The Lawton Constitution and Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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cared to Immune ' business or pay de
potdtor* at all. Ah a result It was the
general practice to limit the depoiil*
tor* demands, for Ms own money, to
five to ten dollar* per (lay. Thin
dltlon suagpstud the necessity f
revlaion of (lie Hanking Lawn, not only
of the States but of the Nation; and
Oklahoma, ever mindful of her duty to
her cltiseiiH, immediately took up the
coriMideratioti of a Hanking law, auch
aa contemplated l .v our State Const I-
tut lent, under which bunking might bo
treated an a semi-public business,
Inhere the light* of tlie public and tho
rights and privilege of the banker
should both be fairly considered,
i Our Rankin* Law was enacted in
I December, 1907, and ban been in oper-
ation aubatantially. three yearn, and
_ during (HI of that tint bll bWB nub-
Under III* constitution cif our Stale t(, „„lM v|. I,ma assault mid
SENDS MESSAGE
Slate ol Oklahoma, Executive
Department
TO THE THIRD LEGISLATURE
Oklahoma City, Okluh< >maf
January 7, 191 I
Gentlemen: —
It la provided that at the beginning of
each Session « f the Legislature, the
Governor "shall communicate, by men
page, delivered to a Joint hchhIoii of
the two houses, upon the condition of
lbs stale. and ahall recommend such
Matters to the Legislature aa he ahall
Judge expedient, lie ahall alao trana
nit a copy to each house of the full
report of each atate officer and atatt
commissioner."
Thla nieaaago linn be«n delayed until
this date, due to the fa« t that the re
tonvsl of the various oftlc en und de-
partments fr« m the former to the
present Capitol, delayed the dcllv
untruthful crltlciam.
Let me c ;ugratulate your Honorable
Mody and tlx People of Oklahoma that
thin law bftl Stood the Storai and
triumphed over all oppoaltlou. The
Supreme Court of the I'lilted Stales,
but a few days since, aftirmed the find-
ing* « f our own State Supreme Court in
dti |giini Ita validity in brief* the
renultn speak for the Law. No depoa-
itor in any State Bank in Oklahoma
has ever lost a dollar in the entire
three years, or been refused when he
demanded his money, at any business
hour of any business day of the year.
Never have the eervicea of a police-
of official and department reports to man been required to aid in the con-
®e and only yet. am I able to deliver duct of the State Banking business in
* portion of ssld reports, or to furnish Oklahoma. We lm\« had otn State
thu Information In tills message ti...' Sank failures, and doubtless always
In obtainable ouly from an annalysls of , will have no long as human nature re
PMh reports. majns iinchanged And It Is t«• i tbo
An to recommendations. I believe purpose of protecting the public
that the new Chief Executive, mood to against Iona and disaster that Okla
gsauine the responsibilities of ofll
Should be accorded that privilege, un-
hampered, to the end that he who (
brai •. the burden of responsibility may
tiavo the 1111 lent opportunity to advise
gn to the policies of government;
therefore, thin communication, to your
Honorable Itody, will largely he con
Hued to a review of the things that
the Legislative and Kxecuthe Depart j
Kent a have done during our first pe
od « f State government and the re
pub a accomplished, that your woik
Slid oura may be measured on Its
merits.
Much that we have done may from 1
actual application detnonatrat the ad
viseablllty of Improvement l>> amend
Bieut or otherwise while some may
have proven Ita efficiency and value
to the public
Our Constitution undertakes to
guarantee equal rights to all spe J
Slid privileges to none, to crK-ourage
harmony of action and sentiment I"*
Iween capital and labor and 11.« great
Industries should he welcomed in our
Htntn sml be offered the fullest meas-
ure of fair treatment and opportunity
for profit consistent with common hon
Ssty and the public welfare.
In carrying out these general princi-
pals of government, the Legislature
sud Executive Department, acting In
harmon v. have induatriously labored
and that their efforts
themselves, a few of the prominent
features of government may well be
Mentioned.
Progress and Development
November 16th, 1907. the President
of the United States proclaimed the
beginning of Stnte (lovernmeut In Ok
lahoma and it devolved upon the l*eg
lalatlve and Kxecutive Departments of
this State to vitalize the Constitution
and administer the laws
In tiio many earlier States there are
found no parallel and no precedent to ,
guide us In our Work. Other States
formed from a single territory or part
of territory had passed from organized
territorial existence with Ihe Ooi;
Jies, Townships and School Olstri- t*
homn has a law to successfully u
age and liquidate insolvent luinks. and
Where the answer to the anxious do
positor, In a failed bank operating
under other laws when he may get hit
money invariable ta. iJodonly knowh
under the Oklahoma State ilankln*
l.avv the answer to such luqiiln is,
"You can get It now."
