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cities equal footing as court towni
with Sapulpa. Tecumseh and New-
kirk, the county scats
A commitreported the draft of
memorial to congress recommend'
ing that congress he asked to maka
an additional appropriation of $133
240 to defray expenses of the con-
vention and the first state election
The Hooker Advance
C0f?STSloTI0r!AL CONVENTION
Jesse S. Momtt
Beaver Co- OKLAHOMA.
HOOKER
A Weekly levww of tlw Work Aeemplithed by the
Fraatrt of to« Coostition of tfce New State
There are tone secrets of the scul
that we dare not mention to ourse!'. >■
Sometimes the unwritten law hai a
rltten form of expression
Hi'
Lemons have advanced in price. Aa-
other proof of their popularity this
season.
Tho reign of political bosses ends
when voters think and act on inde-
pendent lines.
When vow money and friends have
departed it is just the right time to
get up.and go to work.
Probably it was a fortunate thing
that the shah of Persia left no prop-
erty. He left 800 wives.
Other volcanoe. getting lively.
Mount Etna shows an inclination to
get into the running also.
If words and actions were weighed
before they were uttcre-i a million
mistakes might be avoided.
Honesty and poverty may be disa-
greeable companion*, but they are bet-
ter than fraud and wealth.
The rapid locomotion of man by
land. sea and air will soon make war
impossible and peace imperative.
The necessity that corners and
presses us Into desperate action Is
often the salvation of our career
Delaware will retail the whipping
post She finds that the offender still
dreads the smart of the paternal lash.
French telephone girls are now re-
quired to answer to a call. "1 hear '
But the main question still remains,
will they heed?
Russia claims to be in worse condi
tlon than it was a year ago, although
at that time It thought it was holding
the world's record.
Cyclist* In Roumania. to facilitate
Identification, are compelled by law to
have their names on the lamps of
their wheels, so as to be legible at
night.
The undertakers in several eastern
cities are doing the best they can to
make the Increased cost of living less
burdensome. They've raised the price
of funerals.
~0h wfore ere the gtr/s ofyesteryear:
The gir/s with b/ue qyes shtninQ?
The d/r/s who used to cost us doer
When we vent vaient/nmg?
To whom we sang and meant it too,
Oh supar's sweet and 50 areyout'
To whom we sent with great ddo
Two hearts a// intertw/mn§?
If thes? should meet the eyes or one
Loved m the yesteryear
Whose tresses g/mtedir? the sur?
Whose blue eyes cost us dear.
We d Me tosaydrxf mednit too.
'Oh sugars sweet and so were you4
But time fas cut our low /n two
Dear mdid of yestery&r'
There are 4.680 Smiths in the 1/m
don directory. But if the Ixmdon
directory Is like most others this does
not give a clew to the number of
Smiths in London.
Science now scares ub with the dis-
covery that there are 3,000 colonies of
microbes on a single pin point. Here
Is a chance tor someone to Invent an
Wtiseptlc pin wash.
i
The fact that it Is m«j>re scattered
In Its manifestation provenlB the rail-
way wreck from being recognized as
a more deadly institution than the
earthquake or the volcanic eruption.
Count Wltte says It cost him $2 j.OOO
to go to Portsmouth, and that he only
received $9,600 expense money. It is
evident that American commercial
travelers can teach foreign diplomats
something.
' Professor Posner, a well known sur-
geon of Berlin, declares that surgery
Is making such progress that ulti-
mately doctors will be able to replace
an arm or leg. It takes a foreign
surgeon to go this limit.
A tunnel undv the English chnnnel
is opposed by Great Britain because it
would be too handy for foreign in-
vaders. It's a poor rule, however,
that does not work both ways. Why
might not France make a similar ob-
jection"
£jy Gqaq$ Duitx; 8oyian
NNE STACBY hat with
her back to the light of
her existence and the
chandelier. But the re-
spective luminaries re
mained equally indiffer-
ent, the one obscured by
bis evening paper and
the other by a pink tissue
shade. So she lifted her
pretty foot to the glow
of the fire—the only glow
that seemed in evidence
anywhere—and engaged in her long-
practised game of making tho best of
things But the play went dully this
night, although the coals arranged the
usual pictures for her to gaze Into
and the castle-bulldlng materials were
all at h«nd. N«w and then she
glanced at a big bowl of violets
which stood on the table near her,
and in her expression was a curious
blending of indignation and triumph.
