The Kiowa Sentinel (Kiowa, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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ITION SIGNS
ORGANIC DOCUMENT
CONVENTION
ADJOURNED
Election Officials Named,
Will Retain Organization
Ellis—G. W. Sharp. e. m. Bourn, J
in order that ACTION may be IV Duncan; clerk, George Southers.
modified if necessary
d. N.
^COUNTY ELECTION OFFICERS
NAMED IN NEW CO U N TIE 3—
COMMISSIONER AND TOWN-
ship SUBDIVISIONS
GUTHRIE: On the anniversary of
the battle of Lexington and also of
tho opening of Uio Cheyenne and
Arapaho oouutry to settlement, the
constitution proposed for the state of
Oklahoma was signed Friday after-
noon by the delegates who were iu
attendance.
President Murray affixed his signa-
ture to the document at 2:48 p. in.
and was followed by Peter Hanraty,
flrsi vice president, and A. II. Kllin
of Orlando, second vice president.
After Secretary John M. Young had
attested their signatures, the consti-
tution was signed by the other dele
gates In the numerical order of their
districts, T. O. .lame* #r Guymon be
ing the first on the list.
President Murray signed his name
with the pen presented by Custodian
W. P. Campbell of the Oklahoma His-
torical society, made from an eagle
quill, with a holder of alfuifa stems,
wrapped with Oklahoma grown silk,
and his title wtih a pen presented by
William J. Bryan of Nebraska. Most
of the delegates signed with the pens
which they bad used during the con
two principal political partlei, to be
named by the etate chairmen, a board
of election commissioners to recelv^
and pam on certificates of nomination
for state and district officer*, mem-
bers of the legislature, and five rep-
resentatives to congress, to print and
distribute the ballots for such officers
and to print and distribute the bal-
lots on the question of the ratificat-
ion or rejection of the constitution
and the ratification or rejection of the
provision for state wide prohibition.
Theie officers are the board of eic-
tion commissioners under the laws of
Oklahoma territory, and their duties
are extended to*the proposed state
In Osage county and the new coun-
ties in Indian Territory, and the new
counties In Oklahoma that do not re-
tain the old county name, provision
in made for the appointment of a
county clerk to perform the duties of
i Oklahoma laws such county clerk and
ja member of cach of the two prin-
cipal political parties, nominated by
tne chairman, constitute the county
board of flection commissionerj, to
perform the duties iu the new coun-
ties of election commissioners under
the Oklahoma laws. The county
board of election commissioners print
and distribute the ballots for county
arid township officers and the elec-
tion supplies.
Provision Is also male In such
counties for the appolrtment of a
bovrd of county commissioners to es-
tablish voting places pud election pre
cincts and appoint inspectors of elec-
clerk.
WILL RBCONVENE AUGUST 5, IF
NOT SOONER
New taction Ordinance Passed and
Disbursement Takes Place
Amid Tunea Political
and Religious
Monday
GUTHRIE'. At five o'clock Monday
evening the Oklahoma constitutional secretary
convention adjourned to August
1907, unless called lu the meantime
by President Murray or Secretary
John M. Young.
The delegates sang Old Kentucky
Home," "God lie With You Till We
Meet again," and then to the tune of
"Ach Meln Leiber Augustine," soma
ol them shouted that Haskell would
he the first governor. While thle waa
GUTHRIE: The constitutional con-
vention organization will remain in«
tact Indefinitely. The convention will
adjourn subject to the call of Presi-
dent Murray. This will give the con-
vention power to reconvene at any
time prior to election.
Resolutions were adopted Saturday
that the parchment and typewritten
copies of the constitution, which the
rules provide shall be turned over to
of the territory and
afterwards to the secretary of the
state, shall remain in the hands of
President Murray. This means that
Delaware—O. W. Kllluni,
Washburn, John Buchanan;
George A. Cox.
Harper—Charles Holler, Yellton;
William Simmons, Belaire; R. B.
Daley, Palace; clerk, W. H. Miller,
Buffalo.
Grady—James Myers, C. L. Greer,
S. C. Blakeley; clerk, L. A. Saun-
ders.
Jefferson—A. McCrory, C. A. Mc-
Brian, T. N. Pollerson; clerk, W. F.
Guest.
Latimer—John T. Dial, J. H. How-
ard, R. L. Reagan; clerk, James
Hiacken.
McCurtain—J. W. Costillo, W. A.
