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convention. The convention was
called to meet in Guthrie, November
p. 1906. Haskell appeared on the
scene two or three days in advance.
and was unable to get a room at the
hotels in Guthrie, as all had been re.
served for men who resided in Kan
sas City, St. Louis, Chicago and other
cities where many large corporations
operating in the proposed new state
had their headquarters.
He found a number of other mem.
bers on the ground trying to form
the nucleus Of an organization
Hughes OF Oklahoma City was a an.
didate for president of the conven.
ton and was being backed by some
good men as well as by some men
who were known to be the represen.
tatives of corporations that were sure
to seek privileges in the organic law.
Murray had wired Haskell as soon
as he learned of his election that he
was for the election of the latter for
president of the convention. Haskell
replied that he was not n candidate
and did not want the place. Having
worked with Murray in the Sequoyah
convention, Haskell decided that Muir
ray would make a good presiding off.
Ger, and vcry naturally he wanted to
use as much of the Sequoyah organi.
zation as possible in the organization
of the constitutional convention.
The Sequoyah convention had or.
ganized the Indian territory. 1t was
the first effort of the people OF the
Five Tribes to get together IL a pc.
litical way and it had succeeded. with
this organization. and the stragglers
territory delegation, Haskell organ
lied the convention and Murray was
elected president. In this organiza.
ton Haskell brought together the va.
rious factions of the two territories
and united them. Men who were not
on speaking terms-who had quar-.
relied yer trlflinG and insignificant
things prior to statehood were
brought together and assisted in
working out the provisions of the con.
stitution OF this state.
Il haven't spoken to that mar for
five years" said a member to Has.
kell when he asked him to vote for
Murray for president.
"'Well, you haven't had any occa.
sion to speak to him. There hasn't
been any reason TO be frlenCs or en-.
emies, but now we arc here to write
tho constitution for Oklahoma, and
we arr all wanting the same. kind of
constitution. There is no occasion to
quarrel. or to be unfrlendly."
The member agreed to meet Murray
and they became friends, and he as.
sisted Haskell in the organization OF
the convention. Haskell never asked
anything for himself. He sought the
beat places for members who had as.
sisted him on the committees. He
n chairman Of but one committee
and was q member of but few. He
gave his time to the great work Of d.
roofing tho course OF the convention.
to harmonIzIns the differences, and
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that his attorney general had pro-
nounced the new constitution as COM
plying with the terms of the enabling
act. and that he would issue the
proclamation.
Remembered by All.
The story of Haskell's administra-
ton is recent enough to be within the
memory of most people. Whether or
not the citizens agreed with all that
Haskell did. it is well established by
this time hat he was a great gov
ernor. He took hold of the affairs
of the new state when everything
was chaotic. Out of the mass of con-
flicting interests and ideas. jeaIousies,
hatred, doubts and fear. he estab-
lished a policy for the administra-
ton of government that has not been
improved upon to this good day. He
stood between the people and those
who sought special privileges. He
warned the people against extrava-
gance in office. and when It seemed
that the people did not understand
the length to which they were burd-
ening themselves, he had the legisla-
ture fix a limit to the mount hat a
county could spend. Economy was
The ~watchword throughout his admin.
:stration. and when we look back and
see the meager that were ap.
propriate1 for government in the
days Of his administration as COM.
pared with those hat are being made
now. we can appreciate how insistent-
y he worked to administer govern
ment at the minimum amount OF cost
to the taxpayers.
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of Oklahoma territory bordered on
Kansas, and it was largely settled
with people from that state and
northern states.
However, the Republicans in con-
gress never encouraged such state
hood, for the reason that they had
little confidence in Oklahoma remain
ing Republican, and furthermore,
they knew that some day they would
nave to,grant statehood to Indian Ter.
ritory. and they did not want to run
chances of having four Democratic
senators when they could hold off
statehood and in the event the claims
could not be denied make 1t one state
and two Democratic senators.
So the matter stood, Republican
mgr would mot grant the desires
of Republican Oklahoma on the state.
hood question. Oklahoma Republi-
cans directed their delegates to yield
nothing. to demand Il separate state
for Oklahoma.
I Demanded Single Stats.
Democrats, equally jealous for po-
lltical supremacy, demanded a single
state out of the two tcrrltorles-con.
f.dent that the Democrats from
Texas, Arkansas ana Missouri that
hal located in Indian territory would
forever settle the political question
of the new state. For once the Dem.
ocrats were in harmony with the Re.
publican majority in congress, and
Loudly denounced the Oklahoma Re
p%ublicans for the Inconsistent posi-.
ton Of asking the impossible Of their
WI party leaders at Washington.
So matters stood up to the year of
1905, when the claims of the two ter.
ritorles were such that the major.
Ity in congress could not longer de.
ny the claims for statehood, and the
Republicans of Oklahoma were forced
to accept the inevitable, and instruct
their delegates in congress to work
for single statehood.
In the year 1908 there appeared
in the city of Muskogcc a railroad
contractor, whose appearance was not
announced with torch light process.
! sum anu - dH5 isLllNAa Ila was III
business. Muskogee wanted more
railroads to develop the surrounding
country, and incidentally to develop
Muskogco. This man told them
what he could do, and what he
would expect of the citizens OF
Muskogee. \ bargain was struck,
and soon new railroad surveys
began to DO run across the coun-
try, n following the surveys the
work of building began. MuslSogee
and vicinity began to take on new
life. 1t dawned upon the people OF
that section that q real promoter, n
builder, a doer, was In its MIDST,
The name OF Haskell became synony.
nous with enterprise and progress.
He had been there two years when
