Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-16
RECEIVES A SCORING
Governor Haskell in Taking
Seat Says No Thanks Are
Due for Tardy Act.

Washington. Nov ia new star
was added to- the American flag by |
the admission formally into the union
of the state of Oklahoma. President
Roosevelt. at 1916 o'clock this morn
ing, signed the proclamation admitting |
the territories of Oklahoma and lndianl |
Territory Jointly as one of the Ameri- !
can states. Little formality attended |
the ceremony which meant much for
the people of the two territories. The
: president used a pen from a quill
plucked from an American eagle. The
pen will be deposited with the Okla
homa Historical society.
OnIhs Administered.
Guthrie. Okla, Nov. l6.-With i'm
pressive ceremonies befitting the birth
day of the new state of Oklahoma,
Oaths of Office were administered tuI
Governor Charles \. Haskell and the
other state officers a few minutes be-
fore noon today. The executive oath
was given by Leslie G. Niblack, al
newspaper man.
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 oklahoma
Territory.
Order il Brief.
The text OF the order telegraphed
from Washington was brief, and clos
ed as follows:
Il. Theodore Roosevelt, president of
the United States, in accordance with
the enabling act of congress. and by
authority thereof. announce the result
OF the election TO be as certified. and
do hereby declare and proclaim the
terms and conditions as prescribed by
congress to entitle the state of Okla
homa to admission into the union on
equal footing with the original Is
states, are accomplished
Indian Band Plays.
band of Cherokee Indian boys then
played the Star Spangled Banner"
and Governor Haskell walked to the
center of the platform and took the
formal oath. and turning TO the crowd,
which closed in every direction. Hasll-
ell delivered the Inauguration address,
in which he said:
I'm its course through the day the
sun will have lighted the pathway of
a million and n half of people emerg-
ing from the disorder and discomfort
of a bureaucratic government, restrict
ed 10 the point of helplessness, neg
lected to the limit of oppression, into
condition of liberty and self-gOvern-
ment. We are not assembled TO wor-
ship the public officer who conceded
us our rights. particularly when we re-
fleet that long ago from every stand
point of population. wealth and intelli
gence this area was entitled TO all the
blessings and privileges of statehood
and now 10 thank the public officers
in over-gracious terms who have final
" performed the long and unjustiy de
ferred duty, would be in the nature OF
hugging the feet of a dilatory debtor
who finally pays just Indebtedness
Have warped Constitution.
Discussing the relations of the state
1T is with regret we notice a dis
position on the part of some high il
authority TO look upon the constitu
ton of the United States itself as
thing to be. used when it meets will
the wishes of it's executor, and be con
strued and bended when at variance
Those anxious to centralize the gov
ernment must blush when they review
the conditions under which We hav
lived for years Our freight rates ar
double those of adjoining states. TIL
lumber trust. coal trust, and othe
combinations have fattened on til
robbery of our people. If federal cor
troll is such a good thing in a state
why has it proven utterly inefficient i
a territory"
Close New York stock Exchange.
The governor said the quickest roa
to financial relief is to close the Ne'
York stock exchange and free the Gu
rencv il dominates. The Sovernc
nromised fair treatment to railroads.
At the conclusion of his address. tn
governor announced the appointmer
of Robert L. Owens of Muskogee an
Thomas p. Gore of Lawton as Unite