The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-08

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university preparatory schoo, az Ton
kava, owning buildings and equil.
iler valued a, considerably more
than 800 90. besides a valuable sec
,lon % land abutting the city of Ton.
kava. A similar school v!ll doubles
be- established in Indian Territory
An EFFORT will also Boz made 10 So.
cure the appropriation Of 10000 for .
re erection of temporary capital .
buildings ln Guthrie % house the F.
state officers and furnish a place f1r .
the meetings Of the legislature until .
the state capital is permanently lO-
Gated after 1913.
In addition % the schools enumer-
a,ad above there is a c0.oreC agricul- .
ural and normal school az IAngston.
The Agricultural and Mechanical col.
Iege az Saltwater and the Oklahoma
university a. Norman
A committee composed Of J. J. Curl
Of Bartlesyille. J VI Chambers Of A..
Okla. John Leahy Of Pawhuska, W. +.
Tosh of Hobart j. now investigating
the value q the segregated coal lands
and preparing 20 negotiate with the
chiefs Of the Chlckasaw and ChOctav
tribes with a view TO purchasing the
lands. The committee was named b.
the constitutional convention after
lively fight IN which President Muir
ray came out victorious. Murray, who
is member Of the Chickasaw tribe.
named the committee 10 negotiate
/ with that tribe for the purchase Of the
I lands Chambers and Leahy were his
chief lleutenants IN the forensic bat.
| tie. Tosh and Hendricks are school
/ land lessees The committee will re-
/ port 10 Governor Haskell, who will
| submit the report to the legislature
/ with a recommendation The demo.
cratic platform upon which Haskell
was elected contains this pledge.
We favor the purchase OF the seq.
regated coal and asphalt lands at
fair price to be agreed upon between
the state authorities and the Choctaw
and Chickasaw governments"
President Murray estimated that
the land could be had for not more
than sl7OOOOOO.
The democratic platform also con
ta!ned "A pledge for the sale OF the
school lands OF Oklahoma as soon as
3 possible and practicable"
As the counties OF the Indian Ter
ritory will start out with no funds an
enort may bc made to vote state aid
' In tho building Of roads. The consti-
tuition gives the legislature power TO
create state bureau OF highways,
which may create road districts OF
any size.
Another important matter, though
political in It's nature, is the drafting
Of law which will cut out the negro
voters. Another legislative PROPOSE
ton dealing with the races will be the
passage of laws prohibiting marriages
y between blacks and whites, the whites
. under the constitution being all per
' sons not having negro blood in their
e veins. The law for separate coaches
4 and separate waiting rooms will prob
, ably be the first passed by the legisla
r. turc. Many other important matters
, will be up to the Legislature.
r The constitution provides that the
{ first session shall be 100 days, with
a pay to the members at 81 per day and
4 mileage II Is probable. considering
a the time taken by the constitutional
=. convention. that this will be insun
f. cient. and there Is talk already that
- an extra session will be necessary.
Il Lieutenant Governor George Bell
1 amy of III Reno will preside over the
{ senate, but his duties are small, the
!. constitution providing that the senate
y shall elect the members Of the stand
q ing committees by a vote. II appears
+ certain that William II. Murray vii
J. preside over the lower house OF IN,
q legislature. His hackers claim thai
a he Is the best posted man in the state
!. on the provisions of the constitution
and that having presided over thai
body to turn him down for speaker
would be taken as a reputation o'
the work OF the constitutional con
vention. On such plea, Haskell de
feated Lee Cruce for the democratic
nomination for governor, and FranF
Frantz for election governor. II has
always brought success. Murray als'
Is the choice of Haskell and the new
members would hardly have the nerve
10 break with the little general" G
l.. Holland OF Tulsa, Milton Bryan o.
Shawnee. l.. Il. Cope Of III Reno ano