There was silence in the room, except
for a slow-pulsed clock, which struck
the quarter-hours reluctantly, and the
occasional rustling of the turning
pages of the newspaper.
She felt strangely lonely. The girls
had gone out, wearing their violets
pinned in the fur and laces at their
bonnie throats. The fragrance of the
flowers at iter side swept up with the
memory of the lines which bad come
u a valentine to little Jeanne:
Guthrie, O. T.. Feb. 2. — A dis-
patch from vVaahington s^ys that
President Roosevelt has made no
reply to the telegram sent from
the Oklahoma constitutional conven-
tion concerning the "Jim '-'row' car
provision and has stated that he will
Ignore the request to statu in ad-
vance what he would do if the anti-
negro clause is inserted in Um con-
stitution.
The enabling act provides.
"The constitution shall be repub-
lican in form and make no distlnc
tlon in civil or political rights on ac-
count of race or color, and shall not
be repugnant (to the constitution of
the United States and the principles
of the Declaration of Independence."
In the seceion providing for
schools the law says:
"This provision shall not be con-
strued to prevent the establishment
and maintenance of separate schools
for white and colored children. The
new state is forbidden from depriv-
ing negroes of the right to vote."
Section 4 provides:
And if the constitution and gov-
ernment of said proposed state are
republican in form, and if the pro-
visions of the enabling act are com-
piled with in the formation thereof.
' .Consul General William 11. Michael
tells of the growing sentiment among
* the coolies of India to go out Into th
occidental world for the purpose of
earning higher wages. They have been
arriving in* large numbers in British
Columbia all this year, though the
Onadlans object to their presence.
A. Hungarian count who has become
a naturalised citizen of this country
Is willing to dispose of his title for
a cash consideration. As the majority
of recent purchases of ancestral bric-
a-brac of this sort have made unsatis-
factory bargains, it is more than likely
that this latest offering will remain
a drug on the market.
Bad telephone service In Gotham
Is excused on the ground that so many
of the girls In the exchanges are en-
gaged. This appeal to sentiment Is
not likely to carry weight in the busi-
ness world. All the world may be a
lover, but as far as telephone wires
are eoncerned, the public prefer him
to ring off until it Is a case of "ring
The Society for the Advancement of
Science has discovered that a human
frame shrinks one foot every 200.000
years. If It's no worse than that, we
hardly need worry about the fit of our
clothes.
that I'd keep still about it!" an-
nounced Mrs Stacey. Her husband
retired behind his paper. This was no
time to discuss racial peculiarities of
language.
"The girls have each received love
ly big bunches of violets.'
"Bully for the girls! Who §ent
'em?"
"We don't know. Jeanne's came
with a valentine—poetry, you know."
"Well, of course." said Stacey, "that
is harder to bear. Know who wrote
it?"
Airs. Stacey shook her head. "No.
But It is beautiful. She will always
remember it."
"Will, eh? Can't get It out of her
head, I suppose. Something like that
'Blue - trip • sllp-for-an-eight-cent-fare'
business."
Mrs. Stacey gave wifely inattention
to his joke. Her mind seemed fixed
on other subjects. Finally: "A wo-
man always remembers such things.
And sometimes they make dangerous
food for hungry hearts."
The man behind the paper became
conscious of a meaning in his wife's
tone. He looked over the top of the
sheet, to see that her gaze was fixed
upon a bowl of violets on the stand
before the fire. She went on:
"You never sent me a valentine,
Dick. But some one else has. I wasn't
going to tell you—when you were
asleep—"
"Well, I'm glad you didn't then.
But what about it now?"
"There isn't anything more about it.
At least I only know that I received
a valentine and a bunch of flowers,
and 1 don't know who sent them. I
wish I did. because 1 am tired of be-
ing left alone and neglected and—
so there!"
