The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-08
Haskell Makes
Able Defense of
Administration

/ eOiitcteu Slf4,Jbl ana the receipts lVi
the year would he $24s,OOO Ii the last
year Of Ferguson the secretary Of
states department yielded $l4s6S9.5O,
while Bill Cross last year collected
| $ll0,54475. The fees Of This depart
ment were derived from fees for Is
suing commissions 10 notaries and
from charter fees Of corporations. Un'
der Ferguson the legislature passed a
law fixing the charter Zee at $40 for
all corporations, large and small Our
first legislature said the fees should bt
in proportion to the amount Of capital
Invested and fixed II at one-tenth Of
one per cent Of the capital stock. A
distinguished gentleman said we were
geological garden down here, and
that's specimen Of the kind OF ideas
which we cranks have-we think men
and corporations should bear the bur
dens OF government sccording to Their
wealth. little corporation OF $4,000
capital pays s. and one of $i,000,0OO
capital pays $1,000 for a charter"
Another source Of state revenue was
the gross production tax which was in
tended 10 reach property where the
physical value did not compare with
its earning power, such as the express
and oil companies. Within a few
weeks under this law sl65.osO was col
Iected ana then u s. court stepped
In with an Injunction.
Taking up the sources Of the Sian
ders about the state administration
the governor said ever since stateaood
the Standard OIL company AMI The
railroads had maintained press bu
reau al Guthrie, calling II the republi
can press bureau, the purpose Of whicS
was to assault the reputation OF tn.
state, to discredit the administrator
and to stop the spread OF the idea
OF government contained in our col
stltutlon and laws. This bureau wa
III partnership with Frank Greer, Cd
/ Ilor Of the staee Capital. and Jim Has
rs. republican state chaifma6. TIL
governor read an interview with Del
is Flynn scoring Harris and said: "A
Dennis can't stand for that crowd
how quickly you and should fIa
! from theml"
The republican slogan. Look at yolI
tax receipt" was next taken up. w
will look at some tax receipts and
take one from Logan county which
republican, said the governor 4 fin
that II shows that the tax on sl,04
worth OF property was SAC. OF mi
$3.50 was for state purposes. {
the $3.50 the sum OF 25 cents was Il
the common school fund, 25 cents WI
for the public building fund, which We
necessary because the attorney gel
eral ruled that certain appropriate
bills for public buildings were nt
specific enough to warrant drawing c
the public building fund: $l.0S WI
TO make up deficits due to injunction
issued BY the federal courts. and III
total amount for state government
was 90 cents. The remainder OF tn
$40. or 1880. in Logan county, wa
spent by republicans for county, cit
and school purposes. or course 4
some counties the local tax may be to
high. but the people have nobody I
blame for that except themselvei
They levied them because they wei
eager to build roads, bridges. schod
houses. etc, and the state can't sto
them"
The governor then took six conntie
In old Oklahoma. three democratic an
three republican, and showed that th
territorial tax under Ferguson I'd
three years was sl1.sOO while durin
BIZ months Of statehood the state ia
for the same counties was $1,000. c
such tax under territorial rule the pull
lie se-vice corporations paid si5 an
the people SIS out OF every 500 Will
under statehood the corporations pal
$500 and the people $7f.S0. And a
this Notwithstanding the fact that tn
federal government paid part Of tn
expense Of the territorial governmen
"They tell YOU to look at your ia
receipt and now invite you to look
your railroad ticket. A few weeks az
| could have come down here on
democratic railroad ticket and I'd haN
saved money II / had. The railroae
are necessary and we should not
unfair TO them, but should be willir
to allow them reasonable return {
their investment The report Of Il
Santa Fe showed that under the 2-cel
fare in Oklahoma they were able
set aside from their revenues s..,ee1 ss eee1
ooo for improvements. per cent dil
dend' pay interest on their bonds Al
have S 80 per cent surplus. Yet judi