The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-04
THOUGHT HE WAS
THE GOVERNOR
ovations of Multitude Be-
slowed Upon Substitute
for Dignitary.
STOOD HONORS WELL
wbon John Golobie Played
the Part of Territorial
Head for a Day.
nv c. NJ. sARcHET.

poNcA CITY, Okla. April 3
r,.. a,o.onse of John Golobie In this
.,,y as one Of the guests of honor at
enc American Legion ball recalls
,orrer visit here OF the Guthrie
newspaper man. who was repub-
,,.,, candidate for governor in 1919
u-hon he visited Ponca City before
80, that was nearly 20 years ago,
xasa governor OF oklahoma Ter
-,,orv for a day In the minds OF all
IN. pcople here and didn't know II.
mis- all occurred during tho gov
.,'.rsb4n of Tom Ferguson, editor
=, tho Watonga ltcpubiican, VINO
.o,-,ed through appointment by
Thaodore Roosevelt from late in
ION for four years. Golohle was
,,on as now tho Cditor-owner of the
STATE Register at Guthrie and y re-
publican leader in territorial AFFAIRS.
ponca CITY was celebrating the
r,ol,rth Of July. when that date oc-
c,rrcd in 1908. one OF the greatest
-oiehrations--al the posters ad-
,o,,,ed--that had ever been pulled
~, either in southern Kansas or
throughout the Cherokee strip. The
oity was full OF people. as a result
Of The many alluring announcements,
a feature OF which was tho fact that
Governor Tom Ferguson would be
The principal speaker OF the day
The celebration was being held on
.he hanks Of the Arkansas river, a
milo southeast OF town. whore ma
,ure has provided ample shade for
such events. Here the program was
|. 10 be given and a special platform
had been erected for the purpose.
with plenty of room for the military
bans
But Ferguson Didn't Show.
Notwithstanding the announce
mcut that he would make the chief
talk. Governor Ferguson did not
show up on celebration day 1t de-
yeloped that official business was
such that he could not get away
from his office In Guthrie. and he
so notified the Ponca City commit
tee together with tho further an
nouncemcnt that he had prevailed
upon John Golobie to make the
speech for him.
when the Ponca City committee
learned Of the governors announce
VlFIll lIlfIf NdE n llhl Z lNh t'lAA' " 'li'F
and IL was decided that il would not
60 TO admit that the governor was
not coming, that II miPht prevent
the crowd from being as big as was
anticipated, and the committee voted
10 keep still and make an eleventh
hour confession II necessary.
The military band was lined up
alongside the old Santa Fe station
here when the morning train came
in from Guthrie and there WAS a
big crowd on hand. all awaiting
eagerly the appearance of tho gov
ernor. The members of the commit
tee had not even told their wives,
and Golobie himself did not know
that he was coming unannounced.
When the Guthrie editor stepped
from the train, the parade was
formed ready for the march
through the business district and on
10 the Arkansas. The committee
Immediately took Golobie in charge.
rushed him TO an open cab, drawn
by prancing horses, and the parade
started. But a very few people had
ever seen Governor Ferguson and
immediately when Golobie appeared
there was a burst OF applause for
Ne territory's chief executive.
= tHl along tho line OF march the
- fple were thick. craning their
LehSs TO see the governor. They
cheered vociferously and Golobie
bowed to the right and to the left,
acknowledging the greetings. The
crowd fell in behind and followed
TO the river shade.
Not until the presiding officer an
nounced to the people that Cover
nor Ferguson had been detained and
tnat John Golobie had been sent in
ms stead did Golohie understand
mat In the minds of the crowd OF
people through which he had just
passed, had he been mistaken for
tne chief executive and that for al
most an hour at least he had been
.dNen Tor the governor of tho terri
Gently.