Oklahoma's constitution largely mirrored the era's Progressivism. Anti-monopoly and campaign contribution provisions restricted the power of corporations. Some workers enjoyed an eight-hour day a graduated income and inheritance taxes helped place the cost of government on the broadest shoulders. Child labor was restricted, and a Department of Charities and Corrections was created. The constitution also allowed for initiative and referendum (but not recall), municipal home rule charters, and a preponderance of elective public offices. |
