The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-06
ORGANIZE GRADY
LEAGUE To HELP
DEMO INTERESTS
Yovnu Democrats ef County Perfect
Permanent Organization st Court
House Meeting Here: form
campalan Plans.
]. ELMER THOMAS IN
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
Former Scion Says Cooperation
Only Thing Needed 10 nflna
Democratic Victory 81 Nest
Election: Heads Named.

Tho League of YoluF Democrats
of Grady County waa permanent,
Organized A. q meeting held ias'
nlghi in the court fbom Of the
county court house.
! y. rcery. superintendent 81
schools 1T M.nco. was named praaii
dent. A. Noble I.aiA. commander
of tho Raymond r. Hurst post ol
the American teglon. vice presl.
dent: Tom II. Paliilps. secretary.
and Miss Birdie Tolhori. deputy
county aaseasor. treasurer Ralpi
l.ee. u Minco. Earl = alden. Chick.
ai..a. Marjorie Watkins. chlckaaha.
and Dr. W c. Travis. chickasha.
were named members of The hoard
Of directors Of which the officer
are ex-offIcIo members.
Organization. membershlp. consti
tuition an dbylawa committee viii
be- announced soon. To orean.zs
branches Of the league IN every
town and voting precinct IN the
county Is the plan agreed upon last
night
a crowd Of more than one hun
dred attended the meeting. Consid.
cradle enthusiasm was manifested.
Thomas Principal Speaker.
Organization. registration ami
participation are all that Is necoi.
eary 10 restore the democratic ms
jority In Oklahoma. J. Elmer T1om.
as veteran state legislator and
party leader, declared In the prlnci.
pal address delivered to the young
democrats last night
That he heartily approved the
plan TO organize the young demo
orats Of Oklahoma and the new con.
stitutlon recently adopted by the
party OF the state. was stressed BY
the Medicine Park statesman. He
explained In detail the new plan OF
organizing the party In every vot.
Ing precinct and pointed to many
pleasing features of the recently
adopted constitution.
The new plan Of organization, as
outlined by Mr.. Thomas, Is briefly [
as follows: the chairman and vice
chairman, which must be of opposite +
sex, shall constitute the county cen
trail committee; the chairman and
vice.chairman of the county commit
tees shall constitute the congress
sional committee and the chairmen
and viee-chalrmen of the congress
sional and county committees shall
constitute the state central commit
tee which will act as state campaign
committee.
The discarded plan, which has
been employed by the democratic
party of Oklahoma since statehood,
provides that the county central
committee shall contain mem
ber from each voting precinct; that
each county shall elect state COM
to make up the state
committee.
"Party viii Come Back.
Pointing to the outcome of sew
eral elections held since the present
administration assumed the helm OF
the government, Ex-senator Thomas
predicted that the democratic party
will "come back" in the next elec.
tion.
He referred to the eight ye-.~s Of
democratic administration as the
Golden Age when employment was
plentiful and when everyone was
He compared those.
conditions with present day condi-
tions.
people were just tired of work.
ing; they wanted a vacation the
speaker declared, adding "and many
of them have realized this desire 9
Speaking in his very characteris- ;
tic manner, the senator remarks
frequently provoked applause from {
the audience that gave him closest
attention throughout He spoke for
nearly As minutes, discussing the I
causes of the democratic defeat in
the last general election; referring
briefly to some of the legislation
being proposed by the republican ,
and some of the activities ,
of that body and outlining few
issues that should be given consider
ktion in the next campaign.
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