The Lamont Record. (Lamont, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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1
HE LAMONT RECORD.
VOL
LAMON.T. QKhMmmja, 1 1.9 TO.
Sb). 2 »
i\ T0>I\JPROVE THE PRI-
MARY LAW
itlirie? Oklaw, Auk. 27“ Ok-
knna has jjist had its first ex-
[encow'tioa mandatory state
>yv, and? is not altogether
.>Bed with tho result. That
present system has its de-
[a* ail are- willing, to admit,
there is some difference of
Jniomas to just where tho trou-
'lies and v?hat is tho best way
Remedy it.
rhe Oklahoma) primary law
fsente* some very contracict-
and anomalous features.
C,7?eneral complaint, against
primary system is that it is
Kcli man’s campaign, and that
lv tho men with plenty of.
[iey can. make a state* wide
juigti of the sort that? such a1
‘m demands That is true
[he main in Oklahoma as well
[elsewhere, but according to
theory of the law it, is not
|e, asdlie law sets sucli. a low
printed an-hthat it? was to*- kite.
TIhe defeated cmnditlates who had
spent from $4,500 to $1300 on
their campaign, included the
present insurance commissioner
and severalothers who had been*
prominent in Democratic poli
lies.
The county election boards a;*-
a* general-thing did not even fal-
low the alphabetical arrange-
ment, but placed the candidates
on’an arbitrary basis. In- some
made this yencd-lm-t jjiditical ad*
vantage was-taken of tho posses-
sion of tire election machinery,
not only in favor otone party as
against another, but «:♦ between
candidates of the same party.
The most freqjieu& aomplainb
was of a sliortage of biHlbt-s in
preempts which were- strongly
in favor* of a candidate opposed
by the organization which con-
trolled the election machinery
The law now provides m> penalty
oases members of the beaivl ; f„r a manipulation oAthi vsort.
made no secret of the Tact that jiTJhe* law requires* that th** mil
they gave personal friends who jnority members o3 election
happed to be candidates the ad- ‘board&shall be selected by their
erntio* itnccessor,. Gbv. Aitgeld., in. our baenst has- become club-
Was Colonel and A**dt j benetl, bnt such is not the case,
General in the Illinois National iintfrwo is not a cifass ef human-
Ciuurd< and* captain in* tile 1-th ity who* is mom deserving of
Illinois Pro..Reg. in the Spanish sympathy, and who receives
War, seeing no active service1 greater 'drjiks of it than the
therein,-however, the regiment newspaper craft. And alter No
not being mobilized* ! vember 2, we will lmve our fru-
Came to Oklahoma- in Febr J* ternal sympathy packed, labeled*
ary, lP4Hlr Locating in* Wewoka. ami neudyrfor the brother, while
Wile-appointed d. 8r.. constable,, he-lsedttingrih-sanctum sanctor
•iien deputy recorder in the U. iutn trying to tignro out I vow it?-
S. District Clerk’s office at Eu-1 happened, and from- whence came
fnula nnd from- thence vmm- the bUvw that almost* kdlod an
burned to W-awoka and Holden-* other faith Tbl member and pre-
vantage of the .‘test place* on the
ballot.
Yiauibtfs plans have been, sug-
gested to cure this defect?. Th.v
suggestions include ths phieing
of the names by lot and the giv-
ing of first place to the candi-
date filing first, but the one
which seems to meet the most
favor among-polfticmns is to di-
it on campaign expenditures viae the stllte (o*- d,st'-lct) mto
t any candidate in moderate «* m!m>- llivislons as ‘*fro aI-e
cutnstances could stand the candidates for an office and
tense of a campaign without cha"Ke the arrangement of the
m .. rxf •> «t 4 Wrt d • n f /HI' I O I / in c
krunting him.
.silt as I. S. Commissioner. siding officer of the great henev-
r,.*e fact remains- that many of
successful candidates, spent
irmous suniEK of money and.
[t. thei rrsHiaaes t-wa > f req pent-
i ropontbmato fa their espen-
lures. On the other bandy.
