The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
President Roosevelt Signs Proclamation. OFFICIAL ACT WAS DONE IN THE CABINET ROOM But Little Formality Attended the
 Ceremony.
 -.s- NS rae President Used Pen which Was Formes From auIil riue'ed From The wias of
 An American
 Eagle.

tl washins,..n, Nov. 16.--A new star was added to the American flag today by the admission formally to the un- ion of the State of Oklahoma. Presi- dent Roseve1t. at io:1s o'clock this morning signed the proclamation aa- hitting the territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory jointly as one or fhe American States. Little formality attended the ceremony which meant go much to the people of the two terri- tories. pr6clamation. the President used pen formed from quill plucked From the wing of an American EaBie. The pen will be deposited with the Oklahoma Historical Society
 There was & absolutely no ceremony connected with the signing of the pro- cIamation. The act was done m tne cabinet room to which had been ad- rnitted Senators Carter and Dixon, oI Montana, and Warner, of Mfssouri, pe- sides a number of residents or Oklano- ma. most of whom are connected Wltn line government departments in Wash fneton, and newspapers representatives.
 Tt was exactly 10:t6 when secretary Loeb threw open the double doors ieau- tnr from the Presidents oftce. He had fbe urociamation in his hand which ne ia,a rs fhe large square .blotter at the President's position at the head or the cahinef The President entered ana TcoIx his seat at once, was handed the large quilt pen by the Secretary ana hingeif lifting the lid from the ink- rtapas dfpped the pen and wrote nis ,,asne in IafKs letters, the pen making \ scratch with each movement. When ha haA fanashed his signature, the Rres- tdenf picked up a small blotter win vrI1ich i1s plotted his name. ana looking np procIaimeds OK lahoina ls. E ss.1 ns .t rsysd f5iSlahofhs. a clerk n the lana neIsrs. stepped forward and asked; saa, l., ys.N@sszs,sf nav I have the btotterIs The president picked up the small hiettsr and handed t to MT. naInner s { sass...s1r for me to use particular pens ssss.. there are letters in my name.
 t'ssrs Tss.. -hlatter contained q distinct Hu- .a.sin,, If the Presfdents signature sevsrsed. The signing and the incl. i'. aents connected herewith oecupieu pss .,ss ass .nIn,ite and at the conclusion. tne cssdsrt ems bowed himself back into his .,yat ata .offce with the remark Noou morning, gentlemen. ..a or,s,nal .r,aea of having the proclanatloh TOT siened at exactly 10 oelocK. is pvs-s e p. r,ss occupied with his mall UP 70 toens t,,,s ha actually signed the docu- the No signifcance Is attached to ule" s.~tsen minute delay. FoiloWinB is ths taxt of the proclamation:
 Ry the President of the united St@ees
 of America.
 A proclamation:
 Whereag, the Congress of the on- .s states did by an act approved on .Sa Sixteenth day of June, one thous- nS nine hundred and six, proVlae tna. n,a the inhabitants of the IsIlItVry Ui Ais,s. under the conditions prescripeo iienSS act adopt constitution anu < na,oyna the State of OklahoHa, anu anu .'Ssreas by the said act, provision was -s S,,iv made for the election oI consu- .s.., s.s.;onai convention to form cVhstltus . l s~,d state government for the said tion .ad state; and whereas 1t appears pIopoT tTa informAion laid before me a.tet ~,1eh convention was duly hela ana s.sch constitution and state soNerh- noSrSt were thereby Iornieu' - yuhereas. by the act the sald conVen-
 .,,ss further authorized and em- tlon gd to nroytde by ordinance Tor ps.,si,tinr inc said substitution of the .std state for ratification, ana hkeNlse Sor -the ratification or rejectlon or any i, provisions thereof to to 1.,,sr,;tted. DS Dy ss 'N h,a whereas, 1t has been certlnea 70
 as reouired by the said act, by the ne,,ornor of Territory of Oklahoma, snS nv the Judge Senior Tn the servlGc aT inc United states Court or Appeals for the Indian Territory thst Inayo .|t,,o ttv of the legal cast provided Tor oy tlie nrdinance. as required by said act, nave Saar, caat for the adoption or sald con stitution. and whereas, copy oI saIo constitution has been certified to me, as reouired by said act. together Wlth the articles of propositions ana orolnanees lna..e+s nsrtaininR thereto, including separate oronoaition for Statewide prohibition Sghich has been certified to mo as hay t,g hAen adopted by many of the cleo tors at the election aforesaid:
 And, whereas, it appears, the lnIor- nation laid before me tnat .ne conten. .sl tion aforesaid after it's organization and hefore the formation of the said aonstttufion duly declared on behalf of tbe people of .he said proposed state that they adopt the constitution or the United States.
 And whereas, it appears that the said <, norstItution and government of the nronosed State of Oklahoma are repub- i,car in form, and that the constitu- tion makes no distinction in civil or rolitical rights on account of race or coIor and Is not repugnant to the Uni- teS states or to the peoples of the dec- fsratton of independence, and that H nontains all of the six provisions ex- orassIv reuuired by Sectino of the said act to be therein contained, and
 whereas, 1t further appears rom tne information laid before me, that the convention above mentioned did by or- dinance irrevocably accept the terms snS condIttons of the said act as re- n,,irad hv Section 22 thereof, and that sil the provisions of the said act ap- proyed on the 18th day of June one thousand nine hundred and SIX. have been duly complied with. therefore, l, theodore Roosevelt, President or the rynited States of America, do in ac- sordance with the provisions of the said act of Congress of June sixteenth one thousand nine hundred and six, de-