The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-03-15

abHns set provides lhat no change
shall be made until that time. The
present laws Of the territory Of Okla
hcma are extended over the Indian
Territory until the state legislature
creates a code
The feature OF the nSw state consti
tuition Is the provision embodying the
Initiative and referendum therein. In
the campsign for election 20 seats IN
the convention It was an issue and
when the constitutional convention got
ready to pass the frst provision for
the proposed constitution Il was the
initiative and refer ndum. The meas
IRE IS patterned after the one in vogue
IN the state Of Oregon The Oklaho-
ma measure provides that eight per
centum Of the people may initiate any
legislative proposition and fifteen per
cent may PROPOSE a constitutional pro
vision. The referendum may be or
dered by the state legislature or in
volte,5 ~ FIVE per cent OF the qualified
electors OF the state The powers of
the initiative and referendum are ex-
tended 10 the counties and municipali-
ties on local issues
One OF the remarkable feattres that
developed in the constitutional con-
tsntion is the projected psnehase of
the segregated coal and asphalt lands
Of the Indian Territory The vast
mineral fields in the Indian Territory
acre owned by the individual Indian
controlled by the tribal governments
OF the Chiclasaw and Choctaw In
dams The Indians have indicated a
willingness to sell the lands to the
state aud the convention has ordered
the appointment Of a commission to
negotiate the purchase and report to
the FIRST governor The commission Is
composed of Delegates Leahy. Curl,
Hendricks, Tosh and Chambers. II Is
estimated that the lands can be bought
for som thing like ten million dollars.
II is proposed to sell the surface
rights and retain the mineral proper
ties and outpu: as a permanent school
endowment To occasion the success
Of the project it Is proposed TO sell
the Oklahoma school lands and Use the
money in the purchase.
Oklahoma will enter the Union as a
prohibition stste. Tho terms of the
enabling act provids that prohibition
shall exist in the Indian Territory for
period OF tweuty-one years on ac!
cOant Of governmental relations with
the tribal governments and as a pro-
lection due the Indian wards of the
Congress left to the
state the settlement Of the question
as IN wolves the Oklahoma side. The
constitutional convention provided
chat II should Es left to vote Of the
people of the whole state and in the
oyelt they order prohibition the terms
OF the enabling act Will be extended
over the entire state. BY the people
Of the indian Territory getting vote
on the proposition il Is certain that
the terms OF the enabling at will be
ext nded and the entire state made
uniformly prohibition. It Is very
prob, bic that after the advent OF state
hood that an attempt will be made to
set aside the terms OF the enabling
act and remove the prohibition from
the entire state. The pschihitionists
from not only Oklahoma brit the ma
tional anti-saloon league made very
determined fight for their cSiise and
contributed In a great measure TO the
ccess attGined.
The most important measure killed
during the progress Of the convention
was the provision for separate coaches
for bla ks and whites. The Demo