Lvever, there were several can-
names, for the different divisions,
oo that eaoli candidate well be
first in one division and will thus-,
get tiicead vantage ot the position
in that district. T’Ne objection
is adwmeed, however, that this
scheme might l>e iuggled so as-
to place a candidate-tlrot in the
. ’ , ; * .. ... part off toe-state-where he* lived
kets who spent practically-jand woulttnatuaally to the most
hing,.simply by reason of the I «*">“lar- anrt d6pK«lum of the
advan-jadvantage in the partaf thestnte
V CIUIU txiDJ, uiij/.Tica
, , , » whore it might*, do lr.-ia soma*
*eous position at the-head of b
ticket.
proposition of the ai'**
Igement of. t<lie names on the
.party organisatinm That pre-
vision was ignened^tliiB year, but
its enforcement is demanded by
tlie platform of the* Democratic*
party, which now controls the-
election machinery. Some ob-
jection is offered to the present?
method of filling vacancies,
(wJiich* allow.* tim- slate central
committee-tO'sefect a candidate
without reference to the otlnjr
candidates on the ballot. The
claim is mule that in case of a
vacancy the man who* rji^s sec-
ond should be declared tho-n#^-
inee.
One class of oitizens is well
satisfied with the primary law.
They are the editors ofthe state,
wlio reap a rich harvest fisom po-
litical advertising while the ca.n-
paign is going on, and charge ul
jinost any price- they please for
their space. Ghe enterprising
editor of a country w-eelstv on
t4io*east side of tlie si;ate get out
a special edition of twenty-four
pagea^ about ten days before the
primary,.in which heha<tr>o
than twenty-one pages of politi
Cblonel Fraser has tiie practi- olent society, chartered under
oal knowledge of an active life the laws of. this- great republic*
which, with his e:jperiem:e in and christened nowspaperdom.
public affairs, makes hitn emi- Get into ‘iie battle l)iT»tller ajwh
nently qualified to fill the office* if they prove you guilty of every-
of Secretary of State. He is thing in the category of crime,,
popular in his county and has from obtaining money under.*
the confidence and respect of all false pretenses for the advocn
classes.
cy of Oklahoma Democracy by a*
Mr*. Kate HL lMsfinrs,. candi- »*w»UM*«V 'vdl.sure* »*.!h n.
date for the office of Commis- 11 c-onv.ct.dn-to cruelty to-
sinner of Cliarities and Correc- humanity-tor that charge will,
t/ons, on tlie Republican ticket, alsostioMor no newspaperman.
is tlie wife of Thomas Benton
Biggers of Marlow, Oklahoma.
Jiuring the Civil War, Major
guards his own welfare as judic-
iously as he does that of the-
public in general—blame some
JAUIUI^ I’llC ViMl M ) AMWJWl ,, ,
Biggers was an officer in the of 5'"“'' f001 h-ends-fon slipping-.
Fifth
good-
rr!ha*e?ipeRse limits,established
bn the present-law arealso made
„t is the one which probably basiii ot obipct.on on Ui« od advertising, all paid for a»
caused the most discussion Rroun<l *•*»» tl,ey pract.catty Regular advertising rates or a
compel a man to perjure himself {little better,
if he makes anything like a tlior-1
criticism. Tlie present law
Ikes no provision for tlioin an*
|igement, leaving the matter
dly in the hands of the* elec-
ki boards. The state election
ird this year decided to ai-
lige tlie names of candidatee-al-
V-betically. IX is admitted by.
(.yone who has-studied condi-
Ls that the man who is first
[the ballot lias an* advantage
[probably 25 per cent over tho
ker candidates, and it is com
kded with.an apparent sh >w of
[.•-.on thft4 is unfair to gi'-'-e this
[*antagi> to a man just becauso
liame begins with A or B.
