The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
JAKE HAD HIS KNIFE
SHA Rp WHEN He STARTED
OUT TO GRAB THE SCALP
OF HIS POL |T|CAL FOE
FIrsI blood for .Lnke.


The republican primaries in the
Fourth Congressional District OF Ok
lahoma were held on Friday, and full
returns from all OF the counties give
l92 delegates for Jake l.. Harnon, for
national committeeman, and 20 for j.
J. McCiraw Of ponca City, the present
incumbent.
This was q vertablc Waterloo for
the McGaw interests, and comes as
an especial surprise when it is re-
memDered that it was at the meeting
of the congressional committee at
Shawnee, short time ago, that the
fact was heralded abroad that NC
Graw has the fourth district solid"
In the primaries, Friday, Hamon
won IN seven counties, while Nc
Graw carried but two.
McGraw seems to have stood better
with the correspondents OF the Okla
horna and Tulsa World than he did
with the voters of the district for all
OF the news stories concerning this
race, appearing in those two publica-
tons recently, have shown decided Nc
GraW sentiment all OVER the state.
particularly in the fourth district and
predicted that the Ponca City man
had d W0lllover in the state.
The delegates chosen on Friday were
to the congressional convention which
is to meet in Shawnee soon, where
two delegates and two altcrnates will
be chosen to the Republican National
Convention. at Chicago in June The
real election Of the national commit
toeman for each state, under the usage
prevailing in the republican party
takes place at the national conven-
tion. Tho member from each state is
nominated by the delegates from the
state, and confirmed by the national
convention.
The fight for committeeman from
Oklahoma has been very active be-
tween McGraw and Hamon. McGraw
has had the advantage of being in
conItUl Of the state political machine,
and practically all Of the preliminary
meetings have been dominated by him
and his friends. In the recent meet
ing OF the republican state commit
tee, at the Skirvin Hotel. in Okla
homa City, the McGraw forces pre-
dominated by a decided majority, fix
ing tho state convention for the Sc
lection of the four delegates for the
state .at.largc, for Feb. 1lth while the
Hamon forces favored a meeting in
March. The new secretary for the
state committee. Fred D, Bearly, was
Also the choice of the McGraw ma.
jority.
Jake Hamon was not alarmed by
the tactical advantages OF his oppo.
rcnt, but took the fight to the grass
roots" In this first contest before
the voters of the party he has won a
decisive victory, and one that will
overcome the propaganda sent out
from republican machine headquarters
10 the effect that "it was all over but
the shouting and McGraw had the
job sealed up and ready for the postage
stamps.
A convention in this. the Third Con
gressional district is said to have
boen called by AlcGraw to be held at
McAlcster some time this month. No
one with whom The Ardmoreite could
get in touch could give tho name of
the chairman Of the republican con-
gressional district committeeman for
the district, although Chas. Won Welse,
the member of the committee from
this county states that chairman
was chosen ut the meeting held at
Durant, two years ago. Local repub'
llcans state that McGraw has no au'
thority to call district convention,
or a district meeting. but that the
call must be issued either by the dis
trict chairman, or the district COM
mittee.