The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-24
THE FIGHT ON AGAIN
COVE RNOR HASKELL STARTS
CAPITAL LOCATION STRUGGLE
IN OKLAHOMA.
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE
Haskell Pleads "Pubic Welfare"-WiIl
Meet at Oklahoma City November Fl
Guthrie, Shawnee and Other Cities
VIII Try to Defeat Capital Removal

Guthrie, Ok, Nov. 22.-Gov. Haskell
came here by motor car and remained
just long enough to issue a proclama.
ton conyening the legislature to meet.
in extraordinary session at Oklahoma
City at noon, November 2S, to locate
permanently the capital of the state.
The purpose of the session is to affirm
by legislative enactment the capital
removal. which the state supreme
court recently declared was void
In his proclamation Gov. Haskell
said:
by reason OF the necessity to per.
manently determine and settle the To-
cation of the state capital, and to carry
out the expressed will of the people
as declared in said election, an ex-
traordinary occasion exists within the
meaning of the constitution requiring
that the legislature be convoked in
special and extraordinary session. In
my opinion the public welfare re-
quires that said extraordinary and
special session shall be convoked at
Oklahoma City,"
Based on Constitution.
In not calling the special session to
meet at Guthrie, which the state su-
preme court says is the seat of state
government. Gov. Haskell acts under
provision of the state constitution
which says that he may convoke the
legislature at or adjourn it to another
place, when in his opinion the public
safety or welfare, or the safety or
health of the members require it.
The condition is imposed. however,
that 'such change or adjournment
shall be concurred in by two-thirds
vote OF all the members elected to
each branch of the legislature"
II is believed that Gov. Haskell
contemplates the enactment of an
emergency law which would become
effective Immediately upon its passage
and approval This would prevent a
referendum vote by the people. With
out the emergency clause an act of
the legislature does not become effec-
tive until 80 days after its passage.
Such an act would give time for the
circulation OF petitions for a referen.
dunn vote.
Opinions Of Result Differ.
What the special session will do Is
matter of wide conjecture In the
state. There has been remonstrance
by both Democratic and Republican
newspapers against special session,
their opinions being that there is no
need of forcing the state to the ex-
pense of a special session, inasmuch
as the legislature will meet regularly
next January.
Muskogee, Ok, Nov. 22.-Passing
resolutions and pledging itself to get
into the fight at once Muskogee,
through its Commercial club, has for
mally entered the state capital con-
test and will join forces with Guthrie,
Shawnee and other cities to defeat
Oklahoma City. When the news was
received here that the governor had
called the legislature to locate the
capital Muskogee had already begun
to organize, and had mapped out a
tentative plan. 1t will combine the
eastern Oklahoma Democratic forces
in the legislature with the Republican
forces of the western part of the state
and work for an adjournment OF the
special session until the first Monday
in January, when Lee Cruce, COVER
ncr-elect, will have been inaugurated.