The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-27
OKLAHOMA
CONVENTION
WAS FIASC0
Meeting Was Nearly an all
Day Affair
ATTENDANCE NOT LARGE
Want TO Call Representatives
of Both Territories

Oklahoma City, o. T, May 26.-'Even
after ali the discussion here yesterday
on the constitutional matter, which fl
naIiy resulted in the calling OF a dele
gate convention later on, IL then a doubt
fuI proposition if such a constitutional
convention will be called" said an ex-
ponent of the single statehood idea today.
'rWhae 1 am as much in favor of single
statehood as anyone. yet 1 cannot see
what good a constitutional convention
viii 60 at this time. The people Of okla
homa are divided upon the statehood
question, and so are the people of the
indian territory. Until they get together
! do not see what good such a conyen-
ton viii do with these conditions exist
ing. Then, again. there is TO money 10
pay men to devote their time and talent
IN framing a conutution for single
state and single statehood adherents can
not expect this money to spring up"
from the ground
The announcement that a delegate con
vention IS called for June q, at Shawnee,
to determine whether a convention TO
adopt a constitution for the proposed
state, composed of Oklahoma and Indian
territory hail be held, has resulted in
much discussion and is still a subject Of
much conjecture. The meeting of the
ssingle statehood executive committee yes
terday was nearly an all-day affair. The
attendance was not large. The worry
I bN-
Perry. and Roy Huffman, of Chandler.
Doyle presented a resolution providing
that q convention of $50 delegates, seven
ty-five from each territory, be held. the
delegates to the convention be elected
on September !. According to the Doyle
resolution the delegates selected from
each county should convene in Guthrie on
October 1 and proceed to frame con-
stitution, providing that the delegates
determined that such action be advisable
Doyle stated that the state officers would
be elected at such a time as congress
should direct, in the event that the state
should be admitted at the coming session
and If admission to the Union were re-
fused. then the election should be held
al the time of the next general election.
Roy Huffman offered a substitute for
Doyles resolution, which provided that
q convention OF delegates from the two
territories b. held to decide whether or
not to call constitutional convention.
In case it is determined advisable 70 hold
such a convention, the forthcoming con-
vention is to make all arrangements for
the holding Of the constitutional conven-
ton.
The two propositions We're much de-
bated and Doyle finally withdrew his res
olution. the cor mittec beng unanimously
In favor of IIoffman's convention idea.
There are 10 be 500 delegates in the
Shawnee convention on the 24th of June:
900 from each territory June - is the
date selected for the naming of the dele
gates TO the Shawnee convention. The
call issued for the convention is as fol-
lows:
BY order of the OkIahcma-Indian ter
ritory single statehood executive commit
tee an interterritorial delegate conven-
ton OF the people Of said territory Is
hereby called to meet at 10 o'clock a. m.
on Wednesday. the oath day of June, 1903,
in the city OF Shawnee. O. t; said con
vention to be composed of 400 delegates
from the territory of Oklahoma and 400
delegates from Indian territory, to be Sc
lected by mass convention Of the people
as hereinafter designated, on or about
Saturday, June 20. 1903.
Said convention is called FOR the pur-
pose of deciding whether or not a con
stitutioral convention shall be held to
frame a constitution for single state
embracing the lands now within the pres
ent boundaries of Indian and Oklahoma
territories. and to take such further
action as may be deemed expedient
Delegates to said convention are ap-
pointed among the several counties Of
Oklahoma as follows: