The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-06
TAX CONVENTION
Is CALLED
Call Issued For Mass Meeting by Citi-
zens Protective League-To
be Held June 10.

Oklahoma City, June 6.-As a result
of meeting of the board of directors
of the Citizens Protective League of
Oklahoma at the organization Offices
in the Colcord building Wednesday,
it was unanimously agreed to call
state convention in Oklahoma City for
June 10. The convention will be state
wide and attended by representatives
of every local of the league in the
state, tog ther with properly consti-
tuted delegates from other tax associa-
tions, counties or municipalities.
The single purpose of the assem-
blage will be to devise the best means
of reducing taxation in Oklahoma
counties, cities, school districts and
other separate bodies supported by
tax assessments. Economy will be
urged in every instance and bills
drafted for presentation to the legis-
lature looking toward immediate re-
lief from present conditions. 1t will
be non-political in every phase and
ofice-holders will not be entitled to
official representation for that reason
Officeholders, however, are asked to
attend. The call in full is as follows:
Pursuant to action duty had by the
board of directors of the Citizens Pro-
tective League of Oklahoma, call is
hereby made for and notice is hereby
given of meeting to be held in the
assembly rooms of the Chamber of
Commerce, twelfth floor Colcord build
ing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, We'd
nesday, June 19, 1912, at 10 o'clock
a. m, for the purpose of considering
the question of initiating certain meas
ures and bills, the object and pur-
pose of which will be to place lower
= limitation than now exists upon levies
for state, county, school districts and
other municipal purposes, providing
means to prevent excessive valuations
and assessments of property; provid-
ing for the abolition of unnecessary
and expensive Offices, the safe guard
ing of public funds and such other
general measures, designed to reduce
the expenses of government in all de-
partments, as may be determined by
the said meeting to be expedient and
effective for the relief of the taxpayers
throughout the state of Oklahoma
against prevailing conditions.
Delegates Asked. y
This call and notice is given to the
taxpayers throughout the state of Ok
lahoma, who are requested to send
from their local tax leagues and citi-
zens' organizations or chambers of
commerce, if organized, or from their
respective citizenship, if unorganized,
delegates to represent them in the de-
libefations of the said meeting.
"This call is being made under the
auspices of the Citizens Protective
League of oklahoma, the constitution
of which prevents Office holders from
being members of the organization
and is specially directed to the ordi-
nary tax-paying citizen rather than to
the Office holding or politician class.
This reservation however. is not in
tended as an aspersion against office
holders or politicians as a class-for
they are invited to be present to lend
aid by their counsel and advice-but
is intended to relieve from the pos
sible impression or claim that the
meeting is dominated or called in the
interest of any political party or
clique. The object primarily is to
make the movement to obtain such re-
lief as may be possible against waste,
wismanagement, excessive expendi-
! lures of public funds, unnecessary
levies of large sums upon the taxpay-
ers and the prevention of fraud, en-
bezzlement and waste in public Offices.
Every city, county and community
of the state is not only cordially re-
quested, but is urged, to have one or
more delegates present at the said