We can best illustrute tin* principal
features o| the Oklahoma Law b> una-
werlng some of these criticisms. They
say, "The Oklahoma Law is defect he
because banks break under our law."
Our answer is. "Of course banks break
under the Oklahoma Law: they break
under every other banking iuw that
was ever enacted either State or Na-
tional. and they always will break in
greater or less numbers until The
(•rent Creator has completely revised
human nature
They say, "The annual assessments
drawn from the banks ol the State is
a great burden upon these bankers,"
1 deny this statement. Careful calcu-
lation will show that it is the deposi-
tors themselves and not the bankers
who real I > pay the assessments to pro-
vide for the protection the depositor
receives, l'liis can be ascertained by
comparing the reduced rate of inter
est paid on interest bearing deposits
today with the rale of interest
paid prior to the enactment of this
may apeak for jnw BU(j ajHO |Q (|,0 fJU.t that in three
ars the volume of deposits In the
State banks is more than three timet
as great as they were when our bank
law was enacted.
Is a law to be condemned and re-
pudiated because there were average
annual losses under it? If ho. then the
National Hanking Law and the laws
of the other States should have been
, condemned and repudiated years ago,
,"because there never was a law under
| w hich there were no losses. Oklahoma
.simply claims for her laws that a bank
fallut* *}oes not occasion disorder in
,the community, disaster to the depos-
itor or !>t!°laeai depression throughout
.the entire locality.
It is also well to mention that eighty- '
five per cent of all the losses were
a single j
*\Yv eminent, with an entire 'aggregation of men coutrolH •* H nuin
Population in the greatest V' them less her of b&uks* '"".uding two of the
than JWO.MO peo^.S; with corporate 'r..ge National Banks of the State, one
wealth aggregating st most, twet ty or 'of the largest state Banks and several
thirty millions of dollars, whereas, in smaller State Banks.
Oklahoma wo were called upon to unite I It is c.isv t say flint there should
two distinct territories, one wholly be close inspection so aa to have avoid-
reorganized with a combined popula ed tins list ot failures. We can onl>\
•rest.
1 commend these worthy Ueutlemen
of the National Hanking Fraternity to
you for all other purposes, except that
of telling you how to write a State
Hanking I*av
T< show ti ' . Jlcletidf c* the nkla-
I '.ina State h*juk<t:n Law, I « !l youi
attention to its notable test in llquldut*
Ing the Columbia Hunk A Trust Com-
pany with Its time million two hun-
dred and ninety-four thousand dollars
of liabilities, at a total expense of
$l3,77f 24, accomplished almost com*
plete In five months, as com-
pared with the settlement of the failed j
Capitol National Hank of (iuthrle, Ok
lahoma, with total liabilities under
seven hundred thousand dollars, which
after over six years is still Incomplete,
nit hough over fifty five thousand dol-
imis expenses have been Incurred and |
paid, and (lie depositors In this six I
year period have had small install-
ments aggiegating less than two-thirds
f tbeii principal. These demonstra-
ions ol law as actually applied ate j
Ue best evidence of it m efficiency.
A' age Annual Losses.
The av« age annual losses from the j
guaranty fund for the three yeai pe- |
riod, us arc shown by the depart nicut
reports tiled herewith, are approxi-
mately oue bundled thousand dol-
lars pet year. The exact amount
will depend on the collections vt
to lie made on certalu Colnu I m
Hank. W. L. Norton personal, .-nd
other assets that have come into the
hands of the Hanking Hoaid in the
liquidation of failed banks.
11)09, and
three years
ot' one per cent.
(tone t figures and estimate of value
of assets, which appear to be exceed*
ingly conservative, are all contained in
the detailed reports filed herewith,
from which reports and the office
records, the following statement is
compiled:
Bank Guaranty Fund.
The total amount of all as
sessinents collected to De
uoinher 31, 1910, in the
Guaranty Fund 5 '40,392^1
Deduct rebate and adjust
•vent uf new bank de-
/os I 21,561 •« !!
