The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-15
Precincts Reported This Afternoon
Running Some Short Of Normal
Vote With Five Hours
gailotino Coming
DEVELOP OPPOSITION
TO PARK PROPOSITION
Frisco Precinct Reported Against
Bonds; City Hall. "sIioht Lead"
No Early Dope Available
Political Races

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In today's primary election at 9
o'clock this afternoon with considera.
BILE opposition TO the park bond
proposition being evidenced by
flashes" on the ballots cast.
AT the hour mentioned. the voting
precinct In the Frisco addition had
rolled up a substantIon percentage
against the measure. according TO re.
ports. while at the City Hall the
proposition to purchase the park and
Playground site had a slight lead''.
At the Frisco polling place. ios votes
had been cast. the normal vote there
being $50. At the City Hall 233 had
been cast, the normal vote being
$50 TO 800.
AZ the Carnegie library, 2iS votes
had been east up TO o'clock, the
ballot there being normally from $50
to $50. The park bonds we're given a
big lead"--as. II was expressed-in
this precinct out of the number
cast.
The lodge hall (colored) on Min.
nesota avenue between First and
Second streets, used as a polling
place today, showed rs votes cast at
2:20 this afternoon. Few negroes
had voted up to that time. II was
stated The park bonds were de.
scrIbed there as going good"
At the Congregational church,
there had been POS. votes cast out OF
a normal ballot OF about 400. Reports
there stated that the bonds were
going big"
At the Venable store on South
Second street there had been 10
votes cast at O'Clock and the re-
ports filtering out that the bonds
were carrying by about to one.
AT the court house at 3 o'clock 191
votes had been polled with the park
purchase being given good lead"
The wel-known and justly famous
battle of ballots" was on here to-
day in the primary election, in which
the entries for the general election
race were to be selected.
The affair had two sides to 1t.
One was the political phase in which
the candidates for office were work
ing and the other was the issue as
to whether the city shall spend $20,-
900 of the 100000 park bond issue
for 40 acres of land east Of the via
duct to be used for city park, fair
ground and baseball park.
The park proposition had over
shadowed the political side of the
race by odds, It was apparent by
many statements heard on the
streets and around the polls early in
the day.
"Got any dope on the mayors
race?" asked an information seeker
at one of the polls.
"Never mind the mayors race.
How about the park bonds?" was
the reply to the question.
"How's the chiefs race going?'
was asked another polling place.
Il haven't asked. Do you know
anything about the park bonds?"
Invariably, if one asked about any
political race, his query was an
swered by another question about
the park bonds.
There was no indication available
on any Of the political races at noon
today, but spectators for every can
didate was claiming his nomination,
giving every indication that it was to
be a race to the finish.
The principal interest, as far as
politics is concerned was revolving
around the races of chief OF police,
four-sided affair with Ben Phillips
o. G. Linn, A. Sidney Hancock and
L. G. Key entered, and the contest
for the nomination for mayor be-
: TWEEN Sam c. Durbin and o. Coffman
J Running close second, or third as
the case may be, was the city clerks
race in which ]. r. Wellborn and w
H. Burgess were the entries.
None of these candidates had con
ceded the nomination of anyone and
a full head of steam.