The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
OKLAHOMA JOYFUL
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES BEFfT.
 TING BIRTH or NEW STATE.
Guvefnor Haskell and Other State of- ficers Take Oaths of Ofslce and are auGurated--Indians
 Take Part.

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 Guthrie, Okla, Nov. is.--with im- pressive ceremonies befitting the birth Of the new State of Oklahoma, the oaths of office were administered 10 Governor Charles N Haskell and other State officers few minutes before noon today The oath was given by Leslie c. Nuslack, newspaper man. The ceremonies took place on the steps of the Carnegie Library, there being no State building here.
 Following prayer by a clergyman, the proclamation of President Roose- welt admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory into the Union. was read by Charles Filson, Secretary of OlsIahoma Territory. The text of the order, which was teiegrapiied from Washing ton short time before the inaugura- ton. vas brief and closed as follows:
 T, Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United states of America, in ac- cordance with the enabling act of Con- gress and by authority thereof. am nounce the result of the election to ba. as certified. and do hereby declare and proclaim that the terms and conditions prescribed by Congress to entiflef the State of Oklahoma adrnissIon into the E Onion on an equal footing with the original thirteen States are accom- pIfshed,"
 fA bAtfu 4AA t<ttGTOAtO AHulNn DQYG L0en played "The Star Epangled Banner" Governor Haskell walked forward to, the center of the platform, where he, was met by Mir. NibIacE and took the formal oath with uplifted hand. Turn ing to the crowd that closed in from every direction. Governor Haskell de- livered the inaugural address. He said: M s
 Tn It's course through the day the sun will have lighted the pathway of Q million and a half of people emerg- ing from the disorder and the discon- tent of a beaurocratic government, restricted to the point of heIplessness and neglected to the limit of oppres- sion, into State of liberty in self government, we are assembled to wor- ship the official who conceded us our rights, particularly when we reflect that long ago, from every standpoint of population. wealth and intelligence, this era was entitled to all the bless ings and privileges of Statehood. and now to thank the public officers sn every gracious term who have fnally performed long and unjustly deferred duty, would be in the nature of hug ging the feet of a dictatory. debtor. who finally pays his Just indebtedness"
 Governor Haskell discussed the, diff ference between State and National Government. and continued:
 ''It is with regret that we notice disposition on the part of some high authority to look upon the Constitu- ton of the United States itself as even a little thing. to be used when it meets the wish of its executor and to be con strued and blended when at a variance.
 sHrhere Is no more dangerous practice to be tolerated in any public officer. care not whether he bend it for good or for a bad purpose. than to assume the right to construe the Consultation from time to time to meet his own de- sires.
 Those anxious to centraIize power in the Federal Government must blush
 when they review the conditions under which they have lived for years. Our freight rates are double those in the adjoining States. The Lumber Trust, the Coal Trust. and other like combi- nations, have fattened by unrestricted robbery of our people. If Federal con tro1 is such good thing in a State, why has 1t proven so utterly ineffl- cient in Territory?"
 Governor Haskell dwelt at length upon what he termed the oppression of the country by the trusts, and then discused the financial situation, say ing;
 You can look for immediate relief 1 wherever you please. When you tire looking elsewhere, you will agree with l me that the quickest road to financial relief Is to close the New York Stock | Exchange and free the currency that | 1t demands and turn it into the chan nels of legitimate commerce.
 | Let the Eastern banks pay our Ok lahoma banks what they owe them and
 should pay in currency on demand, and we can market our produce now ready, and increase our own wealth."
 Governor Haskell promised fair | treatment of the railroads.
 "But." he added. T hope that the | railroads will assume that official con l duct in oklahoma Is like unto court | of equity where justice is to be rneeted | out to all and that these railroads ex- pecting justice in that court of equity should enter that court with their | hands clean.
 When he had finished. the Governor 1 announced the appointment of Roberi | I,. owens. of Muskogee, and Thomas P | Gore, of Lawton. as United States Sen. ators. A parade was then formed and
 marched to a park on the outskirts oi
 the city, where an immense crowd wait
 ed to begin an Indian barbecue, 8 feat l ure suggested by Governor Haskell.
 Tn one ef the carriages Tn the parade | were the cA fs os the i've civilized tribes with the exception of Maty IT