he saw in a local newspaper a Cati
for a convention for the purpose of
writing a constitution for n state to
be made out of the territory occupied
by the Five Tribes. this constitution
| to be presented 10 congress with a
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petition that such a state be granted
under the terms of the Atoka agree,
ment.
Mr.. Haskell walked into the office
of Governor Porter, principal chief of
the Creek tribe, and asked him what
he knew about the cal.
Nothing will come of it" said
Governor Porter. THE white people
will never pay any attention to the
wishes of the Indians
Something might come of IT," said
Mr.. Haskell. Under the terms of
the Atoka agreement, the Five Tribes
arc entitled to a state made up of the
territory occupied by the Five Tribes.
l am frank to say to you, governor,
1 Co not believe congress will grant
our request, but nevertheless. you
have a right to ask for it and you
should ask for your rights. I am one
Of the whites who will stand by YOU
and do what l can to see that your
rights are respected. Call the gov
crnors together and let me ak to
them and let's see what can be done"
The cal was made, and the gov.
ernors met, w. II. Murray repre-.
senting Governor Johnston. who did
not attend. 1t was agreed at that
meeting that a call would be issued
for a convention to write a constitu.
ton for n state to be made up Of the
territory occupied by the Five Tribes
and that all would abide by the re.
suit.
The Sequoyah Convention.
The Sequoyah convention is his.
tory. In thai convention the In.
dams expressed themselves on the
statehood question for the first time.
Heretofore the efforts for statehood
We're those of the whites. c. n. Has.
kell was the guiding spirit in that
convention. a new star appeared in
statehood quarter. The name of Has.
| lScll was sounded throughout the two
territories. lie was denounced by the
single statehood crowd, while news.
paper photographers poked fun at the
leaders of the forlorn hope.
In the winter of 1866 the sequo.
yah constitution was presented to
congress and its adoption passed. The
single statehood crowd with the Ok,
lnhoma delegate in congress pressed
their claims which were in accord
with the expressed view of tho ma.
jority in congress. There could be but
one result an enabling act was
passed in the summer Of 1906 author,
izing the two territories to elect dele,
gates to a convention for the purpose
Of drafting a constitution for a single
state.
"Ahar' said the wise ones. where
are the sequoyahs now, md the Lit.
tie Napoleon whose star was twink.
ling on the horizon"
The election for delegates to the
convention was called in keeping with
the terms Of the enabling net, and
when the election was over. c. y.
Haskell was n member OF the consti.
tutlonnl conventIon-and so was BIZ
Murray and several others who had
been with Haskell in the S~squoyah
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Editors ote-The Hon. Charles n. Haskell, the first
governor of Oklahoma and the president of the Wyoming
North & South Railroad, which is to be constructed across
the state this year, has been for a number of years a warm
personal friend of Charles W. Barton, the editor and pub
Usher of the Tribune. 1t is therefore with great pleasure
that the following article from the columns of the Eve
ming Journal of Albany, N. Y, be produced as a tribute
to the courage and foresight of the man who is undertake
ing this extensive railroad operation.l
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D4A ANGANC u Zig IllSAIAONAS
1t is only necessary to look over
the files of the newspapers of that
day to see that he was the controll-
ing spirit of the convention. His
name was in almost every column of
the papers. He was denounced and
praised. according to the political pol.
lcies of the newspapers.
One of the first things he did was
to offer q resolution to tho conven-
ton as Don as it was organized, fix.
ing the status of lobbyists. and pro-
viding penalties for those who should
violate the provisions. The resolution
was adopted. The reservations at the
hotels were released and members
were able to get rooms that had been
reserved for corporation attorneys.
Only six members of the convention
had been able to get rooms at the
Royal hotel which was then the lead.
ing hotel of the city. As soon as Has
kell's resolution was adopted, tho
Royal became the headquarters for
the convention members.
The Boundary Question.
The one great question that els.
turbed the peace of the convention
and the tranquility of the state at
large was the county boundary and
county seat question. Oklahoma ter
ritory had been divided into counties
and the county seats fixed before
statehood, but in the Indian terri.
tory there were no subdivisions other
h the re .ording districts. Every
town of any pretentions on the east
side coveted the advantages of being
a county seat. This con6ition brought
involving as it did the property in
terests of individuals and neighbor-
hoods. it became n serious matter be-
fore the convention.
After the county boundary com.
mittees had been trying in vain for
many days to find some kind of set.
Element, Haskell was appointed on the
committee. He called the members
together, went into session and did
not come out of that session until the
state of Oklahoma had boon divided
into seventy-five counties, and the
county seats fixad For o,ch oo,r.r
Tho committee went modt,+oI, h.
fore the convention. and although no
report of the committees work ha(
been written ont in detail uasl,eu
with i. wan ana Tho oss,s,onoo of
N,as Iasater made a detai1ed ranort
to the convention, which was adopt.
ed with scarcely a dissenting vote in
sid of twenty minutes. All this was
done within forty-eight hours from
the time that Haskell had been ap-
pointed to n place on the boundary
committee.
To Detail the many things that he
did in driving the work of the. con.
vention through TO a final and sue.
cessful issue, would fill a volume. The
details were left to such men as Wi.
Hams. Hayes, King, Rose, Ledbet.
ter. and others who were especially
fitted to work out the many import.
ant matters that must fit and ioin
together the various sections and
chapters of thai great act. Haskell
WINS the master workman Who direct.
ed and guided the convention giving
his best thought and energy to great
tasks of holding the elements TO.
getbor and mouIdinp into concrete
terests of these two varied and oft.
times c~ontendinr territories.
u.sLou ,I,a Mar
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GONEhNOH HASkELL'S HOME
COMING SPEECH.

