The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-01

AT special election held June IL,
1910. upon petition Of Oklahoma city
and in violation OF the enabling act
which the constitutional convention
had irreyocably accepted, the Ques-
ton Of the location of the capital Of
the state was voted upon Oklano-
ma City by her official representa-
tives declared before the election
thai the enabling act would be com
Piled with and the capital not be
moved until 1918 and that i'm the
meantime they would build free for
the state a million dollar capital
building and would also pay al
moving expenses. The pretended re-
suit OF this special election was an
nOunced on the night of June IL,
several hours after the polls closed
and before the count was completed
or certified In a majority of the pre-
cincts Of the state, and in open vio-
lation of pledges made to the people
the capital was located in that city
City that night. The vote of this
special election was never officially
canvassed and several months later
III supreme court OF our state de-
clared the election Illegal. The
governor at once called "a special
session of the legislature at Oklah0-
ma City and by a vote Of that body
the capital was located in thatclty,
the citizens renewing their promises
In a written contract of a million
dollar capital building. payment OF
moving expenses and free rentals.
The capital is now at Oklahoma
City simply by legislative act and
not by the vote of the people, sub
ject TO being moved by the legisla-
ture or the people at any time. Guth'
rie now asks the people Of the state
to settle the matter permanently
Under written agreement with the
legislature, oklahoma CITY was 10
begin on July +, 1910 to pay s25 00O
each month to the state and con
tinue these payments until million
dollars had deen paid Not a single
dollar Of this has ever been paIo
and IN March 49i2. the attorney
general of the state held that the
contract had not been complied with
and was no longer iu any way bind
ing on the state Their bond OF
st0A000 Given for fulGIment Of their
contract was forfeited and has nev-
er been paid. Their agreement to
furnish free rentals has never been
KENT and the state is now Obliged
TO nav over Sf0.J00 a year in rents.
Their promise 10 pay the moving
expenses was like All The rest OF
their promises and the taxpayers
paid these biiis as |elI j az 'ne t.,. lees oa@
hold ,he canit9l N Oklahoma CITY
on nh illegal action. After the at
tornev General ruled that the con
tract with The state had been VIC
lated hv oklahoma Cftv and was TO
ionoer binding the citizens of Guth-
ria a., the solicitation of people from
oIl narts OF the state and to right
a wrong done them and the state.
nrenared the initiative petition lcs
eating the capital permanently as
Cptbria and Fl was stoned bv 51,49q
voters. over $4,000 more than thd
number required by law. IN comt
.narfson with Oklahoma Citv's action,
rsI}ing for a onecfal election at a.
coet nj SION Ao6 In the taXpayers ats
= time when everv farmer was busg
.or1 onlv allie to 60 To the Dolls All
. sacrifice and also a special session
of tbe legislature al an additional
evnense of s25.00o is Guthries pe,
1ttion submitting the matter to thA
general election then every yoterf
Mi 10 O. Al the polIs and entaining not