Gubernatorial Candidate Addresses State Democrat Gathering
A gubernatorial candidate spoke to a large gathering of state Democrats. The event highlighted campaign themes and support from party leaders.
14 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
1
A gubernatorial candidate spoke to a large gathering of state Democrats. The event highlighted campaign themes and support from party leaders.
Lee Cruce, Ardmore Democrat and gubernatorial hopeful, vows to answer any personal disparagement against his name or family in the campaign. speaking to about 100 delegates at the Lee Huckins hotel, he calls for a clean race and urges opponents to mirror his courtesy. campaign plans include a permanent organization and new headquarters in Oklahoma City.
A Sunday sermon by J. G. Adams at the Methodist church condemns local vice and calls citizens to demand police action. He denounces drunken street scenes five to seventeen year olds smoking cigars and swearing on Main Street and blasts lax fathers, urging enforcement of laws to protect the home and community.
The ladies of Stephenville Texas plan a lunch for the Board of Trade with five dishes made from cotton seed flour. They promote a practical use for a product of Southern fields and highlight charitable community effort.
Guthrie April 11 Gov Haskell said he would not accept the resignation of Adjutant General Frank M Canton tendered after an altercation at the governor’s hotel. The chief reason is Canton's protection of the governor in earlier days and the illness of Canton's daughter.
Democrats establish state headquarters at the Lee Huckins hotel in Oklahoma City with Fred P. Branson moving from Muskogee and Stallings joining as secretary. One stenographer employed with two more to be added, plans for press bureau, finance committee, and county outreach ahead of August primaries.
In Guthrie Oklahoma the supreme court heard the mandamus fight by resubmissionists against the secretary of state to require acceptance of petitions for another statewide prohibition vote. Attorneys argued over the enabling act linking the 21 year prohibition to the constitution and federal-state powers, with Anti-Saloon League advocates contending the provision is a fixed term not subject to initiative.
In Valparaiso on April 10 Guillermo Billinghurst visits Santiago with Peruvian credentials to negotiate the Tacna Arica dispute. Peru proposes partition with Tacna to Peru and Arica to Chile, a plan that local opinion rejects as Peru seeks power to crush Ecuador. Chilean press calls for honoring the Ancon treaty and rejects dismemberment without a plebiscite approval.
Charlie Chauncey and Mitchell Katz will depart Thursday for Oklahoma City to tour and join the tenth annual trade excursion of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.
Harry K Thaw testified in the Hartridge versus Thaw suit over 93000 in fees for counsel in the Stanford White murder case. He described paying 57000 through December 1906 and noted Hartridge allegedly gambled with funds. he claimed no authorization to spend on witnesses or women. Also, Missouri Kansas Texas Railway defies an Oklahoma order to move the Katy division from Osage Junction to Cleveland.
Guthrie Oklahoma April 12 public service corporations must be heard on April 18 when they may submit information to the state board of equalization. State Auditor M E Trapp publishes the notice to curb tax resistance by large corporations and reduce technical delays in tax collections. One fourth of taxable wealth evades taxes, shifting the burden to remaining property owners.
Eugene Hays, Osage cattleman out on bail for killing partner Ed Hayes in Kansas City last fall, was shot on a public road eight miles north of Muskogee. Amos Hayes, half brother of the Kansas City victim, fired three times, wounding Eugene in the back. Amos surrendered to Sheriff Carrol and was released on bond. Eugene’s condition is serious.
Andy Chapman, a resident of this city, authorizes his upcoming race for Pontotoc sheriff and promises a formal announcement later. The candidate is praised as a good, clean citizen and notes past service as a peace officer in Hopkins County, Texas.
C F Wishart proprietor of Shawnee Transfer and Storage died at Shawnee hospital from injuries after a radiator, eleven feet high and weighing 3500 pounds, toppled from a roller truck at the new high school building. Wishart, supervising the move, was struck on the left shoulder and later died after a nurse left his side.
John Fields editor of a farm journal announces as a candidate for governor on the Republican ticket in Oklahoma City. The report notes his agricultural background and party affiliation as he enters the campaign.
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