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NEW-STATE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY. JANUARY 1
Published every Thursday by the New State Tribune, 217-223 North Harvey
Street Oklahoma City. Okla.
determined the policy of the State
authorities on account of the failure
of their three State Hanks, which has
been exactly the same as the policy
of the United States Government on
account of the failure of their two Na-
tional Hanks. That should be suffl
cient answer to any criticism of our
State Hanking Department and so
long aw the percentage of loss annual
Entered as second-class matter July 22, lf«f, at the postofflce at Okla < 'y. under the Oklahoma Hanking Law
tons Okla., under the act of March 3 1879 " '8 HS ama" a> 'he percentage of loss
which the public suffer on account of
- the fall re ,.f National or State Hanks
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ln w,her I'ar,B of the Union, I believe
nri. v. of. . ti o j our ,aw can stand upon its record and
e Vear In U. 8. and possessions and Mexico $1.00 J(H ,ner|t« and so long as a bank de
•ix Months .fin , positor never looses a dollar nor waits
Other Countries ln Postal Union 1.00 a d*y ,or hi* money in Oklahoma I be
_______ I Heve our law commends Itself and ful
——— — __ fills the purpose in that department
Address all communications to New-State Tribuue, Oklahoma City Oklahoma f,or wh,ch ,he P«' I>le organize and con
_ I not (ovtnuMot,
i do not wish to ht* understood ;ih
CHAS. N. HASKELL Editor 'criticising the National Hanks of our
BEN WATT Associate Editor and Manager p,at*- We still have slightly over two
—— __ i hundred of these Institutloni ,,f the
« highest < haracter and are a part of the
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. general business of our State, of which
W. D. Ward, Eastern Representative 63 Tribune Bldg Now Yorl we are JU8tly proud, but I do warn
Marry R. Fisher, Western Representative Hoyce Hid*;. Cbleaeo Ho?orab,le ,l,ody aKa nst the pro-
I. H. God bold. Tew. Kepreaentative.... 612(113 Juai.lt. Itldg, Dallas. Texas po^'d I ,V|' ,'n, ■.!!. .r".' 1..fk iV,' • law
—— —- from the Legislative commit tee of n.
I tional llankcrs who have been appoint*
" r.r 1 m ed to advise you as to amendments (if
■' [the Stale Hanking Lew under which
===== they do not operate and by which
until the year Just closed shows the ! !?ey aro "1°' """rolled, and in which
grand total of 1122,8-3,5K8.on With 1 ?"V (>un liau* 110 legitimate Interest,
out going further Into details, the , .."'"i!"!', '}le*e ,w,"r,l|y Gentlemen
above evidence of the prosperity and . National Mankind Fraternity to
growth of our Stato shows conclusive ,r a other purposes, except thut
ly that both capital and uoDulation I °r > ou how lo write a State
should be reopened for business
I he Legiiintur* being then In session
the Governor submitted the que.tlon
to the Legislature by apecial message
recommending that the will of the
people, which had been defeated by
legal technit alii ies, should be enacted
'0.,ocle,y <° lhe taxpayers even at 5 per cent Interest, and ir, ; law Is that the average taxes through-
ti 6 ♦ al^' addition to doubling the annual In out the state for this year under the
f number of eommutations ome direct to the State, the local new law is over one-fourth less than
fonr Sentence to Hfe imprisonment, | communities would be greatly bene .taxes of the previous year, and also ln
' fitted by having these lands in the j the line of equal taxation, asserting
a1fh.l«°ttl„ILU7ber Kf l,a["dons in the hands of individual owners and sub | that property of great value should pay
lwo years have been fifty. These ject to taxation and I ,i ; - 1 ' " — -
laiart- hart .in iiv ®1! Prisoners of good behavior a few | We belle%e that the Tenantry Sy
into law by the Le^isiature^ ^The do nn7?nrl!?X!! £ho? |be?D Th.e#e taxation and beyond all this is the same proportion of taxes that prop-
" • • 'm not include what is termed "explra- the principal involved •' '' -• • — «- ■- * *
II1 n L' f 11 in ImrHfina •• lei. i..U .. .... i
in the Tenantry erty of smaller value is required to
. pay, we point to the fact that by the en-
lature had ilnally adjourned iiTMarch day^'before"the r-,tT?Tf"!h" ' W? bel'e,e that the Tenantry Sy.- nctment of various revenue and tax
190H. and In the following month the lence expiration of the sen-1 em is a wrong principal and that Ok laws during the last three years, the
Legislature not having repealed' the The number of expiration nardons In bhoul(1 be a "la,'e for home Legislative Department of this state
dispensary law, the Governor proceed i the IS t" ?I."P ™ Jf t .1 0wiLer": .. •> equitably adjusted the burden of
he Governor I i " t*jiuauun
■d to carry out tho findings'™/ Vile restoration*^of* HMzellahm bii7- InS i ,Kr"n,' }hose ln "Pl'usltlon to the taxation so that all classes of profit
. "e! ™'LoraUon of eitlxenship, J47; and sale of the School Lands, we usually ; earning and wealth producing proper-
^ t that: "In other ' ty, tangible and intangible, are upon
School Lands have a basis of substantial equality, and
Supreme Court, but instead of nn*n i 1 cuixensnip. .547 ; and sale of the School L
ing dispensaries in eighty-two towns The nn^hAr i?11 c,t,ZGnahiP. meet the statement
Of the state that wereenUtled 111:7." duri"« "here their 8<
the law to ^ he VtT dl s pen sa rl es! Vh e" Gov' Tf° frarted it has h^ ^ I'^-^r^lHnila^eT^'^r
nsaries would been found n"<e«sarv to revoke ti. IlSnS ♦ ^aeted or lost or otherwise ations, the franchises and special privi-
petition of a S felony eases, twelve and these ne- I fha i an<1'h,s ma>'ha>'e been leges are paying slightly over three
r th« Mii in. . P the case in some States, but, do not times the proportion of the total taxes
except upon
oZTyZ&bu 'town^r a!."""" Wr«'™' .ed to prison to serve
8ueh cltlxens peti "Theebol'e list' Xies'not'lncTudennr I "Jr°*'a'0"> " «• .Permanent | prior to three years ago, while'the
tions, there have ne. .