Nv proceeds JNlS,740.t)o
Thla collection ot guaranty fund,
covering a period of nearly three yea re
is now represented as follows
Cash on hand \ 73.rt26.u9
Collections counted as cash 67.192.69
Time or special deposits. . 90.00U.0U
Duo from Stute School
Land Department, surplus
Columbia Hauk securith
ere. 1 have- i ■ • en neglected.
representative number of the citizens four. (During the first three years of State! ^ have n greater per cent
of any eligible iown or city. Aa a re-j f^e (ota| number of pardons In the Government, the results per acre to I entire cos: or fovernmen
suit of requiring such citizens petl jRM t*0 years have been fifty. These the State have been increased to about t voted to agricultural and mecha
tlona, there have never been iu excess a0 not include what is termed ' expira- an average of thirty cents per acre
of tweuty local dispen-art** iu oper- t|on pardons," which are granted to snd under the new appraisement,
aMott In tho etaie. H\\ prisoners ot good behavior a few . which has just gone Into effect, the
As the question of dispensaries in a days before the expiration of the sen | results pel acre to the State, v. -.A bt
prohibition state is one of Judgment, tence j increased to about forty cents per
The number of expiration pardons in acre-
the lust two years have been, with! The experience of the last year in
restoration of citizenship. 347; and selling part of the Public Building
without restoration of citizenship, 164. Land lias < Icarly demonstrated what
The number of paroles during the waa believ d s-nd letommendcd by
same period have been 308. j the members of the Leglsla-
Af „ . , . . . I ture, as well as myself heretofore,
Of all the paroles granted. It has
been found necessary to revoke In
nd hears more or less relation to the
enforcement of prohibition law, the
burden of which is soon to be assumed
t>> snothsr, i shall thsrsfors add aottp
ing to tbo opinions that I have here
tofore expressed, but 1 do feel at lib
erty, as I au uot to be officially con-
cerned therein, to call attention of
your Honorable Hody to the fact that
while the public look to the Governor felony cases, twelve, and these per
of the state to be a strong factor Id BO*ls were returned to prison to *erve
'he enforcement of the prohibition further upon their original sentences
law, yet he is almost wholly without 1 The above list does not Include par
any legal Authority to accomplish thla d°ns or paroles iu cases of violation
of the prohibition law. and other mis-
demeanors, which we give below.
In enforcing the prohibition law, peo-
1. e., that at the price at which these
lands can now be sold at public auc-
tion, would at least double the income |
of the State fot all this purpose and I
11 the lands were sold at public auc-
tion and the proceeds of sale invested I
even at 5 per cent Interest, and in j
addition to doubling the annual in-I
> come direct to the State, the local
communities would be greatly bene
law enforcement
During my term of office, my autb-
orlty in thv enforcement of this ltiw . . _ . .. . , - uu.u ue i,.
SruVi^dv!iC^l.d M°oura«lnTlocll -ni"'d by ,iaVlng ,he
officers who r.re willing voluntarily to
accept the limited ail and encourage-
ment that ihe law authorized me to |
hands of individual owners and sub-
ject to taxation and beyond all tills is
the principal involved in the Tenantry
System.
We believe that the Tenantry Sys-
tem Is a wrong principal and that Ok-
lahoma should be a place for home
owners.
From |}iose In oppos!4,oe the
sale of the School Laud. ally
meet the statement that. ' ler
, education than any stnte in the r
! We have a greater per cent o'
| coat of state government devot<
charitable institutions than any
in the Union.
I In short, the economy of Okla*
I has been the result of curtailing
i necessary < xpeudltures, notwitbs
| ing we h: w liberally provided
I education, eh; i it ay, and beneficii
velopment.
Tex Reduction.
In the In ginning of state go
i ment nearly every locality was In
of extraordinary local improver
and publi. expenditures—i
bridges, school houses, court he
Jails, furniture, fixtures, and othe
usual expenditures. These of d
slty required greater levies of
taxation, and The American spit
rapid progrces led many commui
into a spirit of spending large sui
money for publi purposes, when
building and home imivover
should have received first const
tlon.
In the Interest of home bulldinj
Improvement, a social session o
Legislature one year ago enacted
reducing the maximum levies fc
local purposes, and placing the \
to levy higher taxes more cmpha
ly in the bauds of the local p
themselves, and it is gratifying nc
report to your Honorable Hody
produces the best results, and a careful
study will show us that conditions
change from time to time.
