Democrats Warn of Hidden Pitfall in Statehood Bill
A Democratic Press Bureau piece argues Republicans inserted a Jim Crow clause into the Enabling Act, aiming to split races and cement control in territories. It claims Democrats must avoid the trap, support a strong constitution, curb corporations, and empower voters through initiatives and referendums.
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Republican Party
Corporation Kings
Oklahoma
Troy
Democratic Press Bureau
Oklahoma constitutional convention debates apportionment and salaries
Guthrie Oklahoma March 1 The committee settles Third District apportionment among Craig Muskogee Wagoner Sequoyah and other counties. Salaries for state and county officers are proposed including governor at 5000 and justices at 4000. Prohibition local option provision defeated 56 to 26 as conflicts with the enabling act. Recall and impeachment methods not adopted.
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Guthrie
Craig
Muskogee
Wagoner
Sequoyah
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Canadian
Cleveland
McClain
Garvin
Custor
Love
Murray
Kiowa
Washita
Custer
Dewey
Ellis, Rogers, Mills, Beckham
Greer
Oklahoma County
Pottawatomie
Lincoln
Jackson
Tillman
Comanche
McCurtain
Choctaw
Bryan
Marshall
Atoka
Coal
Johnson
Pontotoc
Seminole
Pittsburg
McIntosh
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Alabama
Oklahoma constitutional apportionment advances with shifts in districts
The Oklahoma constitutional convention reports major reapportionment changes for Caddo Grady and Rogers Tulsa, adds a Craig Tulsa Rogers district, and keeps Caddo Grady two reps. It detaches Hughes from Pittsburg, creates lines in Garfield Logan and Oklahoma counties, and votes on per diem, session length, and taxes for public purposes. Aimed to finish calendar by March 9 amid other policy actions.
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Guthrie
Caddo
Grady
Rogers
Tulsa
Craig
Messenger
Holdenville
Hughes
Pittsburg
McIntosh
Garfield
Logan
Oklahoma
Cnty
Kingfisher
Canadian
Tracy
Chamber of Commerce
Territories
Territorial Board of Pharmacy
Ada Democrats Propose Primary Election Rules in 1890s Ada I T
Ada Democratic executives draft primary rules including printing a Democrat pledge on each ticket and use of the Australian ballot. Voters vote in booths under three ward judges. tickets kept by election officials. only judges clerks and voters present. Fees: candidates pay ten dollars, aldermen one dollar each, due before names appear on ballots.
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Ada
I. T
A. J. Shirley
Duke Stone
J. T. Conn
J. P. Wood
W.D. Lowden
Cement Plant Expands on West Side With 125 Workers
The Oklahoma Portland Cement Company scales up the West Side project, employing 125 workers on foundations, 40 at the quarry six miles south, and preparing track. Two large rotary kilns arrive, one weighing 150000 pounds, with boilers and supporting equipment in place. The plant’s iron and plaster exterior is underway as 90 additional carloads of material are expected.
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Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Frisco
Messrs. Cooper and Gray
Ohio
Realty Transfers by P. C. Duncan & Company in February
Real estate transfers filed for February list G. P. Cooper to J. R. Osborn eighty acres in section 31 and additional transfers including B. W. Oliver to Frank Wheeler eighty acres in section 31 1000 E. Morris to R. E. Goggin two lots and a four room house 560 W. Daggs to R. E. Goggins two parcels in Daggs Addition 1650 W. Daggs to J. H. Goggin four lots in various blocks 9200 W. Daggs to Horace Peay single lot in block 975 J. M. Maulein to Bud Eubanks lot and two room house 300 9 10 11 block 9 Daggs Add. 225 W. J. Mason to H. T. Barnes three lots and a three room house 260 Duke Stone to T. W. Chadwick three lots and a three room house 450
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P. C. Duncan & Company
G. P. Cooper
J. R. Osborn
B. W. Oliver
Frank Wheeler
E. S. Morris
R. E. Goggin
W. W. Daggs
R. E. Goggins
Daggs
J. H. Goggin
Horace Peay
J. M. Maulein
Bud Eubanks
W. J. Mason
H. T. Barnes
Duke Stone
T. W. Chadwick
Ada Chapter No 78 Eastern Star Seeks Piano Purchase Support
Members of Ada Chapter No 78 of the Eastern Star request assistance for buying a piano for the well being program. A committee oversees fundraising efforts and public appeals for donations.
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Ada
The
Eastern Star
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