Murray will have sole possession of Coleman, G. G. Merry; clerk, Duncan
official copies until the election, Aug-
ust 6th, or until bo decides be will
call uo more sessions of the con-
vention.
The parchment copy of the consti-
tution was signed by five more dele-
being sung, Dwlpgate Clint Graham of gates Saturday, one being a republi-
Marletta was calling "hats" from the can making eighty signatures. The
rear end of the hall, and immediately constitution was taken on a special
when the parody was completed Ham train chartered by the delegates to
n«« of Ardmore mounted the plat- oklahoma City Friday night, where
vontlon sessi ps, and carefully pre- tion in each precinct under the ter-
Berved them as souvenirs. ! rltorlal laws, anil with the county
republican delegates had pre clerk to act in each of such counties
caucused and decided not to as a canvassing board to count and
[certify to the state canvassing board
the results o( the election. ;i*d to is-
I sue certificates of election to county
land township officers.
The state canvassing board as pr;*-
tho
constitution., In all seventy
gates signed the constitution,
n republicans. The slgn-
pleted at 4:16 when Ter
tary Charles H. FUson at- ! , ., , ,
and affixed the I vlded b* ,he elec,ion la*S °f lh*
territory ofOkla
jritory .of Oklahoma is continued In
^ j force tor the purpose of canvpisslng
°™a' ' the returns on state and dUtrict of
The early part of the afternoon had mpmbera of the legislature and
been soent In checking up the correc- re.,r,.Natives In congress. The man-
sions which had been made on tho uef of canvn8aing the returns of tho
parchment copy since the reassein ; election on the ratification or rejec-
ting of the convention, and after that Uon of Ul0 coustitution and the adop-
work had been completed the docu- | tion or rejection of the provision
went was placed en Its final passage for atate-wide prohibition is prescribed
as corrected and interlined, receiving jn the enabling act.
elghty-fivo votes, with none against The report is very long and divides
and twenty-seven delegates absent or osage county and the new counties In
not voting
the Indian Territory Into municipal
townships, and suot) counties and the
new counties In Oklahoma Into com-
missioners' districts, and appoints in
such counties a commissioner for each
district, constituting the beard of
men-
The convention reunion committee
composed of Delegates Deeper, Her-
ring, Wyatt. Dalton. Caudiil and Oard
ner decided to hold the first reunion
of the delegates at Sulphur, probably
In August, 1908. although the date was county commissioners above
rot definitely fixed. Elk City was t|0ned
the only other candidate. The coin ; Provision Is made for the governor
mlttee effected a permanent organ I- j tQ issue the proclamation for the
Ration with Cy Deeper of Sfcilphur as j election. In tho event of his failure
chairman and Neil Gardner of Stigler or refusal to art, the president of the
as secretary. convention Is required to issue th«
- j proclamation. In the event of hi*
GUTHRIE: Compleie recognition is | failure or refusal to act, the secretary
given to the election laws of Okla I uf the convention is required to issue
homa and Judge Burfords recent de-;,j,e proclamation. Provision is made
c slon on the subject in the new elec- for tjie filling of vacancies in the of-
tlon ordinance reported to the con
etltutlonal convention Thursday by
the committee of eleven appointed for
that purpose on Monday. The new
ordinance Is almost as long as the
constitution, covering 3G0 type written
pages. Its great length Is made nec- j
<essary by the Inclusion of detailed de
ecrlptlonn of the commissioner dls- :
trlcts and municipal townships in all
the new counties.
As outlined in brief form by Henry \
E. Asp, the republican member of the
committee, who has been an active
part in its preparation, the new ordi-
nance repeals the ordinance hereto-
fore adopted by the convention and
adopts the provisions of the Oklaho-
ma election laws, making tho gover- | the county as described
nor and one member of each of the ; stitutlon.
flee of county clerk under the laws
in force iu the Territory of Oklahoma,
and also for the filling of vacancies in
the office of county commissioners
named in the ordinance, by appoint-
ment from the governor.
In tlie old counties in Oklahoma
Territory the county commissioners
and county clerks and Vocal election
officers are required to perform tho
duties at such elections. In the coun-
ties that retain the old names, the
boundaries of which have been re-
duced. the county clerk and boards
of county commissioners are made the
clerk und commissioners ftrir tfcat
county, limiting their jurisdiction to
in the con-
INDICT LANE FOR THEFT
Grand Jury Returns True Bill Against
Indian Agent's Clerk
MUSKOGEE: The federal grand
jury has preferred an Indictment
against Dymaa K. Lane, formerly
cashier of the Indian agency, charging
hlitS with embeziling $7,800 of gov
ernment funds.
