The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-21
new STATE BORN
into BIG FAMILY
OKLAHOMA rs NOW A MEMBER
OF THE GREAT UNION.
CEREMONIES IN PROGRESS.
President Signs Proclamation In
Washington With An Eagle Quill
Pen-Governor Haskell Crit
icises the Administration.


Guthrie, Oklahoma, Nov. l6.-- The
twin territories Of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory passed into history at
fifteen minutes past ten o'clock this
morning. and the new state of Okla
homa was born,--the forty-sixth star
in the galaxy on old glory Though in
reality President Roosevelt sitting in
the executive mansion at Washington
signed the proclamation shortly after
eleven o'clock, owing to the difference
OF time it was apparently an hour ear
lier here when the message came over
the wires that the signature had been
affixed.
Haskell Criticises President.
Governor Frantz and other territor-
ial officers resigned Immediately. The
Inauguration ceremonies began at
eleven O'Clock. Oaths were admins
tered at the Carnegie Library, where
Governor Haskell in his inaugural adj
dress reviewed the statehood fight He
praised the new constitution, and crit
icised President Roosevelt's policies.
He held that the fine imposed by
Judge Lands on the Standard Oil as
partly responsible for the present fl
nancial situation. The symbolical
marriage of Indian Territory and Okla
homa ended the Inauguration. Cover
nor Frantz was not in the parade to
Island Park where the barbecue was
held.
His attitude became known when
the executive committee in charge of
the affair invited him to appear in the
first carriage in the parade at the side
of his successor. He refused en-
phatically. Urged to take some part
in a feature of the Inauguration, he
insisted that he did not wish to be
connected in any manner with the
ceremonies.
Result Of Campaign Charges.
The governors attitude is the re-
suit of charges made during the re-
cent campaign for state officers by |
Haskell. The territorial executive |
took particular exception to speech |
delivered at Shawnee, in which the |
Democratic gubernatorial candidate |
made a personal attack on his rival. |
The strained situation is all the more
noticeable because it is unprecedented.
Discussing the matter, Gov. Frantz
said: Il am not inclined to talk for
publication. simply do not want to
take any part whatever in the inaugu-
ration. want to be counted out Of |
it"
None Of the other outgoing terri
torial officers was invited to take |
part in the change from a territorial
government to state, by the commit /
tee on arrangements.
Signing the Proclamation.
Washington, D. c., Nov 16.-With |
an eagle quill pen, President Roose-
welt at IL O'Clock this morning signed
the proclamation that made the Indian |
territory and Oklahoma a state of the |
union. No ceremony attended the |
signing, the effect of which was to put |
in motion the machinery of the state |
government at Guthrie, Okla, which, |
Twins " AlAC AilACltlSC III llllAGI W III |
turn its wheel at II o'clock. The pen
viii be turned over to Governor
Frantz. who viii deliver it to the his
torical society of the new state.
Deed is Quickly Done. /
At ten o'clock the President asked |
the visitors present to gather in the |
cabinet room. Presently Sec'y Loeb |
opened the sliding doors separating |
the Presidents Office and the Presi- |
dent walked in and took his seat at the |
table upon which the copy of the pro
clamation and the eagle pen were
laid. The President dipped the quill |
In the ink and rapidly wrote his name. |
He then said with smile: Gentle |
men, Oklahoma is a state" May
have the blotter?' asked an elderly |
man. Certainly" said the President, |
handing it to Albert Hammer of Enid,
Oklahoma.