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Show MED THECAPITAL governor Haskell of okla-homa okla-homa disobeys court and moves headquarters. After Securing , Temporary .Quarters for State Officials, the Chief Ex-evutive Ex-evutive Issues Proclamation. Explaining Reason for It. Oklnhoma City. Reaching here on n special train from Tulsa on Sunday, Governor Haskell and his secretary oponed headquarters In a hotel. Rumors Ru-mors throughout tho day that tho governor contemplated making Oklahoma Okla-homa City tho permanent scat of government, gov-ernment, as tho bill which carried In Saturday's election contemplated, wero confirmed when Governor Haskell Issued Is-sued a statement declaring that his I forco woild reujnln here. A local coinnllttee secured tempor2 nry quarters for all the state officers, and the removal of all officers probably prob-ably will be made in tho face of an Injunction to tho contrary granted In Guthrie by District Judge Huston. Governor Haskell has issued a proc lamatlon declaring the bill carried and Oklahoma City" tho permanent seat of state government. The proclamation is based on a legal opinion icndcrcd him, in which it is held that since a law Initiated by tho peoplo becomes automatically effectlvo immediately upon Us passage, Oklahoma City is tho permanetn seat of government and all official acts oi state officers in any other place would bo Illegal. The governor has also Issued., a proclamation calling an election on August 2 for the submission of an initiated in-itiated proposition providing a constitutional con-stitutional amendment to restrict tho right of suffrage, basing eligibility of franchise' on educational qualifications. |