"Why, mamma! Why—"
"You needn't 'Why' me!" The
pitcher of patience indeed had been
broken at the fountain. Mrs. Stacey
was royally angry and in tears. "What
do you men think women want In this
life? Do you think we are satisfied
with food and fire and clothes? I tell
But it Is so sweet to be de-) you we want love and attention as
much as we do when we were young
girls! And If husbands are too busy
or too indifferent to give these things,
some other men will!"
She stopped, with shamed sobbing.
Stacey had risen and now stood be-
lt shall be the duty of the President
of the United Stat.a. within twenty
days from the receipt of the certifi-
cate of the result of the election
and the statement of votes cast
thereon, to issue his proclamation
announcing th- result of said elec-
tion; ami thereupon the said state
of Oklahoma shall be admitted by
congress Into the nation."
It is now up to the Democrats of
Oklahoma to determine whether the
"Jim Crow" car provision is In har-
mony with the constitution. After
they have guessed and put In, then
the president will have a guess.
Democratic leaders here claim the
enabling act section quoted clearly
'/nrs "Jim Crow" legislation. Con- _
gress authorized separate schools in |
a separate clause, but didn't author-
ize Jim Crow' cars. The law-
iiigways and conferring the power t«
create improvement districts, and
provide for building And maintain
ing public roads, also for the use of
convict and punitive labor thereon
was adopted.
Amendments - ere added by d.
reeling the state to accept all grant.?
made by congress for public high-
ways in the state, srSth the pro-
vision that the vested rights of any
citizen are not to be disturbed
thereby.
The convention in committee of
the whole today adopted a section
making it mandatory on the legisla-
ture to create a board of health,
board of pharmacy, board of dentis-
try and a pure food commission,
and that a!! practicing physician
and dentists in the territories shall
be admitted without examination in
the new state. The convention re-
jected the committee report.
The committee report providing
for a board of pardons was ditched,
the committee of the whole jecom-
mending that it do not pass. Th.
pardoning power will probably b.->
vested in the governor.
R. L. Williams, of Durant, dele-
gate from district 108, today intro-
duced a proposition prohibiting the
operation of bucket shops in tho
stat.-. It imposes n penalty of two
years in the penitentiary for any
violation, makes owners of build -
ings iu which bucket shops ar.
operated liable to proseccution, anJ
imposes a fine of from $15 to flint
upon any person loitering In a place
known by him to be an establish
ment dealing in the sale of futures
Guthrie, 0. T., Feb. 5. — Only
male ct'.izens of Oklahoma can vote.
This v.as the result of one of the
hottest floor fights of the conven
tlon in committee of the whole,
wjiich extended throughout the day
and until 7:30 this evening.
The test came upon a vote upon a
motion by Dalton to strike out the
male" In the committee re-
port as a qualification for voters.
This was lost by u vote of 56 to 28.
makes it mandatory upon the presi- j The qUestjon Qf whether Indian
dent to proclaim theadoptionof the l.n might vote fir,t cam{> up in
constitution if it conforms to the fed- i C01 !!ecti011 with an amendment by
er constitution and the enabling act. ^ ,fce fiiCtlon of the report
Every paraon who shall hold office | voting' qualifications provid-
m Oklahoma must subscribe to an j , that a)1 mal, ciUzens of Indian
oath that he w.ll not accept or use j (he raite(1 3uues
"But It doesn't, Jeanne, child," she
whispered sadly. "It does not last any
longer than the dew lasts on the
roses.
celved!" She sighed. And again her
eyes fell on the violets.
"Who in the world could have sent
them to me?" she murmured. And
the verses! Impertinent, of course.
But rather dear. The writing looks a
little familiar, too, but I can't place j side her chair. "What did he say,
It." She drew a little note from the A"""*1" n«o«Mnn H nnUtiv
dainty little rosecolored bag which
It Is explained that the robber w-bo
held up a train in Virginia recently
got nothing. That is unfortunate. He
should have got five years at least
The expeditions of the Duke of Or-
leans to the Arctic regions indicate
that royalists feel that they are left
out in the cold.
