The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-12
ORGANIZE DEMO
PARTY IN GRADY,
PLEA Of LEADER
Ed N. seamans. Chairman State
Democratic Committee Explains
New PIans Adopted In State.
Asks Cooperation.
START WITH PRECINCTS
SAYS METHOD OUTLINED
Danger Of Losing State to RepublI.
cans Expressed; Women Take
Active Part In Meeting;
Speeches Made.

committeeman from every sectIol
OF the county, Ed NJ Semans. chair
man OF tho state democratic centra
committee. In I'm address yesterda,
afternoon In the county court house
explained the democrati party's new
plan OF organization In this stat,
and urged the cooperation OF III,
various precinct committees In car
rying out this program.
MFR. Semans declared that the plar
of organization heretofore used b,
the democratic party was fundamen
tally wrong; that the new plan oI
organization Is fundamentally right
Under the new plan. the party starts
its organization from the founda
tlon stone and builds up. while un
der the old II. attempted to start
from the top and build down.
Start In Precincts.
Thorough organization OF commit
tees in each and every voting pre-
cinct in the county, the chairmen
and vice-chairmen of the precinct
committees TO constitute the county
central committees and the chair.
men and vice-chairmen OF the coun.
ty central committees TO constitute
the congressional committees to
make up the state central commit.
tee was the plan outlined by Mr..
Semans.
II shall be the duty OF each pre-.
cinct committee TO make canvas
of the precinct and determine the
number of democrats residing there
In, II was stated. On election day,
II shall be the duty of the commit
tee to see that every democrat in
the precinct votes.
This was the plan pursued by the
democratic party In Oklahoma coun-
ty last year, with the result that the
party increased its majority In the
county, despite the republican land
slide elsewhere.
"Party Must Organize"
"The democratic party must or
ganize If its desired results are to
be accomplished" Mr.. Semans de-
clared. He urged every democrat
who is interested in the party's well
fare to assist in this work.
Mr.. Semans expressed the belief
that If the republicans elect gov
ern0r next November and if they
obtain control of the state senate
and house of representatives, that
they would build up a machine
which would keep them In power
for many years. This might be ac-
complished, he said, by colonizing
Oklahoma with negroes in sufficient
numbers to hold the balance Of pow
er and give the republicans a ma
jority. He declared that this was
done in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.
"The situation is dangerous" he
said Mr.. Semans declared that the
democratic party of Oklahoma could
point with pride to its record, stat
ing that the history of the develop
ment of this state and the making
of the laws governing same is a
part of the history of the democratic
party of Oklahoma. "The record of
the democratic party in this state IS
marvellous" he declared.
Other Talks Are Made.
Reports from committeeman from
different parts of the county were
received at the meeting. These re-
ports indicate a democratic year."
Moman H. Shepard, county chair
man of the party, declared
One of the features of the pro-
gram was the talk made by Mrs. A.
G. Fulkerson, Of Anadacko, vice
chairman of the congress oral cen
trail committee. Mrs. Fulkorson
briefly discussed the organization of
the democratic women and her de-
sire to see this undertaking carried
to a successful conclusion in her
very individual manner, she related
some of her experiences in the or-
ganization work and expressed her
interest in the task. II was 4 truly
democratic speech.
Other talks were made by Mrs. i.
H. Harness, vice chaiman of the
county central committee; Judge H.
L. Grigsby, Alger Melton, Bert Bare
foot, Senator c. A. Dearmon, G. c..
McVey, of Verden; Green Taylor of
near Chickasha; ]. R. Burleson, of
Rush Springs; Kiah May of the
College Mound community; George
A. Hosey of Tuttle; Henry Minnett,
secretary of the county election
board, and Mrs. Blanche Freeman,
county registrar.