of twenty tocal dlspensariei
ation in the state.
".If.r.?.°. ie,'.'.r?v. n th.at ln tlle Con'! throughout tho state that they paid
while the
.. - . a school fund was ordinary individual taxpayer is pay
arefully provided for. The CotiBtltu ing a corresponding per cent of the
MESSAGE
capital and population I r-'u,1!. "
have been made welcome and have I "V _ *
Law.
GOV. C. N. HASKELL
To Third Legislature
January 7, 1911
prospered under tho first period of I hnT.® Ba,°^°f lh®ok,a*
State Government. i State Hanking Law, I call your
State Government
Bank, and Banking.
The dawn of Statehood found
attention to Its notable test In liquldat
ing the Columbia Hank ti Trust Com-
111 tmnv ullh It.. .1....... till .. t ...
the midst of a thirty day holiday" of-1 L>an?r w'!*1 i,H ,hree million two hun-
[ tlclally proclaimed for tho purpose of I .7, aJl!, "^^y-four thousand dollars
relieving the Hanks of tho territory ! °8, ttt a total cxPense of
from the necessity of paying depoBi I . ' ' accomplished almost com
the two houses, upon the condition of
tho state; and shall recommend such
matters to the legislature as he shall
Judge expedient. He shall also trans
mlt a copy to each house of the full
report of each state officer and state
commissioner."
This message has been delayed until
this date, due to tho fact that the re
moval of the various offices and de-
partments from tho former to the
present Capitol, delayed the delivery
of official and department reports to
me and only yet, am I able to deliver
a portion of said reports, or to furnish
tho information in this message that
is obtainable only from an annalysis of
such reports.
As to recommendations, I believe
that the new Chief Executive, soon to
assume the responsibilities of office,
should bo accorded that privilege, un-
hampered. to the end that he who
bears the burden of responsibility may
have the fullest opportunity to advise
as to tho policies of government;
therefore, this communication, to vour
Honorable Body, will largely be con-
fined to a review of the things that
the Legislative and Executive Depart-
ments have done during our ilrst pe-
riod of State government and the re
suits accomplished, that your work
and ours may bo measured on its
merits.
Much that wo have done may from
actual application demonstrat the ad
viseablllty of improvement by amend
ment or otherwise while some may
have proven Its efficiency and value
to the public.
Our Constitution undertakes to
guarantee equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none, to encourage
harmony of action and sentiment be
tween capital and labor and the great
Industries should be welcomed In our
Stpte and be offered the fullest meas-
ure of fair treatment and opportunity
for profit consistent with common hon
esty and the public welfare.
In carrying out these general princl
pals of government, the Legislature
and Executive Department, acting In
harmony, have industriously labored
j tors on demand and by reason of the 1,1 Ave months, as coin
„ . holiday proclamation, banks were prlv Pftro(' with the settlement of the failed
uentlemen: - I lleged to make their own rules, if they Capitol National Hank of Guthrie, Ok
under the constitution of our State .cared to transact business or pay de lahoma, with total liabilities under
it is provided that at tho beginning of I posltors at all. As a result It was thei8even hundred thousand dollars, which
each Session of the Legislature, the I general practico to limit the deposi ;*fter over six years Is still Incomplete,
Governor "shall communicate, by mes- tors demands, for his own money, to although over lifty-flvo thousand dol
aage, delivered to a Joint session of Ave to ten dollars per day. This con ,ara expenses have been Incurred and
dition suggested the necessity for a ' and the depositors in this six
revision of the Hanking Laws, not only -vear Period have had small install
of tho States but of the Nation; and nietits aggregating less than two-thirds
Oklahoma, ever mindful of her duty to j °f their principal. These demonstra-
her citizens, immediately took up the "ons of law as actually applied are
consideration of a Hanking Law, such 'lie be8t evidence of its efficiency,
as contemplated by our State Consti- Average Annual Losses.