It is estimated that from January i
to September 1, 1906, a total of 9.S95
tons of toys were sent from Germany
to the United States, as against 8.7if,
tons for the same period the previous
year.
The recommendation of a Li'mbur-
ger cheese diet for consumptives look#
like a step toward a remedy baked on
common scents.
At this season of the year it seems
perfectly easy to keep the trarden
absolutely free from growing v ->dj
next summer.
swung from the ribbons at her waist,
and scanned It by the firelight. A
half-pleased smile crept up to her
eyes, as she read:
These tender flowers arc sent to you by
one
To whom you ore the starlight and the
sun.
Their frugrance bears a message fond
and true
From out a heart that beats alone for
you.
"How dreadful
Stacey, but with commendable for-
bearance. "1 must show It to Dick!"
She rose determinedly, just as there
was a sound of a sliding paper and a
snore. She turned back and sat down,
and the little foot on the fender tap-
ped Impatiently.
"Asleep again," she said, "and It ia
only half-past eight! Another tire-
some evening ahead of me. Oh, dear,
I don't see why I ever married him!
A man so absorbed in business has no
right to marry, lie la so tired and dull
when he comes home that he never
talks. I believe I am getting so I dis-
like Dick, anyway. I Just won't try to
tell him about the flowers and note.
He doesn't take the trouble to tell me
anything. I wish 1 knew who sent it
--that's what 1 wish!" Her cheeks
were flushed now, and she looked re-
sentfully at the form .IpUhe big leather
chair. "I won't tell him a word," she
repeated — then called sharply:
"Dick!"
Stacey started up. dazedly. "Eh?
Yes. All right! What is it, mam-
ma?"
It's St. Valentine's eve: '
"The deuce it Is! I thought It waa
morning. What's up?"
'Nothing. The same old nothing."
There was a pause, after which an-
other gasp and anore was followed by
an apologetic: "Did you speak,
mamma?"
"I only said it waa St Valentine's
eve."
. Ob, yes. so yon did (Yawn.)
"Who was the old duffer anyway?
Been reading about him tor the club?"
(Yawn.)
Mrs. Stacey ignored the question
so coldly that Stacey dimly realized
that something ought to be said Or
done.
This," he began insinuatingly,
"this isn't an anniversary of any kind,
is it? We were not-married or any-
thing on Valentine's day, were we?"
"If 1 had to ask Buch a question aa
Anne?" he questioned quietly
But she shook her head miserably.
What did he say?" He reached
down and took her slender hand in
his broad palm. His little ring glim-
mered upon it in the firelight.
I can't tell you. You—never would
understand—or appreciate—such ten-
derness. You—you never have—time
"What did he say, dear?"
"Oh, Dick. If only you had made
murmured Anne j love to me—if you ever—ever had—"
"Tell me what he said. You can't?
Then let me tell you."
He knelt down beBide her and her
wondering eyes saw tears upon his
bearded cheeks. But he reached over
and took the bowl of violets in his
hand as he said:
These tender flower* are sent to you by
"Dick! You? You?" She threw
her arms around liia neck. Her cheek
was upon his cheek, her eyes seeking
his eyes, as he continued:
Their fragrance bears a message fond
and true
From out a heart which beats alone for
you.
Then there was silence in the little
room where a man knelt with his wife
in his arms and the quick-pulsed clock
called blithely tho quarter-hours
they ran away with the eve of 3t Val-
entine.
any railroad pnss during his term of
office. This was added upon motion
of Ellis to the official oath.
A section of tho constitution was
also adopted creating the office >f
commissioner of crarities and cor-
rections, which may be filled by
either a man or woman, to be elect-
ed for four years at the time the
governor is elected.