Declares System of Taxation Must
BE Revised, in Mastery Address
Governmental Expenses Should Not
Run More Than Two PRINCIPAL
Crops of Nation, He Insisted.
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As governor. Mr.. Haskell took hold
of the affairs of Oklahoma when, as
another has said, everything was
chaotic" He established n sound
policy for the administration OF gov.
eminent. He stood between the peo-
pic and those who sought special pri.
viieEes. He warned against cxtrava.
Ennco. Economy was the ~wntchword
Of hlR administration.
! lie retired from office without 4
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DEMPSEY POOR PROSPECT when He ENTERED RING
HEAVY SHORT HITTING PUT HIM IN FRONT RANK

Dempsey then began TO improve
his hitting style. Previously he had
punched only with his right. using
the left solely for defense.
Kearns declared that he strapped
Dempsey's right arm to his aide
and instructed him for months in
the use of his left in attack.
II was with staggering left hooks
to the face that Dempsey sent Jess
Willard to tho floor in the first
round of their championship en-
gagement at Toledo. July 4, 1919.
Willard went to the floor wen
times in that round. 1t was a ter
rifle left hook TO the stomach that
finished Fred Fulton. the Roches-
ter. &inn.. p~lasterer at Harrison. n.
j.. in the first round, and 1t was
n left hook to the body that started
Georges Carpenter TO the floor in
the great 1921 spectacle at Jersey
City.
A left to face or body is Demp-
sey's most frequent blow. yet his
right to jaw and ribs is unusually
effective. He shoots straight to the
mark. HIS blows. well-timed. travel
only n short distance, the tremen-
dous power of the shoulders being
employed in every launching.
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NEW YORK, June 26.-Jack
Dempsey. world heavyweight box
ing champion. who defends his title
in a 15.round match with Tom
Gibbons, of st. Paul at Shelby,
Montana. July 4. was one OF the
most crude and unpromising fight
ers of his class when he made his
New York bow in 1915 in a no-decl-
sion contest with John Lester John
son. negro.
Then in his infancy as q fighter
and under the managerial wing of
John the Barber, Dempsey appeared
a sorry prospect for the champion.
ship. johnson, also in fighting baby
hood. had just recovered from a
knockout from Sam Langford. So
they We're evenly matched in size
and skill and the bout went the
limit of ten rounds.
Each claimed the unofficial deci-
sion. The negro's blows. however.
were most effective. for a pair OF
Dempsey's ribs were damaged by
body blows. Dempsey at that time
proved to be n one-handed battler.
MS defense Was poor ana ne swung
his right instead of shooting it
straight.
Among other engagements in his
first New York visit Dempsey met
Wild Bert Kenny. Andre Anderson
and Dan Ketchell. Kenny and An
derson stayed the limit of ten
rounds each but Kenny fell in the
fifth round. Early in 1917. after a
series of exploits by no means bril-
liant, Dempsey was knocked out in
one round by Jim Flynn, the Pueblo
fireman. Various reports were cir
culated about that fight and later
Dempsey redeemed himself by dis
posing of Flynn in less than a
round.
While Dempsey's early perform
ances were mediocre and sugges.
tive Of anything but future great.
ness. he developed into one OF tho
greatest h~eavyweights in ring his.
tory. He severed relations with John
.he Barber and Joined in a business
deal with Jack Kearns. his present
manager.
, 1923-06-26
WORM TURNS In THE NATIONAL
BUT GIANTS HOLD TO STRIDE