In the beginning of state govern-
give them, and where the local officers nient, it wan difficult to find a Jury that
were not wiling to accept this aid and would convict the average peraon
encouragement an Governor I have had charged with violating the prohibition
no power whatever in the premises. 'sw, because the penalty required im-
1 submit to your Honorable Hody prisonment, as well an a money fine,
that the public believe that the Gov- and for that reason Juries were slow to
ernor should carry out the constitu- bring in a verdict of guilty that would
tional provision which makes it his require punishment by imprisonment,
duty to see that all laws of the state Bml 1,8 H result an overwhelming per States where their School l*..us have _
f r . . - . I, Tiiese ! enforced, «ncl that you should cent of D osecutlons on .*n average 1)0011 ^^d, that tlic proceeds ol sale | ®nHCfed this tax reduction law tha
*1 i, ' |. ' . therefore. Hilly vitalize that provision fhroughout the state would result In a have been wasted or lost or othe;wise flrBt year's showing under this
.,. J...,,,,..., ,><• I the constitution, and give the Gov- v®**dict of not guilty regardless of the appropriated," and this may have been jaw that the average taxes thn
iu snow an a>eiaM «or | eni0r tht, fu|,eBt pnwe|a h> dlg(.harRe evidence. | the case in some States, but, do not — --
the duti«>s that the people expect him Superintendent of the An ti- overlook the provision that iu the Con-
to do 1 also call your attention to tiio Saloon League of the State, as well stitutlon of Oklahoma the permanent
fact that on a petition initiated by a? h'8 associates, and myself thought safety of a common school fund was
the people, and voted upon at the last seriously of this question, and recog- carefully provided for. The Constitu-
te ueral election, the will of the people sizing that for want of decisions from provides that the principal fund
favoring prohibition was re-aflirmed , ti*1* court of last resort the local courts shall never be diminished and if a
by a majority slightly larger than that I w*re much divided throughout the single dollar is lost in any year, it pay, we point to the fact that by th
by which prohibition was originally 8f8tr- decreeing the law to he must be replaced the following year tment of various revenue and
established, and this vote clearly In sccording to his own Judgment, and it and this fund can only he invested ■ laws during the Inst three years
dlcated that the majority of our peo several years time Indeed we In United States Bonds, State, County Legislative Department of this
pie demand prohibition, and are en- hQV0 scarcely yet had all the various and Municipal Honds or mortgages on has equitably adjusted the burdc
titled to have laws that will make points in a prosecution of a prohibition Improved farm land, and after three j taxation so that all classes of i
the provision effective. violation passed upon by fite Criminal years experience, not one dollar of i earning and wealth producing pr
I also express the hone th-it vnnr r°url of APP« 1«. 80 ,hat the trial 'he permanent school fund has ever | (Vt tangible and intangible, are
Honoi'ihln linriv miii nu-mM.i.iL ' courts may have a uniform ba*is. and been lost, and in addition to producing n
grew to the end: memor,al,ie Lou' ** a result of these vexatious ques- C per cent interest „ou all the invest-'
(a) That United
less than one fifth
Due from State Treasurer,
excess Columbia Hauk se-
curities sold
Due from Kobe & McKlnnou
on demand for Columbia
securities
Dae from Kobe & McKlnnou
for W. L. Norton secur-
ities sold
Due from sale of Militnr)
i'atk Bonds, Columbia
Hank and Norton Secur
Ities
6,728.17
6,239.
35,000.00
lu.000.00
40,000.00
out the state for this year undei
new law is over one-fourth less
taxes of the previoua year, and al
the line of counl taxation, asse
that propertv of great value shoult
the same proportion of taxes that
erty of smaller value is require
basis of substantial equality,
the net result Is that the great co
at Ions, the franchises and special l
leges are paying slightly over t
times the proportion of the total t
throughout the state that they
prior to three years ago, while
ordinary Individual taxpayer is
Ing a corresponding per cent of
total less than he paid prior to t
years ago, and to show the facts ;
the financial condition of the state
call your attention to the report ol
State Treasurer and Auditor
. tlons, the Anti Saloon League and my- ment, its use has resulted in great
f f . States revenue polf determined that it was well to benefit to hundreds ol farmers, who
t i/ 'n conduct of wholesale and parole the offenders from the jail sen- have obtained the use of the mone>
in i ?iUi?«r ,s not <,0"er,e(l tence during good behavior, after pay- at 5 per cent interest, and this mod-
It* collection ,nent of tlno und cosli>. mid if he erate rate of interest for Ihe use of
n| > amounts to a settlement for c hanced fo be a poor man. In vvliole or the State money has resulted in re
i'h . Xt>r'i/a ' ,Van<0 a nominal in part from the payment of fine, or to \ dancing the rate of interst on farm
ti m at t , permission to violate let the fine and costs be paid on month-, mortgages from private loan com
s ate law. ■ jy installments, so that the poor man panies. In short, we have heretofore
(hi That the use of the United could be treated as mercifully as the , recommended the sale of public land
States mall as an aid to fhe soliciting man of greater means. j to hbme builders and the loan of the
and filling of order for ti e sale of 1 The result of this polic* igreed to proceeds of sale, at a moderate rate
Intoxicating liquors In prohibition by the Superintendent he Antl- of Interest, on the improved farms in i show that the taxes and other
fat08 is as much to be condemned as Saloon League and myself is to se- the State | nues due the sta'e are equal t<
was the use of the mail for the conduct cure a much greater per cent of con-; In our Judgment 's will produce i outstanding warrants and other
of the Louisiana lottery business, and vietions on an average throughout the more income to the State, encourage rent obligations.