p/itli only one exception tha*:
(ninations for all offices on tlie
[publican tickoil below- that of)
rernor this year went to the
ough' oampaign. For example,
the limit oma*candidate for gov-
ernor is 83,000, which is regard-
ed as a joke. No man can*ser-
iously, claim to make a state-wide*
campaign.-without spending more
than iimt amount. J. B. A. Rob-
ertson,,^ Democratic candidate
for pxu’^^nor, withdrew- wlun
the campaign was- about half
over,,,on the grouad Shat he had
spenb tlie $3,000 limit and could,
not-go farther without* violating
the law. John Field!*, a Repub-
lican candidate for governor,
who made a less vigorous cam -
paign than at laa*t four of the
other aspirants, filed a state-
ment'that he had spent $2,998.98
COMPETENT CANDIDATES
l man on the bulk*. 'El.e.-e k within twe nenteof the limit,
, • it i while ouo*oandidate wnosa cam-
ne no bitter rivalries between.i . ,
Republican candidates and i
paign was estimated to have
, Gtithrie, Olda., Sept. 1—Don
lit Fraseri,■ republican nominee
for secretary of state,.is a resi-
dent of wowoka, Seminole coun-
try, where he is a practicing at-
torney, the president of the
Seminole Qounty Abstract com-
pany and tlie postmaster at IV e-
waka.
He is a Highland Seat by
breeding, and birth but was
•brought to the United States
Missouri cavalry. Son
years Major and Mrs. Biggers
resided in Kansas, from which
state they removed to Chit kasha,
then in Indian Tsrrijtary. Thei?!
Home is now west of :4uriew, on
the wood reserve, whese their
farm home is always hospitably
open to their many, friends and
:icqnaintances.
Mrs. Bigg-H’s is a gentle,
motherly dignifiad and well-
rer»d woman, an ideal home mak-
er, a happy wife, a hind and
helpful heigh bon and the highest
type of tlie- women who are
found on so many. Oklahoma
farms. A>a farmer’s- wife Mrs.
Biggers lias-, bravely, borne the
struggles incident to pioneering,
a* a member of tli3FaJerated
Woman’s Clubs* She has intel-
ligently sustained the reputation
of chib aspirations. Mrs. Big-
gers is tlie only woman serving
as school-trustee in her country
district.
For several years Mrs. Big-
ger* has been president of tlie
Oklahoma Woman. Suffrage As-
sociation, in which capacity hen
executive and literary abilities
have built* a large and etfeative
that boe*under your hat and get-
tingA’ou stung. Again wo say,,
we are for yoUj.snd.aro interest-
eitin you to such an. e.xtent that*
it would* break ou ill lasirt. te-see*
you yn dawu to Gutlliie. or*
wherever.<£ovennor Haskell de-
cides lie A«mts ths-legislature to
convene,.and mingle wst’i that
sportive eminent,.and aoquire a
lenowfedgeof the-value of jack.
up,Jor you wowldtforevor-bedis-
.satisfied, to -come back among us-*-
and take 81- per and probatlK
ono third of the county printing,
as of yore. Discontentment
would’only.shorten your life and;
aa-tliore lias been so m«ny fail-
ures by newspaper men to gaii>*
an entronci? into tlie-land of an-
gelsv We would r^ret very,
much to-see you make tlie fail-
ure, for tlie good book tells us-
that!iA\ve shall know each other
there” and as fruit,* water and*
raiment have been piovided for *
your stuj.xhi Grant county., for a.
timo* at least}. we- would; advise -
thrtt youdiil® the-price p^3 inch
and change a little move per
when he* was five yeans- old
Was raised on adnrm in Carroll organization,, with branches in
county, Illinois. At the age of nearly every- county of the state.
FI,years he enlisted in bice 92nd calm judgment, iarepi'oaclv
Regimeut, 111., Vol. Mounted In- able character, and generous
fan try in the-Cwh War, serv.ng personality, Mrs. Biggers is a
three full, years in the lighting fitting, ixsoresentative of tile wo-
commands of Wilder’s "Light- men of whom Oklahoma proudly
1st of llrem did not make a par*
aular strenuous campaign-
phe result was that, the aver--
voter- liaving.no parsonal :tc-
jiintance with any of the can-
lates, vied for the first one-
I « ’
cost close to $100,000, filed an Brigade and* Kilpatrick's- beasts.
affidavit showing expenses of
loss than $2,000^
TJio length of. ths- primary
ballot is- the- sarise oha serious
objection, although that is not
the fault oft the primary law.