If the substance of the report of
the committee on primary elections
were known some idea of when the
constitutional convention will ad-
journ might be had. The committee
will not submit its report until
Tuesday next, and not an inkling of j Hanraty and Herrin
what date haa been considered can stood for equal rights
be learned tonight. The delegates
are now working without pay. It s
conservative prediction that the
sessions will continue at least two
weeks, in all probability, longer. Be-
yond several measures of a purely
minor importance, not a single con-
stitutional plank has hud its final j stated that union la'x>r. represent-
reading. The prohibition fight was ' ing 24.000 citizens of Oklahoma, de-
practicaily settled yesterday, but the manded woman's suffrage and that
initiative and referendum provision, the legislative board of the Farm-
adopted in the committee of the trs' rnion made the same demand,
whole, has been sidetracked for re- Murray declared that labor had been
consideration, and that a similar ; conceded ail its demands in the con-
rate awaits other paramount propo- Vention to date, but that this one
sitions is frankly admitted by Demo- could not be granted, as tho people
cratlc leaders. . ,lo not T.nu, it.
The convention, before adjourn- ; The prohibitionist-, worked hard
ing today until Monday, lis- ! for woman suirrage> believing that
tened to the school land commit- whfn tfce li(|UOr question is submi<-
tee s report. A proposed plank pro- ' te() l))(i vomcn WOuld vote the state
hlbiUng monopolies was also sub- j dry The offlcMepkers among the
nutted. delegates believed that they had
sufficiently squarcM themselves with
Guthrie. 0. T.. Feb. 4.—The decla- t)ie prohibition people by voting for
insp. c- . statp prohibition and this was
their opportunity to placate the
Standa' l anti Prohilll,ionis,s- Thp>" alB0 fc;ir"
SELDOM THINKS.
may vote. Hanraty moved to strike
out the word "male." allowing In-
dian women also to vote. After
several hours of debate this motion
lost through a motion to table by
a vote of 54 to ".7. This furnished
the first te?t vote and indicated-that
woman suffrage was doomed.
The convention organization lined
up almost solidly against woman
suffrage. Henshaw. Haskell. Hayes.
Murray, Leahy. Pittrean. Hogg «<>".d
other organization leaders led the
fight. Cloud, Asp. Cobb. Dalton.
Lee, McCnnce, Majors. Covey, Curl.
and others
The parting of the ways between
the Murray-rta3keli organization
and the labor unions as represented
by Peter Hanraty. came when the
latter was coldly turned down l>y
the organization in his battle for
the ballot for women. Hanraty
to insane, inmate* of almshouses
and prisons and soldiers of tLe
American array or nary, except
tnos. who may have .enlisted In the
state, who may vote at place of en
listment Inmates of soldiers'
homes may vote. Tho secrecy of
the ballot shall ^ remain inviolate,
but ballots may b'e inspected in con-
tested elections under judicial su-
pervision. The legislature is au-
thorized to add additional limita-
tions to suffrage
An effort was made to disfran-
chise all persons connected of petit
larceny, but It was turned down. The
matter of granting citizenship par-
dons is left for the legislature to
prescribe, the convention refusing
to approve the section giving the
governor that power.
The provision disqualifying all In-
mates of poorhouses from voting
was adopted after much opposition.
The report of the committee on
banks Biid banking was submitted
today. It provides for a ban King de-
partment under a bank commission-
er, appointed by the governor, to
serve four years. The legal rate of
interest is fixed at <• per cent, con-
tract rate 10 per cent. The charg-
ing of a greater rate works a for-
feiture of a!l interest and In case
excessive interest has been paid the
debtor may recover twice the
amount of interest paid, provided
suit is Instituted within two years
of date action was taken.
A memorial by Weaver, asking
congress to restrict the sale of sur
plus Indian lands so that land or
lease monopolies may be prohibited,
was adopted by the convention.
A resolution was adopted today in-
structing the committee on com-
merce to Investigate the oil laws of
the various states and report a pro-
vision to the convention which wti'
forestall the Standard Oil Company
from having a monopoly on the sale
of oil in the new state. When th°
provision is reported It will become
*i rart of the schedule of laws which
will be in force over the entire state
pending the session of the first
legislature.
Charles H. Eagin. an attorney of
Mangum, is here preparing paper-,
in a suit which will be filed in the
Oklahoma supreme court to enjoin
the constitutional convention from
Incorporating in the constitution
the section cutting Greer county in-
to three new counties. The suit
will also seek to enjoin the submis
sion of this feature of the constitu-
tion to the people for adoption as a
part of that instrument.
