The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 10—NO. 151.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1907.
SHAWNEE NEWS 40c A MONTH
Delegate Ledbetter Says Pancoast
Exceeded His Proper Jurisdic-
tion in Recent Decision
SPEED CLAIMS THE OPPOSITE FOR PETITIONERS
Says the Constitutional Convention
Arrogated Powers Not Given
by the Enabling Act
Guthrie, Okla., June 13.—Arguments
were madn yesterday before the su
preme court by Delegate Ledbetter of
Ardmore and ex-Associate Justice J.
J. Beirer in support of the convention
of the convention was limited only
by the provisions of the enabling act.
Judge Bierer took the same position
Mr. Ledbetter assumed, presenting ex
haustlve decisions to* sustain his con-
contentions against the issuance of, tentiOQS.
an injunction on calling the election, Ex-United States Attorney Horace
to vote on the proposed constitution i Speed opened the presentation of the
Chief Justice Burford, Associate' case for the petitioners for tbe injunc-
Justices Irwin, Pancoast, Garber, Hai-1 tions. He holds that the enabling
ner, Gillette and Burwell were present j act clearly and distinctly defined what
It was agreed that while Judge Bur the convention could and could not
ford and Justice Pancoast have passed | do, and that in dividing the counties
upon two of the four cases being; of Oklahoma they exceeded their pow-
heard, there being two original case* ( ers. The enabling act extends over
the entire bench would sit and hear (the Indian Territory the laws of Ok-
the argument*. The suits brought ■ lahoma and mr.kes them in force until
by Judgo Mo^alHstcr and Virgil Hobb*| after tbo first legislature. In doing
were brought originally in the district' this, Mr. Speed holds the electibn laws
court, and as the same points are in jof the territory were extended to the
rolved it was agreed that all should j entire proposed state, and are opera-
be heard at once. (tive, and in attempting to hold elec-
Delegate Ledbetter devoted his ar- j tions in the subdivisions as made by
gument to the question of jurisdiction the conventioA the machine is attempt-
'of the courts, contending that the en j ed to be placed in operation before the
abling act delegated power to thi • constitution Is approved. He also
convention which can be passed upon J holds that the election laws defines
only by the president, and not by the the duties of the election officers and
courts of the territory. It was also specifies how and when the ballots
argued that as the newly organized
counties will not become such until
after the constitution Is formally
adopted by a veto of the people, and
approved by the president, the court
can not take judicial notice. In the
opinion of Mr. Ledbetter the powers
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the district courts that they are the
proper officers authorized to receive
the ballots. In appointing individuals
as election officers in the counties of
Oklahoma already organized the con
vention attempts to usurp the powers
of the regularly elected officers and
cannot hold an election unless the
counties are held intact until after the
election is held on the constitution.
The arguments will be continued to-
day by Attorneys Noah. Snoddy, Gar
rett and Stewart. It is believed the
court will take several days In which
to consider the question raised, and
it will probably be the last of the week
or the first of next week before a de-
cision will be made.
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TO GIVE OP THE FIGHT
Almost Concede Haskell's Nomina-
tion bv About 5,ooo Votes—Gore
and Owen Winners
FRAUD TALK HAS SUBSIDED CONSIDERABLY
Threats are Still Made, But on the
Quiet-=Publicity Given Gossip
Had Good Effect
The next time one of those
will be doijiR.
'Nature Fakers" ventures into the woods something
Call Has Been Made for Members of the State Associa-
tion to Meet Here June 22nd
WILL BE SPREAD FDB IHE GUESTS
To Perfect Organization Started Early in the Year and
to Hear Reports of Committees—Session in City Hall
Oklahoma City, June 13.—Haskell
has been nominated for governor.
Gore and Owens have been nominated
for the United States senato. West
has been nominated for attorney gen-
eral and Dunlop has been nominated
for treasurer. Yesterday's election re-
turns are authority for the foregoing
statements. They have removed all
doubt as to Haskell's nomination and
the same is practically true with re-
spect to the other men. Seventy one
counties out of seventy-five give Has-
kell a clear lead of nearly G,000, fifty-
one counties show Gore ahead by
1,988. thirty-nine counties show Owen
a winner by 21,701 over Furman, forty
counties show West to lead Freeling
by 6,000, and Dunlop to lead by 1,000.
Dunlop claims that his strongest coun-
ties have not yet been heard from,
which is admitted by his rivals. This
should give him the call for the noml
nation for treasurer. One of the
features of the day, however, was the
Rankin vote Rankin is also a candl
date for treasurer, and with Menefee
has been giving Dunlop tbe race of
his life. Yesterday Rankin was re-
garded completely out of tbe running
Yet today he is within 2,000 of tbe
lead< r and Is coming strong.
There is less talk of ballot box stuf-
find around democratic headquarters
since the newspapers have taken hold
of the matter. The Truce crowd say
that Haskell was the first man
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TO MEET AGAIN
rHl8<> the cry and that they echoed
tb« same cry simply as a matter of
precaution and protection, yet they
are "withholding the returns from Car-
ter and l^ove counties.
This much they will admit in pri-
vate. On the surface, however, there
Is still talk of a recount and contest-
ed election. Bets are being made that
Grace will contest Haskell's nomina-
tion. So far no statement has been
made by the Ardmore man concerning
these rumors. In a conversation to-
day with several friends Cruce an-
nounced that if Haskell is the demo*
cratlc nominee, he will not only sup-
port him but stump the state for the
Muskogee man. He said he had never
holted a convention or primary choice
in his life and It was too late how 10
start in.
A prominent figure about demo
cratic headquarters during the day
was the small and diminutive figure
of Thomas T. Owen of Muskogee, who
Is here watching the interests of Mr.
