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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1906
Page
2
The Oklahoma constitutional convention voted to apprehend and convict lobbyists and to curb railroads mineral land interests. Judge Henry Shepard urged selling surface lands, while committees formed cover rules notices and geology, with invitations extended to Roosevelt and La Follette and others. The body opened with Murray elected president and Frantz welcoming delegates.
Murray wins presidency 97 votes to Hopkins with Hopkins backing Murray. Durant sergeant-at-arms and Oates assistant sergeant-at-arms chosen. Convention adopts Asp resolution for a ten member committee to seek extra funds from Congress for delegate expenses, estimating 50000 more needed. Wednesday features heated state rights fight over U S constitution as supreme law.
Guthrie reports cluster of lobbyists and delegates pressing for county seat placements across Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Proposals split Greer Kiowa and Comanche into multiple counties with capitals at Mangum Hollis Altus Hobart Mountain Park Lawton Frederick and broader divisions in Beaver Woodward Woods and Roger Mills.
The annual Anti Saloon League of America convention in St Louis petitions the Oklahoma constitutional convention to insert a prohibition plank. A committee will draft and send telegrams supporting the move. Judge Beauchamp plans a sixty room hotel at Anadarko.
The School Over The Emahaka mission, a Seminole school for Indian girls, was turned over to Superintendent Fallwell this week by Miss Davis who ran it for months. The management had long been controversial and was settled in this manner. Miss Davis, sister of Governor Brown of the Seminole nation, will lose all she spent maintaining the school, about $1,000 a month.
Delegates drew seats by lot in the convention hall with good nature. Haskell of Muskogee passed the box as McCance and Leeper drew numbers. Republicans won seats 56–60 and 98–105 while Democratic and Republican banter framed a unity message.
The Supreme Court grants a re hearing in St Louis for Zach Mulhall the Oklahoma cattleman and showman who was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for shooting a bystander during a Pike world’s fair affray.
A man fell ill and was confined to bed after a chicken bone became lodged just below his tonsils. Doctors attributed the episode to the choking incident and the man’s health was monitored as he recovered.
The War Department reports President Roosevelt will not halt the discharge of three companies of the Twenty fifth Infantry at Fort Reno without new evidence. Secretary Taft notes the president may reconsider if facts prove official reports false or exculpate individuals. Recruitment of colored soldiers will replace discharged troops, while some members remain. Local officials anticipate a Muskogee public building to house key agencies post Oklahoma statehood.
Mistaken ideas of bandit life lure 13 year old Harold Carson from Boston to Indian Territory. He arrives in Vinita with a pop gun and a borrowed horse, attempting horse stealing and outlaw acts. He is taken into custody by C A Riddle and jailed in federal prison, with officials considering reform school.
W B Johnson former district attorney told a Senate committee that guardians for Indian minors are often straw men who control lands for speculators. F K West urged sale of surplus lands in 160 acre tracts with five years residency before patent. N P McCoy and H C Gates testified on guardianship practices amid strong senate interest.
J T Pickens and others file a writ of mandamus against Commissioner Tami Bixby to compel entry on the Choctaw nation Indian rolls. Though only twenty five are directly involved, the ruling will affect over three thousand people.
Shawnee advances plans for a new convention hall with council support. The project aims to boost downtown activity and host regional meetings, events, and gatherings. Construction timelines and funding details are not specified in the readable text.
Guthrie reports the plan for Oklahoma to have 90 counties. The current 26 Oklahoma counties plus 26 Indian Territory districts plus 48 Indian Territory counties suggests dividing the territory into 42 more to reach 90. Possibilities include splitting Woods, Roger Mills, Kiowa, Greer, Comanche, Woodward, and creating several New counties from Greer Kiowa and Comanche. The Osage Nation may remain a single county. Local lobbyists push maps to favor their counties.
Oklahoma pride is praised for its crafts and durable goods with strong regional comparisons. The text extols local production prowess and agricultural strength, highlighting mules and household quality as emblematic of the state's enterprise.
Guthrie meeting of the Oklahoma State Press Association executive committee plans to seek a county printer. Frank Greer and Leslie Niblack appointed to handle the effort. a second committee will draft a resolution for the state convention urging legislature to create an elected county printer with legal fees to curb rate cuts in public printing.
The Greer Presbytery of the Presbyterian church in Granite and Olustee Oklahoma has taken out an Oklahoma charter. The merger involves the Presbyterian and Cumberland Presbyterian churches and reflects a reorganization of church governance and property.
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