The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16

nam, who submitted a bond of $780,
900. By this proposition the state is
offered sixteen hundred acres with
promise of a building to cost 81 100000
to be erected free of cost to the state.
This proposition was sent to the cap
itol committee with instructions that
they report this afternoon.
Oklahoma City Okla, Dec. 14.-The
capital location fight was brought up
on the floor of the senate yesterday
afternoon for the first time since the
special session of the legislature con-
vened, November %, when the senate
capital location committee submitted
a unanimous report Iavorlng the loca-
ton of the permanent capital at Ok
lahoma City, and recommending the
selection by the legislature of the
Northeast" site, commonly known as
the Observation-Disclosures tract,
and reporting a concurrent resolution
providing for the acceptance by the
legislature of the contract presented
by the promoters of this site. The
committee also recommended that
house bill No. l be adopted with
amendments made by the committee
to make it conform to the Northeast"
site proposition.
The committee recommended that
the legislature name the site before
the bill locating the capital at Okla
homa City is adopted. After the reso-
luton was read Senator Roddie moved
that the resolution lay over one day.
He made long speech in which he
the senate committee ten or twelve
days to prepare the report, that COM
mittee should not try to ram the reso-
luton down the throats of the SEN
ators until they had time to consider
it. After several members of the SEN
ate capital committee had disclaimed
any desire to rush action on the reso-
luton the senate voted q to 20 to lay
it over for consideration until tomor.
row morning.
The resolution contains the terms of
the greement and bond proposed by
the hackers of the Northeast" site
The promoters put up bond of $780,
900 that they will furnish the state
$1,000,00O for capitol building by
July 1, 1914, at the rate of $4,000 a
month beginning next July, and not
more than twenty acres Of ground for
the capitol building and a site for the
governors mansion
That some of the terms of the con.
tract win meet opposition in the sen
ate was evident from the discussion
yesterday, but it also appeared evident
that the senate will adopt the resolu
ton.
Leading house members, however
express the belief that the house will
never agree. Some of them look upon
it as an attempt on the part of the
senate to force the house to accept
the Northeast" site before the senate
will agree to pass the house bill locat
ing the capital at Oklahoma City
That the house is still partial to the
Putnam site proposition seems evident
and unless Governor Haskell steps in
and openly advises his leaders in the
house to abandon theh Putnam propos
!, ition and accept the Northeast" site
!, it seems likely that there win be nc
capital legislation at the special ses
sion.
Asked what the senate would do il
the house substituted the Putnam fol
the Northeast" site or adheres to the
terms of the original bill making the
+ selection of the Putnam site a posi-
+ bility, leading member of the senate
/ said last night:
You can put it down that the sen
ate will never accept either the Put
nam site or a compromise for the Lin
wood site. 1t will be the Northeast
I site for the senate or no capital legis
lation
, Another prominent senator declared
+ that there is practically no sentiment
: in the senate for the Putnam site, even
. with the S50O,O0O guarantee which S.
5 |. NJ. Putnam now offers to put behind
: his proposition to insure the state
t Sl,7O0OOO for a free capitol building