The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-08
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slice from the sax and Fox ana
l0was on she west I borrowed from
the cheyenne and Arapahoes 10 add
10 Klng1sher and Canadian counties.
The majority drafted "a map. and !.
the minority. drafted one. they
both we're sent 10 Washington aHt
today old Oklahoma is exactly q The
same lines as were on my map
tried 10 submit 10 that body 81
men . system OF referendum that /
drafted Hallle holding down my
ciaim "A miles northwest of Guthr'e.
Again. when the first authorized
measare IN 80 again. and in - came
within rwo votes OF getting il
through the council This is the
FIRST Initiative and referendum bill
ever drafted iu The United States and
the original copy is now ou file Win
rae State Historical Society of kan
sas
The craul OF those days is being
sought ont nov hy men from all
parts OF the country enclose 10
yuu a newspaper eopy Of the oil
old Whit is very near al N.
Eight years OF my life GAS been
spent in the soldiers home and much
Of that time in the hospital ! would
like TO come once more To tle old
stamping ground #ut hardly know
whether ! con or not.
Ii you attended the first proyis.
ional legislature you no doubt re-.
em9er the one dubbed red SHIRT
That was ME. Having not much
money washed by own shirt in the
Cimarron river and you know the
color Very truly yours.
S. c. WHITMAN,
1861 So Wichita St, Wichita, Kan.
First Initiative and Referendum
Bill Ever Drafted in u S.
Mr. NAitfnan. writer OF the 1bove
letter is the author OF Council Bill
No. Ito. the first initiative and ret
erendnm bill ever dtslfted IN a.
United States. II was presented to
the first provisional legislature jnt
20. 1899, and then TO each succeed
Ing session m 70 1880 when Il came
within two votes Of passing the
Council:
Council Bill No. 11o-An Act.
To Establish the Initiative and Ref-
erendum within the Territory of
Oklahoma
BE II Enacted By the legislative AS
semhly OF the Territory ~ OKLA
homa
Section /. That on and after The
passage ol any bill By Tue concur
renee ot The two houses OF the les
islature Of the territory OF Oklahoma
there, that the said biz saall De Sent
to The governor OF the territory for
hts approval or his disapproyal
Should the governor give his ar
proval rs signing the bill 1t SHAH be-
come q law unless within ninety daFs
from the closing of he session OF
the legislature there shall have teen
received by the secretary OF mo ter
ritory petition, procured rs herein
after provided, and containing five
hundred signature as hereinafter
provided, when il sh-!l 3e left to ,he
people 10 retain OF reject such bill
in the Following manner Tie coun
u commissioners OF the various
counties ot the errltory shall cause
TO be printed sufficient number OF
ballots, f9r and against snch bin to
furnish each polling precinct OF the
territory a sufficient number oi bal
lots.
Section ?. saId ballota s.all b.
gotten up In the same manner as
ballots for election OF candidates eX-
cept that they shah contain ID the
place wnere the candidates names
should ordinarily appear. tine name
OF the bill. giving IFS title and mum,
Der, and how disposed ot oy he last
legislative ASSEMBLY Two squares
shall be used EOr each and every BIN
voted on and shan he at tAe lett
hand 81 iae -ill voted for. one for
the Affirmative vote and one for the
negative vote. aud the count oI said
votes saall be- governed tht same
Law OF the ballot that governs other
elections
Section 8 The secretary 81 tho
territory shall make out d form d
ballet irelereudGml and forward 10
the county commissioners al the var
ipus counties at least fortp-Gve
days before amy election ANA said
form ot balI0t saaA be the form used
throughout the territory and In mat
ter shall bear the following iuscrip-
fjon referendum bii number
twhateyer the number may bel. yes.
(givlng humber of bilp as referring
10, (here give whether yetoee hy the
governor failed in .he secona
bouse failed in the first house. fan
ed iu the committee o, Tie whole.
igitiated by toe initiative. ar waeth-
et The intent is 20 veto q Btu tegu-
larly passed and signed bv the gov
erHorl; also giving tile oi bi" One
half o. said Eall0ts shall haze printed
upon them referendum III number
twaat ever the number may be}. no