Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-12
THE OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE
LOWER HOUSE PASSES A NUMBER OF
IMPORTANT BILLS.
Aurora BoreaIis Railroad Resolution
Adopted-Womnn Suffrage Bill
TO Come Up Next WeelS-A
Short Council Session.

Guthrie, o. T.. Feb. 11.-(Special1 The
lower house was opened by its chaplain
begging God not to allow this legislature
to act as had some of its predecessors"
Nays gambling bill was recommended for
passage. It is calculated TO prevent rather
than regulate. Council bill empowering
county commissioners to correct assess
ment or tax rolls, but not permitting them
to equalize taxes as between individuals,
passed the house. The house bill passed
limiting official papers tc those having
been published for fifty-two consecutive
weeks. House bills passed opening the
fiscal year on January !, rather than July
l, forfeiting the sheriff's office and filming
him S100 in case ne fails TO inform all pris-
oners that jail breaking is unlawful. The
State Agricultural Society's billo hunting
was wrestled over and referred back to
committee The councils amendments to
the house bill remitting certain taxes in
consideration of lake Construction and for
est growth We're e0ncurred in. In commit
tee of the whole. Mr. Speaker denounced
and rules were ignored that it might be
killed. Graves was in earnest.
A resolution was passed that the house
select three the council two and the gov
ernor two of committee to meet similar
committees from Kansas and Texas, the
object being to better Gulf rates and final
ly build n north and south interstate rail-
road. The Kansas legislature has acted
and the Texas governor has just sent the
legislature strong message on the sub
iect. This resolutions consideration led to
an attempt to sidetrack the councils rail-
road bill in the house. Rose favored max
ing all railroad measures special for a fut-
ure day. The Populists defeated this move
ment. 1t Is. however, agreed that this in
terstate plan may result in less stringent
railroad legislation.
The woman's rights bill was in order for
final vote. The town turned out. Miss
Margarete Reese assistant principal of the
higl; school, and secretary of the Terri
torial Suffrage League, excused her girl
students and they filed into the legislative
tangle. Roses motion that the suffrage
bill, along with others on elections and
next Thursday, was carried. The lady vis-
itors, crestfallen and forlorn, took their
sewing and went home. Among the 400
good and poor things said. Ferguson's s
prayer that 1.-The ballot should not be al.
lowed to ruffie a single feather on those
firmly and politely roasted the female lob
by from Kansas.
Assemblyman Graves introduced a house
concurrent resolution asking an investiSa-
tion of the territorial treasury. 1t pro-
vdes for experts who shall have the pow
er to summon witnesses and take testi-
mony. 1t was sufficiently popular to sus-
pend rules and go to second reading ty
unanimous vote.
To BryaniZe the short grass country, a
bill was introduced in the council chang
ing Woods to Bryan county. The council
passed two of its own measures, also the
house bill on irrigation and tax exemption
for certain lake building and forest grow
ing. The council held no afternoon session,
its time being given up to the committee
on elections and the committee on public
lands.