The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-02
lStaM Sneclall

Oklahoma City, okla, Dec. q
Governor Haskell is growing angry
He may visit his ire on Oklaaoma
City before the week IS out and move
the capital again. /: the business men
OF Oklahoma City do not get togelh-
er," said a prominent Democrat to-
day. "lnternecine civic strife is put
ting the blocks in the way of legisla'
tion. Oklahoma City is dead anxious
for the capital, but the people think
the Putnam City Is not Oklahoma
City" Influential Democratic state
senators declared today no capital To-
cation bin should be reported from
committee until convincing ard sub
stantial proof had been submitted by
Oklahoma City that it would guar
antee to tie state free capitol 20
cost not less than - million dol
lars. This was positive indication
that these senator's did not regard as
desirable the present offers made by
the Putnam City promoters to the
old capital location commission and
which the latter accepted.
This brings the question of provid-
ing free capital squarely up to the
residents of Oklahoma City and re-
moves il from the atmosphere OF a
real estate speculation. An 0klaho-
ma City man who has holdings In the
direction of Putnam City says he
would net paw s1,500.000 for the state
capital. and that unless the money
was subscribed by private enterprise
as contemplated in tie Putnam City
scheme lie was unable to see how II
would be possible to give a free cap
ital to the state. The question dis
cussed everywhere is whether or not
the Putnam scheme could be made
to produce Sl,70O,000 as required in
the capital removal bill, however
great might be the sincerity of the
men behind the Putnam City offer.
The growing fear among members
of the legislature regardless OF par
ty ties Is that the people OF Oklaao
ma may get buncoed in moving theil
capital, unless the conditions of re
moval are ironclad and backed by a
negotiable guaranty. They argue tlai
no man may foresee the advance OF
slumn that comes in the realty values
and If misfortune should oyertake
the Putnam City interests after ths
building of the capital was undeI
way. then all the cost and expense
finally would fall upon the taxpayers
TIE Putnam interests are under NJ
kind OF bond or guaranty that thel
would fulfill theiE PROMISES Tile
senate appropriated $35,e00 for th'
expenses of the special session ant
said that it would make additiona
appropriations II necessary.
There is chesty feeling among
number of Democratic members 0
the house wso are mapping out a
insurgent program to defeat the K
.oaton of the capital at Putnam CITY
and thereby explode a Bit OF dyns
mite under a rel estate venture
some magnitude. These insurgent
declare that the capital should b
near the center Of Oklahoma Cit
and daat they fear possible deYelol
ments that might follow the carryin
out of the putnam City schem'
What.ver their reason, their numbe
is growing and they have risen to tn
dignity OF good sized caucus.
I1tSe INSURGENTS VttAdi1 thdi ~
less the putnam City scheme is to /
thrown overheard. they will defoi
the attachment OF the emfrgens
clause to tie capital removal bll
which might be fatal to the who
capital removal enterprise. Taxi
the house vote on concurrence in q
governors call as basis for Il
statement. only few votes wou
have to be changed to defeat the w
thirds necessary fer the emergen'
clause. The Haskell combination q
lsala.t ailold 60 let insurgency rea'
rank growth
An intimation was received, no
ever. that If a fight should be ma
ola sAe rusAanl Cits location, q
ernor Haskell might become unirief
" to Oklahoma City which mea
ilat Oklaaoma City might lose {
capitol. II was decided that Oklal