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Oklahoma Sta te Register
ftLl'KHT PAPKK I'l'KI.ISllKl) CORTIJIJOCMLY IK OKLAMflW i
T%iENTY-NtXTH YKAR.No 42.
UI'THRIK OKI.A NOV . 4 IJW
OKLAHOMA GONE REPUBLICAN
HARRELD AND FOUR CON-
GRESSMEN CARRY STATE
Ok.i.boina City Nov 4.—Oklahoma
has gme Republican. Xot only did
iiaru Lg and ilarreld carry the state, j -
but four Republican Congressmen | The Register received the folowlng
have t.^en eecied. With the vote near- j telegram from Poteau l.e Klore
ly u.l jlaled. Ilarreld has a total of y Wednesday:
183,412 votes in 2,048 of the 2,080
precincts in the state. Ferris' total
in the precincts is 165,875. For presi- '
dent ST4 precincts give: Harding
172,31i: Cox. 163.800.
The Oklahonum gives up the elec-
tion l the following summary:
Oklahoma has gone republican! I Harrison
J. W Harreld has been elected 'Ihe editor of the Register made a
I'niUc States senator over Scott two davs tour of the county in com
Ferris by a majority that will reach pany with Mr. Harrison, who is
20.000 when the vote is complete in chairman of the Republican county
the st«.te committee, and it looked very much
Pre* -dent-elect Harding carried j as though the county would go Re
the su.!e electorial vote by more than 'publican.
10.00'. although the presidental race !
was l«' ond in interest in Oklahoma 'ROTARY TO AIM
Three Congress Seats ti. O P
IN RK.II CROSS DRIVE
I I h 1.0 RE HUM'V
liOKK REPI'IM.U I \ >
Poteau Okla.. Nov. 3. John
J Golobie, Guthrie OkJa. We carried L**-
Flore county for Harding and Har-
! reld by six hundred majority and
! seems to have elected entire republi-
can ticket.
ri.u i s service \no\v: party roiiTirs. eriemi ok miiooi iandeesse*
s $1.50 Per Ye*r
REPUBLICAN SWEEP
GREATEST IN HIS-
'm OF PARTY
New York. Nov. The crest o I
the republican election wave, botlM
pre ldential tnd concessional eon r
ie Missouri republican organisation.
The renublican broke into the solUI
uiocratic congressional delegation
tinned rising tonight as belated re- from Texas through the defeat of Re-
turns filtered in . presentative Bee of San Antonio, a re-
h. put Into effect the policies to Native of Postmaster General Burleson*
which they are pledge the republi- another democratic veteran. Repres-
cans will have in the uppper house ' entative John W- Rainev of Illinois
a majority of at least twelve andja'8° W0nt down to defeat.
possibly fifteen members and in the The Prohibition party will have no
majority, estimates of
to |
i lower house
which range from seventy-flv
j more than 100. The C. O. p. chiefs
j believe these wide margins in both
houses reduce the widely expressed
! fenrs of Insurgent activities in the
j next session to negligible proportions
I They expressed confidence that Presi-'
member in lhe next congress, a* a
result of defeat of Representative Ran-
The Next President of the United States
dall of California, prohibitionist, who
was active in the Volstead law fight.
Momtrll is Returned.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming
house republican leader was re-elect4*d
according to late returns tonight and
probably will continue his position.
With republican candidates in sever-
al states, the republican were cer-
tain of Idaho, Maryland, South Dako-
ta and Oklahoma. In the house the re-
publicans had scored a certain net
lThr*-c congressional si
been arried surely by th
and there is u chance ii
district. Miss lAlice Robertson
Muskoife, the only woman to be el-
ected member of coneress in the
l'nite<: States this year, defeated the
veter.'.r? W. W. Hastings of Tahle-
ts have |
G O. P. |
a fourth j The Rotary club took up several
of | things at its luncheon Wednesday at
I the lone.