Lane was cashier at the agency for
six years. The shortage! covers a pe-
riod of several years, part of it reach-
ing back to Indian Agent Shoenfelt's
administration. The money has never 1
beer* accounted for and even the gov
femriynt eipevfs do not know what'
befiWie of all of It. Some of It was j
PRIMARY DATE CHANGED
June 8 Is Date When Democrsts Hold
Their primaries
OKLAHOMA CITY: Convinced that
it is Impossible for a legal primary to
be called for May 23, under the Ok-
lahoma primary law, because of the
Inability to give the required 30 days'
notice, the democratic state executive
committee Friday decided to postpone
the date of the state primaries until
June 8.
The unanimous sentiment of the
members of the committee was that
the primary should be held on May
23. If there was any way In which sucb
primary election could be legally
held ander the recent decision of
advanced to employes who never paid j Ju(Jge Uurford kuoc.klng out the iU.
it t «£k ''*nf ha" ' ll®r® preme election board as created by an
ordinance of the constitutional con-
is little evidence that Lane over got
much, If any of the cash. He was sus-
pended from the place three months
ago, when the shortage first was dis-
covered. He was arrested and placed
under a $2,500 bond pending actien
ol the grand jury.
form and sang in reply to the Hask-
ell 1 anthem" but using the same
tune, "You've Got Another Guesa
Coming." The Rev. M. Williams of
Buffalo then pronounced the benedic-
tion, all the delegates joining ia re-
peating the Ixjrd's prayer.
The convention just before adjourn
Ins adopted the election ordinance
and that providing for separate sub-
mission of statewide prohibition, the
vote being 65 to 0.
The early adjournment was secured
by each of tho delegates engrossing
the municipal and commissioners'
subdivisions of his county. During
a part of the afternoon two clerks
were reading at the same time, one
the election ordinance and one the
prohibition measure.
It was voted to liave 500 printed
copies of the election ordlnai^Jput
to each delegate for use during the
campaign.
Delegate Ledbetter secured the
aopdtion of a resolution giving into
the custody of Secretary Young all
the records and journals of the con
vent ion and to President Murray all
the stenographic reports for the
printing of which he will contract.
Both these officials are commanded
to turn tho property over to the sec
retary of state.
Delegate Johnson of Perry intro-
duced a resolution providing that the
convention adjourn until August B,
that they be subject to the call oi
President Murray in the meantime.
A vote of thanks was extended tc
Secretary Young, Ham Bee and E. C.
Patten for their services, for which
they refused to accept remuneration
from the delegates.
Delegate Hausam of Coweta intro-
duced a resolution to present the pen
with which tho election ordinance waj
signed to Chief Justice Burford,
whose recent ruling necessitated the
entire change of the ordinance. Some
of "the delegates feared, however, that
tills might be taken as a slap at the
judge and the resolution was voted
down. Now many of the delegates
are wondering which action really
constituted a slap at <he court.
It was accidentally discovered that
the resolution introduced and adopt-
ed In the committee of the whole on
November 21, accepting the United
States constitution, had never been
passed on third reading, and the res
olution was consequently dug up anti
finally adopted. It was this rssolu
lion that brought about the pro
longed debate in the convention It
regard to the federal constitution b&
ing supreme and paramount in tha
new state. The words supreme ane
paramount were finally cut out. Th?
enabling act required that the federal
constitution be adopted.
PARTY OFF FOR BOSTON
Prominent Oklahoma Physician Geej
to Europe for Study
OKLAHOMA CITY: Dr. and Mr3.
Haynes Buxton and daughter, Ger-
trude. left Saturday over the Santa
Fe for Boston from whence they will
sail for Europe next week. The doc-
tor goes to Vienna, Austria, to spend
four months in the eye and ear hos
pitals, while Mrs. Buxton and daugh
ter will tour Europe.
During the doctor's absence Dr
Todd, a partner of Dr Buxton's will
continue the regular business of tb«
office. Last year Dr. Todd was clini-
cal assistant at the Central London
Throaf and Ear Hospital, and attend
ant at the Royai Opthalmic Hospital
Dr. Todd is well known In Oklahoma
medical circles.
