuou, 0. G.
Linn, Samuel Dwyeig Ben Hudgins,
and George A. Browh have filed for
the police chiefs jobs while Street
Commissioner Dan Beets, viii have
opposition in the race to succeed
himself, J. w Welborn, member OF
the city council, having filed as
candidate for this office Saturday.
Although the bill revising the sec
tion of the election law which provides
that the chief of police and street
commissioner shall be appointed and
making the offices elective, had not
been reported here as signed by the
governor this morning, the names Of
these candidates will appear on the
ballot and will be voted on tomor-
row, unless the governor vetoes the
bill before tomorrow Henry Min
nett secretary of the county cleo
ton board stated this morning. The
measure. reports from the state cap
ital say, will probably be signed by
Governor Robertson today" Mr..
Minnett declared this morning.
IF the bill is signed, Chickasha
will be saved the expense of hold
ing another election by placing the
names of the men on the ballots at
this election. Should the bill be We
toed by the governor after tomor-
row, the people viii have expressed !
their opinion as to whom they desire |
as chief of police for the city of
Chickasha. In such event that the |
bill is vetoed by the states chief
executive today, election officials
will strike the names for chief of po-
lice and street commissioner from
the ballot, before the ballot is Issued .
to the voter" he continued.
Little interest is being manifested |
in the races other than those for
chief of police and street commits /
sioner. The only other race that
will be contested is for member of
the school board for first ward, NJ
S. Crare, present member, and J.
b. Barnes, local contractor, are the +
candidates in this race. The COM
plete ballot to be voted on tomorrow
is as follows:
For Mayor Samuel c. Durbin. ]
For city Clerk-E. G. Reynolds.
For City Treasurer-W. w. Clarke.
For Chief of Police-O. G. Linn,
James F. Dillon, Samuel Dwyer Ben
Hudgins. and George a. Brown.
For Street CommissiOner-.Dan w.
Beets and J. W. Wellborn.
For Councilman, Ward Henry |
H. Du Bose.
For Councilman, Ward 2-Joseph !
A. Hawn.
For Councilman, Ward sc. H.
Caneman.
For Councilman, Ward As. B.
Newman.
For member school board, Ward l
j. B. Barnes, NJ. S Cralle.
For member school board Ward |
3-w. T. Cloud.
For member school board Ward
Frank NJ. Bailey.
For treasurer school board K.
Hawn.
Pursuant to the election laws Of
Oklahoma, the polls will open at 6
o'clock a. m. and viii close at Z
o'clock p. m. Voting place are;
Ward 1. Precinct 1-venable gro
cery. sos South Second street; J. A
Rose, inspector.
Ward 1, Precinct 2-cOngregation-
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