tutlon, under which banking might be ' Th® average annual losses from the
treated as a semi-public business,' guaranty fund for the three year pe
where tho rights of the public and the '"iod, as aro shown by the department
rights and privilege of the bunker | reports filed herewith, aro approxi
should both be fairly considered. mutely one hundred thousand dol
Our Hanking Law was enacted In 'ara Ppr year. The exact amount
December, 1907, and has been In oper- will depend on the collections yet
ation substantially, threo years, and ' ,() he made on certain Columbia
during all of that time has been sub- Hank, W. L. Norton personal, and
jected to the most vicious assault and other nssets that have come into the
untruthful criticism. hands of the Hanking Hoard in the
Let me congratulate your Honorable liquidation of failed banks. These
Body and the People of Oklahoma that losses occurred largely in the year
this law has stood tho storm and 1M9, and show an average for the
triumphed over all opposition. The three years of less than one-fifth
Supremo Court of the United States. ! °f on® Per cent.
hut a few days since, affirmed the find Exact figures and estimate of value
Ings of our own State Supreme Court in °f assets, which appear to be excced-
deelarlng its validity. In brief, the ingly conservative, are all contained in
results speak for the Law. No depos the detailed reports filed herewith,
itor In any State Bank in Oklahoma from which reports and the office
has ever lost a dollar In the entire records, tho following statement is
three years, or been refused when he compiled:
demanded his money, at any business Bank Guaranty Fund.
hour of any business day of the year. The total amount of all as-
Never have the services of a police sessments collected to De-
man been required to aid in the con cember 31, 1910, in the
duct of the State Banking business In Guaranty Fund $810,39^.23
Oklahoma. We have had our State Deduct rebate and udjust-
Bank failures, and doubtless always ment of new bunk de-
will have so long as human nature re posit 21,551.58
mains unchanged. And It Is for the
purpose of protecting the public Net proceeds .$818,740.65
against loss and disaster that Okla This collection of guaranty fund,
homa hns a law to successfully man covering a period of nearly three years
age and liquidate insolvent banks, and is now represented as follows:
where the answer to the anxious de Cash on hand $ 73,626.59
poBitor, In a failed bank operating Collections counted as cash 67,192.69
"" ^ demeanor?'which w^ "4 "below"'" I T, ?*nd I pri^Wlhree
iu!1? quo,lion of dispensaries in a In enforcing the prohibition law peo- i single dniinr iL 1 ♦ i a " y^ar® BKO antl to show the facts as to
prohibition state is one of Judgment. I>'e may differ as to the pollcv that must be renl.^J ?h f ®ny ,yeur' 11 the financial condition of the state, we
and hears more or less relation to the produc es the best results, and a careful ,nd fhlt 2 following year call your attention to the report of the
enforcement of prohibition law, the'study will show us that conditions! .„ only be invested State Treasurer and Auditor which
burden of which is soon to be assumed i change from time to time , . Honds, State, County show that the taxes and other reve-
by another, I shall therefore add noth- In the beginning of state govern ["murov.d ia^ h.'l a" °r °"
ng to the opinions that I have here- ment, It was difficult to find a jury that I ye?— • e'
tofore expressed, but I do reel at lib would convict the average
■rty, as I ntn not to be officially con '
■erned therein,
nersoo i,hUr" ex')erle,lc«'. ot one dollar of
i Permanent seho.,1 fund has
your Honorable liody
l>e officially con- charged with violating the prohibition been losTTml In^dditi, n?d '"'"i
11 attention of lllw. because the penalty required lm- per cent 'ntfrM ti 11 ?° 'S
to the tact thai prisonment, as well as a money fine. I ment t,f .1 ,. ! ? luves'-
while tho public look to the tiovernor I 1'''1 for that reason juries
. j l's use has resulted in great
of the state to he a strong factor in ; bring In a verdict of uuiity that'would Imve'obValned^th!!11"ns"' Wl>"
the enforcement of the prohibition require punishment by imprisonment. ;ll 5 2'°, ,® UR,° "'"W money
law, yet he Is i.lmost wholly without ><ul as a result an overwhelming per ^rate rate .r inod
any legal authority to accomplish this cent of prosecutions on an average i,,, si ne the use of
law enforcement. i throughout the state would result in a ilanclnS th? "a, rt suited In re
During my term of office, my auth ' "< "ot guilty regardless of the mortgages from private™!1,,,,'?,'' fa'"1
orlty in the enforcement of this law ev'd™^- .. , panics. I„ B™o™ n i l?"1'
has been limited almost entirely to i „ Th" Superintendent of the Antl- recommended th «,PiJ , heretofore
aiding, advising and encouraging iocal Leawte of the State, as well, l0 home builders and thi n ,
officers who are willing voluntarily to as hls assocltitos. and myself thought |.rocecds of s-ile , t , L.' "Ie
accept the limited ai l and encourage seriously of this question, and recog- !,f f„,ereSt nf th„ t ' "K,drr t«
ment that the law authorized me to I "lzlllK that for want of decisions from , the State ' Improved farms In
give thorn, ..lid where the local officer--; court of last resort the local courts I . , a. . .
