The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 463, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1907 Page: 1 of 16
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REFERENDUM WILL STAY.
The constitutional convention dealt
a death blow this morning to an at-
tempt to raise a scare over the initia-
tive and referendum by laying a mo-
tion to reconsider, by Baker on the
table.
In the speeches of yesterday Mr.
Asp and Mr. Kornegay both express-
ed fears that the adoption of the initia-
tive and referendum in the constitu-
tion would mean the subjection of the
constitution to objections at the hands
of President Roosevelt. Their argu-
ments were based on a contention that
the initiative and referendum was
not a Requblican institution of gov-
ernment and that the adoption would
be contrary to the terms of the enab-
ling act wherein it specifies that the
constitution should be "Republican in
form." • A motion by Baker was pend-
ing an it was thought that an attempt
would be made this mornrng to leave
the provision entirely out of the con-
vention. President Murray stated that
provision was signed and that no
change could be made in a single line
or word.
"If President Roosevelt wants to
turn the constitution down on account
of the fact that it contains the initia-
tive and referendum we certainly will
have to accord him that privilege. -It
must' go into the state constitution."
Bill of Rights on Third Reading.
The convention this mornrng placed
the bill of rights on the third reading,
and final passage, adopting it without
a dissenting vote.
After the adoption of the bill of
rights the report of the committee on
style and revision was taken up and
adopted as far as the following reports
were concerned. Public service cor-
porations, immigration, state militia,
impeachment, mines and milling, oath
of office, commissioner of charities
and corporations, public roads and
highways, suffrage and public health
and sanitation.
In the adoption of the report on
suffrage the provision of the enab-
ling act regarding the abridgement on
account of race, color or previous con-
dition of servitude was added.
In adopting the report of the public
service corporations committee sec-
tion six, specifying that contributory
negligence should be no bar to re-
covery, was eliminated.
All of the report will probably be
placed on third reading and final pass-
age tomorrow morning.
Mr. Asp's Constitution.
When Mr. Asp presented his consti-
tution yesterday in the convention he
asked permission that the proposition
might be printed under the direction
of the convention, but at the expense
9f the Republican members. Hayes
and Kornegay both opposed allowing
the Republican members to foot the
printing bill and as the matter pro-
voked debate President Murray held
that under the rule it would go over
until tomorrow. At the afternoon
session the question of printing the
Asp proposition was again brought up
GUTHRIE, OKLA., FRIDAY, MARCH
1907
Terms: 80 Cts. a Year
Tennis Champions to Retire.
THE SEALING OF THE ROLLS.
. 1 Doh<ftys, tennis masters, have announced that they will not compete
!?#• U. uavls cup tenn'8 series next year- They may start the doubles at
Wimbledon against Risely and Smith. Friction in English tennis circles is
said to be at the twse of the decision. Critics thought the play of this pair
had slumped last season as if the men were going back. It seems like a loss
of interest in men who suffered from a surfeit of play season after season.
Another case of a tennis star who imagines he has tired of the game is Hol-
combe Ward, the American, who declares he has made his last invasion of
England. Gore, Risely and Smith, who will succeed the Dohertys, are strong
but experts believe the American team can beat them, particularly if Beals c'
Wright regains his form. The loss of Ward will be a severe blow. Little and
Clothier are the choices to replace him.
by Hiayes of Chickasha, who moved
its immediate consideration under a
suspension of the rules.
Haskell's Offei' Accepted.
Aftei\ this motion was adopted, Has-
kell, of Muskogee, after reviewing the
extravagant appropriations made by
the national congress and the failure
of that body to provide for the ex-
penses of the constitution offered on
behalf of the New State Tribune to
print the Asp constitution and deliver
it to the convention free of cost.
Moore, of Enid, moved that Haskell's
offer be accepted and the motion was
seconded by half a dozen members.
Asp obtained the floor and pleaded
earnestly with the convention that this
motion should not prevail. The mo-
tion to accept Haskell's offer prevail-
| ed "by the full Democratic vote.
FIRE AT WAURIKA.
Lawton, Oktia., Feb. 28.—Fire at
Waurika, southeast of Lawton, de-
stroyed five barns with their con-
tents, valued at $2,000*.
Sealed arc the rolls of Indian citi-
zenship. The long struggle for a
place on that Immortal document, th
last of1 its line in the five nations,
ed M ch 4, 1907. It really „
solemn event. To the Indian'it marks
a sharp line between a glorious past
and a hopeful fiitwp. It is an im-
passable line now and stands as a
charter of Indian blood.
The roll of citizeiifv was not a new
thing, it had long been maintained
by the government. What was new
was that it was to be closed forever.
The white man even at this dis-
tance can not appreciate the solemnity
of these events. Even the Indian
ever stolid, evinces very little of the
deep emotions that stirs his soul. The
fact that the tribal officials and manv
others were at Muskogee to witness
the closing scenes of their national
history is evidence enough.
But far away in his hart, or stand-
ing beside his pony, else leaning
against some stalwart oak, that had
been the sanctuary of his noble
fathers, is the full blood. His lmpur-
turbable spirit gives no sign of the
thought within. Rut one might
guess it.
Perhaps never in ail the history of
the world has there been a more
touching event, than the voluntary
dissolution of the five fiat ions. His-
tory will account the people of Okla-
homa as little less than brutes, if
ever they betray the confidence the
Indian has placed in them.
His was a noble line of ancestors.
Savage they were at timps and even
cruel, but in human beings cruelty
begets cruelty and the Indian has not
been without a cause. Brave he was
even unto death. No nerve tremor
marked tho warrior's dying how. He
was Imo to a friend but a two edged
sword to an enemy. To petty crimes
against, property, lie stooped not. To
him the man was ever above the dol-
lar. In the fulfillment of his duties,
as he saw them, lie was unflinching. •
Of such parentage is the Indian
citizen of the grand new slate. The
qualities his fathers possessed, savor-
ed with the salt of the new life under
changed conditions, should bud in
beamteons flowers and bear a golden
fruitage. The persistence and intelli-
gence in the fathers that iconquered
in the bushes and on the war path,
should make good under the twen-
tieth century life in the new state, his
own adopted and chosen nation per-
petuated in unify, fraternity, peace
and prosperity.
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TO SUCCEED MADDEN.
Washington, D. C., March 5.—A. T.
Lawshe has been selected to succeed
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden. Mr. Lawshe is from Indi-
ana and was auditor for the postoffice
department under President McKin-
ley. Later he was auditor for Cuba
dur.'ng the American occupation fol-
lowing the Spanish war, and for sev-
eral years he has been an auditor for
tho Philippines.
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