The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-11-29


For Capitol building purposes one
million, fve hundred thousand dollars.
For furniture, fixtures and ground
Improvements, one hundred fifty thous-
and dollars.
For salaries and expense OF Com
missioners. clerical and other OK
penses, forty thousand dollars.
For all incidental expenses of the
State in removing it's Offices, records,
etc, from Guthrie to the new Capitol
Duilding, ten thousand dollars.
Total, free to the state one million,
seven hundred thousand dollars with
out the State paying or even advanc-
ing single dollar Of the peoples
money.
This site was found to be well suited
for beautiful Capitol suburb to Okla
hcma City, and as means Of trans.
portation, in addition to the existing
single track street railway, more di-
rect double track boulevard line is az
sured under a written contract and by
the terms Of which the rate Of fare 10
never to exceed FIVE cents from any
point in the City to the Capitol build
ing.
At the time these contracts were
made the bill adopted by the people
was In litigation and, therefore, all
deeds and contracts we're deposited
with trustee to surrender to the
State Of Oklahoma in case the court
held the Capital law valid and the time
limit was fixed at about December
4 twentieth, nineteen hundred and ten,
SO that. Notwithstanding the court de-
clared said law invalid. in case now
your Honorable Body shall enact the
substance Of said act Of the people into
law before December twentieth the
same contracts and donations will be
available although not obligatory upon
the State, and ! cali attention to this,
n that the enactment Of this law will
Y leave the State free 10 consider any
other or better propositions that may
be made, always keeping in mind that
il nothing better is offered by the
twentieth day OF December that the
State still has the opportunity TO &C
cept the donations above rendered, and
that the interest of the State alone
win be considered by us.
In conclusion. call your attention
to the following facts.
BY direct vote Of the people, Of
through their representatives elected
"a the Legislature, the question Of
changing the Capital City has hve
, times been voted upon and every time
the vote has carried to change the
Capital
call your attention to the fact that
Guthrie has no claim, legal equitable
or moral. " the honor OF being the
Capital City. 1t has at al times sought
10 defeat the viii Of the people by an
appointed Goyernor'r veto, by couri
litigation or by acts of Congress un
warranted and unauthorized; thal
Guthrie has at all times received sub
stantial payment from the people foi
every favor the Territory or the State
has had Our taxpayers are even ye
today paying substantially twenty
three thousand dollars per year for The
rent and maintenance of Offices il
Guthrie; that this Special Session d
the Legislature was necessary in orde
to save the existing contract expirinl
on December twentieth In case nj
more desirable tender is made tn
State, and that the entire expense o
this Special Session need not eoua
more than six months Office rent noN
being paid at the present Capital. an
that 1t places Oklahoma in the pos
ticn OF having ehs City favored by tn
people with the seat OF State govern
ment share the profits with the IA,
payers Of the State to the end that a
ample State Capitol building, furnisi
7 cd and ready for use, win be acquire
by the State free from cost of sil
gle dollar to our taxpayers; and
those who say that Oklahoma is
great rich state and should not objeC
! to assessing its taxpayers for the co.
Of Capitol building and equipment
Z desire to reply that no business ma
OF corporation ever grows so rich bl
what IN making its location TO the 4
vOr Of any city or community II inv
Y riably expects that community
a snare lhe ptcnt III uOhaAo an tch
= and that it is your duty and my dui
y as official representatives Of our pc
= pie to conduct their business with II
y same care and interest and the san
i economy that the shrewdest businel
70 man Of our State would conduct
own private business.
IT Gentlemen Of the Legislature, hal
b. completed the duty devolving ups
| me and II rests with you solely ~
pr in your own Judgment to give the pc
le pie in substance and effect the Ia
u that they clearly intended to adopt
g. Respectfully submitted.
as @. N. HASKELL.
I'd Governor.
to November %. 1910.
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