The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-29
MARTINS
TALK ON
BILL OH
--
RELATIVE TO LOCATION
OF SCHOOL OF
MINES
EDUCATING MEN
FOR MINERS
Representative Martin
Makes Graphic Appeal
for School


Guthrie. okla. May 26, 19lS House
Bil No. 621
From the official record.
suvcrs--Mh Speaker. want to
call up house bill No 62i
Martin. Mr. Speaker. want To
say Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the
house / want to raise a point Of order
on this bill This Is not house bill
at an. It Is an entirely new bill. newly
written with the house number on it,
There IS not anything in this bill ex-
cept the word house bill' and No.
62l that Is all that is the same as was
ia the original bin, as It left the house.
Further. the amendments that we're
rep rted were not according to parlia.
mentary rules Had they brought
back a report that had struck ont all
but the title, e would be in order. and
q point of order would not be good
bat instead the title is not even the
same. the original bill that this is pur
ported .e be was not aver one small
section. and even that is stricken out
and brought here as an amended bill
/ 10 not think this bill should be con
sidered as house bill | would moi
mind gentlemen, even under these
ci.cumgtances, If they had given q
fais show TO all. say the bill should
not be considered, and | take il tht
roint of order should be sustained.
tRemarks b. Stivvers--Ruling by
Speaker)
Martin (continungl Mr. Speaker
and gentlemen OF the house, want tC
IDEAL with you frabkly. / want you 10
say'whether ylu are going to vote her,
TO put this in a certain locality ol
whether you are going to consider
this bill as amended Every man here
knows that in the out set We started
opt with a bill TO create a school o.
mines, and the location was not to be
considered ! filed our application be
! fore the public buildings committee
the second meeting they had. OuI
! reasons for wanting this school were
not that We wanted a public building
so much. but for the interest of the
state .f Oklahoma and for the devel
/ Cpement OF the mining interests W,
| proposed Mr.. Speaker. to develop n
J Ottawa county, a mining district sec
/ opd 20 none in the world You al
know that the mining field in Iaspe
county Mo. is the largest in the Uni
ted States and that the county Il
Missouri that contains this field is tn
/ ichest county in natural resource
in the United States. and we propos
Mr. Speaker, and gentlemen Of tn
house, to 20 on IN Development in o
tawa county. and In some eight or te
other counties in Oklahoma, TO deye
op lead and Jack field that VIII swa
low mp this Missouri field and tax
away from il the name il has 0btail
ed of the Joplin Lead and Jack Field
We pr pose TO grow SO extensive thi
We will cause the whole world to re-
cgnlze the Oklahoma field. We wi
wrench from joplin the name an
this vast Industry Joplin include
will be known as the Oklahoma iiel
I. These people al Wilburton started o
. after normal school, and came he
! and worked he-e for that purpose, b
/. there being SO many applications 4
r normals they made up their minds
! ask for this school and they new
/. filed their application until the Ia
+ meeting of the committee. and Il
committee held an extra meeting
i. let Them Gle their application. Il W
n not that they wanted the school
'y mines but they simply wanted a pa
= ne building. while Ottawa count,
" reasons for wanting % mining scho
were they interest IN the mining
dustry. aud want the state develop,
Now. gentlemen. can show YOU th
this school OF mines Is Of more bene
To these very men IN the Place | wa
10 PM H. than wherc they want
, themselves. AS soon as cur field
J developed a little more. We will D
In smelte-s. and consume their co
thereby furnishing them employme
fhnd instead OF their working 80
4 days a week. as Mr.. Stivers sal
e taey can work all the time. There
Y lnot a single argument except one
, their favor and that Is simply on {
3 leoatiOn as relative TO territory
want to tell YOU right here and n,
e That these miners came here and tn
4 talked fo- the provisions that ha
4, been placed IN the mining bin. talk
for the restrictions that have be
4 placed in that bin and what was IA,
N oheci2 Their object Nas 20 tx II
! man could not come here aud co
pete with their men.
;, Now, ! want 10 say 10 you gent
I men, about this examination propo
y tim u this school goes down there,
e whether IL goes 10 my part OF
s country, want 20 iay 10 YOU n
:; when a man comes cat Of tkd scho
y taai be is q miner
y Now gentlemen, consider this ia
a ly. aud you viii vote this bin dol
Il and give us q chance
They tried 70 place n this bill fur
er resieiciions. and attempted u pla
= IN an antl-hel9er clause, aud VII