The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-02


Now. II these provisions mean any
thing they mean that each State al
mitted into the Union must be admit.
ted on exactly equal terms and with
exactly the same powers and priyi.
leges Of every other State. so that
" the other States have the right
and power TO make. amend. or repeal
prohibition laws al any time. and ls
often as they please. without Jet o.
hlndrance upon the part of the Unitel
States: II other states may at their
I pleasure frame and adopt new con
stItuions or amend an old one, the
constitution guarantees that same
. privilege 10 our new State. ANA no
PA Congress can say nay.
The power 10 pass State prohibition
/ Jaws is not reserved to- Congress;
nor are the rights prohibited to the
States by The constitution Now, ac-
cordiug 20 Article 10 above quoted
chat right is reserved 10 the state or
the people. and any attempt upon tho
part Of Congress to dictate to us
what we shall or shall not haze n our
constitution. or what we may or may
not take ont by amendments. at our
own pleasure. Is in violation Of the
constitution oi the United states.
u in admitting Oklahoma State
Congress has limited It's power Of self
government In any way In which
other states have not been 'imjed We
are to that extent limited as To &c.
/ publican form Of government and
such provision Is void and not 5iul.
ing upon the poOpl'.
The argument put 'p by Mr. Dre'
as to the validity af the Q! yc1- clause
lis wholly untenablc. II is true
that the T.. J. Davis "carpctbag' gov.
ornmcnt Of Texas dishonesty gran
ed large quantities Of land TO rail
roads. and Il IS true that when 80
Democrats got into power they could
not undo that work. but they could.
and did. stop it fut when We look
back into the reason of the matter
We find that at the time these grants
were made the constitution OF hat
State permitted tLem to be- made, and
10 the extent they had been made
they were contracts brtteen the state
and the railroads. and had become
vested rights. and 10 have revoked
them would have been infringing on
vested rights. the impairing Of con
tracts. yea. would have been rcpudi
alton. aud manifestly yiolativo OF the
constitution of tnc United States.
Hut since there cannot bo-in cOntcm.
piatiun Of lava vested right In the
continuation OF q criminal law. his
argument stands for naught Just as
well say tnat the constitution could
make It a capital felony for a man
to steal horse. and forbid It's re-.
peal for 90 years.
As well say that congress could
/ have provided for compulsory d.
ucation Ia public schools for p years,
and forbid separate schools for ne
groos for q years. and thereby COM
pei us to send our children to school
with negroes, with no chance for re
, lief for 2l years, Say brother, II Con
gress has the power TO do the one
/ Il has the power (and in my opinion.
/ II we had the same Congress as 70
membership to deal with as the one
that disfranchised so many Southern
men, and would have passed the In
iQuitous force bill, but for the timely
interference Of that grand old Demo
era from IN north Saml j. Randle)
they would to pass a law compelling
mixed schools and our wives and
daughters to ride In the same coach,
side by side with negroes.
As to the railroad land grants, II
should be remembered that Gov
Hogg, while attorney general recov'
cred many thousand acres Of said
lands because t..o railroads did not
comply with their part of the law
Mr. Drow's illustration of the To-
cation OF the capital at Guthrie for
/ 10 years Is like using one absurdlty
to prove another If Congress had the
| right TO barter on the peoples right
20 determine their permanent capita
for I3 years. they could have hurtoroJ