The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-12
STATEMENT READ At
RAILROAD MASS MEETING
GOVsTROT Says People Must
Judge for Future By Experience
Of Past and Present

Another enthusiastic mass meeting
was held last night relative to rails.
Ink the balance Of tae $4,000 bonus
for the Mountain Valley and Plains
railroad Speeches were made by
Horace Speed. A. g. 6, Bierer Judge
Bnrford John Golohle and Frank
Householder Practically all OF those
present had previously subscribed 10
the bonus and those who had not att
ready done so executed their notes
while The speeches were being made
The Importance ol securing this road
was furcefully nut 20 the cltizgna who
left tAe hall determined 10 solicit
among their neighbors today and Sc.
cure the amount needed
Attorney Horace Speed declared
that the proposed road would be
eventually Frisco proposition and
that Il Guthrie secured this road the
Frisco would give the capital city
better connections to the eastern
part Of the state by filling In the
gaps In their system fe1m Gushing
to Tulsa and from Chandler to Sa
pulpa Several committees were ap
pointed by President Martendale Of
the chamber ol commerce 10 call
upon the property owners who had
not subscribed 10 The fund and get
baem 10 make un tho small deileien-
cy needed to complete the 475,OUl
bonus.
An effort will be made 10 close up
the bonus proposition At q general
ratification meeting 10 be held
Wednesday. Tho following sesolu
ti0n was adopted
Committee Appointed.
Resolved, That committee com
posed OF Mayor FarQuharsOn J w
McNeal, Frank Dale u G. Guss, a..
T.. coekrum a. 3 Eastman and Al,
a. Beyer be and they are hereby ap.
pointed % committee 10 report al the
next meeting held for the purpose ol
raising and. completing the bonus 10
the Mountain Valley aud Plains rail-
way company. the names and
amounts Of uae Subscribers TO said
fund and affix lhc amount which
should be given by each citizen OF
Guthrie as a FAIR honest and honor
able share OF said bonus TO be CON
irIbuted By him to the bonus and
that the said bonus may be lmmedi-
ately completed and IN order that
every one mag bear IDS honest share
OF said burden and no person be re-
qulred TO give more than his proper
share thereof"
A statement from Governor Has
keii In reply 10 John " Gates re.
aarding the latter's statement recent.
III about railroad building III Okla
hcma was read by John GOlobie The
governor shows that not all railroads
are opposed 10 the oklahoma constl.
tuition. and that Oklahoma has lea
the Union In railroad building since
The constitution was adopted
The..lettor IS as follows;
Governor tiaskeli'e Statement.
4 have read tho statement of Mr.,
John w Gates. 5ased On the criticism
hts Wall street attorneys made oil our
State Constitution; also note the ".
clnati0n Of some ready to accept the
advice Of hese Wall street lawyers as
to what our State Constitution should
contain
There Is nothing now 20 me In The
whole statement Al the time the
state Constitution was written, ! was
we'll aware OF the fact that II would
not please the Walt street attorneys or
spectators Indeed, ! knew II would
be Impossible ia please those gentle.
men and AT the same time protect the
great mass oi people IN orr state
Therefore. We deemed 1t our duty
to look after the welfare ol the people
"a first considerations
II Is tair "a say that Mt G8les Is
q great lbig. Jolly. Kind hearted ndn,
ana with niehbaF IN Distress would
share hln. last. dolaf. hut even This
would not hneHtg tan people Of OKLA
homa lln mRlng hhn everything hts
Wal lstreef lawyers would advise him
10 take nlhe way oi public franchises
and privileges There may be some
reason IA adopllhE the pendihE ahiehiE
ment 10 ahth0fiso The uniting 81
branch railroad lines, but even this
must he carefully cousiderrd
As to the other numerous amend
menls proposed, Tho people might y
we'll abandon an right 70 homo govern
monl and self protection rs 70 Ton
cede teso amendments. We ean besl
Judge u the necessities for the future
BY our experiences Of th pact ena
present
0klahomas commerce. Oklahumall
manufacturing and 0klahomas net
railroad building has Increased % uass