The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-11-16
AMBITIOUS CITIES ANX-
IOUS TO BECOME
EVIDENT
COUNTY SEAT LOCATIONS
And State Institutions Come
In for Attention

Many Of the towns of the new state /
that are candidates tor the location of I
state institutions cr Tor county seat
locations, will establish headquarters
I'm Guthrie during the convention.
Among the first to announce such an
intention is Tulsa. That town will
have a lobby supported by the Gem
mercial club and probably I'm charge
Of e r Tucker, secretary Of the club
and former Guthrie citizen. The
general resources of the town will be
exploited Tulsa is very anxious TO
be designated a county seat
An attempt VIII be made to get
good roads provision in the new
states constitution. While many are
advocating a state system Of road
building. with the election by the peo-
pie of a state highway commission.
there are others who in addition are
advocating the proposition to permit
/ townships and districts to vote bonds
for road building, the same as school
districts are now permitted to vote for
construction Of buildings. The fact
that the next annual convention Of the
National Good Roads association will
be held in Musk5see. within the new
state, is lending much encouragement
to this provision in the constitution.
The association viii in all probability
support lobby here
The elimination from politics of all
state charitable institutions is another
strong point being argued for place
in the constitutions and it has many
hackers. If general discussion of the
subject can be relied upon as a guide.
In all probability the establishment
of primary election system will be
/ left for the first state legislature to
contend with, While a majority of
the delegates elected to the conyen-
tiou were chosen On primary election
platforms. and many of them were
nominated by the primary system, yet
there is a general feeling that this
question IS one of an entirely lesisla-
tive nature and should be dealt witE
by such a body. If such a course is
followed it win not require the Re
publican candidate for congress in the
First and Second districts to stand
for denomination
The Democrats of the Mannsyillc
precinct of the Chickasaw nation, in
mass meeting, have passed strong
resolutions indorsing w, H. Murray
alfalfa BilD of Tishomingo, for presi-
dent of the convention. Murray was
prominent in the late Sequoyan CON
vention at Muskogee. and is a son-in-
law Of Governor d. II. Johnson OF the
Chickasaw nation
Among the other candidates brought
out for various positions in the con
vention, is Rev Job Ingram of King
fisher for chaplain. Ingram is regi-
mental chaplain of the Oklahoma Ma
tional Guard and held such a position
with the Oklahoma regiment during
the Spanish-Americau war He is
also "a survivor of the Civil war and
Baptist minister For the same po-
sition the Democrats of Comanche
county are supporting Rev n. L. Line
baugh. presiding elder of the Duncan
district. Southern Methcdists He
was prominent attorney before en-
teing the ministry
Thomas r. Carey of shawnee high
in athletics al the Oklahoma state
university. is candidate for chief
clerk OF the convention. HE Is at he
present time the acting registrar al
the university
Indian Territory cast 6,3l0 more
ballots in the election for delegates to
the constitutional convention than did
Oklahoma, according TO the latest re-
turns that are obtainable. The can
vassing board for Oklahoma an
uoonces that the total vote on that
side was 94.69O. This included the
| Usage nation. The canvass ing board
for Indian Territory has canyassed
returns from SO of the 55 districts In
Indian Territory and there are $4,000
: votes. In these 50 districts there are
2 49 precincts missing and the vote moi
r. counted, these with the three districts
that are not yet in-estimating then
on an average with the precincts and
, districts that have been counted-wil
I make a total OF 100000 votes or 6.31l
more than were cast in Oklahoma
e This is the first time any accurat,
. estimates of the voting strength o
the two territories have been possible
and It shows Indian Territory well il
q the lead The censrs OF 1900 CAV,
a Indian remitcry $4,000 and Okla
: homa $4,000 population
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