Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-30

also pay an moving expenses, mo
pretended result Of this special elec-
tion was announced on the night Of
June !, several hours after the polls
closed and before the count was com
pleted or certified In majority OF the
precincts Of the state, and In open
violation ~ pledges made to the pco-
PIE the capitol was moved 10 okla
homa City that night The vote Of
this special election was never Off
i cialIy canyassed and several months
later the supreme court Of our state
declared the election Illegal The gov
/ crnor AT once called special session
Of the legislature at oklahoma city
ana by a vote of that body the cap
ital was located In that city. the
citizens renewing their promises In a
written contract Of million dollar
capitol building payment of moving
expenses ana free rentals.
People Should Act.
Tho capital is now at oklahoma
city simply by legislative act and not
10y any vote Of the people, subject to
! Nflllk IlNNfh ny lllb lfbl0lhAhlt VI Allt
people at any time. Guthrie now asks
the people OF the state to settle the
matter permanently Under written
agreement with the legislature, Okla
! homa City was 10 begin on July !,
1910, to pay $4,000 each month TO
the state and continue these payments
until million dollars had been paid,
Not a single dollar Of this has ever
been paid, and In March, 1912. the
attorney general OF the state held that
the contract had not been compiled
with and was no longer In any way
binding on the state. Their bond Of
s1O0,00O given for the fulfillment OF
their free rentals has never been kept
and the state is now obligated to pay
over $4,000 year in rents
Their promise to pay the moving
expenses was like all of the rest OF
their promises and the taxpayers paid
these bills as well as the fees Of the
attorneys employed to try and hold
! the capital in Oklahoma City on an
! Illegal election. After the attorney
| general ruled that the contract with
| the state had been violated by Okla
! homa City and was no longer binding
! the citizens Of Guthrie, on the soici-
| tation Of people from all parts of the
state and to right "A wrong done them
and the state, prepared this Initiative
petition locating the capital perman-
entity at Guthrie and 1t was signed by
! 5l.4g9 voters. over 1900 more than
the number required by law. In COM
parisOn with oklahoma Citys action,
| cost of 100000 to the taxpayers, at
"A time when every farmer was busy
and only able to get to the polls at a
sacrifice, ana also "A special session Of
the legislature. at an additional eN-
ponse of $4,000, is Guthrie's petition
submitting the matter at general
election when every voter will be at
the polls and ontailIng not single
| dollar of additional expense.
Oklahoma City's OFFER.
oklahoma city now offers in place
of the million dollar capitol, and the
/ moving expenses, one hundred thous-
and dollars and six hundred and fifty
acres of land scattered all over the
northeast part of oklahoma county
the most valuable part Of which is in
! litigation and that whore they wish to
locate the capitol, being in litigation
SO that no title can be made to it.
| The residue Of this six hundred fifty
acres is In small tracts as above set
out and the official state ahstractors
| found about two hundred defects in
the titles to these various tracts.
The committee which put this land
In the hands of Lee Cruce, as a pri-
vate individual, acting as their trus-
tee, valued 1t at 81 100000 but r., II.
Gardner, n director Of the Oklahoma
city Chamber of Commerce, while
tostifying before the state board OF
equalization, swears that the tracts
were not worth over 100000,
Fred Cum. president of one of the
largest investment companies of Ok
lahoma City, testified that pn a basis
for loan the land was worth s1S,-
coo, and as a speculation could not
bc considered at over S65,O0O, and |
Governor CruCe in a recent publish |
ed letter states that the land would |
become valuable If retained until after
the capital was built Where then, is |
the million or more dollars for n cap |
itol building TO come except out of the |
pockets Of the tax payers?
Guthrlc's Offer.
The city Of Guthrie offers to the |
people OF the state Capitol Square, |
containing fourteen acres, upon which
It has built convention hall which
was used by the state free for the
purpose Of capitol building and
which one hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars and around which it has .
paved and parked the streets and i'm
proved the grounds. making beauti-
ful park well set out in shade trees
and Bermuda grass.
'Theso grounds, located in the heart |
of the city which were reserved by II
tho ,pvarnpapt for papitnl nitrpoeps Il