The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-17
THE LAW ON CAN
vASSlNG THE VOTE.

yAsSlNG THE VOTE.
10 law can be long violated, no
matter whether the offender do SO
with intent or through bad interpre-
tatien thereof.
rs The law OF Oklahoma pertinent "
the counting OF election returns, the
final announcement, by whom, from
whence and the method of declaration
Is 50 plain it can not be misconstru-
ed without doing considerable injus-
tice
Election returns must come to the
state secretary Of the election board,
whose office is in Guthrie.
From there the returns must go
to the office of the secretary OF state
whose office is In Guthrie.
The secretary Of state must canvass
the retui Ms in the presence of the
chief executive, who, therefore, must
be present In the office of the sec
retary Of state in the city Of Guth-
RE. Logan county Oklahoma.
Whereupon the governor, after hav
Ing Witnessed the canvass, declares
the result OF the election, with such
other notice as may by him be deem
ed requisite for the occasion.
All at Guthrie
Until Mr.. Linn, secretary OF the ell
ection board, comes to his office in
Guthrie and makes his official return;
until MIR. Cross comes to his office
and has made the canvass in the pre-
sence OF the governor of this state
THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL
RECOGNITION OF ELECTION HELD
!. SATURDAY, JUNE ft,f1efo.
All other proclamatiohs, statments
pronuneiamentoes interviews, acts.
stipuIati0ns and maneuvers are in
plain violation Of the laws of this
state as made, largely, by those now
so alleged to be substituting opin
ions contrary to the mandates OF such
Statutes.
..sAnd there Is no way to avoid carry
ing out the stipulations Of the law
M one should desire to do so.
II every votsf in this state has
voted "yes'' on the capital remova
bill and there we're not so much a.
one forIorn man Of Oklahoma opposed
to removal Of the capital to oklaho
ma City, il would still be true that
Until the election board and the sec
retary Of state and governor came tS
Guth.le, there fulfilled the require
ments of the statutes they had much
to do with the making Of, there couIc
be no official recognition of the cleo
ton; no court could entertain tbs
Grafton of its having been held ol
In any manner had become a factol
In adjudication OF problems withli
the confines of this commonwealth
That Is why Guthrie Is still the cap
ital and any business transacted out
side OF the capital required to b,
transacted therein, is illegaI and VOID
Few Officers really have to cargl
on. their business In the capital cit,
the state board of agriculture anC
the corporation commission can holC
legal meeting anywhere inside thu
states boundary line. the goyerno
can issue an ordinary edict from an.
city within the state. But the secre
tary OF state must maintain an offic'
~ lut td4ptti}s do must Cci tain olut
State officials. OF course this ba
been done by the secretary, notwith
standing the great contrary state
ments OF certain newspapers from th'
bend In the North Canadian river.
gThere is no other method as to de
clafing results Of an election than th'
one above mentioned.
1T is mandatory; failure 10 eompl,
with the demand means forfeiture o
the election itself.
The courts have never held agains
an act SO palpably capable OF compr
sbension. All proclamations about tn
''recant aelection have no legal statu
until the proceedings have been Il
accordance with the laws goyernin'
same st
no, one can guess Off an election
result;i that Is no enc can officiall,
do So.
When the legal result has receiy
ed the legal count, IL viii be printe'
in reputable newspapers. All othel
reports are unofficial and OF no effect
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