C. N. Haskell signed it.
Owing to the delay In printing a
portion of the election ordinance in-
scribing election machinery, the con-
vention could not adjourn Saturday.
At a night session portions of the or-
dinance already printed were adopt.-d.
The remainder of the election ordi-
nance was brought in Friday by the
comnlittee having Its preparation in
charge. Thursday's report included
only the ordinance proper, while the
part reported Friday contained the
boundaries of ail of the municipal
townships and commissioner districts
in the new counties, and the names
of the temporary commissioners and
clerks. These officials, as named in
the ordinance, are:
Jackson county—J. B. Phillips, J. R.
McMahan and E. G. Walcott; clerk,
D. J. Kirby.
Bryan county—A. L. Leverance, G.
W. Ellis, H. N. Llndsey; clerk, G. F.
Deck.
Adair county—R. L. Sellers, Frank
Howard, J. II. Denn«mburg; clerk, It.
H. Couch of Westville.
Mayes county—J. W. S. Kinner, Wil-
liam Tell, D. W. Crutchfield; clerk, C.
C. Harkey.
McClain county—Wiley Harrison, J
E. Gibbons, H. S. Broaddus; clerk,
A. C. Trueblood.
Muskogee county—J. E. Wyands,
A. B. Coren, E. E. Green; clerk, Otis
Spaulding.
Pittsburg county—J. P. Connors, Ca-
nadian; H. IJ. Rowley. Kiowa; P. S.
Lester fi,South McAlester; clerk. C.
W. Meeks, South McAlester.
Roger Mills- William Brooks. J. W.
West, H. B. Dewey; clerk, J. H. Os-
borne.
Pontotoc—T. J. Chambless, Ada; J.
J. Burton, Ada; T. J. Denton, Stone
wall: clerk, Sam McClure, Roff.
Seminole—M. J. Cox, Konawa; T.
B. McBride. Tidmore; J. W. Tucker,
Wewoka; clerk, R. H McCormlck, We-
woka.
Rogers—J. F. Kendall, Chelsea; J.
Farmer, Collinsville; Fugh Green.
Claremore; clerk. Edgar Anderson.
Sequoyah—8. O. Harris, Wayne
Bonham, L. L. Bragg; clerk. Edgar E.
Stephenson.
Stephens—L. Wade, R, L. March, R. I
H. Hlllery; clerk, A. B. Ferguson.
Tulsa—John Hatcher. Pearley; E.
B. Howard, Tulsa; Clarence White,
Fry; Clerk, John Kramer, Tulsa.
Carter—Robert Sclvally, Clinton O.
Bunn, William F. Bowman clerk. M.
L. Alexander, Ardmore.
Okfuskee—J. II. Mordridge, Welty;
W. J. Lawrence, Okemah; Benton |
Lovelady; clerk, W. W. Harper, We-
leetka.
II. Nash.
McIntosh—J. C. Smock, Eufaula; R.
O. Burton, Mellette; B. F. Fields, Cho-
cotah; clerk, Lattie Ogden, Texana.
Hughes—Lloyd Thomas, Holden-
ville: A. Z. McCourrey, Pharo; W. W.
Burnett, Allen; clerk, J. P. Atkins,
Wei umka.
Nowata—A. York, Coffeyville, Kas.;
William F. McAdains, Nowata; Clar-
ence King, Lenapah; clerk, B. J. Sco-
vllle.
Okmulgee—Buckley Morgan, Hen-
ryetta; d. Moore, Okmulgee; W. F.
Gerkie, Beggs; clerk. Joe Trent, Ok-
mulgee. t
Osage—G. E. Tinker, Alfred Brown,
E. W. Hickman; clerk, W. E. Scales
Ottawa—William Mays, W. W. Dob-
son, G. C. James; clerk, C. I!. James.
Washington—.!. E. Green, A. E.
Craver, I. L. Green; clerk, W. II. As-
pinol.
Marshall—Homer Moss, David Rus-
sell; Barlow Roberts; clerk, J. W.
McDuffy.
Ileckman—Frank Williams, F. M.
Bates, 0. 11. Ward; clerk, T. T. Wag-
oner.
Choctaw—J. R. Armstrong, J. L.
Wellbanks, W. W. Wilcox; clerk, It.
Z. Cozad.
Creek—John Egan, Henry I'igle,
' John Simmons; clerk,, John Hum-
phrey.
