The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-11
NEW STATE
C0NVENT ION
MATTER OF PROHIBITION DELAY.
Ed BY COUNTY GEOGRAPHY.
Prohibtionists Feel That They Will
Have an Easy Walk over When
Reports Issue From Committee
Rooms.

county udlN'I NNauuH III '''N INV ,
liouor traffic committees work. from
which must cmauute prohibition ex.
preston. This committee has hardly
gone beyond organization, and It's de-
lay is churgeable solely 20 tho work
upon county geography 1t is not be.
ucycd the liquor traffic committee
viii consume much time 10 view Of the
already strict alignment between the
constitutional prohlbtUnists and the
separate submission its. Unless rad
ical change is worked reports embody-
ing both ideas will issu" from the
committee room, and white The former
assert within reason they have only
lye votes snort OF convoutlon ma
iority, the ,'.crist5 point TO the ahEos.
rsln support pr5uiscd .h, initiative
|anG referendum ia .arne2stins success
|ior The separate sr,.l'1l,,- 'deI.
Prohibit, t1ga d., suu., "t-I
|theif cause Jy .2o nu-h ...l ir ia'
|,hay have au rGcilI 15.'. ril-r,l...
..1 aa.5.cas thsy ,sa.s sl.j,u.l "tn
..he committee. The -e1.~aa sa.Jn.
,i11i-ts ar, cempo.'l Jl s--'.t .o..s
local apislisJ. 1al AL c.l,. class.
f-la-t the constitution tar'.s a..
dish in the question. rany lra almost
agreed that under ,ls separate auJ
mission plan thag via max, the dae.5-
.ou applicable oIly to ami to b vJ,ed
upon by the people OF 0Gah1mt fer
itcry alone thus oliminl,ils indian
Territory, whera prohibition fix
ture f1r tventyons years
Tho prohIbiu3ast5 wou.l rather
the question 80 oslore .ht whole peo-
plc. If it has to g at ii for there
is according TO their figures, a favor
able sentiment on that side Of the
line. They fear in Oklahoma the sep
. aratc submission means defeat Of the
idea.
one provision for local option has
appeared and proposes to prevent an
IS ALLEGED defect of the Texas law save
that it requires the question when
' settled either way to remain so for
81 two years from date Of the election,
" which prccludes either antis or pros
s. ,r,-, lf.t,rnipg th, polltlcal waters
' at their option
- >-.-t ..,,. .,guI ho an active one for
Is oi.r,h,,.,, ,.,litf,,IIy Tho state Dc
1t ,,,cr,tfr central committee. which
IS ,,s.,.r,. r.rr,ipr5 rrom establishing
's t..,1o,,,rtors &, GYtbrlc during tho
a- corvgrtf., has named March u for
t- t1o n,rt,,s rrfmaries The convention
" win worc than likely regulate tho
vs. r,l5i,r of rrimorv elections. giylnl
.d uniform, date for all partics. In this
20 tbrv have been students Of the Tex
"a os Laws o,prccioting the gplrit. bu
y. oria,,ip,r in some of the minor details
nj rr.s. s,rdo-ts however. have not We
70 m1sfa,ed the iutricacicg OF the prima
r,. svstom ms used there. but in IN,
Pc ,,,,l,, ,,o,. NO rnrorded as fayoring tn,
~ strict limos along which the Texa
lI ,., &c framed
DE- I-pJor the terms OF n,c enabling act
70 tbo constitution is to be voted upo,
S- by tbo reopIo at the same time as th
iy stoto and legislative officers are elect
ne od The convention sets this date an,
OF =, tbo constitution is approyed by tn
et moo. ,sIlent IS to give it hi
v an. .....,,. ,..auproyal within twent
,e- d,vs and uoon the issuance of hi
Ic' rr,cr,r,trop which must also b
within tvontv davs. statehood begin,
ot II is hardly probable that the cor
to vcrtion will get through its work b,
OF f,ro Feb and that the date for tn
FIRST election will be earlier than Ma