Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-08
BUT ONE BILL PASSED.
Oklahoma Legislature Is Slow in Get-
ting Down to Business-Yester-
day's PrOceedfnEs.

| GUTHRIE, o. T., Feb. 1.-tSpecial.) To,
day marks the twenty eighth day of the
Oklahoma assembly, and as yet not bill
| excepting appropriation bill which was
vetoed, has reached the governor. Nor has
! the investigating committee done else than
to organize. 1t begins to look as II only
| a few bills will become laws. Governo,
Barnes said to-day that he was waiting
| patiently for the legislature to do some
| thing.
| The plan to locate the public buildings
has many adherents who are working dill
gently to have them located by the pres
! ent legislature. However, there are many
strong factors opposed TO the move at this
| time.
| The house this morning passed three bills
| BY Hay-Proyiding that all residents OF
one year shall be .a entitled beSor to
be preferred before grand jury.
| BY Willtamson-Providing when taxes
shall become due and the collection OF
| BY, Notwithstanding city clerks of cities
| OF the first class to keep a journal and
| record of the council proceedings.
| Walls presented am invitation from the
city of Norman requesting the assembly to
be their guests on February 81 The invi-
| tation will be considered tomorrow.
A heated discussion took place over Had
ley's bill providing that the teachers cer-
| tificates issued by county boards shall be
OF three grades and be in force one, two
and three years. The Populists urged the
passage of the bill, but the Republicans de-
ated feated it. Hadley took the matter very
much to heart and declared with PopuiiS-
tic vehemenee that he had discovered an
other monopoly.
tions to the house which were read and re-
ferred. The important ones were:
Asking that the city of Cross. which has
been moved to Ponca City, allow the cit
izens Of Cross township to issue bonds to
pay off the Indebtedness incurred by the
Citiyaps ns N,h,. ,o,,+,, r,,,t nv ,..
tor appointed to ascertain if glanders ex-
lists among the horses there.
The Commercial Club of Alva invited the
legislature to visit their city in the near
future.
A letter from the warden of the Kansas
penitentiary asking. that an appropriation
be made at once for the keeping of the
Oklahoma conVicts.
A remonstrance from the Book and Sta
objecting to the repeal of the present text
referred.
The following bills were introduced in the
By Hay-Authorizing the town of Med
ford to issue bonds for the erection of pub
By Jones-Providing for better protection
of fixtures, crops, fruits and timber on real
estate; providing for the filling of vacan-
rial legislators.
The Hay bill consumed the afternoon and
passed the committee of the whole. It pro-
=
fees of the following county officers: Sher-
III. probate judge, register of deeds, treas
urer re,, and justice Of the peace.
The senate passed the following bills In
committee of the whole:
BY Bellamy-Allowing saloons to use
screens.
By Garrison-Improving roads and high
ways.
By Brett-Providing for the duties of
county surveyors.
The bills introduced were:
BY misunderstanding all peddlers to nav
license. e'
BY DEMONSTRATING the county of
Roosevelt out of portion of Woods coun.
ty. and providing for its officers.
By yClark-Authorizing counties and cities
and boards of education to issue bonds to
refund bonded Indebtedness
BY Garrison-Relating to executions for
capital offenses: defining and declaring
gambling illegal, and the penalty for vio-
The Republican members of the house
met IN caucus tonight to discuss the ad-
Visibility of creating Roosevelt county out
OF part of Woods county. The caucus was
In session for over an hour. but took no