Rev. Robert Lehew. pastor of the
West Side Methodist church was in-
Logan Co. went Strungfor Harding and Harreld
qutth Mye of the oldest men Oklahoma j tforiuoetl by Fred l.lntz. as the man
democracy ever sent to the house''chosen to put on the Red Cross drive
Hastings ctjnfeding his defeat last November 22. 23.24, in Logan county,
nigh' -Ie carried only two counties |The 23 will be Guthrie day and the
of hit district, liert I handler, repub-j Kotarlans were asked by him to
Hear., was returned from the First furnlsh twelve men to help () K
district, the seat that K. B Howard purler was appoimed as
of T;«.«a. has occupied for the last
two year8.
Odd
• ngressman From the Kighth.
member
: of the city arrangement committee to
.fix for the occasion. It is exepected
Ithat a big sum of money will be
raiseu.
Stark introduced Dr. Collins,
pastor ot the Methodist
who made an eloquent
Tht late Dick Morgan's seat repre
seniiT, the Eighth district will be | j
occupied for the short term by
Char t- Swindall of Woodward. forme
while lie long term Roes to the ec- \ church here
contr Manuel Merrick of Perry, the 'address on the spirit of man-power,
nominee who beat Zach Harris de- He spoke of tlu future enlai emcnt
ciaively. ! of the Methodist Hospital here, of
.. which work he is in charge now. He
r.m.M* thomas, veteran slate leu-
is counting jevery late in-
prectnct from the Sixth dis-
erris* old district, for the ad-
over L. M. Gensman. repuo-
will make his
residence here. The j
Ml Republican Count) < aiidhlntes (iet
liitr Majorities lint One.
| Logan county went true to form and
helped to smell the majorities of the
national and state tickets. There never
was any doubt of the county ticket,
able to yl'hANDj . nid etaoi shrdlu
Mrs. Muxlow's majority is perhaps the
: only surprise, as she was not able to
j make much of a campaign. With the
I state going republican. Logan county
will ito longer be an outlaw as the
"bell hole of Republicanism."
Following are the totals of the offi-
cial county vote:
For President—
I Warren (J. Harding
James M. Cox
I'. N. Senator
J. W. Harreld, Republican
Scott Ferris, Democrat
| A. A. bag well, Socialist
Congressman—
B. T. Hainer. Republican
F. B. Swank. Democrat
4002
4613
2313
22!* 4
It. E. Kchols.. Democrat 2141 i
E. R. Hughes. Republican '
S. C. Thompson. Socialist 274
Male Senator
John Golobie, Republican I0." s
E. Y. Freeman. Socialist 303
P. J. Hess, independent 32
Representative
E. G. Sharp. Republican .".227
E. S. Lowther. Democrat 1454
H. F. Miller. Socialist 160
William Dodd. Republican 1230
W. A. Kendall, Democrat ' 702
M. L. Sliultz. Socialist * 95
Sheriff
Ed Robertson, Republican •"•421
County Treasurer—
Frank Bond. Republican .717!)
Count) Attorne)
A. V. Dinwlddie, Republican 4917
J. F. Rodgers, Socialist 382
Count) Judge
A. H. Boles, Republican .">120
Court Clerk
Martha Al. Neal, Republican
5 1S
hospital paid out over
year.
Louis Bronson had charge of th«
five minute talks and introduced C
Clothier the furniture man, who
j Luther Langston, Socialist
*'•".000 last Corporation Commissioner
islato;
conuLg
trlct, ?'
vantA|.«
licar; Thomas is not elected by any
means. The full count will be neces- ^
sary for a decision. Tom I). McKeown made a very interesting talk on the vv||1)n(f ,o | ei|se (f T,le} S(lf ()|1|M|r,
is leading in the Fourth district preesnt conditions of the furnituere (
Races Are in Doubt. business, and its future outlook. He j
« in the Fifth. Carter in the said there was little chance because j Judge Bierer, in a communication,
find McOlintic in tin Seventh of scarcity of lumber and higher states that Logan county land own-
three demo wages for labor, for furniture to go ers are willing to lease their lands
congressional aspirants in Ok- )jaCk to the old cheap price.
who are safe. Arthur Dibbins talked on gas
Count oi the vote on sta:e jud- supply and how to get most heat out
icial ) ostion is extremely slow and of it. Hi
Count) Clerk
R. A. Est us,
Vssessor
Republic;
5042
W. M. Humphrey. Republican
Supei inteiident
Nora 11 Muxlow, Republican
Cora E. Farrell, Democrat
Surveyor
T. B. Reder, Republican
NViglier
c. M. Tallman. Republican
< oiiimisNioiier 1st IM*t.
Emil L. Hirschi. Republican
C. I). < 1 n 1 ley. Democrat
S. E. Perry, Socialist
t oniniissioner 2nd District
Sylvester Reid. Republican
J. D. Murphy. IX'inocrat
Commissioner 3rd District
(i. W. Sloan, Representative
J. F. Harmon. Democrat
State question No. ! 4. yes 3
2307.
State question No. 99, yes I
3436.
State question No. 109, yes 1
3830.
State question No. Ill, yes 2
2844.
State question No. 112. >
dent elect Harding will have behind
j him sufficient "regular" support at
! all times to be able to disregard the
j fractious elements of the party
Champ Clark Defeated.
I Among new democratic casulaties gain of more than thirty Among their
were defeats of Champ Clnrk of Mis gains were the following:
' souri, former speaker and present CallfornaS; Illinois 2; Maryland 2;
'democratic leader in the house; elec Massachusetts 2; New Jersey 4; New
I tion of a republican congressman York ti; Ohio •' ; Pennsylvania and
|s-2 from Texas; re electeion of a repub two in Utah The democrats gained
j lican senator from Missouri and a three seats in New York from the re-
1 ' sudden Jump of Senator Harding In- Publicans.
■ to the lad in Oklahoma Another
border state. Tennessee, hung bv a
.4890
narrow margin, but with the He mo
ls„s crats leading.
| With about eicht states still sllghty
17!ir, iln Presidential and senator-
T..7 |^a' contests, the huge majorities
]i{1 assured Senator Harding and Gover-
nor Cooledge of at least 340 elector-
HUi nl votes, with Gov. Cox certain only
1023 of 127 an dall the "solid south" in-
Another democratic casualty was
the election of Nathaniel Miler; re-
publican, to succeed Governor 'AT
Smith, of New York, who ran for
ahead of the ox-Roosevelt vote in
the empire state.
Wilson States Lost.
In the president fight, the returns
showed that the Cox-Roosvelt ticket
had lost at least ten states which
President Wilson carried four years
eluding Kentucky The republicans to- ilR" ' all,"rnla ''oortido. Idaho. Kan-
I27S day added Idaho. Maryland and M'"'yland' N>w Hampshire. Ohio
:i2 South Dakota to their string, on the VVnHhington "nd Oklahoma,
i no face of large majorities, and the re-
maining states the republicans were
>; no lending in Oklahoma. Air/.ona. Mis-
souri. Montana. Nevada and North
1 no Dakota
Judir
Third
district, are the only
LOGAN COI NTY FARM Kits
AKK KOR Oil. OHYKLOPMKNT
tun it) of Drilling.
ested and Mr. Owens and I am sure
the people of this county will be glad
to know ot .Mrs. Fawbush's final fair-
ness in the matter and willingness to
36.71.
WU AL KKI> CROSS
AT
Thirty states regarded, from thn
wealth of republican majorities, as
assured for the republican presiden-
tial ticket were.
ICaliforna, Colorado. Connecticut,
T)elwnre. Udaho, Illinois, ilndiaiia,
Iowa. Kansas, Maine Maryland. Mass-
achusetts, "Mihigain, Minnesota. Ne-
braska, New Hampshire. New Jersey,
2ji,; |1() Lenroot is Re-elected.
Among republican senators elected
1206; no 'n hard contests were l^enroot of
Wisconsin, who was opposed vigor- New York ohlo 0regon> i ennsylva-
ously by Senator LaFollette, Spencer njai Rhode Island. South Dakota,
of Missouri, who defeated Brecken- Utah^ Vermont. Washington. West
ridge Ixrng. former assistant secretary vrginia, Wisconsin. Wyoming and
MKTIIOIHST CIH Kt ll of state; Jones of Washington, sen- Oklahoma
• - ate commerce committee chairman, jn ( ox column were: Ala-
ns lit* 11>I 1^« as tw.i) pel.-.on Monday evening at the First Meth- Senator Pholan, democrat. California. bama Arkansas, Flordia, Georgia,
odist Church, the people of Logan WHS defeated by Samuel -M Sliort- KJentuckiy, iMississippis North Caro-
county had an opporuntiy to hear ridge, republican, and Senator Smith. ^nai South Carolina. Texas and Vir-
lah.i
the vcte at hand unsafe to make a
prediction on. While it seems reason-
able probable that Bob Echols, demo-
crat. Las won for corporation com-
missioner, there is no other demo-
cratic andidate assured of a judge-
ship with returns now in hand.
