The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-11
freight Rate Resolution
,conunued from gage 30


8ouss rsbisd statehood ms,soFisg
IN the senate tho Bailiuger Sa,c
hcoi memorial. adopted yesterday by
The hopse was allowed 20 20 oyee md.
er thc ru.es un'H tomorrow. und cae
introduced in the senate by AleSander
IS follows, was substituted, and passed
hy the senate:
Whereas the scnste Of The United
states has passed The bin urcyiHrs
for statehood for oklahoma ana Ia.
dian territory and
Whereas. the Republican and Dem.
ocratic anG oll ouer political parties
in Oklahoma nnl indian territory have
advocated the admission into the un-
ion Of these two territories as one
state without a dissenting vote voice
IN their colyoations representing the
people and,
Whereas by otr resources. our
population and all other qualifications
We are eminently fitted for inanealate
statehood ana believing ;ha tie comp
licaticns with Arizona and New Mexi-
GO should Tot operate to deprive Okla
home and ludion territory ot their
50. ereign rights to statehood.
Therefore. be f. resolved hy tho
council of the Eighth legislative a..
sembly, the heecc occurring there
in. that wc hail with ,ov and approval
The actions Of the senate in passin.,
tho statehood biz for Cl1lahoma ami
indian territory am petition. reque L
and pray that the house Of REPRESENTA-
tiyes in congress pass the statehood
bin as passed by the senate. regard
less Of all political affiliations. AMI
give us imme 5iato statehood;
BE 4 further resolved that a COW
Of these resolutions he se1t at oncs
TO President Roosevelt, speakcg Can
non. Congressman Hamilton and Dec
cate Bird s. McGuire
Tho house opposed tho Alexander
resolution, for thc reason that tho
house had taken the lead III the mat
ter yesterday AMI Speaker No-; ID
was especially opposed to the senate
.cr the reason. as he saic.
that we passed a better one yestcr.
cay The senate resolution was
therefore. tabled. The BalIinrcr reso-
luton is fled away up stairs end the
Alexander resolution is tablei down
atairs
Invited to Smoke.
Senator NiLlack and Representative
Levy Of the Guthrie district las ev
ening issued Invitations to all men..
bors Of The assembly to smCke.. to
bo given at the Flks' club rooms in
this city on next Tuesday evening.
Many Of the meiabers last night attend
ed the dedication exercises OF the 10.
San county high school tho first Of
its kind in the territory. All members
were invited.
Passed by the House.
All tho following bills were passe /
by tho hoase on third reading:
Seuate bin No 81. by Decker. pro.
viding a hieh school at Renfrow in
Grant county, 22 ayes; absent
Bryan. Inemire. Logan and Ngoc5s
House bin No Sc. BY Levy, for the
prevention IF cruelty to animals: %
ayes; 4 nays-naniels. Gpndy. Lydlck
and Woods 2 absent-Logan and Ing
miro.
House Hill No. 70. by Ferris. regulat-
ins the control Of natural gas and oil
wells, and to prevent waste Of neturai
gas, altering gas corrections, making
gas connections without consent. sctt
ing fire to gas and pr7viding pena'tier
therefor. A ayes. ? arseat-lngmire
and Logan.
HoWe bill No. 12S by Robinson. au-
'hcrizing The town OF Granite to vote
water works bonds. 20 ayes; absent
-Ingmirc, Logan. TAYLOR Bryan and
Daniels
House bin No .2o! by Norton. to leg
alige the Incorporation Of Kilcare in
Kay county and Of Foss. in Washlta
county, z aves: 9 atsent Logan
Bryan, Daniels, Inemirc. NoGsinger
Mcaride, Walker, Prouty ard Taylor
House BIZ M 2.6 by Merton. ex
anpting the GROUNDS ani proper y Of
he Baptist state college at Blackwell
rom taxation, % ayes; absent Ing.
mire Logan Bryan and Mcbride
House bin no. % by Pryaa. a prln,.
cry election bal 23 ayes; nay--
Woods 2 ahsent-lnfnire and Logan.
House bill No. l2S. by Pauing4r I
governing the capital stock Of state
hauks in accordance with the tOwr
population; p ayes nays-Walke /
and Mcbride absent-Losan and
Ilemire.
House Dlll No 40. by Bailinrer. Civ
Ing fees 10 witnesses in criminal