that where an agent for the sale of state, as the Juries would realize that home owning and home building, and I file herewith all the reports i
whiskey cannot come into prohibition I the offender could retain his liberty materially reduce the cost of adminis- | the different offices and departm
territory and solicit orders, certainly during good behavior, and the jury did tering that department of the Govern j that have come into my hands u
the l nited States Government should not hesitate to place the offender un ment, and the brief summary of facts this day
not furnish the menus for evading such tier this restriction nnd require him and'figures is as follows:
law by affording iho unrestricted use to pay the fine and costs, and expert- I Permanent Common School Fund i
of the I nited States mail. ence has shown us that with the im- 0riglnaI amount onu 000 nu '
(cl Thai the protection of inter- PHaonmct.t hanging over the offender's Additions sirce Sta'tehoo.l iaMi: !
State commerce should not be given bei,1£ nt liberty on parole, '
* an outlawed commodity so as to and liable to be promptly Imprisoned !
eatly de
> Hanking
ed by cou
long previously org mil ted. with condi-
tions settled and ready to participate Joe asioned bj ! failure
the State Supreme Court t
eided in favor of the Stat
Hoard, but not yet surretidei
testsnt.)
lotni cash end cash items..$333,787.6?
I Fhs remainder of the tiuaranty Puud
paid out originally to cover losses in
tailed banks and uot yet returned iu
cash is represented by not
securities and real estate obtained
irom the Columbia Hank & Trust Co., I
The Bank of Ochelata, the First Stete !
Hank of Kiefer and the private proy !
erty of W. L Norton, of tiie par aod I
oppraisev! value of approximately
where its traffic and use is prohibited
by law.
Convicts. Convict Labor, Pardons and
Paroles.
There is probably no subject in gov-
ernment receiving more thoughtful
consideration than convicts, their em-
bonds ployrn• i and treatment. We often
,'| hear the expression "That prisoner
has violated the law, been convicted. 1
given his time, and he should serve
if out." This expression could have
but one meaning namel> Ven-
geance—Ph eye for an eye and a tooth
| ror a tooth." J
w « £«; rt that this is not the ac-
for any misconduct, it has appeared j om^T1" ,U1 881.81
The above fund is luv
c.,
.. , . . commodity ... ,lo 1W
11 his Item Is in pending litigation iu ] protect Its ahipmen. Into territory
to us that much better results have
been obtained.
Hut this is a matter of judgment.
Men may differ upon it. Different con-
ditions of general law. or court prac-
tices may make some other policy at.
other times a hotter oner We are sim-
ply giving our experience and our rea
eon for it.
And under this theory we have in
the last two years pardoned in prohibi-
tion and other misdemeanor cases, flf
teen in number, paroled two hundred
thirty seven in number, and revoked
nine paroles.
The above policy ns to pardons and
-lie tnl« l In exce of the amount ! "nmTelnfe of Todav": 7i)*l on tlii t tc CU «"•* «f T !
l money ,,aid out of the C.uaranty
began
lion of I,4*4,000 people and with an
gtvgate corporate weallh cxistitu: of
two hundred and Wfty millions of dol
ftars. To harmonise these two terri
lories, organise locall> and gi-ncrally
Into a single P.tate. to consider the do
mauds and necessities of such \;ist
population and meet the contention of
Such vast corporate wealth, tc deal partment
Justly with all and bring order out of
auch chaotic condition was an under
taking without precedent requiring
patience, r.eal and industry wit' .<ut
limit and to which those most w.l!-
for honorable public strvhe would
not knowingly aspire.
Progress and Condltlone
Three vears have passed and we
And our population has lucre.ti IMS.
COO people, our taxable wealth has in
Creased $286.000,000.00; our commerce
And manufacturing ludustiic- almost
100 per cent and a clear Index to the
tort will be required to produce a bet
ter result.
this unfortunate syndicate
th the National Banks and
by obtained the credit standing
that enabled them to add control of
ce\eral State Banks, and that not-
withstanding the viligant supervision
of the National Banking Department
and the Oklanoma St te Banking De-
{hey were unable to pre-
vent the conditions which brought and certain parts of Oklahoma Terri-
about these failures. Hut the occasion 'tory.
of these failures fully demonstrated j The Constitutional Convention sub-
mitted a separate proposition to tho
cepied principle of today; that on the t • . , .c. - l...'
