The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
BELIEVES IN HONESTY


have settled NOTHING, for / am
thoroughly convinced that that clause
in the Enabling Act Il binding on the
people OF the state. AND WE CAN'T
GET AWAY FROM IT.
II could get a sufficient number
OF names to petition tunder the in
itlatye and referendum law to have
the five million dolla school fund pro-
vlded for In the Enabling Act, turned
back To the Federal government by
the state OF Oklahoma. ii would be
the duty OF the secretary Of state II
file that petition and the govern0.
to call an election, but the cry would
go up all over the state, That tnat
would be breaking faith with the En-
abling act, II any part OF the enabling
act Is valid, II Is ALL valid and II Il 70
void 1t Is ALL void. Simply the calling
an election to vote on these measures
does not settle the legality OF that
election by any means; that Is mat
ter to be settled later on.
Its all rot for the Guthrie news.
papefs TO proclaim that the people OF
Oklahoma have no voice ia the loca-
tlon OF the state capital says the
Times.
Neither the Guthrie newspapers or
any other newspaper In the state has
ever said, or even intlmated that
the people OF the state can have no
voice In the location Of the state cap.
ltal, but the newspapers OF Guthrie
lnd Of almost every city and town
m Oklahoma. have said that the peG.
pie haze no moral or legal right. IN
der the terms OF the Enabling Act
20 locate the state capital ut this
time
IF THEY CAN HAVE NO VOICE
IN THAT On ACCOUNT or A PRO.
VISION ~ THE ENABLING ACT,
THEN THEY CAN HAVE NO VOICE
IN THE RE-SuBMISslON CUES
fION."
Tue. but the Times editor must
have forgotten, or did not know, that
his statement Is In direct opposition
to. the position taken by Standard oil
Ledbetter sometime ago when he stat
ed that Governor Haskell was iuati
fled In refusing TO call an election on
the re-submission question and iusti.
fled In calling an election on the state
| capital question and that there was
40 similarity In the two questions.
Somebody must be mistaken.
The whole people want TO see the
,apital pc manently located"
There may be some truth Ia this,
Jut iust a few people want II located
tnder the Leibetter-Oklahoma City.
Real Estate Boosters bill
And that does not mean that 10 will
be taken away from Guthrie tin the
year In which the Enabling Act sug
gests, l9l3--it means that the loca
tlon Will be made permanent and that
the people can begin construction ol
he state capitol building and have it
ready IN 1918" at
How considerate, il ssnux
have wondered graat manwtimes
~ the newspaper men1of 0laC. think
hat all the folks IN Oklahoma are
ools except those living In the town
lust south O. Bfltton. The howl that
going up from those papers daily
S. 1T Is not the intention OF the bill
% violate the compact with the Fed.
eral government. but to get ready 10
move In the year designated In the
| Enabling Act" II to vote ON the lo-
eati0n Of the state capital al this time
which states that SAID CAPITL
| HALL. AFTER SAID YEAR tf9i3l
JE LOCATED BY THE ELECTORS
| N SAID STATE Al AN fii.hG fiOa.
70 BE PROVIDED FOR BY THE
LEGISLATURE" Is not violating our
obligation To the national congress.
! shen am ready to believe that Ok.