The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-10
A seperate roposItIon.

It has been proposed by several
dislntorcsted members that the ques-
tion Of the sale or retention Of the
lands be submitted with the c nsti-
tuition as separate proposition for
vote. It is believed that this would
hc a victory for the people who de-
sire the retention OF the lands
The suggestion which has been
made by some OF the members Of the
Constitutional Convention that the
office OF Lieutenant Governor is a Lsr-
less nppendage TO "A state govern
ment and should not be created has
stirred up the Democratic candidates
tor that position under the ilrst state
administration. At least four candi-
dates are now actively In the field for
that position, among them George w.
Bellamy, of ~ Reno. G.. s. GilkorsOn,
OF Cheyenne; Colonel Ben n. Wood
son, of Hobart. and Frank p Davis,
OF Agra.
One OF the biggost questions. since
the meeting of the constitutional con
| vontiOn was sprung today, and none
/ has as vet offered solution What
machinery will there be in the Indian
/ Territory portion of the new state for
/ conducting the FIRST state election?
| The election for delegates to the con-
ycntiOn was conducted In districts
and precincts specially provided by
/ the distrlcting boards, named by
( President Roosevelt There are no
county boundaries. rs yet. IN Indian
| Territory, but constitutional conveu-
| tlon must provide them Naturally the
/ county boundaries will play havoc. N
/ in fact not oblitcratc entirely. the
/ districts and precincts used In the
! delegate election I'm the first state
! elction an officers from state down TO
/ and including countv must be chosen.
! There viii remain. hOweyer as SHOWN
] above, no election districts or pre-
cincts I'm which 10 conduct such state
election II now districts and pre-
cincla and general election machinery
are provided It means an additional
cost of AZ least twenty thousand dol
lars
An elected Insurance commissioner
] Is provided for ina the provision in
troduccd by r j Leahy, OF Paw
huska. which lists the executive Of
hcors for the new state as follows;
Governor lieutenant governor, sec
| retary OF state commissioner of in
surance. railroad commissioners. at
toney general commissioner OF ag-
riculWro aud labor and inspector of
railroads. mines ana pipe lines
The FIRST insurance provision was
introduced By Charles N McClaln
OF Purcell. chairman of the commit
tee ON insurance. n creates the of.
flee of insurance commissioner, who
ls 10 be appointed be- the governor
and confirmed by the state senate.
/ According To the Mcciain provision
he must be am eXpcrt insurance man.
His term and salary are 10 be fixed
| by the Grst legislature
Rev j. n ~ Cobb of Sapulpa. one
of the Republican delegates OF the
liauur traffic committee oil the con.
sHtutonal convention, says that "a
majority Cf the committe will favor
constitutional prohibition. but that
I'm Am probability 81 minority report
/ will also be- made To the convention,
fayoring "a separate submission 10 the
people of Oklahoma Territory re-
garding the extension of the twenty
one wear prohibition clause In the
enabling act over the entire state
Personally Rev Cobb is for constltu
tioual prohibition
Representatives OF natural gas in
terosts in the productive fields around
Tulsa are in Guthrie today for the
purpose of inducing legislation that
viii protect this great industry III
r. Tucker secretary of the CONNER
cial club and n ~ Bocksinger. both
of Tulsa and W. O. PhinDen of Co
weta. constitute the advance guard
and oxpect 90 be reinforced by some
of thci- fellow citizens in few
days
THE boundary question is about
the nerccst proposition going You're
damned N Won DO and Won you're
damned if you don't said a doioeat'
this morning