The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-21

ffafrlS on the first ballot giving him
40 votes as against q to Mrs. Jake
l.. Hamon, widow of the late national
committeeman from Oklahoma. Mr..
Harris announced Immediately that he
would resign as state chairman as
soon as his recommendation had been
ratified.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 21.-James A.
Harris of Wagner was indorsed for
republican national committeeman from
Oklahoma by the Republican state
committee here Monday afternoon. He
received 40 votes and Mrs. Jake l..
tlamon, his only opponent, received 27.
Cimarron county was the only county
not represented and not voting.
Harris announced before the ballot
was taken that as soon as the ma
tional committee ratified the nomina-
tion made by the state committee, il
he were nominated, he would resign
as chairman Of the state COMMITTEES,
Prospects are that the national COM
mittee will not meet for q year or
more, it was said here yesterday,
leaving that time during which Har-
ris will be chairman OF the state com.
mittee and virtual occupant OF tho
seat on the national committee.
j. w. Harreld, United States sena.
tor-elect in Washington, cast HE
strength for Harris at the last, ac-
cording TO a telegram read by l.. NJ
Frye of Sallisaw, a member of the
state committee, in the course of his
speech seconding the nomination o!
Harris for committeeman. Harreld's
telegram. addressed to IT. A. Larta.
Of Tulsa, was as follows:
Replying TO yours I am not a can
didate. Think it best TO support Har-
ris."
Called 10 order soon after 2 o'clock
at the Lawrence hotel the committee
there devoted itself only TO hearing
roll call. adopting a previously ar.
ranged order OF business, appointing
a resolutions committee and adjourn
ing to meet again in the banquet hall
Of the Skirvin hotel.
Conferences and delays resulted In
the close-packed crowd at the Skir-
vim waiting until 4:45 o'clock before
the meeting was resumed. Hearing
of nominating and seconding speeches
ballotIng on candidates for committee
man and adoption of the resolutions
submitted, which eulogized the late
Jake l.. Hamon, whose vacant seat on
the committee was TO be filled. con-
stNuted the whole business OF tho
meeting.
Voting by counties on the candi-
dates for committeeman was a. fol-
lows:
FOR HARRIS-Adair. Alfalfa. Atoka.
Beckham. Blaine, Bryan, Caddo. Cher
okee, Choctaw. Cleveland. Creek. Gus
ter, Dewey, Garfield, Garvin. Grady.
Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper. Has
kell, Hughes, Kingfisher. Latimer. Lee
Flore, Lincoln, Logan. Love, Me-
Curtain, Mcintosh. Major, Marshall.
Murray ,Muskogec. okfuskee. okmul-
gee, Ottawa. Pawnee. Payne, Pitts
burg, Pushmataha. Roger Mills. Semi.
mole. sequoyah. Tillman. Wagner.
Washington. Washlta. Woodward.
FOR MRS. HAMoN-Beaver. Cana
dian, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Comanche.
Craig Delaware. Ellis. Jackson. JEFF
fcrson, Johnston, Kay, Kiowa, Nc
Claim, Maycs, Noble. Nowata. okla
homa, Usage. Pontotoc. Pottawatomie.
Rogers, stephens, Texas, Tulsa, Woods.
Harmony shall be my watohword'
declared Harris in "a speech following
the announcement OF the committees
vote. God forbid that | should ever
raise my hand in an attack upon the
family OF Jake l.. Hamon. God forbid
that l should ever mark a man In this
state because he voted against me
here today. call upon you TO help
me make q full. complete and favor
able report on this city. state and na.
ton in November. 1922.
"My work in the past twenty years
has been through this organization.
not outside OF IL. | have not run for
office. 1 desire to be only q part c<
what I consider the greatest organisn-
ton In the state and nation. to the
one end that I may help TO producer
better government for the people.
II have heard much comment that
I want to be governor two years from
now. I want TO take that idea out OF
your minds 4 don't want 10 be a onn-
didate for governor two. years henoo
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