The suit will set up that the con-
vention has no right to divide old
counties in Oklahoma Territory
which were established by act ot
congress and is based upon former
decisions of the courts of Oklahoma
on this proposition. A simile move
ment is contcmpiated in Woods
county, which was also divided Into
three parts.
ration that the present oil
tlon law of Oklahoma excludes
oils from the local market
those controlled by the
right to
ed to give negro women
vote. \
The suffragists had a large lobby,
including women of national repu
tation.
Henshuw In opposing woman suf-
frage declared that it is a product
of socialism ;md would eventually
lead to the doctrine of free love.
Oil Company r-as made in a resolu-
tion introduced by Delegate Has-
kell today. The resolution assert .i
ttiat the Standard is charging about
10 per ccnt more for its oil iu Okla-
homa than in adjoining states, ari.l
declares that if the laws of Oklaho-
ma are extended over Indian Terri-
tory as provided in Hie enabling acr
It would, unless changed, practically I
destroy the market for Oklahoma - Guthrie, 0. T„ Feb. 6.—The eon-
nil within the borders of the state j vention today finally adopted the
where produced. i! provides th...' . section on suffrage. The woman's
this monopoly be prohibited and the «tiffragists made a last fight by pro-
committ-'i' on con :.nrc. be instruct-| pcslng an amendment that the firs:
ed to bring in o provision suhstit'i* legislature shall submit the question
nig the oil test law of Texas for ti.- ,,(• woman's suffrage to a vote of the
Oklahoma Territory law. people. This was lost by a vote oi
The alleged discrimination is r ; -0 A proposition to alio-.'
the prefert gravity test, which •«' women to vote in school elections
der the Oklahoma law is 41 degrt < j referred to the sttffrag.? com-
Territorial Oil Inspector Ashtou 1
stufa that this test discriminate, , gona convicte(1
against thc lower grade oils from 1
the Oklahoma and Indian Territory
flfld- in favor of the products of th
aftc
Standard refineries in Pennsylvania.
Ohio and Indiana, which handle.:
oils of higher gravity.
The section directing the legisli
tere to establish a department ••
where it will probably die
felon)
the adoption of the .vmstitn-
• -. committed after they are 2!
.is of age. are disfranchised. This
■ iii.es not spi '"if.cally deny the per
i =ons convict' I of felonies' under the
U-nitorlal governments the right of
I frarchi-e. Franchise is al«o den'el
Guthrie, O. T., Feb. 7. — Preju
dice against army triumphed in t'.i«
convention today and upon recon-
sideration of the suffrage report, en-
listed men in the army and navy
were debarred the privilege of vot-
ing in the state under any circum
stances.
The section as adopted yesterday
gave regular soldiers the right to
vote in the county from which the-,
enlist* d. Under reconsideration this
provision wa« vor. d down by good
majority. Members and officers
of the state militia, however, may"
vote. Haskell and Murray took op-
posite sides on the question, the
former losing. Murray argued that
a soldier is merely a toy of the gen-
e-al, and that the commanding
officer could use his men as tools to
carry ot:t his purpose at the polis.
Haskell took the view that sol-
diers who are patriotic enough to
fight for their country should be al-
lowed to vote at the place of origin-
al enlistment. Hanraty, represent-
ing union labor, expressed fear of a
••'cnrrenco of scenes enacted in
Colorado and maintained that the
army should not be placed in a po-
sition to menace the civil authority.
Several additional sections of the
judiciary report wero adopted to-
day. Few changes were made. A
horde of amendments were offered
by the lawyers but the convention
stood solidly by the committee re-
port and tnided them. This led
Delegate Ellis, a Farmers' I'nion
officer, to charge that the lawyers
were legislating in their own inter-
est. He tried to get an amendment
adopted allowing persons not law-
yers to qualify for county judge, but
was voted down. He next propos-
ed that any person of good charact-
er may be admitted to practice law
in any of the courts in the state
without other qualifications*. The
convention voted this down in a
hurry. The requirement of three
years' practice in the proposed stat"
was reduced to two years, in qualifi-
cation for district judge.