, * , f> . ment of mo purpose of the law ana
Kmul In liquidating failed banks and I Ti; • is tor the pur- the dutleg of , oovernor. Wli
.hieh has iot M.1 Seen recoxered, jet I ofrerenK^lind^o hewho^ats forma,io" lms ,nk,?n I,lnce anrt a}e
purpose of i^>enge, and to he who sa>s j mau ha8 ijeoome a citizen of right
or a son,
upon him
the duty
that the
non him the
it cannot be expected that these as
comes at the end of the sen lei.
when
duty of extending clemency. And in
from the standpoint of public welfare,
the complete efficiency of the Okla
hoiua State Law and the complete tail-
lire ot the National Hanking Law. It
doubtless appeared alike io both the
State and National authotitles that
this disaster was more the result of
; you turn loose upon society a man who [oklahoma the constitution of our new
, , received from the law no mere > and gtate have placed other reasons which
PROHIBITION. owes It nothing but resentment; and of necessity would force upon us lib-
The i ni ed States Congress In the you have, instead of benefiting society, craj reieaslng of convicts.
statehood bill required the State of ; simply levied upon society ? tax to find our state with twelve hun-
Oklahoma to maintain prohibition for support a convict whom you had no dr(V(J convicts. for a thousand of which
twenty-one years in Indian Territory | purpose te reform. Hence, the ex- hRV0 no other place of detention
pression Let him serve his time out" t^an a stockade with a frame shed for
is an absurdity. R sleeping place snd a wir*. fence for
There is no such thing Intended by a wall, and during the period of build-
the law as 'his time." Measuring the ing the permanent prison, necessity
people at the time the constitution probable time required for reforma would require us from time to time to
was being voted on, whereby the peo- tlon according to the viciousness of release those who were no longer a
pie wei« gi cn tlie opportunity by mind and character, the legislator has menace to society; and to those who
their vot -6 u either limit prohibition graded crimes fixed different p* would say we release too many, we
to Indian Territory and the Reserva- riods of confinement. The time fix*d have but to ask where would you find
tn ns. or m ike it uniform throughout was not intended by the legislator to a place to detain them.
State
financial grow th of th
In our Individual deposits tn the hanks
rf the state
At the beginning of State Govern-
ment. three years ago. our state banks
carried seventeen millions of deposits;
our National Hanks thirn eight mil-
lions of deposits: total deposits
throughout the State fifty five millions
ct dollars. Now we find the ind:* id
tisl deposits In our State Ha;.'*
poor bustiit « judgment snd business the state Hv a majority of eighteen be invariably served out. It was in- And again the constitution of Okla-
mistoitune than culpable misconduct, thousand votes the people enacted the tender as a maximum period during homa and our laws contempalte that
espe ally was this indicated by the statewide prohibition provision. which the most hardened criminal ot prison labor shall never bo brought
earnest offoit of these men to aid in j Fhe First State Legislature passed that class would doubtless reform, and Into competition with free labor. Hence
is found liquidation of these banks, the a law vitalizing this part of the const! in order that this maximum period there is only a limited opportunity to
to approximate!♦ flftv si* millions of State Hanking Department and so
dollars and in our National Hanks to leng as e percentage of loss anuual-
■earlv forty six millions of dollars; lT nnder the Oklahoma Bunking Law
total one hundred and two milhor.> f • ' * stuall percentage of lost
dollars, practically doubled in the which the public suffer on account of
•p;ue of three years under State Gc \ the failre of National or State Hanks
#n:ment and Indicative of > mnurcial la other parts of the I nion. 1 believe
and business activity. our 1 ;UI upon Its record and
We quote from the off, ial reports Its merits and so long as a bank cie-
ieditors and the surrender , lutlon. and establishing dispensaries would only be served by those who fall- employ convicts in the physical labor
ct private property to this end. has for medicinal, mechanical and scienti- ed to reform, the people of the state necessary to preserve their health and
determined the policy of the State | tic purposes, and providing for a vote In adopting the constitution, fixed upon employ their minds, and the most ob-
authomies on account of the failure *t the ensuing election November, the Governor the duty of paroling or Jectionable practice would be to main-
of th« r three State Hanks, which has * 190.V as to whether the dispensaries pardoning those who reformed at an tain prisoners in idleness, working
been exactly the same as the policy j should be maintained and extended earlier date; and it is not the privilege ruin upon the prisoner himself and
of the I'm ted States Government ou At the November election the people of the Governor to say that he will re destroying the best opportunity for re-
voted to discontinue the dispensary fuse to exercise that important duty formation, and until our Legislature
system. This vote was canvassed by that the constitution imposes upon provides means whereby prison labor
the Secretary of State, and certified him. Indeed, the Governor will never ran be profitably employed upon the
to the Governor w itbin thirty days, have a more important duty to per- highways of the state, there will be llt-
The Governor Immediately proclaimed form than to carefully observe when tie opportunity for the employment of
the dispensary law repealed, and reformation has taken place in the these conv its after ihose now engaged
account of the failure of their two Na-
tional Hanks. That should be sutfl
•lent answer to any criticism of our
erf the metropolis of our State which
•how that the bank clearings ft? year
Srlor to State hood. 1906. were $27.SSL
76.00, Increasing from year to year
positor never looses a dollar nor waits
day for his money In Oklshoma 1 be
closed every disnensary in the state, convict, and his duty to the convict, upon prison construction have complet
In January, 1109, the Supreme Court to society and to the taxpayer is to ed their work, which will be done at
lows:
Five percent current bonds,
forty-five Oklahoma
counties
Loaned to thirty-two hun-
dred and forty-seven
Oklahoma farmers at
five per cent
Invested in Oklahoma
state five per cent pub-
lic building warrants ..