were not willing to accept this aid and ! were lnuch (llvlde<i throughout the lnn" "1", JiMlKmcnt this will produce
encouragement as (Jovernor I have had 8tate' oach decreeing the law to be , ? to ,"le State, encourage
no power whatever in tiie premises accordlng to his own Judgment, and it 1 ,T,i°I V home building, and
I submit to vour l l ,0"k «"'"ral years time-Indeed we 'be cost of adminis-
that the tiIIu 11c hellev,!tv,n(.h ,! 'V have scarcely yet had all tho various I ® th'" department of the tiovern-
ernor should carrv out thi a prosecution of a prohibition t• :"ld 'be brief summary of fa.-ts
, . .out the constitu- j violation passed upon by the Criminal j hgures is as follows:
trial
is, and j
« ques-
nd my- j
veil to fund total
;rdoaUTLtoUacsl,|bveof;rT,,,e„CHPeC.t h'im j 'ence dtTring good behavlorrafter H'y-, lows":'
fact that on Ain illfV2 i'6 ment of flne nnd costs, and If he Five]
the people, and voted upon"at the lal, ! J hane®df to ,:f.a P°°r man' '«i whole or j forty live O k 1 a h o ma'
general eleriion tho « m "/ f ln ,)art from the Payment of fine, or to counties ti oq4 caa nn
ml!.. J>e^>ple j let the fine and costs be paid on month- 'Loaned to thirty-two him-
duty" to^see' that riMaw.^'thJ^^! C°Urt °f APPe,lIs'"8° that the" trial I Permanent Common School Fund
*" -Iawt of ,he • «« courts may have a uniform basis, and j Original amount /il.ooo.ooo.oo
Statehood. .111,881.81
school
dutV tfl c a that all I _• ,, ' 1 ul "I'ptlllo, lllilL 1116 irictl 111 vOmm
are enforced, and tha™ you should ' ''0UrtS '""f, "'V®,." unlform ,basls' and i °?j-lnal amouI" • - •
i here fore fullv vitnli t ,«t . i : a rosu,t of these vexatious ques- Additions since Stai
ofthecons'ltution.aml give Gov i Ar" f!','0? If'"5"6 and„my ' Pr,e8e?t >'"rmanent
ernor the tulleKt nnwor t i. • i 1 determined that it. was well to fund total JTlii sst ri
the duties that the people expect hS : .J?® "b0Ve ,UBd la '"vested is fol
MWT'.V/JSS.Y" .r!ua"lr",led ! '/installments, so that "the poor man
hv « u.Sf!*. ',,rKei than that could be treated as mercifully as the
man of greater means.
by which prohibition was originally
established, and this vote clearly in-
dicated that the majority of our p«o*
Pie demand prohibition, and aro en-
t tied to have laws that will make
the provision effective.
I also express the hope that your
Honorable Hody will memorialize Con-
gress to tho end:
(a) That United States
dred and forty-seven
Oklahoma farmers at
, , five Per cent 3 341 672 00
The result of this policy agreed to Invested in Oklahoma
by the Superintendent of the Anti state five per cent pub-
Saloon League and myself was to se lie building warrants 240 000 00
cure a much greater per cent of con- Total invested at five per '
victions on an average throughout the cent g76 170 00
state, as the juries would realize that | Cash on hand deposited '
tho offender could retain his liberty! in fifty-seven different
during good behavior, and the jury did banks all within the
not hesitate to place the offender un- j state waiting farm mort-
gage loans $ 435.709.81
under other laws when he may get his l ime or special deposits.. .
money invariably is, "God only knows" I Hie from State School
under the Oklahoma Stato Banking Land Department, surplus
Law the answer to such Inquiry is, Columbia Bank securities
tax for the conduct of wholesale and der ,llia refltrlction and require him
retail liquor dealers be not collected to pay the fine and costs, and experi-
in prohibition states. Its collection ence has shown ua that with the im- Total $5 111 881 81
simply amounts to a settlement for i,rlsonment hanging over the offender's All of the above is shown'in'detail
ono year In advance at a nominal head, simply being at liberty on parole, in the report of the Land Department
price of Federal permission to violate and 1,ab,e to be Promptly imprisoned filed herewith, which includes the
the stato law. for any misconduct, it has anpeared name of each bank and the amount de
<b) That the use of the United ' L° "S T°h be"er re8Ul,s have i therein; the name and post-
States mail as an aid to tho soliciting obtained. I office address of each farm loan bor-
and filling of order for the sale ol Ilut ,llis ,s a mat,or of Judgment., rower, and tho amount borrowed, and
intoxicating liquors in prohibition Men may differ upon it. Different con-1 all other complete details pertaining
states is as much to be condemned ae <utions of general law, or court prac to the leasing of lands, the loaning of
was the use of the mail for the conduct tIces may make some other policy at the permanent school fund, the sale of
of the Louisiana lottery business an(j1 °ther time3 a better one. We are sim- state land, and the complete expense
that where an agent for the sale of 1>ly givIng our experience and our rea- °f all said departments.
whiskey cannot come into prohibition i so5 f<Jr...
territory and solicit orders certainly 1 ,mder ,lllB ,ll<'"'-y we have in
the United States Government should ,he last two ycars Pardoned in prohibl-
not furnish the means for evading such ( "on and 0,ber misdemeanor cases. Hf-
law by affording the unrestricted use teen in numher' Paroled two hundred
of the United States mall. I 'hirty-seven in number, and revoked
state commerce ".""m""" ''f ln,er "TheTbove policy as to pardons and
commerce "hould^not be given paroles as to all cases is our judc
State Credit.