Sapulpa, through Delegate Cobb,
presented a memorial bidding for
the state capital, and offering to do-
nate Kin .irres of ground and J10O.-
00(i. with free gas for lighting and
heating the capital buildings for
fifty years. As the convention has
::o power to change the capital loca^
•or. the memorial was' referred to
a committee.
Delegations from Bristow. Shaw
nee and Blackwel' were here today
Guthrie, O. T., Feb. 8.—Thd con-
vention in committee of the whole
today killed the report of the pub-
lic printing committei- which pro-
vides that the legislature shall e*.
tablish a -state printing plant to b
owned and operated by the state.
There is a movement to reconsid-
er the action of today. Many of th«
platforms upon which delegate*
were elected declared for this pro-
vision in tbt constitution. The
joint legislative board of the Farm-
ers' Union, Federation of Labor and
railway organizations of both errl-
tories contained this demand upon
the convention "for compulsory edu-
cation and free school books printed
by the state. ' The Democratic cen-
tral committee also recommended
such a provision. The Democratic
territorial committees, in joint ses-
sion at Shawnee, refused to take
such demand, according to a state-
ment on the floor today.
The delegates who succeeded In
killing the state printing plant pro-
vision excused their action by de
claring that the bill of rights au-
thorizes the state to engage in any
business, it was pointed out that
the report of the committee con-
tained a joker that would all iw the
legislature to defer action indefinite-
ly. This was used as an argument
for killing the report.
Among the delegatis who opposed
the establishment of the printing
plant by the constitution w < Mitch
of Oklahoma City ! «>ahv t Paw-
huska, Hayes of Chick; i a. and
President Murray. The final vote
to kill the state printing -liant sec-
tion stood 3f for, :i0 agaii t. show-
ing that only half the delegates
voted. Some sat in their s'-at.s and
did not vote while a few others con-
veniently dodged by being absent.
Among the champions of the
proposition were McCance, Kllis and
Deering.
The latter declared:
"I do know that the American
Book Company has its agents in Ok-
lahoma who would have you defeat
this report if possible."
McCance asserted that on thla
proposition the convention stood
face to face with what Is considered
one of the greatest trusts in the
country.
Ellis said that the territorial leg-
islature was met with arguments In
circular letters sent out by the
American Book Company, the samd
as those urged against the state
printing plant on the floor of the
convention, and that a similar propo-
sition was defeated there after a
long battle.
The provision making the legal
rate of interest C per cent and maxi-
mum contract rate 10 per cent, pass-
ed. The legislature may decrease
the rate. A state bank commission-:
er serving four years, appointed by.
the governor was provided for. Sec-;
tlon 3, relating to peualties for
usurious interest was referred back
to the committee for revision An
amendment to require stat.• banks
to create a fund to insure safety ot
depositors wag tabled.
The convention reconsidered ac-
tion on the fellow servant provision
and relieved the employer of liabil-
ity in case of acts of negligence oc-
curring on work under a contractor.
The motor car indust:; bids fair to
become one of our most important
manufacturing industries. It may be
estimated that the amount of capital
now invested in the Industry well ex-
ceeds $58,398,000, and the total output
of vehicles of all kinds by Hritisb
manufacturers for the current year
can not fall far short of 18,000. with
an approximate value of $21,S99,250.—
London Economist.
Anglicized French.
For two centuries we have been
crying "Encore!" at the end of a song,
where a Frenchman never says it. his
own equivalent for it, strangely, being
the Latin "Bis!" And "on the tapis"'
appears in English far more often
than in French, and misunderstood at
that, since it does not mean "on the
carpet," but on the table-cloth of th#
council table for discussion.
Too Much of a Hurry.
There is nothing like being stvllBh.
even at funerals. An example of this
comes from the Back Bay, where ar,
investigation of the reported death of
a millionaire's wife, known to be very
111, was found to have arisen through
her husband having ordered mourn-
ing livery for his butler, coachman
and footman.—BoBton Herald.
asking the convention to give those non"°l)Posa^'e-
Thumbless Monkeys.
