Show OKLAHOMA GIVES FRANTZ MAJORITY Republicans Claim to Have Carried State by Votes 1 PROHIBITIONISTS ACTIVE Large Vote Polled Poled and Returns Coming in il to io Headquarters I Slowly SIo Oklahoma City Okla Sept Rpt After 17 t l. r the tho bitterest and tenet 10 t strenuous f campaign com cant In the he oC or thIs thin history territory election d day has hag been a Yer very quiet ca day with the cJ exception of or the tIme demonstration tion lon of or th tl tin Prohibitionists Tho The lla day role broke with Id Ideal 31 weather and the opening ar of the polls round found a large r rowil rowl in eAch precinct l read ready to vote vole In addition to tl the tho regular ular state ticket tho ho question o I uilo alj use o voted upon throughout tin time tw two territories arid and Oklahoma City voted on hond for Cor or the extension oC of time the sewer er e system 3 and water works I On account of oC th tie length of oC th the ticket and the fact that there were I ery very few re ht tickets voted the ti-me pro progress was slow and ane when tho the polls pol closed lo er tonight there er were a n number of ot voters oters In each precinct Jn lined d up but hul coul could not tint be he voted The rime early carh vote ote vaa cas hea heavy shout hout 45 f per ier fr cent of time the registration voting nUnS before noon At Al 9 o'clock tonight ht time the few reports received ii from room rom the tho territories show how that prohibition and ule the time constitution nr ort nrc running runninG Adherents of the tho constitution were vere claiming that 75 7 ii per percent cot cent of or th time the vote would favor or lt I. I It I lii n u I SronI or I Prohibition was sweeping Western I Oklahoma and making unexpected I stron strongholds hold such uch as Oklahoma CI City ane and Shawnee Shawne 5 The Tho lw prohibitionists pm expected ex ex- moOted to carr carry every cr Oklahoma county count except Oklahoma and possibly pos poe OS- OS sibly Canadian The rho Oklahoma majority for prohibition prohibition tion lIon i Is exported expected to h be so 10 great gr v t that lint If Indian Territory whoso whose voU oum Is dUr- dUr cult cul to predict on this question lon should h hy by any chance chanet flop op to 0 tho the wets Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa would carr carry tho the entire c state dr dry Friends oC of laHl fJ claimed tint h ho he howart was wart wal running OOOO to ahead of oC liEs hL ticket Republican headquarters were a crt serene however and stuck to their of oC 1000 tn 0 m majority ma mit- Jorl q for far l l I f h it 1 h Mon o lf nh Indian n vCr hulL n O sure r 1 hC r marshal t i wol nl l i rl r t th I h hai Il 10 ap- ap pointed io In tho h polls poll poU Ho Ro fur rite I ow no 10 Ct fatalities have been ie n i loreti 0 r t I. I U it et Si rn ms Cm i In Ii li JonI Owing Owing- to Ito tho exceedingly J heavy h V vote anti time the largo large number of or scratched r votes th the returns arc headquarters headquarters head had quarters er very slowly Th Time telegraph telegraph- ers ers' strike which Includes time Pioneer lonc Telephone company's hues linos liHS liH'S an as A well as nM the Western Union and Po Postal I. I I im also tilso a n great reat handicap and him tho th chairmen of or tlc be ie committees tn say they do not miot e oy- oy p p pct ct tOI returns to enable theta them to te form Corm orm an l Idea a of th the returns before n night ht or possibly Thursday afternoon Tho The ThoV V V. C C. T. T F. F women were at ateo every eo polling place plc with lemonade and coffee I lh booth w where e free drinks 9 and stand stand- tn w wore rc dispensed NI and many stem stem- I ache ivero treated to a a. surprise The Tue prohibition question formed a D topic of ot I Int Interested discussion for a i small crowd rowe at each ach precinct precinct and amid a n heavier ote for fOI prohibition In this city than vas was expected Is believed cd to have havo been polled pol poled led Wagon ngon loads of or children and nOI young oln JI Iris girls and a tallyho of at women dressed r In white singing prohibition songs song and waving prohibition banners paraded cd ed ee time the streets Hs and 1 visited the polling places time the entire day dD Irn fr cry Mim Mittis 1111 The Rev Rev- ne E. E O. O Whitwell of tho Maywood Maywood May May- 1 wood Presbyterian chinch icim who line has Ins been an active worker In la tIme the prohibition ion tion ton e cause ufe and Judge Henry Thompson Thomp Thomp- son scum general manager of th the th new state brewery brewer and d president of oC the chamber of commerce were merc moved mo et l b by tho the same spirit anti and met at the polling place In precinct C Fifth ward A lively ar argument u- u mOnt ment on Ott the time prevailing prevailing- question W was Immediately started arid and In a er very few W minutes hundreds of ot spectators had s surrounded them rho The discussion waxed warmer and amid l time the pressing of the time crowd gradually forced orceil the contestants to toward toward to- to ward ivard time the judges judge's brewery which is directly di cU- cU across tho the street street Finding themselves themselves them them- themselves selves at nt the lime door of the office the tl j Judge c said get ret Inside hackle and away awny from the This Is awful This ThiN aroused the tho He UA In Indignation in- in to uch such a n point that further argument was melt mentally l Impossible and amid anc he Ito lost ol no further tm tune time In polling his vote ole securing scouring It I from further danger at rut the hands of Ir the time I p wily wiy judge |