CHICAGO. June 2s.-tBy The AS
ISOLATED Press6The National league
worm turned yesterday but made
little progress. 1t meant that Phila-
delphia. the lowest centipede in the
major leagues. came within an ace
of defeating New York, which ran its
string OF victories to seven. IL to 10.
and that Boston, after dropping a
series to the Giants. smote Brooklyn.
7 to 4.
Cincinnati came back at Chicago.
6 to 8, in a battle of home runs. four
being made. but made no progress at
Pittsburgh again beat St Louis. 8 to
/. Babe Ruth rejoined his team
mates. clearing up his mysterious alb
sence at Sundays exhibition game
MT New Haven, with the schools boys
excuse that he overstepped. and the
Yankees beat Boston. IA to 6. They
needed to, as Philadelphia came to
life after Connie Mack shook up the
infield. and defeated Washington, 3
to o.
Both Chicago and st. Louis ad-
vanced the White Sox. stepping on
the tail of the Tiger by downing De
troit. z TO 1. while the Browns chased
the Indians off the warpath. o to a..
st. Louis stopped Guy Morton's
string OF 81 consecutive scoreless in
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SUSPENSION
IN NEW YORK IS URGED

New York. June 2s.-The New
York state athletic commission was
expected today to act on the re-
quest of the New Jersey boxing com.
mission that Benny Leonard. light
weight champion, DO suspended here
unless he fulfilled a contract to box
Charley white OF Chicago before he
meets Lew Tender. of Philadelphia,
in a title match scheduled at the
Yankee stadium for July 20. The
New Jersey authorities last week
decided to suspend Leonard unless
he goes through with the white bout.
, 1923-06-26

nings by knocking him from the
box.
Connie Mack OF the Philadelphia
Athletics. juggled his lineup and beat
the Washington Senator's. Bruggy
who had been playing first went be-
hind the plate, pitcher Hetmach
played first base and Riconda was
SEM to third base. The new combina-
ton worked well.
Willie Kamm, BIB Falk and Earl
Shelly boosted their battering aver
ages at the expense of the Tiger
twirlers. Each cracked three hits,
Kamm hanging up a double and
triple in his set. while Falk poled n
double and homer in his collection.
Sheely had one double in his string.
Toney the st. Louis Cardinal
twirler who announced last Satur-
day hat he had quit baseball follow
ing n verbal tilt with his team mate,
Toporcer. was back in uniform.
, 1923-06-26

the bantam division and his win =
over Earl Macarthur. Pal Moore ans.
Benny vogel to his credit. The Chit
cason Is known as the wnllopin i.
Wop and lives up to his reputatio 4
Tor he is n socker Or the first waters
the two boys Smith and Jun 4
matt climb into the ring to do theii .
stuff fight enthusiasts will be trea,
cd to n first class punching bee an =,
some real mixing. Both lads are 81
the type OF boxer who Fixes to stan
and sock and this should make h.
after n great battle. Smith ana .Tun =
matt viii make tho bantam limit av
10 O'Clock a. m. the morning OF tn
fourth. -,
With tho arrival of Jummati all thh
ooys participating on the Rodeo cars
with the exception OF Benny Strave,
Shirley. Gartin and Socklyn are is
tho city. These -four lads are expecte-
IN now Mt any moment. All Of the DO, h
ers VIII train here. be examined b :
tho club physician and weighed :
ample time to determine whethe
they are in proper condition TO bo,
Ihis precautlon is taken to ruarar .
Tee the public "A run for its
Buses and taxis will leave the cor
ner of the Stockmen's Bank start,n
at y. m. h day OF the bouts. thu
gates 10 the arena will bo throw
open at the same hour,
, 1923-06-26
LOckard Wins
Court Decision
In Club Dispute