The Stato of Oklahoma is to be con-
gratulated upon tho standard of credit
it has maintained during the first three
years of state government. While
there may have been in remote parts
of the state some difficulty in finding a
local market for state warrants issued
for the maintenance of local state in
nues due the state aro equal to all
outstanding warrants and other cur-
rent obligations.
I file herewith all the reports from
the different offices and departments
that have come into my hands up to
this day:
School Land Department, two copies
I complete report.
Leasing Department,
Farm Loan Department,
Land Sales Department.
State Treasurer, two copies complete
report.
State Auditor, one copy report.
I cull attention to tho State Audi-
tor's report in this, that tho current
expense of state government is com-
bined with the cost of construction of
permanent Institutions and tho pur-
chase of lands, therefor, nnd all other
expenditures, so that to ascertain the
cost of state government, these items
should be separated.
Secretary of State, one complete re-
port, and two summary statements.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
two copies of report.
Commissioner of Labor, two copies
of report.
Commissioner of Charities and Cor-
rections, two copies of report.
State Board of Agriculture, two
copies of partial report.
State Bank Commissioner, two
copies of report, and one copy of de-
tailed report of liquidation of tho Co-
lumbia Bank, attached detailed ex
penso statement.
This latter report is not a part of
the report required by the constitution,
but as the banking law is an impor-
tant question, these details of the
liquidation of the largest bank in the
state may be found of interest in the
consideration of this important ques-
tion.
State Enforcement Attorney, two
copies of report.
State Agency, prohibition depart-
ment, one copy of report.
School of Mines Board, two copies
of report.
Colored Deaf, Blind, and Orphans In-
stitute, one copy of report.
State Dental Board, two copies of re-
port.
Ft. Supply Insane Asylum, two sets
advance sheets of report.
State Election Board, two copios of
report.
Insurance Commissioner, two copies.
Adjutant Generals report, one copy.
The other reports required by law
have- not reached me, most of them,
however, are said to he in the hands
of the printer and will doubtless be
available for the use of the Legislature
at an early date.
Respectfully submitted,
C. N. HASKELL,
Governor.
"You can get it now." I sold
We can best Illustrate the principal Uue from State Treasurer,
features of the Oklahoma Law by ans j excess Columbia Bank se-
wering some of these criticisms. They curities sold
say, "The Oklahoma Law Is defective *)uo 'r°m Kobe it McKinnon
and that their efforts mav sne ik for because banks break under our law." demand for Columbia
_"?pa?_ 5?r our answer is. "Of course banks break securities
to an outlawed commodity so r L ... .-- - "ewtte ui iocal suue in
protect its shipment into territoJv ^ h the PurP°8e of the„,aw and stitutions. yet in everv instance where
where its traffic and use is prohibited r d"tles of a Governor. When re- the attention of the Governor was call
by luw prohibited formation has taken place and llie ed to these matters, an Immediate
~„„i . . , man has become a citizen of right market at par has always boon found
Convicts, Convict Labor. Pardons and mind, a husband or a father, or a son, for all of the warrants issued bv the
Paroles. useful to those who epend upon him stale for the maintenance of state gov
There is probably no subject in gov , for society and support, it is the duty ernment.
eminent receiving more thoughtful "f " 'l°v<'ninr to rrmemher that the We mention this because a„,.
consideration than convicts, their em constitution has imposed upon him the from the record that the State of Ok
ployment and treatment. We often du,y of extending clemency. And ln lahoma stands nlon« ♦£!'
henr the expression: "That prisoner OMahomn^he constitution of our new Ma„. admitted to the Union in fi'ftv
has violated the law, been convicted. s;ate Placed other reasons which years that maintained lis current «
given his time, and he should serve,0' necessity would force upon us lib- ,,t,„se warrants at par throughout the
it out. This expression could have I eral releasing of convicts. ijrsf three v«nra nf
hut one meaning, nanielv: "Ven We fln<1 our 8ta,° with twelve hun- :iIKi ,ilis reoord bv Oklahoma""161"
geance-an eye for an eye and a tooth - dred convicts, for a thousand of which ma(le notwithstanding the fact that
for a tooth." we have no other place of detention 1 (iurjnK tj,e first vmp nf cfntl V „
We assert that this is not the ac fh!!in a 8tockade wit}} a frame shed for ment not a single dollar of state°taxes
cepted principle of today; that on thel? wall^^atfd flnritifth^nSl™!n°,r I was lpvie(1 ll"on ,ho People or collect
p0oro7 r&r a'nd "n^t Tor "Z 'Xn? i
found no parallel and no p^de^ | ^, U cash Items. .,333.787.6, ~ i
gttov,eerW„m°efn,,hlyPTe,,rr Ztr ^ I ^ S ^ *
mentioned. !" _ every other banking law that
i was
enacted either State or Na-
I they always 1
or leas numbers
'mtor
lahoma antl It devolved upon tho l^g-1 hUiI!n" "a(ur®-
lelative and Executive Departments of I t ' hey say, "The annual assessments^!
for W. L. Norton secur-
ities sold
November 16th, 1907. the President 1,""y alw"ys wl" "reak In « ! of Military
of the United States proclaimed the fw r.0.r.,'C'', numbers until The |
beginning of State Government In l)k I completely revised
l.'i.OOO.OO
Progress and Development.