Tillman—O. R. Gillespie, Manitou;
John 11. Mounts of Frederick; Charles
Rossam. Manitou; clerk, T. W. James,
1 of Frederick.
Johnston—Charles Stevens. Tisho-
mingo; W. W. Brogdon, of Belton.
Ed. ones of Mannsville; clerk, Henry
Person of Tishomingo.
Cnal—W. F. Weaver, Owl: Onrg>
Hodges, Patrick Harlev. Midway
clerk, T. S. Hilburn, Ocono
I Love—Luther B. Smith, J. W. Owe.i
P. C. Spillers; clerk, F. li. Conrnd.
ford, R. R. Hall; clerk Baxter Taylor
T. Moseley, Roy
Ingalls; clerk, \V
1. Overstreet, <
H. Dalsell; clerk M
C.
Murray—7-
Oates, T. W
Morgan.
Alfalfa—C.
Chonlng, C.
Mansfield.
Majors—Charles Bowman. J. 0 Ma-
jor, L. J. Corwin; clerk, Charles II
Powell.
Texas—J. L. Steele, J. H Harris,
F. Branstratter; clerk, N. F. Itrown.
Craig—T. G. Montgomery, V. A
Iveninson, Edward Shanaahan; clerk,
David Hill.
Leflore—R. 1.. Kidd, P., C. Ames,
John J. Thomas; clerk, P. (' Bolger.
Cimarron John W. Tanner, Thom-
as Richmond, 1 D. Campbell; clerk,
G. W. Hubbard.
Haskell—R. A. Bonham, W. B.
Fears, Thomas J. Klllobrow; clerk,
Wm. h. Crittenden.
Pushmataha—J. Q. Adams, William
A. Mend, Peter Hudson; clerk, C. E.
Dudley.
Cherokee—I. C. Woodson, J. D.
Quinn, Leonldas Dodson; clerk, J. T.
Cunningham.
Wagoner—O. II Hopling, Wallace
Garrett, Chas. J. Brown; clerk, R. L.
Marayne.
Garvin—C. L. Griffin, N. 11 Spear-
man, T. J. Pianton; clerk, Andrew
Allen.
dennis T. flynn for fkantz acquits man who killed
vent ion.
The decirion of Judge Burford de-
clares that under the enabling act
the election must in all matters con-
form as near as possible to the elec-
tion laws of the territory of Oklahoma-
Also Promises He Will Not Fight
Bird S. McGuire
OKLAHOMA CITY: Dennis Flynn
made public the conference he, Gov-
ernor Frantz and William Grimes
held In Mr. Flynu4fc office here.
Mr. Flynn will support Governor
Frantz for the nomination of gover-
nor on the republican ticket, but will
not, agree to a peace conference with
Delegate B. S. McGuire, although he
promised Governor Frantz he would
not fight McGuire. This was the
only concession Governor Frantz
asked.
Mr. Flynn now announces that he
will fight for the success of the re-
publican ticket in the new state tills
campaign, and advocates the calling
of an early state convention. He
would not commit himself concerning
Jury in Cartwright Case Finds Officer
Not Guilty in Half an Hour
ENID: Jesse Cartwright, former
ciry marshal of Cordell, was acquit-
ted of the charge of manslaughter un-
der an indictment returned by the
Washita county grand jury.
In December, 1906, Cartwright shot
ri;d killed Lee Southworth oa the
streets of Cordell, following a quarrel
between the officer and Southworth's
two brothers-in-law, named Bauer.
After the killing the marshal was at-
tacked, stabbed and barely rescued
from death at the hands of the Bauer
brothers. Cartwright plead self-de-
iVnse for „the shooting of Southworth.
The two Bauers are under indictment
for assault with Intent to kill.
One hundred and fifty witnesses ap-
peared here to •testify in the case. Tha
jury was out only half an hour beforo
The case camo to
GUTHRIE: Governor Frantz ro
pelted a communication from Secre-
tary Garfield stating that tho ordei tllc possibility of William Grimes bo- teaching a Verdict.
prohibiting fencing of public lands '"6 made chairman of he state com- eounty on a change of venue.
iu Oklahoma does not apply tc mittee. He said that he would work ~—
scbcil lands. This will permit terri v-'Ith Cash Cade in that place. Choctaw pine will be cut in shor<
tory to continue to rent school lands ' ' s^insles th's J'??1'-
to cattlemen.
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