Total invested ot five per
cent
Cash on hand deposited
in fifty-seven different
banks all within the
state w aiting farm mort
gage loans .. $
ed as fol
School Land Department, two cc
complete n port.
Leasing Department,
Farm Loan Department,
Land Sales Department.
State Treasurer, two copies comj
report.
State Auditor, one copy report.
I call attention to the Stale /
i tor's report In this, that the cur
expense of stale government is i
.$1,094,600.00 bined with the cost of constructlo
! permanent Institutions and the
t chase of lands, theiVfor, and all o
■ expenditures, fo that to ascertain
3,341,672.00 cost of slate government, these it
! should be separated.
| Secretary of State, one complete
240,000.00 i port, and two summary statement*
j Superintendent of Public Instruct
i two copies of report.
. $4,076,172.0'! | CQrm'T.iSfloner of Labor, two co
j of report.
j Commissioner of Charities and <
j rections. two copies of report.
I State Board of Agriculture,
43.",700.81 ! copies of partial report.
State Bank Commissioner,
111,881.81 ! copies of report, and one copy of
Total
All of the above is shown In detail tailed report of liquidation of the
in the report of the Land Department ! lumbla Hank, attached detailed
filed herewith, which includes the j pense statement.
name of each bank and the amount de-1 This latter report is not a par
posited therein; the name and post-! the report required by the constltut
office address of each farm loan bot j but as the banking law is an 1m
rower, and the amount borrowed, and I tant question, these details of
nil other complete details pertaining liquidation of the largest hank In
to the leasing of lands, the loaning of, state may he found of interest In
the permanent school fund, the sale of consideration of this important q
state land, and the complete expense 1 tlon.
of all said departments. i State Enforcement Attorney.
State Credit. | <">Pies of report.
c, , 4 . State Agency, prohibition
Th« State of Oklahoma ! to be con- ment ?op/of rfport
gratulated upon the standard of credit '
dep
It has maintained during the first thr
years of state government. Whllo j
there may have been in remote parts
of the state some difficulty ii} finding a
local market for state warrants issued
for the maintenance of le 1 state in-
stitutions, yet in every tm.unce where
the attention of tlie Governor was call- j
ed to these matters, an immediate
market at par has always been found
for all of the warrants issued by the
state for the maintenance of state gov-
ernment.
We mention this because we find
from the record that the Stale of ok-
lahoma stands alone as the only new
state admitted to the Union In fifty
years that maintained ils current ex
pense warrants at par throughout the
first three years of state government,
and this record by Oklahoma was
made notwithstanding the fact that
during the first year of state govern-
ment not a single dollar of state taxes
was levied upon ihe people or collect-
ed. due to our recommendation to tho
First Legislature that the Oklahoma
Territory levy for state purposes
should be waived because no equal or
similar levy was made upon the taxa-
School of Mines Board, two coj
of report.
Colored Deaf. Blind, and Orphans
stitute. one copy of report.
State Denta' Board, two copies of
port.
Ft. Supply Insane Asylum, two f
advance hlieets of report.
State Election Board, two coplei
report.
Insurance Commissioner, t,wo cop
Adjutant Generais report, one c<
The other reports required by
have not reached me. most of th
however, are said to be in the ha
of the printer and will doubtless
available for the use of the Legislat
at sn early date.
Respectfully submitted.
