The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-23
MAY PROVE
PANDORA BOX
Of TROUBLE
CTuCe Still Undecided as 10
Gall OF Extra Session OF
Legislature
specal Ia naily l.eader.

! ~peNNN 20 AsA&fA tstNtus@.
| Oklahoma city Aug % IuQuir
les sen, 10 members Of the leglsla
/ i0re hY Governor Cruee have
istreNNhened hvlief that Speoial
session win ho held either during
/ me fRll or winter when tho princi
nal piece of legislation To be submit
ied is ycdistrictiag 81 the state con
occasionally Under the anpartion,
mont hill recently naSsed by congress
Oklahoma win have uight IN place Of
five members, oil the house OF rep
resen}atiyes. and 1t was provided
that where 4 state had NOT revised
Ills c0neg essl0nal districts tho in
crease should be taken from the
state at larEe
la view 81 his provision and the
often repeated statement of Govern
or CWlee that he aid not think ii
necessary ia have a special session,
quite number al people have been
Sn0}yen ot as trimming their sails for
ghe congressman AL large race Chief
0f them are William II Murray OF
riSh0m,ngo president OF the consti
,Wtion8l convention and Speaker OF
the nrst legislature and Leslie +.
Ross OF llawtop. member of the Sec
ond legislature. both of wnosG ware
defeated by Governor Cruce in the
laSt Democratic primary campaign
toT governor MT Ross was u Dem
0er8tc leader In territorial days, and
ia the f9IN race was supported ac.
tivelN by the anti prohibitionists
Beu Tillotson OF Nowata. member OF
the First and Second legislatures
J b Thompson OF Pauls Valley. a
member OF the state senate and state
democratic chairman IN the first
state campaign Harvey MaXey OF
Shawnee. member OF the Second and
ThTd legislature. Morton Ruther
ford Of Maskogee defeated by Il l..
Owen for the United State ssnate
four yeags ago: Henry NJ Scales.
former mavor of Oklahoma City; !
II Callahan of Enid. who as Populist
Democgatic fusion nominee. defeated
Dennis Flynn for delegate to CON
gress FROM Oklahoma territory prior
20 statehood are few on those who
viii make the race from the state
Mt large unless the districts are re-
ylsea in which event there are a
multitude Of candidates who will try
tor lhe office from the districts, but
mot ON the at large plan.
Ah MAINTAINING that rs does not
observe t"e necessary lof session,
1oNeFHer tuce proposes 20 soul"
tAe 4'voFse tRIough meh0eis oi lne
ieslst9lafe' anu '' Il lonha that th~'
geVp'e "aht tiae session, we iaalca'
Aohs ATS @iSt ae Mhi yle'a pdt ~ 40
ms 80 ie realiAes tRat the session
MiiR net he as orlel as he would iike
n lt mas esen heen suSees5ea that y
ne would eah 1he leAatfs t@l1 c'iage1s
eoee ana tAefe lay out us aea OF
'ne MotA' Win 1he nope ol securing
sutle soi{ - asieetient anoal tne
.lhe tne session Wal require.
othsr leg iSs,se'on " stsht
hiie tHe i1ihei'AAt h's ap 10 thls J
lthe 'eAaetea aFoah9 Nle coheres-
s'"an as7t--ets et'lfeit, thete rs
l"e@l e1eiaeias oA,' emery anxious 20
Sel gre STATE esp'a' Qtesaon before /
'N s'".'tt ~ Svo1 US t"ssinie' |
se''' iHs Aes+ lAe state can ne ih /
N"'s" to ltRt over tnN iHicvls OF 4
land 1he '@l'.s"i eeAulhs company I
has rhN tteh aFlto NtiAie any Nhe'e 1
f"4a StN'p'NH ~ e-N,fo'ei" of the I
Feople "oAs WIN NAAea 10 erect (