Park Bonds, Columbia
Bank and Norton Secur-
ities 40,000.00
IB, „, ™ ,'lte™ 18 ln Pending liligatlon In
this State to vitalize tho Constitution Illrawn ,roni banks of the State Is State Supreme Court recently tie-
and administer the laws il Kfeat burden upon these bankers." ? , !l 'avor °f the State Banking
In the many earlier States there are | ^ 8UrrCndered COn'
guide us In our work. Other States «.i„ n„ .1
formed from a single territory or part ?i!l« f ' assessments to pro-
of territory had passed from organized ™!)v Protectlon tho depositor
territorial existence with the Coun
ties. Townships and School Districts
long previously organized, with condl
lions settled and rendy to participate
This can be ascertained bv
comparing the reduced rato of Inter
vay to prot
and not the bankers . it _
lhe remainder of the Guaranty Fund I roth«n
paid out originally to cover losses In : J . reform the
failed banks and not yet returned In k venRear>ce upon hint,
cash is represented by notes, bonds,
est paid on interest bearing deposits securities and real estate obtained
today with the rate of Interest Tom Columbia llank & Trust Co.,
paid prior to the enactment of this "10 Ban't of Ochelata, the 1'lrst Slate
~ ™to{?on°to f," law; sndalsotothe t^Xhat\n[irel I Bank Kl"'er """ Private prop-
population In the greatest of them less j ,e„rs , voh|me of the! enL0,' ™ L .N " of the par and
ind
approximately
WMlth^aggregating'at moL" t^or 1 t^0"^ ^T" ! V"'U°
thirty millions of dollars whereas in i ^re*,f they were when our bank \v'hi,o i« j. f .
Oklahoma we were called upon [o unite 'UW W"8 e"artod- - ",iS cxceS8 of ,he amount
two distinct territories, one wholly ! ® A iftw to be condemned an«l
trotect societyB'is ^.Tsav we^ll W" ^ Wh° "mllar >-y made upon
D0°nfrChnimr ^ have bu°to^sk where ^ territory.
comes Tt'the eZ oTrV^e^H^wlE " And^ag^lnlh^consTrtutlon of Okla-L' believe that' the'^.e^latlve and
vou turn loose unon suriotv I k homa and our laws contempalte that | Executive departments ot this govern
owes it nothing but resentment;
competition with free labor. Hence 'he people of the state for the econo
aml there is only a limited opportunity to I m'c conduct of state affairs. We find
- er two million dollars
he beginning of state
money paid out of the Guaranty
Fund in liquidating failed banks and
unorganized with a combined popula- Pudla,od because there were average I which ho a vet hoe- i
Hon of 1,414,000 people and wlthaS ag-1 ? « ' >< "" « der it ? If so, then the I T anno 1 e exnected tlfat these IV
gregate corporate wealth existing of f ,,01'1 . : : >-> -m.1 the laws ffl J'fc , 'i ' 1 f
two hundred and flfty millions of del- "Ld^n^an^ropuaJluid ^ ^ /-"d" frS 'b«
lUlillllY. — >->' V UURIUOa ill
It Is also well to mention that eighty. h°0d bl11 rciu|red the Stale
live per cent of all the losses were , ?°ma maintain prohibition
occasioned by the failure of a single Ter,rJ"
lars. To harmonize these two terrl
lories, organize locally and generally
Into a single Stnte, to consider the de
mands and necessities of such vast
population and meet the contention of
such vast corporate wealth, to deal
Justly with all and bring order out of
such chaotic condition was an under-
taking without precedent requiring
patience, zeal and Industry without
limit and to which those most willing
for honorable public service, would
not knowingly aspire.
Progress and Conditions.
Three years have passed and we
find our population has Increased 243-
000 people: our taxable wealth has In-
cteased $235,000,000.00; our commerce
and manufacturing industries almost
300 per cent and a clear Index to the
financial growth of the State Is found
In our individual deposits in the banks '^by obtamed the credit standing thousand vote's thepeople eiaitedthe
i5f.L_e.na$£'? "'.'.'"V" <!•'. control ol statewide prohibition prevision
because there neveVwns'a law" tMer! In(f"rraal'°^ 1 o"ld not expect a loss
which,her,, were nol,«,' Oklahoma , "S I" "" .".cr VV1" from ,!u>S1'
simply claims for her laws that a bank conBi<lerab|e time and ef
failure does not occasion disorder ln !^~j!,i, re('ulrel1 t0 Produce a bet-
the community, disaster to the depos-, prohibition
tor or business depression throughout ...t • ,, , p"°HIBmoN-
the entire locality. 1 he united States Congress in the
statehood bill required the State of
for
n. * — •" "•«« « icrrltory
aggregation of men controlling a num i'orv certa,n "arls o( Oklahoma Terrl-
ber of banks, including two of the nV r- .,. ., . „
Urge National Banks of the State one Constitutional Convention sub
of the largest State i3anks and several f ^ separate proposition to the
smaller State Bank, ; '"'"P'" at ,h0 ,im« >he constitution
t «,«• easy to say 'that there should Z S-erT g^n 'ui'e^oppo'rtuid^'y11 l>v
ed ^lu^list^of'faiiifrpK8 'fl.^ave avoid- their votes to either limit prohibition
o-7v' Ih,. ,1 fttilures. We can only to Indian Territory and the Reserva
began with theU'Nallonai'' R!'v'ldlci"' -r make it uniform throng
SSS.J -V. ,he. National Bank, and I the state, lly a majority of eighteen
of the state.
At the beginning of State Govern
ment, three years ago, our stnte hanks
carried seventeen millions of deposits-
our National Hanks thirty-eight mil-
lions of deposits; total deposits
throughout the State Afty-flve millions
of dollars. Now we find the Individ
ual deposits In our state Dnnks grown
to approximately fifty six millions of
dollars and In our National Hanks to
nearly forty-six millions of dollars
total one hundred and two millions of
dollars, practically doubled ln the
space of three years under State Gov
ernment and Indicative of commercial
and business, activity.
We quote from the official reportB
of the metropolis of our State which
show that the bank clearings the year
Prior to State hood, 1906, were *27,881,-
370.00, increasing from year to year
several State Hanks, and that not-
withstanding the viligant supervision a law
vou have InntpnH r f Konatwin i i mere is oniy a iimireu opportunity to i
8hnply ?eviecl upon Boolety i tax to empl°y C0nV,Ct8 in ,he physical labor ,,hat slightly ov
support a convict whom vnn hi i ^; necessary to preserve their health and Per/ea* *r°m ,ne oeginnlng of st
purpose to reform Hence th« il employ their minds, and the most oh- hood until the close of the present
nression "Let him serve hlH tinIl o,?r jectionable Prnct,ce would be to main- ''J1 fear w,n cover all of the expense
is nn absurd it v ' Ids time out ta|n prisoners ln idleness, working "f s,ate government and the mainten
y' | ruin upon the prisoner himself and an?e of state institutions, and this rec
inere is no such thing intended by destroying the best opportunity for re- or<* P^ces Oklahoma as the most econ-
the law as' "his time." Measuring the formation, and until our Legislature om,cal state according to population,
probable time required for reforma provides means whereby prison labor as C0IUPared with every other state in
tion according to the vlciousness of can be proiitably employed upon the 'h® Union from ocean to ocean north
mind and character, the legislator has highways of the state, there will he lit- Mason's and Dixon's line, and in
graded crimos and fixed different pe tie opportunity for the employment of lhe presence of this economy the insti
nods or confinement. The time fixed these conv;its after those now engaged ,u,Iona promote education, care
was not Intended hy the legislator to upon prison construction have complet- for ,lie unf°rtunate and develop the
be invariably served out. It was in ed their work, which will be done at slat® have not been neglected.
^°d®r aa a maximum period during an early date. We have a greater per cent of the
fh«l 5i most hardened criminal of I have heretofore urged that high- , entire cost of state government de
fja* class would dotibWesB reform, and way construction throughout our state voted to agricultural and mechanical
« , m i n maximum period be provided for hy an adequate system education than anv state in the Union
would only be served by those who fail of laws, and I still urge that prison We have a greater per cent of the
f„ . i° rf« .u people of the state labor be placed upon the construction fost of state government devoted to
n adopting the constitution, fixed upon of public highways, but as the details charitable institutions than any state
the Governor the duty of paroling or of such laws as you may pass must be in tho Union.
pardoning those who reformed at an administered by another I have no sug In short, the economy of Oklahoma
earlier date: and it is not the privilege gestions to make as to the details of has been the result of curtailing un
of the Governor to say that ho will re a highway law. necessary expenditures, not withstand
fuse to exercise that important duty My detailed report of pardons, pa ing we have liberally provided for
that the constitution imposes upon roles, etc., is tiled herewith. education, charitay and beneficial de
him. Indeed, the Governor will never State and School Land. velopment.
have a more important duty to per The aggregate of State Lands for Tax Reduction
rorm than to carefully observe when the support of common schools, higher In the hecinninfr nr
reformation has taken place In the education, public buildings purposes ment no irlv ' fovern
convict, and his duty to tho convict, etc.. under territorial government nr. I
WASHINGTON
NEWS NOTES
ocratlc legislatures and if the ravages
of death or resignation should thin tho
senatorial ranks of threu of these
states, the Democrats would he In
control of the United States Senate.
Senator Krye of .Maine, is getting
well along in years and is said to be
about ready to follow in the footsteps
of ltis colleague, Senator Hale, and
voluntarily resign. Senator Uradley of
Kentucky Is seriously ill, and the re-
cent death of Senator Klkins of West
Virginia, means the election of two
Democratic Senators from that state to
succeed two Republicans. «
miracle alone can prevent the
election of a Democratic president in
1912. and whether Harmon of Ohio,
G ay nor or Dix of New York, Wilson of
New Jersey, Foss of Massachusetts,
our own Senator Owen of Oklahoma,
some "dark horse" or even William
Jennings Bryan of Nebraska shall be
the Democratic nominee, Democratic
success seeniB assured.
According to rumors, the lid is about
to blow off in the Osage country and
the official head of Indian Agent Hugh
I'itzer is said to be slated for de-
capitation by the interior department.
