The Mena weekly star., 1906-11-29
MENA ARK, NOVEMBER 29, 1yo6.
ADOPT MISSOURI PLAA.
Oklahoma Constitutional Delegate, Make Rule Barring Profess
 sional Lobbyists.
CHAIRMEA OF STANDING COMMITTEE,

President Murray Names the MeI
 Who Will Have Much InfIuenc.
 in Framing the Laws to GoverI
 the New state-Big Lobby With
 Money on Hand.
 Guthrie, Ok. Nov 2S.-Respondins to very dignified and able speech by President Inman E. Page, of the Oklahoma colored university, pre- senting to the convention beauti fully designed and constructed desI and gavel. the work of students oi the school President Murray of the convention again reiterated his beliei that the negro should keep his place and stirred up the northern democrats in the convention by stating that the majority of the members of the con yention belonged to the party which few years ago, believed Tn the en slavement of the negro race
 The party in power here has de cided platform to carry out on this matter, decided declaration of prln ciples winch must be kept In adopt ing the rules for the convention, Dele gate Haskell, of Muskogee, goi through an additional rule, covering practically the anti-lobby provision which Gov. Folk, of Missouri, vii try to have adopted as a state law barring lobbyists from the convention hall and posting their names in pub lie on an excluded list, If they vio lated the rules, and also holding 1T contempt any delegate known to have willfully and knowingly communicat ed with lobbyists, except in commit tee rooms. Lobbyists under this rule may also use the press in order tc get their desires before the conven tfon.
 Hanraty. of McAlester, got through rule designating a railway pass ol a telegraph frank as bribery, ant causing the expulsion from the con yention of any delegate using either Hanraty also succeeded in having thu convention adopt a resolution, mak ing it compulsory for all county print ing to bear the union label.
 President Murray named 21 of ths standing committees Monday even ing, the chairmen as follows:
 Preamble and bill of rights. Rose os Blackwell; federal relations. Moor. of Enid legislative department, Tosl of Hobart; judicial department. Led better of Ardmore: executive depart ment, Johnson of Perry; suffrage Henshaw of MadilI; educational Brewer of Webberfalls; agricultural Hendricks of Wakita; immigration Savage of Mcknight; crimes and pun ishment: Harrison of Sayre; private corporations. Graham of Maretta K railroad and public service corpora tions, Williams of Durant; municipa corporations, Hughes of Oklahom; City: revenues and taxation, King o Newkirk; public institutions and stat, buildings, Wylie of Tahlequah; road and internal improvements. HauseI of Coweta: privileges and elections Jones of Ryan; enrolment and en grossment. Alderson of Pond Creek salaries of public officers. Rogers o Claremore; primary elections, Has kell of Muskogee.
 A lobby with million dollars tt spend where it will do the most goos is ready to commence the distribu ton. This startling news is to b' rsed for the purpose of influencing the boundary lines of the counties il fte.xe cr boundary lines and county seats will not be announced for a few days The intense eagerness of delegates t' become members of this committe' cvershadows all other convention pro ceedings.
 President Murray is withholding it appointments. It is stated that man who can at this time draw { map of Indian territory and guaran tee the county lines and county seat to stand. can earn s1,O00,000. Th' actions of this committee when it f apnolnted will receive the closes scrutiny.
 The offer of the school cnildrei of Tishomingo was accepted by thu convention, permitting them to pur chase the records on which the pro ceedings of the convention shall b' written. The report of the commit tee on mileage showed the total ex penditure for this one item to be $5' S5s. The delegate who travelled thu greatest distance was T. o. James Q Guymon. All miles. receiving $165.6O