The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-16
ANOTHER STAR
TO AD0RN FLAG
Oklahoma and Indian Territories
Joined as One State.
THE SENATE so VOTES
New State to Be Known as Oklahoma.
Arizona and New Mexico to Vote
on Question Later.

At 5:35 o'clock Friday afternoon the
senate passed a bill for the admis-
sion Of new state to be called Okla
homa, and to be composed of the
territory of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory. 1t was the house joint state
hood bill with all the provisions re-
lating to Arizona and New Mexico
stricken out The motion to strike
out was made by Mp Burrows, and
it was carried by the close vote of
81 to IS, after having been lost in
committee of the whole by the still
closer vote Of So to 30.
The final vote on Mr.. Burrows mo-
ton was as follows:
Yeas - Alger, Bacon, Blackburn,
Bulkey, Burrows, Carter, Clark of
Montana, Clay, Culberson, Daniel, Du-
Boise, Flint, Foraker, Foster, Frazier,
Gallinger, Gearin, Hansborough, Hep
burn, Latimer, McCreary, Mallory,
Martin, Morgan, Newlands, Overman,
Patterson, Perkins, Pettus, Rainey,
Scott, Simmons, Spooner, Stone, Tai
iaferro, Teller, Tillman-37
Nays-Allee, Allison, Ankeny, Bev-
eridge, Brandegee, Burnham, Clapp,
Clark of Wyoming, Crane, Collum,
Dick, Dillingham;. lDolliyer, Dryden,
Fulton, Gamble, Hale, Hemenway,
Hopkins, Kean, Knox, LaFollette,
Lodge, Long, McCumber, Willard. Mel
son, Nixon, Penrose, Pile. Proctor,
smoot, Sutherland, Warner, Wetmore
-35. 4
The test point upon which the OPP
ponents of joint statehood showed
their greatest strength was on the
Foraker amendment, which provided
that Arizona and New Mexico should
have an opportunity to vote separate
ly on the proposition of joint state
hood. This was carried by AZ to 20.
Provisions Of the Bill.
As amended by the senate, the bill
provides for the creation of the state
of Oklahoma, out of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. The state is allowed
the usual quota of executive, judicial
and legislative officers, two United
States senators and five members OF
the national house Of representatives.
A constitutional convention, with 10
members, S. of which are to be chos-
en- by each of the territories compris-
ing the state, is provided for, and all
male citizens, or male Indians, FL
years Of age, are made eligible for
membership in it. There Is an es-
pecial provision protecting the In
dams in their rights and continues
the prerogative of the national gov
erDment to control their affairs.
The sale Of intoxicating liquors in
what is now Indian Territory is pro-
hibited for twenty-one years and
lenger, unless the constitution is
changed Sections 16 and 36 Of each
township of land in Oklahoma are set
aside for the benefit Of the common
school system, as is also five per cent
oil the proceeds Of the sale Of public
lands There is an appropriation Of
$5,000,000 from the national treasury
for the benefit of the schools.
Provision is made for the support
Of higher education and charitable in
stitutions Two district or United
States courts, one in Oklahoma and
the other in Indian Territory, are pro
vided for. Guthrie is made the tenn
porary seat Of government, but the
house provision, continuing it in that
capacity until 1915, was eliminated