Author: Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021906441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma is a fascinating record of the birth of a new state in the American West. This volume includes the complete text of the Oklahoma Constitution, as well as speeches, debates, and other materials that shed light on the political and social climate of the time. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of American politics and the development of the American West. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma: Held at Guthrie, Oklahoma, November 20, 1906 to November 16, 1907
Author: Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021906441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma is a fascinating record of the birth of a new state in the American West. This volume includes the complete text of the Oklahoma Constitution, as well as speeches, debates, and other materials that shed light on the political and social climate of the time. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of American politics and the development of the American West. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021906441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma is a fascinating record of the birth of a new state in the American West. This volume includes the complete text of the Oklahoma Constitution, as well as speeches, debates, and other materials that shed light on the political and social climate of the time. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of American politics and the development of the American West. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma
Author: Oklahoma. Constitutional Convention
Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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The Oklahoma Red Book
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma
Author: Oklahoma
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma: Held At
Author: Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017102598
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017102598
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Progressive Oklahoma
Author: Danney Goble
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080615375X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Progressive Oklahoma traces Oklahoma’s rapid evolution from pioneer territory to statehood under a model Progressive constitution. Author Danney Goble reasons that the Progressive movement grew as a reaction to an exaggerated species of Gilded Age social values—the notion that an expanding marketplace and unfettered individualism would properly regulate progress. Near the end of the territorial era, that notion was challenged: commercial farmers and trade unionists saw a need to control the market through collective effort, and the sudden appearance of new corporate powers convinced many that the invisible hand of the marketplace had become palsied. After years of territorial setbacks, Oklahoma Democrats readily embraced the Progressive agenda and swept the 1906 constitutional convention elections. They went on to produce for their state a constitution that incorporated such landmark Progressive features as the initiative and referendum, strict corporate regulation, sweeping tax reform, a battery of social justice measures, and provisions for state-owned enterprises. Goble is keenly aware that the Oklahoma experience was closely related to broader changes that shaped the nation at the turn of the century. Progressive Oklahoma examines the elemental changes that transformed Indian Territory into a new kind of state, and its inhabitants into Oklahomans—and modern Americans.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080615375X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Progressive Oklahoma traces Oklahoma’s rapid evolution from pioneer territory to statehood under a model Progressive constitution. Author Danney Goble reasons that the Progressive movement grew as a reaction to an exaggerated species of Gilded Age social values—the notion that an expanding marketplace and unfettered individualism would properly regulate progress. Near the end of the territorial era, that notion was challenged: commercial farmers and trade unionists saw a need to control the market through collective effort, and the sudden appearance of new corporate powers convinced many that the invisible hand of the marketplace had become palsied. After years of territorial setbacks, Oklahoma Democrats readily embraced the Progressive agenda and swept the 1906 constitutional convention elections. They went on to produce for their state a constitution that incorporated such landmark Progressive features as the initiative and referendum, strict corporate regulation, sweeping tax reform, a battery of social justice measures, and provisions for state-owned enterprises. Goble is keenly aware that the Oklahoma experience was closely related to broader changes that shaped the nation at the turn of the century. Progressive Oklahoma examines the elemental changes that transformed Indian Territory into a new kind of state, and its inhabitants into Oklahomans—and modern Americans.
A History of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Oklahoma
Author: Albert Harman Ellis
Publisher:
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Category : Constitution
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Category : Constitution
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin Liu
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332337804
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Excerpt from Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma: Held at Guthrie, Oklahoma, November 20, 1906 to November 16, 1907 The Delegates elected to the Constitutional Convention to be held in accordance with an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a Constitution and State Government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states; and to enable the people of New Mexico and of Arizona to form a Constitution and State Government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states," approved June 16th, 1906, met in the Convention Chambers in the City of Guthrie, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, the 20th day of November, A. D. 1906, it being the second Tuesday after the election, at the hour of two o'clock p. m. Henry S. Johnston, of Perry, Oklahoma, Delegate-elect from the 17th District, arose and spoke as follows: The hour having arrived for the opening ceremonies of this Convention you will arise and attend prayer. The Rev. Frank Naylor, of Pawnee, will lead our thoughts in supplication to the Divine Presence. The Rev. Frank Naylor then offered a prayer as follows: Almighty and everliving God, we are devoutly thankful to Thee for the Providence that has brought us to this good hour. We thank Thee that from the conditions of a most discouraging nature, and struggles with poverty and disappointment. Thou hast made it possible for the conditions that obtain here today. We have been sent here In an earnest endeavor to frame a great Constitution for a great people and for generations which shall follow us. Thou hast not forgotten us In the past, we are needy now and ask Thee to continue Thy protective care over us. God bless the great mass of men, women and children who are anxiously awaiting the work of this body. Bless the men all over our State who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. May their Interests be carefully guarded. God bless the President of the United States and all in authority. Preserve the peace of our Nation. 'Lord, while for all mankind we pray, Of every clime and coast, O, hear us for our native land, The land we love the most.' Bless the officers and members of this Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332337804
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Excerpt from Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the Proposed State of Oklahoma: Held at Guthrie, Oklahoma, November 20, 1906 to November 16, 1907 The Delegates elected to the Constitutional Convention to be held in accordance with an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a Constitution and State Government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states; and to enable the people of New Mexico and of Arizona to form a Constitution and State Government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states," approved June 16th, 1906, met in the Convention Chambers in the City of Guthrie, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, the 20th day of November, A. D. 1906, it being the second Tuesday after the election, at the hour of two o'clock p. m. Henry S. Johnston, of Perry, Oklahoma, Delegate-elect from the 17th District, arose and spoke as follows: The hour having arrived for the opening ceremonies of this Convention you will arise and attend prayer. The Rev. Frank Naylor, of Pawnee, will lead our thoughts in supplication to the Divine Presence. The Rev. Frank Naylor then offered a prayer as follows: Almighty and everliving God, we are devoutly thankful to Thee for the Providence that has brought us to this good hour. We thank Thee that from the conditions of a most discouraging nature, and struggles with poverty and disappointment. Thou hast made it possible for the conditions that obtain here today. We have been sent here In an earnest endeavor to frame a great Constitution for a great people and for generations which shall follow us. Thou hast not forgotten us In the past, we are needy now and ask Thee to continue Thy protective care over us. God bless the great mass of men, women and children who are anxiously awaiting the work of this body. Bless the men all over our State who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. May their Interests be carefully guarded. God bless the President of the United States and all in authority. Preserve the peace of our Nation. 'Lord, while for all mankind we pray, Of every clime and coast, O, hear us for our native land, The land we love the most.' Bless the officers and members of this Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author: State Library of Massachusetts
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Languages : en
Pages : 234
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