Haskell. Mr. Owen has in his posses-
sion a remarkable estimate on the
vote cast at the recent democratic
primary. It is said to be an estimate
predicted on early election returns,
but not yet verified as official. TJls
estimate in almost every instance has
called the Haskell or Cruce vote with-
in twenty to forty votes. In many
instances he was less than ten votes
out of the way.
WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT HERSELF
This is a 25x 1 40 foot
east front business lot
with frame building,
located on South Un-
ion Avenue, opposite
Rock Hotel.
EASTERWOOD
AND
PUGH
The Real Estate
Men
Oklahoma City, June 13—Mrs. Wade
Spear of 631 West Washington street,
lies In a critical condition at Relator's
hospital as the result of a wound she
received yesterday afternoon at a
o'clock from the accidental discharge
of a revolver.
Mrs. Spear's injury conBlsts of a
flesh wound above the left knee and
the complete shattering of the bone
from the left knee to tbe hip, where
the bullet bad plowed its way.
The bullet was fired from a Smith
& Wesson 44 calibre gun. The dis-
charge of the gun, which will mean
in all probability the death of Mrs.
Spear, is reported as being acclden
tal.
It is also reported that Mrs. Spear
was cleaning out a wardrobe. Tbe
gun was resting on a lower shelf of
the wardrobe. In throwing some
clothing out of the closet she knocked
the gun from the shelf. It struck
the hammer, resulting In Its being
discharged.
Shawnee is to entertain another
convention on tbe 22d of June. This
time It is the architects of the new
! state who have called a special meet-
ing of the profession to convene at
Shawnee on that date for the purpose
of perfecting their organization. Un-
til recently there was no organization
of the architects, but early In the year
a society was formed and committees
appointed to report on various topics
and plans of Interest to the members.
At the time Shawnee was selected as
the next meeting place, but no date
was seX. However, the committees
having completed their work and
there being urgent business to tran-
sact, the call has been sent out for
Saturday, the 22d of June. Approx-
imately seventy-five architects will be
In attendance from all parts of Okla-
homa and Indian Territory.
Papers on subjects of great value
to the men designing the future beau-
ty and solldness of tbe buildings of
the great state of Oklahoma will be
read, and discussion will be had on
the best ethics for the profession to
pursue. Reports from the different
committees will be heard and action
taken perfecting the organization
which Is now In its embryonic stage.
It is the intention of the promoters
of the society to make It a model or-
der of professional men and to In-
crease the efficiency of the architects
by co-operation. The Shawnee con-
vention will mark the beginning of a
new epoch in the history of construc-
tion and architecture In the new state
that will mean much for the advance-
ment of the science In the southwest
and set a new standard.
Arrangements are being made to
hold the sessions In tbe auditorium of
the city hall. The Chamber of Com-
merce will provide a place suitable
for the occasion. The guests will be
royally entertained while In the For-
est City and nothing spared to Bhow
them a good time. On the night of
the 22d a banquet board will be
spread, at which a hundred plates will
be set. Plans and arrangements are
not yet all completed, but a trolley
ride about the city and over the In-
terurban will In all probabilities be a
feature of the meeting. Tbose In
charge are determined to make It
memorable event both for the city
and the visiting architects. Election
of permanent officers and the appoint
ment of standing committees will take
place at that time.
REPUBLICANS HAVE
FULL SWAY
Muskogee, I. T., June 18.—The dem-
ocratic vote In the primaries plainly
shows that the republicans will have
a majority In the new state, when
the race Is run on a purely political
basis and sets at rest the democratic
claim that the vote In the election tor
delegates to the constitutional con-
vention was a fair test of the strength
of the two parties. It is a well known
fact that thousands of votes were
cast for the democratic nominees for
delegates as a protest against Hitch-
cocklsm and Washington government
of territory affairs, and the republican
nominees suffered at the polls for all
the alleged ills Inflicted on this coun-
try during the past ten years by con-
gress.
The results of Saturday plainly
show that the democratic vote has
been largely overestimated and
other logical conclusion Is possible
than that the republicans have a very
heavy majority in the two territories.
It Is not probable that as many
democrats will vote In any election
for several years In the proposed state
of Oklahoma as voted last Saturday,
and there will never be a better test
of tbe party strength than that based
on the vote In the primaries and
which shows that properly managed
Oklahoma will be as safely republican
as Kansas.
The big picnic of the Trades As-
sembly will be held on Friday at N
Uroadway park
"The constitutional convention will
reconvene as soon as the supreme
court hands down its decision in the
injunction cases and will set a new
date for the election, giving Governor
Frantz five days In which to Issue the
election call," saUl William Murray,
president of the con con. "If he does
not issue It within that time I will
send out the call the next morning,
so that tbe election can be held as
soon as possible.
"I believe we could hold the elec-
tion to vote on the constitution with-
out the proclamation of the governor
or any one else, for the election ordl-
I nances fixes a day, but this would not
allow us to vote on state officers and I
think we will wait until the court reu-
i ders Its decision.
I "I have nothing to say about the
continued publication of the election
proclamation In the McAlester Capi-
tal," said he, when asked If the proc
tarnation was being published by au-
thority. "I sent telegrams to all the
papers telling them to hold up the
call and it's not my fault It they did
not
"C. N. Haskell haB made no charges
of fraud in the primary election, but
we are keeping close watch on the re-
turns. I am here looking around to
see what's going on.
"1 think Haskell has won by a small
majority, probably between 1,000 and
3,000."
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Including ten acres of ground. All
In cultivation; nice growing crop; 4
room house, storm cellar, splendio
well, horses, hogs, chickens, wagons,
farm Implements, etc., for sale at
about half Its real value on account of
owner leaving the state. Good loca-
tion and close to car Une.
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