The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-13

Illinois is second with nine, Tennes-
see third with eight and Texas fourth
with seven. Texas held the record
in the constitutional convention and
the first and second legislatures.
Nineteen of the 101 members own
up to an interest in farming; seven
are editors; two are druggists, and
two are bankers. Lawyers number
eighteen, physicians four, real estate
dealers eleven, merchants and busi-
ness men nine, ministers two, school
teachers, stockmen, two, and oil bust
ness. travelling statesmen, manufactr
urers and surveyors, one each.
Fifty of the house members state
that they have no legislative hobby"
Two will make it a point to offer
amendments to the present banking
law a number want better rural
schools, and one, Vogle of Harper
lcounty, will labor for election of Unit
ed States senators by direct vote OF
the people, and laws that will give to
the state the value of every dollar eX-
Ipended. A member from the west
side wrote on the slip of paper handed
him that he was for anything that his
, district could get. Mr.. Shearer OF
Logan county says he is interested
Z only in keeping the seat of govern
ment in Guthrie and Brooks of Love
county will lend his energies to the
passage of a new graduated land tax
law. DR.. Johnson of Holdenville ad
| mits that his preference is for state
< bridge over the Canadian in Hughes
: county. One republican, barking back
to the late state campaign, says he
wants economy in public expenditures
and more business and less politics.
Many of the members have held Of
tficial positions heretofore. RenfroN
of Grant county was sheriff of Poll
county. Mo, in 1881 and 1882; DR.. B
F. Nesbitt says he is the only suryiv
ing democratic member of the sixtl
and seventh territorial legislatures
Breedlove served as assistant treasure
of the Cherokee nation; Green of Nc
CLAIM was attorney for the city of Pur
cell. Barnham held a position as un
dersheriff of Seminole county; Will
! Jams of Kay was mayor of TonkaWa
!. Joe Porter of Enid used to be a count.
lauditor in Indiana, his native state
: lCox was county superintendent il
Greer county; Miller of Muskoge
l. served as clerk of the district cour
. there; Logan, chairman OF the hous
committee on capital location, was
l. member of the Fifth territorial legis
:. lature; Barrett served one term as sec
- retary of the state board of agricu
y ture; Cham Jones was city attorne
i for Ryan, Jefferson county, and men
: Der of the constitutional convention.
? Clark of Grant county used to b
N county attorney in Rush count!
10 Kans.; w. A. Durant of Bryan count!
~ member of the first and second legi
n lature, is now speaker of the Cho
% taw legislature, and is candidate fc
es speaker of the third Oklahoma legi
ad lature; Fulsom was county clerk {
LIE Flore county; Vossberg served g
member of the Woodward city coul
Gil; Coughlin was city attorney fC
Frederick; Charlie Emanuel was a
sistant county attorney in Rusk cou
~ Ity Texas, and mayor of Sulphu
N Okla; Dan Peery served in the fir
territorial legislature, and has been
justice of the peace in Caddo county
Joe G. Chambers was city attorney
Claremore: Rose, Clayton of Loga
Vi and Rowland have been federal pos
he masters.
lg. s. ]. Smith of Sapulpa served thr,