Total Vote More Than .700.000
invited persons that had
old fashioned stoves to come around
and lind out how to make them over
so as to make a minimum of gas
make a maximum of heat.
President Ritzhaupt said that the
Rotarians were expected to march in
force as a club in the celebration
on Armistice Day November 11th
| whenever they are sure of develop-
ment, what they object to is purely
speculators. The article follows:
| A matter of special interest to the
people of this county is the present
prospect for early oil and gas de-
velopment in which the farmers es-
, pecially are most highly interested
I with a view of getting the wealth that
' lies under their land out iu the oil
and gas royalties. The prospect in
northwest L)gan County on the Owens
Anticline is improving. The matter
! has been held up by a few farmers
The total vote of Oklahoma Tues
day will pass the 400.000.
Few statewide precincts have been because of a new boy in
totaled on state questions but it is the family and the other by J. M.
doubtful whether one was voted in Ainientrout because this week was
by a majority of all persons taking the twentieth anniversary of his
part l Tuesday's election. landing in Guthrie. .He said while he
Harreld \> in*. Kilt) ( amities. f ! •'* not got rich, he had rather live
Harrtld probably carried titty in Guthrie than any city In Oklahoma
counties for senator. Ferris may "ave or in fact any city in the country,
carrifd thirty coiinties, but it and he had visited many. He liked
TH K WKATIIKR
Two boxes of cigars were donated there who refused to carry out the
the club, one by Ed Gahl, contract with their neighbors to give
their leases to this enterprise. Nearlv l
all of these farmers, however. )w.e ' V^ingt". October 30, 1920 -
carried out their contract, only four l''"re<ast for t,le <"TioU November I.
standing out and refusing to carry out ,19:!0' to •V"v,'"'l"!r mo> inclusive.
in the county should do and 1 believe
' you will be glad to know just what
has been done 111 this case as a mat 1 or
of news. Ii is hard to get .lie people °m the workers themeselves what democratic Maryland, a verteran lost
to realize that these wild cat wells are *he ,(^r°88 accomplish this to O. Fi Weller. republican. Senator
extremely expensive and the expense past year Nugent, democrat. Idaho was de-
' of making the prospect well, which is a featcd by former Governor Gooding.
i the great gamble and the big risk, is * 2 Z IT""" >' r1ev P Chris,ensen. of -he
all on one side, that is on the side several b _""SB".K Farmei-I.abor party, issued a state-
of the oil man and the chance Is all on t" ere KIPatl>' al'" mpnt ,;«.(-■ rine that the election
the other side, the side of the land ' spelled elimination of the democratic
owner and that he is iu fact g.vlng j The American Legion lloys acted nartv He predicted a route of the
up nothing when he gives his lease as ushers. The pulpit of the church republicans by his organization in
toi the drilling of a well which may and 'the choir 'loft were decorated moi i n ■ ,
I IU1L "..e uecoiaieu 1904 .lames Hepburn, former tiuthrie at-
with (lags and lied Cross posters. wilson Wlthnlds Coiument. torney phon(,(l t() frienli.. (r,Jm Henry-
i A large crowd was present and With majorities up in what demo- etta Ihllt h(, h.l(| |,,.en e]e trd county
heard the following program cartic leaders said was a solemn re- attorney of Okmulgee county. Jim,
ferendum" upon the league of nations, though a Republican in a Demo-
produce oil in his community.
Yours very iruly.
DALE & BIERER.
gina.
States troin which returns tonight
were incomplete were:
*Airzena, Missouri. Montana, Ncvji -
New Mexico, North Dakota, aoJ
Tennessee.