The radical difference between the
hand of man and of the monkey lies
in the thumb, in the human hand
the thumb has the "opposing pow-
er," which means that the thumb
can be made to touch the tip of each
of any of the other fingers on the
same hand: the monkey's thumb is
Prisoner Sues
Ellsworth lia a
Sheriff C. C Hammonds, of
anctw county, in the sum of
that at
stripped of
place recentlv. either forged ''v" committee of the Oklahoma
3unday School Association, reports
that the committee has decided to
hold the next annual convention in
Ethylene—Cholly sent me a lo7e!y
valentine and a note saying his
thoughts are all of me—
Erneet—That signifies nothing: he
doesn't think ofteuer than once a
I month.
a Sheriff. — e. E. ob him has rendered him a physical
filed suit ugairu wreck." and he will not be able to re-
Com- r.umc work as a traveling salesman.
j-i.OdO He eays he has been relieved c>f
for injuries alleged to have been in- SlC-i by the inmates of the jail and
liictod upon him by the Inmates of the sheriff returned to him but
the county jail while imprisoned $33.
th« re since last November. Eli -
v.o.-'-- who is held on a eherg. of Applications W-re Forged. — li forged applications was
assari; wish nuint to rob. alleges has been definitely established that shad's, but who ty* accomplice was
rfo ,S timr-s be has been .lames S. Kershaw, ex-sheriff of bag not been learned.
bis clothing, beaten ;<nd%liarfiild ounly, and agent for the
- ',1 < by th< prison, r ..nd thn Phoenix Farm Insurance Company To Cottvene in Shawnee. — Fred, elation, will be present and deliver
ii> inhuman treatment inflicted .jy at Hobart, who committed suicide L. Wenuer. chairman of the execu- j several addresses.
at that
or was party to the proflfs on forg-
ed notes amounting to $3,00it. Since
September list year he did no Ic- ,
gi ti mate ins,trance, drawing S400 Shawnee, on August 20-23 This
commission on business which has « be the firsl invention in which
.been investigated and found to be both territories will be represented,
bogus. The handwriting on the representation In the conven-
- | tion will be apportioned among the
no er" counties of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory according to the popula-
tion. Marion Lawrence, general
secretary of the international asso-
fainted after reaching the open
Record.
Man With Mask Identified. — Found Dead In His Room. — Ed
The man with the one-eyed mask, i Murphy, a pipe line worker from
the highwayman who terrified tl e Cleveland, O.. was found dead in hl
In Oklahoma residents of Pemm. I. T.. last Aprfi room at Tulsa. Death resulted from
104 failures has been identified as L. Foster. He Intoxication, it is believed.
with a- ef« aggregating $256,030 was convicted by a jury in the Unj-
and liabilities $413,443 and in 1906 ted States court. Sixty Thousand to Treasury. —
there were !-l failures with liabiii Fred L. Wenner, secretary of the
t totaling $678,587. showing a de-: Appointed a Veterinarian. — Gov- school land leasing board, has jnst
nvase of seventeen in number. Sev- crncr Fianf. has appointed Dr. C. turned }nto the territorial treasury
enty ihrc. mrchanta _^ailcd in in- j j)avjg 0f <juthrie. territorial vet and received a receipt from Treas-
$420 417 ' erinarian, succeeding Dr. L. D. urer Rambo for $G0,000, represont-
only 68 Brown, resigned, who has heid the, ing monies collected iu school lon<?
ceded in resiling hia youngest son,failures v.ith liabilities of $314,266. 0 position for several years.
Boy Burned to Death. — Over
com.- by smoxe in their own home air.
the 9-year old son of Samuel Myers.
a farmer resiling near Lock . six A Good
mlU south of Altus, was burned to during 1W6 there
doat.h and his brother, aged 7. was
so badly burned that his eats drop
ped off. The parents left the child
ten aluue in the house, going to a
neighbor's to spend 'he evening. eDly.thrc,. mrchantu failed in In
When they r.turned they found the Jjan Territory in lWG with assets
house in flanea Dashing into the of $288,905 and liabilities
;<ame« and smoke- the father sue whilp in 1905 there were
rentals.
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