The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-14
ELECTION
COST $4,000
AMOUNT EXPENDED BY
SEQUOYAH Pc O:PLE
LAST WEEK
THEIR FIRST EXPRESSION
Amounted TO Nothing, But
Left Strong Organization.

Muskooee, !. r. Nov. Regardless
OF whether the vote has bee. $4,000 or
whether 1t has been 100000. and whether
the sequoyah movement results In one
state or two. the election which has just
been and the result OF which Is now
compiling has been remarkable chap-
ter in the history Of the country
The people Of an absolutely unorgan-
ized territory demanded statehood.
They have proceeded entirely uopn
their own volition and at their own ex-
'nse TO form a constitution and raify
IT, They asked for state for Indian
territory alone. not because everyone
wanted IT, but because majority seem
to want it that way Yet there is not
man in he sequoyah organization, and
fef who favored the movement with
their vote. that would not without a
moments hesitation say Give us sta-e-
hood with oklahoma If necessary to get
statehood"
The Voice Of the People.
The people Of the territory have spok
en- Most Of the men who favor joint
statehood remained away from the pslls.
They say that It was not fair cleo
ton, but be that as 1t may. all were
invited 70 participate 1t is now up 70
congress. There will be two petitions.
but they viii differ only in the matter
OF form and not as to the ultimate re-
suit-statehood.
IL was no easy task to hold an cleo
tion in a territory where there are ap-
proximately 100000 people and an area
Of $1,000 square miles This. too where
there had never been vote Of any kind
on any question The natives did not
even know what it meant to vote The
territory had 70 be divided into cleo
tlon precincts and there were no coun-
/ ties. no townships and no voting places.
There were no county clerks to order
the elections nor to supply election sup,
pi,es Yet despite all this. organization
was perfected
The First Election.
The results show that IT was az ad-
mirable piece Of work There were go
voting precincts mapped out. In some OF
The large and sparsely settled counties
there were as many as twenty-five vot-
| ing places. In each Of these places iudg Is
and clerks had to be appointed and they
served without pay There was no
money for them There We're no cor
porate interests from which TO draw
I funds and there were no candidates to
draw personal support nor TO make con-
4 iributions. The finance committee IN It's
I final report today shows that the entire
campaign. forming a constitution and all,
! cost less than $4,000, not as much as
would be necessary In a ward cam
paigm There was no politics I'm the
I sd. ..
4 republicans and democrats alike particl-
pnted In the constitutional convention
ana ia the campaign. no regard wac
paid 10 whether q man was a democrat
On republican. The political work
came in In the manner and means Of
getting interest where such thing had
( never before been proposed. In this
/ there was some remarkable astuteness
( displayed
/ An Organization Established
The movement was started by the FIVE
lndiun chiefs representing the tribal
/ government They are the only author
! iiy recognized ia this territory and the
only authority with which the govern
ment can treat. This ana the voluntary
action Of the people is an the authority
/ that can be laid claim 70.
What has been accomplished IS no
more important than The results win bi
in md.an Territory. even In case OF
I failure nf the nrsi object Of the sequo-
I van movement. Il has made an organi-
2aion IN case cons.oss decides that on
state Is better than two and new
constitution must be formed for the two
territories. thon the organization that has
created the sequoyah constitution viii be-
able TO elect practically every delegate
from the Indian Territory side Of that
convention. This for the simple reason
that it would take months for amy otheI
party on policy 10 organize.
No Favors TO Oklahoma
In every precinct IN every county IN
The territory there is an organization
that corresponds 70 the township organ
izaion. The vote that they succeeded
in getting out az The recent election
shows ,nat Thy cAn control more har
one hah the votes Of The territory
The vote which has been cast alss
shows thai Indian Territory has fully as
many votes as Oklahom@. and any fur.
ther talk Of legislation Of joint natur,
in which the two territories are no
givcn equal representation win be folly
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