The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-20

GUTHRIE, o. T., Jan. Especial 1.-The
morning session OF the council was called
20 order at 10 o'clock by President Mozart
Aey. Roll call showed all members pres
snt
Mr. Ross Of Cleveland county rose to a
question Of privilege and made a personal
explanation regarding paragraph which
appeared in the Guthrie Leader yesterday.
Referring to the closing of the contest for
the speakership of the house. it said:
Inside in earnest conversation with the
mem bers, hard at work keeping their re-
spective men iu line, were Hon. j. +. Stone
and Hon. i. =. Ross"
Mr.. Ross insisted that DO efforts OF his
were necessary 10 keep IN line the men who
had stood together on l49 ballots in their
efforts to serve the Democratic party, even
If be had been inclined to influence them.
rs he had not been.
Mr.. Clevinger offered a concurrent reso-
luton, to the effect that the governor meet
both houses in joint session at o'clock to-
day aud deliver any communication he
might have TO make. Carried
The council then went into committee
Of the whole to consider the various plans
suggested for revising the statutes of Ok
lahoma. Mr.. WrIghtsman was called TO
the chair, and au informal discussion fol-
lowed.
Councillors Fegan, Mccartney, Logan,
Pulliam and others took part, explaining
and criticising the different methods. The
principal question seemed 10 be whether
the legislature should adopt the code Of
some state as a whole, cutting out the IN
desirable portions, or make up the laws
from all sources, passing them act by act.
The members seemed TO feel that the peO-
pie OF the territory desired d careful reyls-
ION of the entire statutes.
Mr. IJifroan a i6 nor Ia U0r rba nj n " OTrt
of the entire statutes. He believed the
better course would Je to cut out the more
Objectionable features OF the present laws
and TO have Just as few additional laws as
We're really necessary. He said that the
adoption Of a new code would necessitate
an amount of revising, pruning and index
ing that could not be accomplished in
sixty days
At1l:30 o'clock the committee rose and
reported progress.
Mr.. Prlugey was called to the chair.
The committee appointed for that pur-
pose was instructed to notify the house
ihaJ%he council was ready to transact
business. The committee reported at y
o'clock that the house was not yet organ
lied and could not receive its communica-
Lion.
The council then adjourned till 2 o'clock
?. m,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Vice President PulliRm called the coun-
ell together for the afternoon session.
Some time was spent in disposing of mo-
lions of minor importance, At2:20 o'clock
a committee from the house announced
that that body was organized and ready TO
receive any communication that the coun-
Gil might wish to make. On motion of
Mr.. CleyinCer the sergesnt-at-arms was
instructed 10 transmit to the house the
concurrent resolution notifying the gov
ernor that both houses were ready to re-
ceive his message A few minutes later a
messenger from the house announced that
IL had passed the concurrent resolutions
| and and had appointed a committee of
three 10 wait upon the governor in com |
pany with like committee from the coun-
ell. MessTo. Fegan and pulliam were
appointed as the council COMMITTEES At
O'Clock the committee reported that the /
governor was ready TO deliver his message
10 the joint assembly in representative
ball. The council then adjourned to that
place
On reassembliug Mr. Fegan offered a
resolution providing for IA committee of
three from the council 10 act with com
mliter OF five from the house as a COM
nittee on joint rules.
The CHAIR appointed Nessrs. Fegan, |
Iltmau and brjuEey.
/ was moved by Mr. prngey that the
council adjourn till 10 O'Clock A. m. Fri
day, aud Jbat The regular hours for con
NenlnE be 30 o'clock 4. m, and o'clock
,. m.
Mr.. P;tman moved to amend. that the
hours lie e:a6 o'clock a. M, and 1;30 o'clock
j. IN.
Mr.. Wrightsman moved, as a substitute,
that the council adjourn till O'Clock this (
SveuIng. Adopted