The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-03

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liS provides H ahAll ia subject 10
tlfc ronsthniien ana MNa u lhe
state, And the bnprQil4 edprl5 ei
lthlH state im egN ~ pSHn Nt City
uf Tulsa iii i'at aas leela4es lhe
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eale aa tPf poNers vested n me
citY in speaking Of ihc powers con
iewea under The commission lufW
81 governmcnl
linacr - careful examination o
that provision iu the constitution Il
wlll appear fom q fcyicM ui The Nu
ihorlucs not only thal tho eouslitu
tien and ne general laws OF the
state may be modified changed or
repeated hul by such changes tho
puwets 81 Che city charter become
modified ohAngca 0f rNilnRnlshed n.
together and 4 careful consideration
wli shoa that as legislative wlll IS
eGWalN applicable ana equivalent
ibqt eQpsptufiquAt ,pfpgialnnA "A thls
particular MiQtda snpi pbr9iEency 81
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sea in los absence t0f tlic conattu
lipn ln itaeli s inc subject 0l muuiti
cation 81 change III this particular
AnaloEOus ~ This wa have article 1
section z, 81 our constitution hi ftA
ing the jurisdiction og tbe supreme
court oi the state That ~ ID AN time
subject 70 The VIII 81 tha people III
controlling its lurlsaicaon
The charte mere proposed contalna
ap election law OF worth the paper
That Is Ia printed upon and IL an
election We're ever held Under II the
courts would declare II To be void
and the hOdOver commission could
not De displaced most likely before
the next general election, two years
hence
And 50 FAR as The recall Is concern
ed that Is equally void under The law
as it now stands, and ought not 10
be considered seriously except as Il
bait 70 catch votes of the unsuspect.
ing
believe Ia the recall aud VIII do
all IN my power TO help place il in
the constitution Of our state at the
earliest opportunity, but before it Is
placed there, II is extremely doubt
ful Il even the legislature could ex-
ercise that power but not the
slightest doubt in the world can
there be under the constitution oil
the state as il now exists. can q
municipality exercise that power II,
Oklahoma for it derives it's author
ity from the constitution and | chal.
lenge any reputable attorney to point
to a single or general provision OF the
law that authorizes it. Even If the
constitution Of the state provided for
IL in general terms 1t would not be
operative until some legislative pro
visions we're passed hat would en-
able 1t to be used
See Exparte Wagner 2l Ok 33
Now the question Is Mr. Voter, DO
you want a lot OF endless and expen-
sye lawsuits to settle this and
multiplicity OF other Illegal moyis
ions i'll the charter through the
courts that will drag along for years
or are You wise enough to turn II
down and propose one based upon q
true conception ol law that you car
readily do by another freeholders
convention that will have the bene
flt of sonLe Of the good work down
and possess the good Judgment to
hhr0w AWAY the weak 9md faulty
work that was the result of haste?
The old adage tnat haste makes
waste Is forCibly dllVstTated here,
and It Is the part Of wisdom to cor
rect error Ia the most practical and
economic way And when another
charter Is framed ! appeal 10 those
selected that YOU don't start out with
a property qualification to hold OF
flee that puts the dollai mark above
the man, as does section / article y
p. & OF the our proposed charter
Under that provision If a Christ-like
man should come in your midsts you
might not cruelty his body but you
sure would deprive him of partioipa
tion in your city affairs You may
have contempt for the doctrine
Of that humble Nazerine but let me
ask you to al least TO be fair enough
10 show equal consideration TO any
such that might exist before the law
lie never put the dollar above the
man and even Moses when he came
down out Of the mountains and saw
his followers worshippiug the golden
calf invited the wrath Of the AL<<gh-
~ to inflict punishment upon them
The humble Nazerlne taught,
blessed are the poor for they shall in
herit the kingdom of heaven, and
that II Is as hard for a rich man TO
enter the kingdom OF heaven as for
a camel to pass through the neadle's
eye Ret YOU propose to discrimip
ate against those that Christ exalted
Whom Christ exats this charter
degrades II Is tnAmefican and un
Christian 1t violates the spirit Of the
and the declaration Of
IL Violates section 65l
ch, Z, art L page 3l5 Of Snyder's
statutes OF the state of oklahoma,
that provides that any eleetur Of
city shalt be qualified person TO
hold office IN such city The same
pard stick than measures mile,
measures the circumference Of the
earlh Every atom in the smallest
o leot visible To the naked aye Is
controlled by The same law that con
trolls the vast universe STANDARDS OF
morals aud manhood are measured
by the snail ways in our makeup
that determine The character Of each
mdlYi&lal, and q city viii he known
by the small estimate ii places upon
the dignity Of character Neither
Christ Budha, Diogeues or host ot
tue mast iIustrious personages n |
history would be welcome under The
charte
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