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. June 2s.
The United States district court
denied a motion asking for the dis.
missal OF a petition by Charles Lock.
ard. an owner of the Seattle club in
tho Pacific oas baseball league,
that w. II. Mccarthy. president of
tho league. be compelled to seat
him as a director of the present or
g~anization. Mccarthy has refused to
permit participation OF the Seattle
club in the regular league meetings
on the ground that there is evil.
dence Of 1t being wned in part by
William Wrigley. Jr., a stakeholder
in the Los Angeles club.
, 1923-06-26
Midget takes ON WILDCAT As
MASCOT T0CHASE AWAY JINX

Midget Smith. New York bantam.
who meets frankie Jummatl July 4
afternoon Mt the Rodeo grounds in n
~12-round boxing bout is superstitious,
II you do not believe 1t pipe the Mid
get Juggling round n wiggly looking
yellow ball which tho Midget declares
TO be his mascot. Said mascot is n
baby bob cat which William hooked
up around Teapot rock. Therefore
the cats new monicher is Teapot"
''Teapcf' must have hin milk ana
plenty Of attention according to the
Midget. John O'Reilly. the Shelk of
92nd street is the official nurse for
the cat. Johno talks nice to Teapot"
Ind says; Kitty. Kitty when Teapot"
elects to hide out under the beds of
, 1923-06-26
Chicago Will
KnOU frankie
Has Arrived

Frankie Jummati. Chicago ban
tam boxen, arrived in town and
Immediately gave the city n little
eastern advertising. Jummati like
all easterners commenced to corner
the postcard market and flooded
the p~ostoffice with the little epls-
ties that mako the postal officials
cuss. Frankie sent p~ostcnrds far
and wide.
Jummati vii be tho guest at a
theater party tonight and n dinner
rendered him by local italians. He
will work out daily at the West A
street gymnasium.
, 1923-06-26
Sport Calendar

RAcING-Meeting of Queens Coun.
ty Jockey club. at Aqueduct.
Meeting of Kentucky Jockey club.
at Latonia.
GOLF - Trans-Mlssissippi cham
pionship tournament. at Minneapolis.
National public links championship.
at Washington. d. C.
National collegiate championship
tournament, at Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
TENNIS Worlds championship
tournament, at Wimbledon, Eng.
National intercollegiate champion
ships. at Philadelphia.
Northumberland women's lawn
bowling championship. at Toronto.
BOxING-Izzy Tanner va. Duke
Martenez. 15 rounds, at New Or
leans.
, 1923-06-26

their hotel suite. When the sheils wa
asked IL he had n nice trip here h,
quoth; Nix. the cat thinks I am it
official valet" OH Damn that cat
When h cat was acquired nursinJ
bottles were bought. not ono blu
many. the well known Midget lick
Ing that in case they should breai
n the cat would starve. John,
bought four and said Damn again
Anyway it appears hat Teapot
reigns supreme owe the Smith camI
and that h is no doubt tho top O:
the heap for all hands aid this daint,
lazy when she wishes attention, re
spect for "Teapot's" finger nails Il
no doubt ample enough for the Smiti
retinue to afford the wild little beasi
attention
, 1923-06-26
M'TIGUE LOSES
TO L0UGHRAH

PHILADELPHIA. June 2s.-Mike
McTfgue. in his first ring appear
ance since he won the light heavy
weight championship from Battling
Sikh in Dublin, left anything but n
favorable impression with local fight
fans after his bout last night with
Tommy Loughran. of Philadelphia
In the opening opinion of sport
writer's at the ringside. Loughran
clearly outpointed the champion.
Whether McTfgue put forth his
best efforts was a question freely
discussed today by the fans.
Although LouEnran landed nearly
2 to one punches against McTiguc.
few of his blows had a telling eff
feet.
. Mat -. - MR. d.Afr~ E-. A..
, 1923-06-26
T0ddy's Games

National League
Pittsburgh at st. Louis.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Boston at New York.
American League
st. Louis at Cleveland.
Chicago at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Washington.
, 1923-06-26
GIBBONS TAKESREST AS CHAMP
RESUMES WORK AFTER DAY OFF
Challenger Ready to Fight for Nothing Rather Than
Lose Chance at Title; Many Arrests Made
in Shelby for Violations

SHELBY, Mont, June 2e-tBy The Associated Press).-
Interrupting the rigid training regime he has followed dur
ing last week, despite rain and cold weather, Tom Gibbons.
contender for Jack Dempseys title, rested today. His morn,
ing nike and calisthenics were his only muscle stretchers.
Late today he will occupy the mound for the Gibbons Ath-