{Third Cavalry Division, Army of
| the Cumberland. Passed through
[it h< Cxu .fi to. . h.s cond.tion , .yeaw.t}1(>ne. are twenty-two
xlfairs did noUpaly«osteo"* eleoUTOatote„Bces to be tilled
on the- De in aora tier side,., as-
nrly all oh tlie candidates on
|lt ticket had either held uub-
office before or had been
Imiinontly- before the public
J leaders in their part y . Sven
Ire, however.,.the re were sev
thousen-d, .and be ton tent to sub-
mit to tliO’iiK vilable.*
McGUI RE • EXONERATED BY
LAND FROBE.COM-
MITTSS*,
The edi ‘’ir of the Grant ceun-
over 80- skh-mishes and battles ty News-is a candidate* for the
and was honorably discharged legislature* on. the Democratic
in 1865 at the close of the war. , ticket, and if it was- not for the
Went t© Iowa ir.> 1867, whore fart that?)he is so- closely allied
he worked on a faraa and ts *ght with the Haskell pokeiee-j and
school. Was admitted to the such a believer in the way Has
The state ballot included eandh practice of: law in 187Q. Later keil-dees things, vre could al-
datss for all these offices,.and he retunrad-to Illinois- n;id took- most slap him-on the hack and
up the newspaper business, con- yell, ‘‘go to it, old man, and may
________________________ , ducting s-raccessivsly the Carroll- God bless your struggle”. Our
} there were sixty five to County Mirror awl the Carroll fraternal sympathies are with
seveii-ty candidates on the ballot j Courvty Herald and lifer the i$a- him but cur political feelings at
* . . , , - lofeaeh partyv ’llitare was also j vanua Daibv Times* this time* of,the year, prevents
\i ( as; s \,.uia 1C a*t> ia^ a county;ballofc*of*about half tliatj In lssy he* war^.appointed by, us-.froDiaUe.Ti ig the smell and
advantage was ( f.raons t a ec, i ^any voters, a palled at; Cvvernor Fifert.S^periatendent* stain of urin-ter-h-ink toovcr-bal-
aln.N iii t ic cast. o..i^, .1 ti i e-imign it u d e of. th<; bull lot, voL i (){ Public -Printing for the state ance ourajudgraoiitumd lend our
}d, nominee ii)rinsiu<mci com ^ f()l. ^n-0VWK, »nd? then :»pit;! 0f Illinois,, an adiyrxt of the.- powerful; assistaafie to. *. causa
ssiomi, who an f v. 'an\ j In each party, there were fully s--ec ret ary. of* State’s- office-, J which ha.s- become ;>> burclen-
gu and who fi; u>. vepn-'torU OD.OUD more.* votes exist ^ar tlie) pos-tion. hnfiiied satisfy* ' some to ouiv fellow man. Of
also for district judge..>t*hesen-
ator and represeRtathe, so that
Pfiwhu&ka, Ckla., AXig* 2b—
WT:en, the house investigating
committeecoivrtuded its Ii.-uring-'
here today, the three ’.aeinberss
present immediately, is-Hied a^.
letter toGoirg?rc*ss-iaan Bird Mc-
Guire, . of the First Oklahoma*
districts completely, c non e-ratings
him and declaring that “there'
was no evidence whatever to 9<us
tain any charge or suggestion^
that you f,McGuire) had or have
any interes-tswlratever. ia *he so -
called xa^Murray-contructs or in»
any other Indian contracts.'’
When Senator Gore-mode his*
charge in the senate be d :*ehn*ed<i
a member referred: U>. Con-
gressman MeGuire-of tire h:ws»- ?
and.anienaber of-thcdnmse wen,-
iuterest^l in the (.osfirex-fs ac -
cording *o tl.ee man allwprd te»
td ta.witftatow toys y tod oftbe ticket. tor any- f ■ aaa.ni.tH mw the brother will think
io tho primary, but lound that other office.
have- offered him the, bribe-. His-.
Sstt-baequantt statement left- m>»
•loabt that Mctjciiire -.t^ tii **
iwiise ii,ambor risked th:U- .her*
......--- - r-alks of the ho-use b: suspendeul
w'.vo Gc'.\. EJft'Cs dtenm ♦hat-.tlie'uihvof Juumen'dudjros.s.1 fCo'ttiiu*-il..oabi»ck Magv)
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Bradfield, O. J. The Lamont Record. (Lamont, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1910, newspaper, September 1, 1910; Lamont, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956337/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.