The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-11
OF INTEREST TO okLAHoMANs.
Matters Affecting Territorial interests
In Washington.

tions introduced in the house of rep
resentatives relating to Oklahoma, as
follows: A bill to admit Oklahoma as
a state; a bill to mark the boundary
between Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Texas; bill to establish a supreme
court for Oklahoma; a joint resolu-
ton to prevent the lease of certain
lands in the territory for longer
period than one year; a resolution of
inquiry relative to a wood reserva-
tion on the east side of the Conan
che and Kiowa reservations and a
resolution of inquiry relative to the
proceeds Of sales of town lots in Law
ton, Hobart and Anadarlo The bill
to admit Oklahoma as a state was also
introduced in the senate.
When il is remembered, however
that this session of congress only
lasted from November to December
z, and that during that time 2,1So
billsand Is joint resolutions were in
troduced in the senate, and that s.
$50 bills and 80 Joint resolutions We're
Introduced in the house. making a
total of 1850 bills and resolutions in
troduced in both branches of congress
in twenty-nine days, and that each day
of tbs regular session constantly adls
to this nupber so that the present
total of bills alone amounts to 1l,52l,
it is readily seen about what chance
the average bill has of ever becoming
a law.
Since the regular session has con
vened several matters effecting Ok
lahoma have come before congress.
Mr.. MCGUIRE has introduced the fol-
lowing bills: A bill to open to settle
ment 22,656 acres~of land known as
the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache In
dian pasture reserve No. 8; a bill to
open 10 settlement the grazing lands
set apart for the Kiowa, Comanche
and Apache Indians in Comanche
county; and bill to enable the secre-
tary of the treasury to purchase a site
for the erection of a federal building
in Oklahoma City Several petitions
have been received by congress from
citizens of both Oklahoma and the
Indian territory fayoring the opening
of these Kiowa, Comanche ard Apache
lands to settlement
The senate has confirmed the fol-
lowing postmasters: W. T Judkins
at Mountain Park; Eta II. jayne at
Edmond. and Thomas J. Palmer at
Medford. In this connection it may
be mentioned that the postoffice de-
partment has announced that the fol
lowing fourth class postoffices in Ok
lahoma are advanced to the presiden
tial grade on January /, 1904, Foss
Leger, Pawhuska and Wellston.
A great many measures of general
interest to the whole country are OF
course being constantly introduced in
both houses. Those relating to pen
sions however, seems to create the
most wide spread interest, and peti
tions are received every day praying
the passage of a service pension law
and several bills for this purpose have
already been introduced For example
on the tenth inst. a bill was introduc
ed granting a pension Of S12 pei
month to all soldiers who served
ninety days in the United States army
during the late civil war, and wh'
have passed 81 years Of age. Tha
some such law as this will finally b'
passed seems certain if not at this
congress, then at sometime in the neai
future
The proposed regulation of inter
state transportation of intoxicating
liquors seems to have created conflict
ing opinions. On the one hand y. M
c. AS and Women's Christian Temp
erance associations are strongly ad
vocating it, while on the other han'
brewers associations and Germai
clubs are sending in lengthy petitions
protesting against IT,
A bill has been introduced into tn
senate providing for the payment o
overtime claims Of letter carriers ca
cluded from judgment as barred b.
the statute of limitations.
In no way is the progressive spiri
of Oklahoma better illustrated than b.
the number Of patents issued to il
residents It is safe to say that NOR
patents IN proportion to population
are issued to Oklahomans than to IN
residents Of any other agriculture
state or territory in the union.
In the issues Of December 18th an
22nd Oklahoma received total Of 81