The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-28


cation of the, capital should be deferred
until the time when the permanent geog-
raphy of the territory and the center OF
population can be more easily determined
For which reasons return the bill with
my disaDproval.'
Guthrie was profoundly jubilant. One
Guthrie PAPER printed in large letters the
words: ''Veni, vidi, yeJe." Steele was
mathematical at Oklahoma City'A local
paper, the Oklahoma City Times, said OF
him; THE governor of Oklahoma is a
| combination of social impurities, moral
| delinquencies, egregious egotism, political
| duplicity and marvellous assurance. He is
a zygomatic zoophyite, pragmatical
parachute. a Autographed moralocapus
| xiznogalathuls'' The same paper print
ed blank column with Governor Steele 5
portrait upsidedown at the head Of it and
a hearse at the bottom.
An effort to pass the bill over the gov
eTnor's veto failed.
a few days later the matter came up
again. Kingfsher sprung a capital loea-
ton bill locating the capital in that city
! and Oklahoma City ranged herself be-
| hind Kingfsher. There was an entirely
| new alignment of forces. The bill pre-
pared by Kingfisher sought to meet Gov
ernor Steele's objections in regard TO land
| donated and funds provided for perma-
nent capital The bill was passed by the
house October II. The bill read as fol-
lows:
Section I. That the seat Of government
for the territory Of Oklahoma be. and
| the same is hereby located and estab-
! lished at or within one-half mile of the
| village of Kingisfler City. Provided that
| there shall be within thirty days after
| the passage and approval of this act ex-
ecuted and delivered TO the secretary Of
| the territory. in manner and form to be
| approved by the commissioner hereafter
named, a bond in the sum Of $4,000 con-
ditional for the payment to the territory
! Of Oklahoma the sum of $4,000 on or be-
| fore the first day of February, 1891 said
| $4,000 to be paid to the secretary of the
territory as custodian of the fund, to be
known as capital fund; and said money
shall be used for the erection of capital
buildings on the site hereafter selected
by such commissioners, and the providing
of temporary public territorial officers at
such village of Kingisher City and other
incidental expenses in connection there
with and provided further that there
shall be conveyed to the territory of Okla
foma, by good and sufficient warranty
deed, ten acres of land as a capital site,
which land Shall be selected by the con-
missiOners hereafter named from lands
within one-half mile of the limits of said
Kingfsher City. and on the north half
section %, township 16, north and range
west of the Indian meridian being the
land lying adjacent to, and south of said
village of Kingfisher City; and provided
further that there shall be conveyed to
the territory OF oklahoma by good and
sufficient warranty deed 100 acres of land
within one mile of the village of King
fisher aforesaid, to be plated and sur
veyed into lots and blocks and sold and
the proceeds thereof TO be paid to the
secretary of the territory as an addition
to said capital fund to be used in the
erection of capital buildings on said ten
acre site selected as aforesaid"
See. 2.-Willam Bennett, John NJ. Can
non and A. c. Scott are named as COM
naissioners. Sec. commissioners should
qualify within fifteen days. Sec. 4. Exec
utive offices to be removed to Kingfisher
City between first and fifteenth of Fed
ruary, 1891. Section five relates to the
erection of capital buildings. Section six
provided that majority of capital conf
mission could act Sec. THE next ses-
sion of the legislature shall convene at
seat of government. Section eight pro-
vided for vacancies in said commission.
Section nine provided that the secretagy
should accept "all monies offered to him
in pursuance of this act"
This bill went to the council was
amended and passed then went back to
the house and on November TO- the house
concurred in the amendments AMI PASSED
the bill
On November IS, Governor Steele sent
the Kingfsher bill back for correction.
He found fault with the way in which
the chief clerk had dated its passage; he
thought it ought to be optional with the
commissioners to select either one or the
other Of the two tracts offered for locat-
ing the capital; that a limit to the ex-
penditure on buildings should be fixed
and added: After the failure on the part
of the legislative assembly to act upon
lie the appointment of a commission to
locate the various institutions after fair
competition I do not think it worth while
to again suggest it by asking that the
scope of the commission provided for in
this bill be extended with a view to know
ing if better terms with as good ioca- |
ton could be secured.
On December 10. the bill was again |
passed and sent to the governor.
Kingfsher had tried to amend the bill !
to meet the governors objection. He |
again returned it. insisting on other !
amendments. and finally vetoed Il in a /
long message Directing principally to the |
manner in which the land site was to be |
selected.
Governor Steele, in the Kingdsher veto. |
did not touch on the matter Of heath or |
the undesirability of locating the capital, |
but the Kingisher men now realized at |
last that he did not propose to see the /
capital moved anywhere If he could hclp /
it. unless it could be moved in mis- own
Wa.
Other attempts in omnibus bis we're
made in the same session. .r't the last 4
veto practically ended me long seance in /
which the capital question engrassei ev-
cry body.
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