The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-02
RESOLUTION
TO AMEND
CONSTITUTION
Famous SecIIBR Q, Article Z
to Be Submitted Again to
v0x P0pulI

Speclal Dailv Leniar

HpttIal Duli1 A<N1u~tt
Oklahoma CITY, okla. Mar IL
The house Of representatives passea
by big vote the senate resolution
hy Senator Stewart and nelieSeilta
tive Webb submitting q proposed con. |
stitutional amendment to amend
article 9, secti0n 3 - the 0kiaaoma
constitution. so That raiToad RSItu-
ing no longer viii be Barred ~ Fhls
state
The house did more thap pass me
resolution. An amendment was ada
ed calling for special election on
April 25. to vote for the amendment
The resolution goes back 10 shc sep
ate for concurrence In This amena-
ment, and will then 80 to me gov
ernor.
once previously the Legislature
submitted almost an identical qIses
ton. which lost on November =, lei1,'
although receiving a majority Of 2fs
600 of the votes cast oil the qdes
tion. II failed BECAUSE 0f the lack
ol the constitutional majority Of all
the votes cast at the general elec'
tion held at the same time.
The amendment proposed Tuesday
Is approved hy the corporation coai'
mission and allied labor, 50 II has
been stated In the senate and house
has the backing Of the puslnes II,
terests Of Oklahoma and the support
Of evely.couAty needing a railroad. u
VIII pass April ~ beyond q doubt,
says its friends.
The vote BY which the proposed
constitutional amendment passed the
house was So for and IA against, ~
absent, and Jones not voting. Jones
x one OF the few members Of me
constitutional convention serving n
the legislature, and refused 10 vote
on the proposed amendment unless
np Should be granted rnanlnous con
sent ID explain hisgVote This was
denied, In the eagerness to get me
roll call through, It Is uderstood'
however, that Mr. Jones fayors the
amendment
Those voting against the proposed
amendment are as follows Ashby OF
Pushmataha. Brooks. Broome, Lenox
Lewis, Lindsey, McDuffics Moss, r'ew
Nisbett, Moore Or Coal, Roland. Stock
ton Tabor
Webb then offered two minor cor
rections and the new section calling
the speclai electioii All were added
ia the resolution bit the estimated
cost Of the election, sSgl,N0Q, and tht
departure from precedent. the legis
lature having suhmtted several ques
lions before hutsneyer calling spe
cial election. ldansed protests from
three or four members. Marshall o.
Cimarron. in fact, al FIRST voted no
against passage, but changed bis
mind and his vote before the ro
was closed
Peery made b vain attempt to ADJ
an amendn Mt to submit an alternate
proposition Of repeating section ?, en-
tirely, instead OF amending Il 70 al
low railroads 10 buy aud sell in ok
lahoma, and gave notice that y
would take the amendment to en-
senate
Jones attempted to put In a
amendment requiring the majority \
favor of the proposed amendment &
be majority of an the legal vote
cast for the governorship candidate
lasS November. before the amend
nlent should pass, but he was vote
down heavily. Both Jones and Mf
Broome said itsWas a dangerous pre-
cedent TO allow the constitution
amended BY less than majority Q
all the legal voters, and thai 4 spt
cial election would moi bring out n
full vote.
The house Of Representatives end