The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-13
Rushing the Seal Of Oklahoma from
Guthrie to Oklahoma City to
Avoid Coming
Trouble.
HAVING BIG TIMES
Governors Daughter is Hooted and
Kissed Off the Streets when
She cheercd for New
Capital.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, June 13.
In wild automobile drive early |
Sunday morning the seal of the state /
of Oklahoma was brought from Guth-
rie to Oklahoma City, following the
announcement that Oklahoma City
had won in the state capital fight by
a plurality of more than $4,000 votes
over Guthrie and Shawnee Oklahoma
City will probably be proclaimed state
capital today.
The seal was surreptitiously remov-
ed from the secretary of states office
and is now declared to be in the
rooms of Gov C. N. Haskell at the Lee
Huckins hotel.
! Jane Haskell, 17-year-old daughter
/ of Gov. Haskell, was hooted from the
streets Of Guthrie Saturday night
when she cheered for Oklahoma City,
and was forced to flee to the govern
or's rooms in the Royal hotel with her
escort. She came to Oklahoma City
on the first train.
A conference of the state officials is
on relative to the immediate removal
of the capital to Oklahoma City. Gov.
Haskell, Lieut.. Gov. Bellamy, Secre-
tary of State Cross. State Auditor NJ.
E. Trapp, State Labor Commissioners
4 G. L. Daugherty. Samuel Hayes, mem
ber of the state supreme court. and
other officials are here. S..asA
Chief Justice Jesse j Dunn of the
state supreme court and Attorney
General Charles West arrived at 8
o'clock Sunday night.
The restraining order issued by Dis
trict Judge A. H. Huston in Guthrie
Saturday night to prevent the removal
of state records to Oklahoma City, was
served on Governor Haskell. 1t is be-
lieved he will ignore the injunction
and will issue a proclamation as soon
as possible.
Gov Haskell was in Tulsa when he
received word that the temporary re-
straining order had been issued in
:, Guthrie
Possession of the state seal meant
the first step for victory. AT / O'Clock
an auto left garage of Oklahoma
City with one passenger, w. B. An
thony. private secretary to the govern
or. The drive of seventy miles was
made to Guthrie and return in little
more than two hours in the darkness.
The seal was In the secretary of
states office The auto was muffled
as it made its race through the streets
of Guthrie to the capital offices. II
took but a few minutes to obtain the
seal, and the ride to Oklahoma City
was begun
The residents of Guthrie slept. But
, few hours before, when the streets
who received the unwelcome news
that Oklahoma City lad won and
I Guthrie had lost Jane Haskell, daugh-
: ter of the chief executive OF the state,
had cheered for Oklahoma City The
{ crowds Kissed and jeered, and then
some one began to throw stones in
2 her direction. Size fed with her es-
cort, Will Martin of Muscogee. to the
hotel. She boarded the first train for
Oklahoma City. where she Joined her
father and mother.
A special train from Tulsa brought
the governor and Mrs. Haskell with
!, several friends to Oklahoma City.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 13.--Fol-
lowing the issuance of statement by
!, Governor Haskell, declaring that the
capital would be located here from
, now on, application for an injunction
restraining state officers from remov-
ing any records from Guthrie. or tran
sacting any official business whatever
was filed today at Guthrie. This Is
: the second injunction asked for.
When the sheriff attempted to serve
!, /, papers on Governor Haskell today. the
governor snatched the papers from
. the officers hand and threw them
, from the balcony to the lobby of the
hotel
Get out of here the governor
shouted. IF you are in sight in fit
teen minutes, | will have you put il
the guard house, The officer fed.
The attorney general says the su
preme court cannot mandamus the
governor Ali state officials are now
:, in Oklahoma City, but it is not be
y lieved any official business will bt
: transacted until the vote has been of
!, ficially canvassed.