Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16
OKLAHOMA
CONSTITUTION
1t Has Been Completed and Will
Be Submitted to the People
To Vote ON August 6.
ALL. MODERN IMPROVE MENTS.
Initiative and erendunf---successton
In State Offices Prchibited--R' II.
Comm'n and Twp-Ccnt Fares.

Guthrie, Okla. March t5.-The only
state constitution TO be produced un-
der modern conditions---that intended
for the proposed new state Of oklaho-
ma. has finally been drafted here. The
constitutional convention finished us
work today and adjourned after hav-
ing been ip session 40 days inc
constitution will be submitted TO the
people OF the TWO territories at spe-
clal election On Aug. 6. One of Inc
last acts of the conven tion was To APP
point committee to solicit funds TO
nav the expenses OF the election. the
convention having exhausted practlc-
ally all the money APPROPRIATED by
Congress ,-,--
The convention WAS OverNvhelntngly
Dem ocratic. being composed OF lVV
Dem ocrats and LIZ Republicans,
Probably the most Important r'lesis-
sIre killed by the convention was the
provision relative to separate coaches
FOR whites and negroes. although the
Democrats mad been pledged To Insert
It. Several 1elgates alleged on trG
floor that President Roosevelt Wpulu
retect the constit tuition II the Jim crow
t,rnnosition was adopted and warning
letters were sent delegates by Senators
TtlIman, Pettus and others,
Woman suffrage WAS defeated by
The Initiative and referendum, pat
termed after this Oregon law Was
adopted, az WAS a provision proNlulhs
For the nomination OF all state Oh
Nrcrs and Emitted States senators by
primaries
Succession in state offices Is pro-
hibited, and II is provided that the
senate committees shall not be named
bv the lieutenant governor but be
selected by the body itself,
oklahoma viii be a prohioltl2n
state. the most stringent lSqnor law in
existence prohibiting not only the sale
but the Introduction OF liquor into the
state being provided for, The enabling
act provided that Indian TERRITORY
must accept prohibition for 81 years
The. convention provided that me
whole state shall vote on the question,
and there IA no doubt that the tollnS
OF the enabling act will be made uni
form over the whole STATE.
Provision Is made for state ran
way commission, to- be elective and
cent Messenger fare ordered.
Railway companies are prohibited
from owing any productive agency
M natural commodity. a provision
particularly Intended to cover coai
lands.
a feIIow-seivnnt law Is embodied IN
the constitution
Corporations are prohibited from
owning more land than is absolutely
necessary ia The operation OF lher
me issuance az watered stock Is
nrohlbited. and tho books of all cor
norltlons are made subject to action
at all times.
the Organization OF corporations, to
deal in real estate outside OF inopr'
porntcd elites is prohibited
a commission is appointed To nesoi
rIate tho purchase OF the segleseleu
mineral lands In the Indian Territory
valued al many millions of dollars, and
a1ats ownership and operation or the
coal mines thereon IL contemplated
irhe legal ratio ~ Interest ~ llNrl
nd 6 per cent. and the contract rate
nd 10 per cent .,
compulsory and separate school
sv-tom NJ established.
commissions are created on ihpuu
ana arbitration, charltlef Insurance,
railroads., agricultural OIL gas ana
ssrhc state fl divided into 7 Q counties.
Il mdlelal districts and loh icslSlall'e
The state seal adopted IA c.omhina-
Ian OF Tho present seal OF Oklahoma
and the seal Of the nations OF the ave
" majority vote Is required To
amend thc constitution