Star Gazette (Newspaper) - August 9, 1912, Sallisaw, Oklahoma The STAR Established 1893 VOLUME 4 ' h * AUGUST 9, 1912. NUMBER 41 DEMOCRATIC Official Returns of Primary Election for the Nomination of Democratic Candidates in Sequoyah held August 6, 1912. Candidates For County W. 58 Jason G. 101 For County C. For E. Johnston John T. Johnson For Supt. Pub. J. H. I C. L. yd For Register of j J. W. i For District Fred A. B. A. 1 j For County j J. V. T. C. M. S. d For County Lee A. L. For J. C. 148 142 For County I G. W. 76 Webb 53j For Co. Com. No. 1 D. J. J. J. W. For Co. Com. No. 2 R. L. G. W. Ed W. E. McConnelL For Co. Com. J. M. For U. S. Robert L. Owen N. For State M. S. S. K. For W. L. J. W. 3: 34 3 87 87| 61 112| 33 1-.- No. 2McKeyPrice's 3627152970712591352431193035 84858210978523852286262504129 9096891161115344901258279505852 595330581084444691443241545033 63<6i87935012944305860172734 53 62387312310349~19461138089435136 1009599133110524385130S895536158 85 2379007812044386844253838334 29 66552572 45353664%1314411393957395537 70576565502933423102017711 5211415174144421881417 92991008283124065227962215634 2714156170466401481235431728 10498100114985044811148273535955 ' 4954628225174126826255423518 383524401537126740181842641 2i84234367332624 191177363493 55416816347 612310428351341 683435178583424822313423332 7458514850924767542039'4139 31244078804313100622351131416 5345526897452432473329362527 524836624371775914943173630 0Q O O H 27 9 24 23 32 30 37 33 2 31 10 30 39 18! 34 45, 33| 23 34 i 45 30 29 5, 3 3! 8! 23 28 14 25 13 17 31 7; 11 29| 32| 2 36 20 20 22 17 31 10 49 29 22 23 8 23 20 23 49 2 40 40 301 33 9| 10' 26 23 34 26 18, 40 40| 19 17 26 25 7 30 5 5 18 19 19 20 20 12 5 704 1127 1488- 1142 823 1203 619 1567 988 795 45 964 632 271 1123 740 1505 859 626 54 107 72 357 196 107 365 523 755 1043 807 717 845 750 TUESDAY'S PRIMARY Much Interest Manifested by Sequoyah County BLASSINGAME WINNER For State Senator and W. L. Curtis Nominated for Representative In the The primary election last Tuesday passed off quietly at all the voting places in the notwithstanding was much interest felt by democrats in the result and many were active in behalf of their favorite A larger democratic vote was polled than in any preceding primary and still all the democrats in the did not The race for State Senator in this composed of and was and the result was for some time in due to conflicting reports Adair county the official returns show that M. S. Blassingame was defeating Seth K. both of this The vote is as 807; Adair 313; 1120. 717; Adair 367; 1084. 36. In the race for Representative of Sequoyah county in the next State W. L. Curtis of this city won over Dr. J. W. Sosbee of Gore by a majority of 95. The vote for Justice of the Peace in Sallisaw township was as Precinct No. 1-J. G. Denton 52; W. P. Akin 26; Luther Shepherd 26; E. N. Ellis 60; H. B. Scruggs 6. Precinct No. 2-Denton 36; Akin 20; Ellis 41; Shepherd 17; Scruggs 7. For Constable of Sallisaw Township M. Carroll 179; A. H. Johnson 27; Easley 63; Tom Crowson 8, The nominees for the several county offices are as County G. County C. E. present Superintendent of Public Instruction H. Register of W. present County Jr. present W. County Jesse J. 2nd, W. E. present 3rd, J. M. In the race for United States Ex-Governor Haskell carried the over Senator Owen by a majority of 288. The vote for Congressman for this district stands as Davenport 869; Williams 111. The vote for democratic candidates for Congressman at large is as Frank 209. Robert Lee 107. 93. Ben 61. T. 67. 69. J. Y. 82. W. J. 112. D. R. 54. R. V. 74. R. E. 75. W. F. 82. M. 378. T. 62. W. F. 29. Pat J. 21. Jack J. 38. B. 178. A. E. 132. W. W. 29. H. 501. Leslie G. 140. Moman 77. J. B. A. 173. Leslie P. 228. Joe B. 417. Claude 141. Kansas and Missouri Primary Aug. 6.-Pro-gressiveism swept Kansas in the primary election It whisked into nomination the eight presidential electors who had declared allegiance to Theo dore Roosevelt and on the face of the returns up to midnight de Congressman P. P. Campbell in his light to retain his seat in At that H. M. a had a lead over who had been a staunch supporter of President The contest for the seat in the United States now held by Charles in which Curtis was opposed by Governor is close and will require returns from distant western counties to decide it. Both candidates claim St. Aug. 6.-Fairly accurate returns from forty two counties of the state primaries early this morning showed a close race between Elliot W. Major and William S. Cowherd for the democratic nomination for Major swept the while Cowherd had a big lead in St. Louis and Kansas Major ran ahead in all but six of the counties which have Western Oklahoma contains larger deposits of gypsum than any state in the It has been estimated that are 125,000,000,000 tons of this terial in sight in the OWEN VICTORIOUS Democrats the Senator by Majority that May Reach 50,000. While complete the primary election held Tuesday have not been received at any the renomination of Senator Robert L- Owen by an emphatic majority over Ex-Governor C. N. Haskell is a The Muskogee Wednesday evening made the following the state-wide primaries held Senator Owen won a pronounced victory over N. his democratic On a conservative basis it is figured that Mr. Owen has carried the state by not less than 20,000 and his plurality may exceed that At Senator Owen's home it was staled today that Owen's plurality would easily exceed 30,000. and it might reach 50,000. Gov. Haskell does not admit he is and says wait until the country precincts are heard Senator Owen's plurality in Muskogee county will be in the neighborhood of 600, in Tulsa it will exceed 1,200 and in Oklahoma it will be more than 1,000- He carried both the East and West Side of the state and ran exceptionally well in the far Oklahoma 8.