The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-01-30
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the gear wheel
IL is late In he season FOR Senator
Bddison to b-giu hedging.
House bill a, .aporopriating S5.0Oo
for clerks went 20 the governor today
Dennis and viii lam have seen Bid.
olson. and the old smile is back again.
House bill 4. to cut off Amos Ewing
head, came up on secoud reading to-
day.
Senator wlnLler rarely ever puts
himself on record, but when he does
it is there TO stay.
President McCredie will not again
penetrate the lines Of the enemy In
disobedience Of regulation orders.
As the council adjourned Saturday
until two o'clock todav, a general
lobby discussion was the business done
in the council cham Der this morning.
House bill E, an act concerning rea,
real estate and severinP property
therefrcm. by Jones, was read third
time and will probably pass this body.
1t cant be true that the Pawnee
statesman was merely throwing peb
bles a Mars when he introduced his
search warrant resolution in the coun-
ell
Chairman WIN Grimes, OF the terri
torial central committee, made a short
talk and in the summary of his re-
marks ne said he was opposed TO ap.
portioning the territory on The las
| vote taken. but Is willing to take it on
| the last enumeration
/ Council bill l6, an act constituting q
/ board of equalization aud defining the
/ powers thereof, and providing for the
J assessment Of rolling stock OF rail-
Dads, and other property not other
wise provided for, and heretofore pub
| lished in the Leader, by Winkler,
passed last Friday, was sent to the
! house Saturday.
Favorable committee reports were
made on Walls bill, No. So, relating to
roads ara highways; Stevens bill, No.
6s, for a - 600 monument TO the mem.
ory of Roy V. Cashion; Woods bill No
70, amending the law regulating phar-
macy; council bill No 33 as amended, +,
providing for fund TO be used by the
territ rial board of health for control-
ling and wiping out contagious dis
eases.
The members of the council present
this morning were shaking hands with
their numerous lends and consulting
over the work To be done in the four h
week OF the sFlfth assembly. Many
istened to few remark from Con-
gressmau- Flynn, who o cupied
the presidents chair for a few NOM
euts telling tales of what is being
done ia Washington. In reference to
the free HON S bill he said that Con.
gressmau Eddy, OF Minnesota, has
charge Of thebill and be ieves IL 90
policy 10 bring the bill before the next
congr, So for the reason that this same
house has turned down the bill. and
il would seem to- be a farce to bring II
Iup again in this house. He consulted
Dennis en- this matter and Mr.. Flynn
, Informed him that he was ready &c
have it come up at any time.
Sc ator Hu toms bill. No. 95, tc
punish corrupt practices In political
conventions and among the memte 1
thereof Ia iron clad The bill provid'
that any person who shall give oi
offer, directly or indirectly, anything
of value TO any delegate or membrr o.
any political co vention or Poiitica
| caucus. or any subdivision thereof, FOL
the purpose OF influencing his vote OF
any question b fore the caueus or con
vention, or TO influence such deleg at'
10 vote for or against any person WHIT
I is a candidate for nomination for AM
office wh. tsoever, shall be punished bl
sf not exceeding $500 or imprisoned
; in the county Jail for ninety days, o
both. Any delegate who shall acceP
or agree TO accept such overtures, o
who shall d. tmand, directly or indi
rertly, any kind of remuneration tha
might influence his vote, shall be pun
. ished In like manner.
BILLS BEFORE COMMITTEE or THE
WHOLE.
Council bill so by BeilRmy, an &C
. in relation 70 ,ities of the first class
Council bill rs, by Huston, an &C
TO amend section !, article 3, chapte
. q, session laws OF 1897, relating t
CITIES Of the first class.
: Council bill 2 by Clarke, an act t
provide for taxation of insurance an
accident companies not organized un
der the laws of the territory.
Council bill 20, an act amendator
( TO section IA, article l. chapter rs, be
{ t. < general section 5762 of statutes @
= 1895, entitled Schools" by Candy
y was reported back from committee c
the whole favorably and reported en-
p crossed