Indian inspectors have been at work
for some time in the Onago country
and in investigating the oil business
in the mid-continent field and startling
disclosures are expected. The increase
in the price of crude oil in the Okla-
homa fields to 14 cents, is said to be
the direct result of the government
probe.
The First State Legislature'passed '"i a.nd. lo ,he """>n>er 18 duced results annually to the territory J and public
Of the National Banhin, Departn,Vnt j ^l^n'and^ftlbiL^1. Vh° C°T r-o"rWuV ™ a" Cy During the^m'ttXe^VS !,a?c T°°' „b° ™ °«-
and the Oklahoma Stat ' BanMng D, o ZdH d ! " ! ™.'," 'hat the people have imposed unon him Governmen t' ,. °1'«™'t re. fixture,, and other un
partment they
iking De- tor medicinal, mechanical and scienti-
I"6/8 "ki^10 :°?IZ I "5 ''"rpoaes, and providing for a vote
MK Itut'the occasion I
arrjaB.-7jafsas.a"£S5SSS
doubtless appeared alike to both the j to the veraor whhin Thlrtv t
state .nd National authorities that r°he hJSuteS5
this disaster was more tho result of the disnensnrv law ^ J
poor business judgment and business | closed every dispensary Fn he'.tH?
misfortune than culpable misconduct,; In Janua-v 1909 the«Jnnr m 8tate.
especially was this Indicated by the ' set as^def tha vote r,^ Supreme c°urt
that the people■ have imposed upon him Oovernmen'. the results per acre'"to i '«^nduV^r Thes™ ot neces
— to about | si,y required greater levies of Leal
and our people and our Legislature j the State have been increased
have in Oklahoma more wisely than an average of thirty cents per acre I taxation'"nnd
«•— •- the new appraisement I r^?d progress fed AmeriCan
n most other states of the Union, pro- and under
•'ided a parole law which we assert j which has WUWI
Is without superior in any other state, results per acre to the State, w
spirit of
many communities
vided a parole law which we assert which has just gone into effect the I into «vv..,u,uaftffl 1 -- ..ie
|Q uiihnn. «„ I •J Mm\ ,nI° eiiect. tiie into a spirit of spending large sums of v''Murray of McAles r.
n mono* pjj|-pOS{ gt home 1 Wright, commit
home improvements Civilized Tribes.
Among the Oklahomans who have
been camping out at the national cap-
ital of late have been Sun Apple of
Ardmore, who wants 100 lull bloods in-
advertently left off the I'hoctaw and
Ch ekasaw rolls, to be placed on the
r°1's>,by Congress; George H. Dodson
of Oklahoma City, who has designs
upon the Oklahoma City postmaster-
ship, which pays $3,600 a year; M. L.
Slott, Creek national attorney of Mus-
kogee, who Is here on departmental
business; L. s. Commissioner W. W.
>vfram#^f. IUlBa: Fred Sutton and
wlie of Oklahoma City; Assistant U. S.
Attorney J. c. Denton of Muskogee;
A. \ Doak of Ardni- re, who has a site
I° ., e fede.ra.1 bui! ing there; J. F.
and J. George
Vu. Ul,,uye"or m oiner 8tate. results per acre to the State, will bo monev for n..hn7n„Z; Vs a-, ' * T- ant> J- George
In this: In order that the Governor; increased to about forty cents ner Sdfrtlni fnH kP P ^ ' When home \\r,Rht' c<"nmission< r of tho Five
may proceed with caution and avoid i acre. P building nnd home imorovementR I Civilized Trihno nvo
mistakes in judgment, the convict may The experience of the last year in
i selling part of the Public Buildim*
may proceed with caution and avoid j acre.
mistakes in judgment, the convict may
be given temporary freedom under j selling part of the I-ubllc liuildlns
parole, which does not exhaust the Land has ..learly demonstrated what
sentence but merely suspends It. and ! was believed and recommended bv
by which the Governor may test the I many of the members of the Legisli-
reformation of the convict by promptly turo. as ion i. ,„v*..i
revoking the parole and returning him
at any future date to serve further
under his sentence if he again vio-
lates the law. In our experience the
parole system has been of great value,
and has been exercised with great
ture, as well as myself heretofore
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 Sta'e for all this purpose and
if the lands were sold at public auc-
tionUl(i haVG received first considera
h.°™e building and following "('ilthttmann' Patrick V.
improvement, a Bpecial session of the
Legislature one year ago enacted a law
reducing the maximum levies for all
ocal purposes, and placing the power
lv in^ii !l'r taxes more emphntical
L™. t hanils, of ,hp loraI People
renort V€S' J' 8ratlf5"nK now to
^rj?J.°"r-H°°ornble ,'!"d-v which
tion and tho proceeds of salVInVe.Ud1 SSf'm^^TowtnHnSe'rthi^Vew
I onnelly, El Iteno, adjustable tool;
I res,on Day, Augusta, horse-de-
acher, James W. Garrett, Elk City,
cotton chopper; Walter A Samuell, as-
signor of 49-100 interest to P. E. Ful-
ler, Ringwood, windlass; Edward Wal-
den, Ardmore, bale or package tie;
Thomas G. Wolfe, Oklahoma City, cot-
ton-seed meal cooker.
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