-Incomplete and returns from 50 of the 76 counties of Oklahoma indicate that the majority of United States Senator Robert renomination former Governor N. Haskell may reach 35,000 Of the counties from which returns are available Haskell is leading in only about four coun Wagoner and It now is a question merely of how great the majority of the senator will be and his campaign managers still believe their original estimate of 50,000 is not too In the race for William H. sage oJ and Joe B. Thompson of Pauls former democratic state now are assured of nomination on the democratic The other place is a toss-up with Claude Weaver of Oklahoma Fred Branson of for mer state J. B. A. Robertson of former candidate for and R. E. Echols of Elk City and William Franklin of Mad ill and J. Y. Callahan of Enid running not far From the incomplete returns it appears that the tree democratic congressmen from Davenport and been re John B. Turner received a majority over N. B- his only for as Justice of the Supreme - Rebels Given Mexico Aug. 6.-The measure providing for a constitutional guarantees in the districts infested rebels will not go into effect August 25 e permanent commission of congress today ratified the article by It is understood that the delay in its enforcement is due to a desire of the government to ample time rebels to avail themselves of Offer of N Formally of His Nomination for President of the United ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON NAMED V it and with measured Gov. Wood row Wilson today unfolded the fabric of his political beliefs in a speech formally accepting the democratism nomination to the Establishing first what he termed his he invoked rule of right and of to proceeding in succession to show its application to the the the restoration of the merchant de the conservation of natural banking reforms and other It was a motley throng that gathered at the summer capital of New Officially there was a notification committee of every state and and with them came eight of the Democratic over the green that stretches away from the governor's cottage to the was a mixed gathering of several Senator-elect Ollie M. James of permanent chair man of the Baltimore acted as spokesman for the notification Mr. James praised the - and bespoke a harmonious party with disgruntled democrats sulking in their After the committee profound sense of in accepting the the governor said he that he was expected to speak to talk politics and open the campaign words whose meaning no one need And he was expected to he to the country as well as to the must he to catch but to satisfy the thought and conscience of a people deeply stirred by the conviction that they have come to a critical turning point in their moral and political First Convention of the New Party Completes Work and Taft Vetoes Indian Aug. 6 Taft today sent to congress his veto of a recent affecting of the five civilized The president made no comment but transmitted a letter from Secretary Fisher stating the had been framed without regard to the recommendations of or consultation with the The measure would have legalized the conveyances of land of deceased full bloods who died before May 27,1908, and would have given to county in the districts where the Indians died to Secretary Fisher said results would be detrimental to the Can't Remit Tax Oklahoma 4.-That neither County County Commissioners authority to remit tne legal on taxes is the opinion ol Attorney General who states that the Treasurer is liable for any such any Treasurer mit will be sued on Aug. 7-Slttgihg Christian and the Hymn of 'the e the delegates to the first national convention of the new Progressive party acclaimed Col. Theodore Roosevelt of New York as their candidate for president and Gov. Hiram W. Johnson of California as their choice for Marking a new departure in the proceedings of national the two candidates im- mediately were informally fied of their and in the midst of deafening cheers appeared before the delegates to voice their acceptance and to pledge their best efforts to the coming For several hours during the afternoon and early evening the big throng in the Coliseum had listened to a flow of oratory in. nominating seconding in which dominant note expressed the belief that victory would dome to the party in November Raymond of pledged a 100,000 majority the national ticket in Illinois and Gifford Pinchot predicted a 300,- | 000' Johnson in his home state Their were cheered to the 1 party formally leaving out the prefix by which it has heretofore but provision was made for the recognition by whatever name they should be locally designated because of v state The convention adjourned at 7:24 p. with the the in lusty During the three days in session there was not single roll a ballot The delegates asked no such Dualities either .in placing candidates in nomination or im voting for There was a voice in opposition either to Colonel Roosevelt or ' proceedings and of the convention will - State Has 1,103 on Payroll Oklahoma Aug. 4-Figures have been prepared in charge of tax matters in the State to refute the charge the state has an number of states that there 1,103 people the state employes and elective from the Governor attendants In and helper in District He compares this with largest public Bas Mi
