The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-01-12

action a-plenty of the warmest kind at
the state house Friday evening and in
"A sharp conflict of authority between
Governor Lee Cruce and the supreme
court of the state OF Oklahoma over
the location of the court house of Del
aware county the chief executive of
the state came out first best with Ad-
mtant General Frank M. Canton sit
ting on the lid" in Delaware, armed
with instructions from the governor to
call out the full strength of the state
militia If necessary. to enforce his
proclamation declaring the old town
site of Jay the county seat
In an election held in Delaware
county year ago Jay won the county
seat fight over Grove. In the mean
time an addition has been built to the
original townsite of Jay and the own
ers of the new site desired the court
house located there Thursday Gov
ernor Cruce dispatched General Can
ton to Delaware county with instruc-
tions to move the county records which
had been taken from Grove to New
Jay and to locate them in the old Jay
townsite, giving the general his proc
lamation declaring old Jar the proper
county seat
The interests behind the new town
of Jay got busy Friday and secured
from the supreme court an order re-
straining General Canton from carry
ing out the provisions of the cover
nor's proclamation. The order was
granted without any notice to the gov
ernor or TO General Canton it is said,
and information that the restraining
order had been issued was sent to
Grove by wire.
Quick Action.
Governor Cruce learned OF the eff
forts to prevent the carrying out of
his mandate through an outside source
and angered by the methods employed
to override his orders, he got into ac-
ton in about ten seconds with telling
effect.
T telegram was dispatched to Gen
eral Canton from the governor and
commander-in-chief of the Oklahoma
militia" directing him to proceed with
the enforcement OF the proclamation
and instucting him ito employ force
il necessary Incidentally he took a
shot at real estate spectators who are
determined to use the courts in an
effort to thwart the will OF the peo
pie" His telegram follows.
Oklahoma City. Akla., Jan. 3, 1912
F. NJ Canton, Adjutant General, Grove
Okla. and Jay, Okla:
| have Just learned that the supreme
court has issued restraining order di
recting you not to enforce the procla
nation and order that | delivered tC
you yesterday AS commander-in-ehle
of the Oklahoma militia and as COVER
nor of the state, direct you to pro
ceed with the enforcement of my proc
lamation and order as delivered to yol
Whatever force is necessary for 70,
TO employ to enforce this order, yol
will call into requisitioa. The attemp
to restrain your action through the su
preme court of this state has beer
done without any notice either to yol
or to me and is in line with the whole
policy that has been pursued by thos'
who have been double-dealing with tn,
governor In the matter of the remova
Of these records. There should be II,
friction over this matter. but il it mus
come ! win see that the win of :h'
voters of Delaware county is not sac
rificed to the selfish. greedy interest
of a few real estate spectators VIII
seem determined to use the courts anO
everyone else ia an effort to thwar
til expressed win OF the people
LEE CRUCE,
Governor and Commander-n-chief o
the oklahoma Militia
Canton oa the Job.
Shortly after the telegram had bee'
sent. and before it had reached Grovn
it developed that the proclamation al
ready had been carried out Genera
Canton bears the enyiable record o
always doing what he sets out 10 dc
and upon his arrival in Grove Thurs
day. he lost no time in moving th
county records, He was there to NOV
the records and to see that the GOV
ernors proclamation went into edeci
and he did it.
Friday afternoon he returned I
Grove with the court records safely i
Gated at the exact spot where TN
people of Delaware county had deciC
ed that they wanted them. and with
receipt for them from the county con
missioners safely slowed away in hi
pocket.
And he had beaten the suprem