The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-01
Constitution
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Mr.. Editor:-
The main requisite Of our new
constitution should be conserva-
tism, and a great commonwealth
our ultimate aim.
2. The right hand of welcome
should be extended to capital to
come and be with us and of US and
help develop the great resources
of this country. CAPITAL should
be guaranteed the full, fair, and
complete protection Of reasonable
laws, the violation of which would
mean civil death and penal servi-
tude.
Z. Provision should be made for
labor and corporation commission,
elected by the people with sufficient
authority to investigate all public
and quasi public corporations and
see that they were living up to the
requirements of the law, and that
all statutes passed for the protec-
tion of labor were rigidly enforced.
4. Our organic law should pro-
vide for an elective railway COM
mission to establish and maintain
reasonable freight and passengers
rates, and control the railways TO
the full limitation of the law
fashioned after the Virginia and
the Texas railroad commission law.
Space will not permit comparison
Of the two acts. l believe the
Virginia law preferable but think
some of the Texas provisions
incorporated. III
S. Patrick Henry said. There
is but one light by which my feet
are guided and that is to judge the
future by the past and following
this rule, I believe that we will find
that the provisions in the enabling
act for a dispensary law will prove
abortive and disappointing to the
true friends of temperance; think
that it Is a question that should
have been submitted to the whole
people and the sooner this is done
the better; past experience has
demonstrated that laws will only
be properly enforced when made
voluntary by the people who live
under them. am in favor of CIV
ing this law, however, a fair trial
anG since it has been demonstrated
that a country can not survive
that was half slave and half free,
l do not believe that we can pros
per half wet and half dry, so am
in favor of having the law to apply
to the whole of the new state.
6. We should have a constitu.
tional provision prohibiting tra0s-
portation companies or members
thereof, from owning interest in
our Asohalt mines, Rock Quarrles,
Saw mills; oil and coal fields, or
favoring any of the operators of
any of said institutions.
I believe a provision can be made
in our constitution looking to the
state ultimately becoming the
owners of the coal lands and ell
dowing our public schools with the
same.
7. There should be separate
schools for whites and blacks, with
compulsory attendance and uni
form text books, and there should
be a law prohibiting minors uuder
the age of I6 years being in facto
ries, mines and public works of the
state.
8. All necessary and just pro-
visions should be made for the pro-
lection Of labor. and it should
never be placed in competition with
penal servitude; the writ of injunc-
tion should be limited, and labor
should be given every reasonable
opportunity to present grievances
to those who propose tc take their
rlaces, l believe that the necessity