The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-16
PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION c 4
WIASl!sSUED'
Constitution Is
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| WASHINGTON. Z Nov. 1s,s,,Sow.
therefore, 1. Theodore Roosevelt, Presf-
dent OF the United States Of America,
in accordance with: the act OF congress
aforesaid and by the authority there.
OF, announce the result Eot said elec.
tion to be as certified and do hereby
declare and proclaim that the terms
and conditions prescribed by congress-
to entitle the State Of Oklahoma 70
admission into the Union on an equal
footing with the original thirteen States
is now accomplished. In testimony
whereof have hereunto set by hand
and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed. this, the sixteenth
day OF November, 1907.
THEODORE RoosEYEIT.
With a presidential proclainat tion.
Of which the foregoing Is the conciud.
ing paragraph. Oklahoma was to-day
admitted as the forty.slxth State In
the Union. The new State tincludss
Oklahoma and Indian territories ok
lahoma proper was organized as ID ter.s
ritory May 2, 1890. and was former
ly q part Of Indian Territory. Itshas
an area Of 5000 square miles and In
1900 It's population was 3sS,sai In.
dian Territory has an area Of 3i,soos
square miles and its population In
1900 was ss2.o6o. GIN. Haskell, Dem.
ocrat, will be the first governor Of the
new State and Will be inauguratedi 10.
day at Guthrie. All the State omcers.
and nearly all the congressman and i
State legislators, are D Democrats, AMI
both representatives Of the new State
in the United States Senate will be OF
that political faith.
The proclamation OF President
Roosevelt admitting Oklahoma to
the first Of the kind he has ever is
sued, as no State has been admitted
since Utah, on January 1896. In
stead, OF being written out In long
hand on parchment and decorated
with fancy scrolls. as all former
State papers Of this kind have been.
the proclamation was written with
a typewriter. In Its phraseology the
Oklahoma document bears a close re-
semblance to that issued by Presi.
dent Cleveland in admitting Utah. and
ahounds in numerous "whereases.s
These include, mention Of the enabling
act passed by the national congress
the election Of delegates to a consti.
tutonal convention and the submis.
sion of the constitution to vote OF
the people and It's acceptance by them.
these being the various steps taken
before Oklahoma could be admitted 70
full sisterhood with the other States!
The signing Of the constitution BY
President Roosevelt and the issuance
Of his proclamation to-day were ths
last steps IN the long tight for state.
hood made by the people Of the ter
ritories.
The constitution Of Oklahoma vss
written by convention composed OF
100 Democrats and twelve Republlcanss
It is said to be the most radical domu
ment ever adopted by any State, and
by William Jennings Bryan has been
declared superior to the national con.
stitution." The radical provisions EN-,
braced in the constitution are not b.
vored by President Roosevelt. who
considers that the constitution makers
have usurped the functions! OF !legisla-
tors. Before signing the document the
President made IT clear that there
were many features which did not
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