Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Date of Statehood ProcIama-
ton Fixed
BY THE PRESIDENT TODAY
Conference With Different Factions
and State Officers.
GROSSCUP IS NOT SELECTED
To Form a Committee to Frame a
Law for the Reformation of
Corporations.
IS NOT SELECTED

Oklahoma viii become a state OF tho
| Union Saturday, November ii. unless
! there is some change IN the plans OF
! President Roosevelt.
The date for prociaIming the new state
was fixed by the President today after
| call by a delegation of Oklahoma citi-
zens. headed by Gov. Frank Frantz and
! Chief Justice Clayton of the supreme
court of the Indian territory. who brought
with them an official copy OF the newly
adopted constitution and laid It before
the President for his approval or disap-
! prevail In receiving the document the
President said that it was his intention.
unless he changed his mind, to approve
| the constitution and issue a proclama-
| ton. He wanted II understood. though,
that his official approval did not carry
| with 1t his Endorsement Of many OF the
provisions of the document
| The President said he had received nu-
| merous protests against proclaiming the
new state, but that his investigation or
! a number of them did not show that they
should stand in the way of sta tatehood-
Several other protests he had not been
| able to examine carefully, but he had
| turned them over to Attorney General
Bonaparte for an opinion. He should walt
! until he heard from his cabinet member
| before fully deciding what We would DO.
| that there was considerable business pend
| ing in the territorial courts which would
have to be cleared up before statehood,
and suggested that the date for issuing
the proclamation should be made as late
| as possible under the enabling act which
provides that the President shall act in
| twenty days. November l6 was then
| fixed upon.
The President. following the presenta-
| tion OF the constitution, consulted with
| his visitors about the SIX most important
appointments in the new state-tWo fed
eral judges and two sets of United States
marshals and attorneys one set in each
judicial district There are, as heretofore
printed in The Star, hundred or more
candidates for the six places. About ff-
teen or sixteen territorial judges are cam
didates for judgeships and the number
seeking attorneyships and marshalships is
large.
Among those present at the conference
besides Gov Frantz anu Chief Justice
Clayton were Representative-elect Ma
guire, Chief Justice Burford of the Okla
homa supreme court, Judge Gilett State
| Senator-elect Harper S. Cunningham.
Silas Reid and G. f. Hunter republican
state chairman. Senator Long of Kansas,
who has taken a deep interest in the
affairs of the new state, was also present
part of the time, as we'll as Senators Car
ter and McCumber.
The President will announce his selec-
ton of the candidates before the 10th OF
November, so that the appointees may
DE prepared 10 assume ONCE Immediately
upon the entrance of Oklahoma into sis
terhOod.
Grosscup Has Not Been Selected.
Somebody has been misinformed as to
the President having asked Judge Peter
S. Grosscup of Chicago to select COM
mittee to make suggestions for the enact
ment of a law for the reformation of
corporations. especially one that viii bring
all interstate corporations under regula-
tions of the general government. An In
dianapoiiS dispatch quotes Judge Cross
cup. at a dinner in that city, as saying
that the President had intrusted him with
an important mission of that kind. 1t is
known that the President has not done
anything of the kind He has not even
conferred with Judge Grosscup on such
subject, although he has talked with the
juriSt number of times on matters con-
cerning corpora tiOns and may have writ
ten him on the general subject, in which
both are so greatly interested. The Presi-
dent Is not accustomed to- selecting one
man to pick committees commissions
for him and does not take that method of
seeking information. which he is always
glad TO get from any source.
Federal Charters for Corporations.
President Roosevelt was today made ac-
quainted with a specific proposition for
federal control of corporations doing an
Of North Dakota has prepared a bill for
introduction at the coming session Of
Congress to this end and took occasion to
explain its provisions TO the President
The measure provides that existing or
new corporations may obtain federal char
ters by complying with its provisions,
which include submission to the scrutiny
Of tho Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Of all books and records of the assOcia-
ZION. The issuance of stock of such fed
eral corporations shall be based on the
value of their assets to be ascertained by
the Secretary Of Commerce and Labor.
The one exception to this is in case money
is needed for betterments and improve
mcnts. when Tho stock issue may be
greater.
No corporation will be compelled to re-
organize and operate under federal char
ter.
Will Be Roosevelt or Cannon.
James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, with
some friends from that city, talked with
the President today. Mr.. Lewis has some
interesting ideas as to national politics.
IF the next national convention is held
in Chicago, as l think It Will. said Mr..
Lewis, president Roosevelt will be nomi-
mated for another term. If he declines
the nomination the convention will nomi-
nate Speaker Cannon 1t can not afford
to nominate TAFT because that would split
the party in Ohio. SO il looks 10 be either
Roosevelt or Cannon. As TO the demo-
Gratis, l do not believe Bryan will an
nounce himself until he Sees whether
Roosevelt accepts another nomination.
If Roosevelt does not do SO, Bryan VIII
be nominated and elected. He will secure
that would go to Roos welt"
Going to the Isthmus.
Representative Tawney, chairman of the
House committee on appropriations, call
ed on the President today to say that
the committee is about to start for Pam
anna 10 investigate conditions in the canal
re giOn. The object is 10 asce rtain what
amount of money viii be needed for tho
canal during the next fiscal year. The
President approved the plan of appropria-
ZION committee members going direct to
the spot where appropriations are 10 be
made and seeing for themselves.