Volume 9 , Issue 45

Nov. 1907 - Governor Frantz To Enter Congressional Race, Opposing M'Guire

This 1907 news article appeared in The Daily Oklahoman, dated November 9, 1907, with the following headlines, subheadlines: Abernathy Is Called on Carpet. Ordered to "Fire" All Deputies Who Are Democrats. Hunter to be advisor. Anti-Frantz-Hunter combination is formed at National Capitol.

Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 8,1907 -- "Republican leaders, returning tonight from Washington, DC, where they have been participating in the campaign for federal appointments, state emphatically that Governor Frank Frantz intends entering the race for congress in the First Oklahoma district, next year, against Bird S. McGuire of Pawnee, the only republican elected to congress from the new state.

Judge Bayard, T. Halner of Perry, one of the defeated candidates for federal judge, will move to Tulsa immediately and will enter the congressional race in the Third district.

Charles T. Hunter, who made the losing fight for the republicans, notwithstanding his appointment as clerk of the federal court, thinks he will remain state chairman, claiming to have taken the matter up with president Roosevelt, who told him to accept the clerkship and retain also the state chairmanship. Hunter says he told the president he would not accept, if he has to resign as chairman. Hunter's political friends believe, however, the civil service commission will compel him to resign one of the two places.

president Roosevelt called both John R. Abernathy of Guthrie, and Grosvenor Porter of Ardmore on the carpet, and told them to "fire" all democrats in their employ as deputy United States marshals, to contribute to the party campaign funds and to look to Charles E. Hunter as their political advisor. Both Abernathy and Porter were criticized severely by the president for employing democrats.

Before the Indian Territory politicians left Washington, an anti-Frantz-Hunter combination was formed with the declaration that henceforward the "Rough Rider" organization could get no help from that side of the state."
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