JIM IIKPHCKN KLE(TKI)
coi vi\ VI IORVK. ok.vrru.hK
their agreement with the other fai
West. Gulf States: Unsettled
ers and Owens but it looks now as if j weather and rains at the beginning
these leases would be given very soon of the week, followed by generally
so that the work can go ahead. j fair and cool, with frosts in the in-
Four cases were pending but one jterior-
of Owens against Frances Fawbush, . Cpper Mississippi and lower Mis-
is most likely that twenty seven is to live in a place where he believed who is the owner of the southwest jsuri Valleys; Unsettled weather, with
an 011 -ide figure for counties with the people all knew him and at least quarter of section twenty-eight, town- rains and possibly local showers at
a Ferris majority Harreld carried H majority liked him rather than in ship nineteen north of range three I heglning w«ek, then generally
ten more counties for senator than a large city where the personal equi- , west. Ixsgan county, has just been din- fnir and cold until Thursday or Fri-
.... ' ..«««.] I... \Ikj V u urVtiiuli nofrvlnif •
Hardirg
Fifteen minutes of music and patri-
otic songs led by the Rotary Chorus.
A report of the Public Health Depart-
ment by Miss Smith A report of
Civilian Relief Work by Mrs. Heer.
A report of the Treaurer, Ned Hol-
man. Appointment of Nominating
Comittee to nominate officers for the
coming year. The Red Cross in war
time—as known by the American
Ijegion, Rev. Callan The Red Cross
in disaster— E. P. Gregory. The Red
Cross Peacetime program—Miss
Whitmore. Next year's budget—(Fred
Lintz.
President Wilson withheld any coml cratic city, in a very pop'uar citizen,
ment Bainbridge Colby, secretary of H0 much so that in one has ciead
state, expressed disappointment. Sena- w|jaj ^is nolitlcs is,
tor Johnson of California, leading ir-
reconcilable" stated that the election ( HI |{( HMAN TO
meant the "end of the league." And TAJ,K BUSINESS TO
another. Senator Reed, democrat. Mis- CHOJBKK OK COWIKKCK
souri. declared that the tight upon the
league Issue was a "tragic mistake", The Chamber of Commerce h ui
and had split the democratic party- 'called a special meeting for Tuesday
Defeat of former speaker Clark was njt Nov.,9, at S p m. at which
one of the election surprises. He has 1 time Bishop Waldorf, noted leader of
srved continuously since 1897 a,, one ' men, and executives will deliever an
of the democratic slalwartc and r - address in the City Hall. Bishop
ceived a majority of votes for the ' Waldorf is highly trained in modern
ng did for president. Ferris did atinn is all lost. He believed after |l08<"' of 1,y N,rii' l-awbusli carrying (jUJr W|,en we!ltiler wm |>ecome lm.' Guthrie Chapter American Red presidentiad nomination at BaUimorc business efficiency, and is a
in n single county that did not knewlng many cities, than no better out hc'v aBl pe"l<!nt and °Jer !v,.ttlp«l and warmer. Cross had twenty-three hundred , her President Wilson was eliootn j netlc and convincing si>ea
not win
go for :'ox, but the returns from 1.-
900 precincts show that Ferris led
Cox in a score of counties by figures
in the hundreds of votes he ran pro-
bab'. in,ono ahead of Cox in the sta'*1
totP1
citizens ivc than those of Guthrie. He
made quite a happy talk and he had
ample assurance that he was liked
and that *the complement' was re-
turned by the applause he received.
And then his cigars smoked good.
nei lease without the payment of i j , , . . .
single cent. She has concluded that | Southern Rockv Mountain and Pla- "•e'"l,er« y
she was wrong and has very gracious- ,ea« Region: Generally fair and cold-, tention to en arge us num jer . ui 1 i,
ly performed her agreement without er during the first half, anil fair and 'be Annual Ited Cross Roll Call which minority
exacting a penny's compensation to warmer during the second half of the begins November 11th. Armistice Kitchen, democrat. North Carolina
her. and this, of course, is much ap- week.
predated by the other farmers inter-
E H. Howie
kitcliin Minority Leader. j vi ted-
probably wil be succeeded as . •—— —
eader bv Representative J The Municipal Hath
leased by Dr.
Day. and also to increase the number Representative Clark's victor was T. was taken over
1 ot five to ten dollars memberships . W. Hukriede. who has been active iu the month
magr
All in-
i*
House
' P. Robinson and
by him the tJr8t of
flour)
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