C. N. HASKELL,
Governo;
lie\e our law commends itself and ful- The Legislature being then In session, vided a parole law which we assert
tills *he purpose in that department j the Go>ernor submitted the question 16 without superior in any other state,
until the year Just closed shows the for which the people organise and cou to the Legislature by special message in this In order that the Governor
grind total of I122.S23.5?? With 1 duct government. I recommending that the will of the may proceed with cau'.ion and avoid
out going further'lnto details the j I <1° not wish to be understood as ; people, which had been defeated by mistakes in the convict may
mbo>e evidence of the prosperity and criticising the National Ranks of our legal technicalities, should be enacted be given temporary freedom under
growth of our Stnte shows conclusive- atlll have slightly over two
ly that both capital and population hundred of these institutions of the
kme been made welcome and ha*e highest character and are a part of the
general business of our State of w hich
we are Justly proud, but 1 do warn
your Honorable Hody against the pro
prlety of receiving advice as to pro-
prospered under the fust period of
State Government
Banks and Banking
The dawn of Statehood found us Ui
the midst of a thirty dav holiday, of , _ ,
lici.illy proclaimed for the purp, m ot 'rv"ni 1 Legislative Committee ot Na Supreme Court, but instead of open parole system has been of great \alue,
of public high
of such laws at
into law by the Legislature. The parole, which does not exhaust tho
Governor waited without re-opening sentence but merely suspends it, aud
any dispensaries until after ihe Legis by which the Governor may test the administered by
lature had finally adjourned in March reformation of the convict by promptly j gestions to make
1909. and in the following month, ths revoking ihe parole and returning him a highway law.
Legislature not having repealed the at any future date to serve further
dispensary law. the Governor proceed- under his seutence If he again vlo-
posed amendments of our banking law ' ed to carry out the findings of the lates the law. In our experience ths
My detailed rep
roles, etc., is filed
State and
The aggregate of Sta!
Wave of Crime Stirs Sapulpa
Sapulpa, Okla.—A series of burg
1*8 in this city Sunday night leads
police to believe that the city is
tested with a gang of crooks. 1
.Mon a hit u tailor shop was robbed
$500 worth of suit patterns, an unld
titled man. believing that It was
real thing, was scared from anot
house when the owned seized ills
tie son's air gun. The third attei
was made in a private residence
the would-be robber escaped w]
the officers arrived.
set aside the vote of the people for exercise that clemency—not as a prlv- an early date.
defects in ihe form of the proposition .liege of the Governor, but ss a duty ! Of course. I realiie that It takes
upon which the people had voted; thus that the people have imposed upon him j time in a new state to perfect the laws,
by decree of the court reviving the dls- and our people and our legislature ! build the state institutions, and fit the
peusaries, and providing that the same have 1n Oklahoma more w isely than ! state generally for the conduct of its | ble property of Indian Territory
should be re-opened for business '.n most other states of the Union, pro- government by its Executive Depart- State Expanse.
1 have heretofore urged that high Executive Demfrtment
way construction throughout our state nrfi . H tl° govern-
be provided for by an adequate system tTe >emde of « *,1 ? °f
of law*, and I .Oil urge that priton I S„rt of .ifliV. tv
labor be pla. sfl |n the construction {?' . "!v!l ,« A n i .
-hat a« tho hBl 8,,Kh,l> mer million dollars
w «- he detain per from ,he begllinin([ of „|ate
One Killed In Mlns Explosion
brmmtmI iimi. i ifn .t o^rl.nt of Fnirnn uu.irr.a in our ivair • i men wure nau unaiiy aajourneo in .Marco reiorniHiion 01 me convic* ot promptly seal iona io ma kv ■pqrow&e ae'aila or ~ V^1 'ill" An explosion
State OOTe"nment ' w. are juatl, ptvud. but 1 do vN.rn 1909. and in the following ;nonth. th. revoklt* the parol, and returning him a highway law. "-.1". ^Of .'ate government and the mat.,ten- ; curred Monday night In Ihe Rock
Blair itoTeinmen. , - ■ . .. "• ' - - - ■ 1 ■MaQ of state 1 .latitutious, and this rec- 1 and Mining company's mine No. 3S
pi. ces Oklahoma as the most eton Alderson, from some unknown cat
*1 state according to population, | There was only one mail In the m
, , .... Bp-pared with every other state in „ „ .^r, „ . .
reliolng the Hauk. of 'I,. ;e.;;torj ,l',K;l1 ".n^ers who have been ap;«iint- nig dispensaries in eighty two town. ] and has been exercised with great the aupport of common „„n"a md Li i^!""«rer. who was killed His bodv was
troni the necessity ot oa\ a de. oal <'d "J,'fe >ou as 10 amendment* of ! of tho state that were entitled under 1 benefit to society and to the taxpayer! education, public bulldingtHSM«M,.Z ^' * 'a , , ' line, nnd in , . ... . •
"«ve dl^nsarie, the ^0, the state. ; He., under territorial ^ M
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