The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-09
STRINGENT
CIGARETTE
LAW MADE
Mr.. Nesbit's Bill Passes
Through Lower Body.
HOUSE GETS TO WORK
Day in Senate Chiefly Notable
for Hot Air.

Guthrie, 0. T. Feb. 8.-This was one Of
those days Of perpetual grind in the house
without an incident to enliven the work,
or a feature to entertain the visitors.
After the preliminaries had been disposed
Of it was work, work, until the day
closed The passage Of a stringent anti
cigarette bill did not even cause runle
and when in the afternoon the house,
/ committee Of the whole. tackld a town
ship assessor bill. containing twenty
eight pages or thirty-eight sections. the
proceedings actually got so dull that Rep
resentauye seeIy persisted in going to
sleep every few minutes in spite Of Grst-
mill Jones and the sergeant at arms, who
combined their forces 10 break the rest
Of the member from Logan county.
Under third reading and passage Of
bills the house sent the following bills
to the council;
H. 3. 1l9, by Nesbit, an act to prohibit
the sale or offering for sale, or bringing
into the Territory of Oklahoma for the
purpose of sale, or giving away OF any
cigarettes, cigarette paper, or substitute
thereof The vote on this bill stood p
ayes, three noes, one absent and not
voting. The bill provides that it shall
be misdemeanor for any person. firm
or corporation to sell, offer to sell. or to
bring into the Territory 70 rthe purpose
of selling. giving away or otherwise dis
posing OF. any cigarettes, cigarette paper
or substitute for the same: and a viola
ton Of any Of the provisions of this act
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by
fine Of not less than ten dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars.
The next bill to pass was house bill No.
125 by Mr.. Wood. an act to amend sec
ton g. article II, chapter, statutes Of
1899, relating to service Of subpoena In
criminal cases. This Dill provides that
only the name fthe witness upon whom
personal service could not be had shall
b6 upon the copy left at such witness
residence. It received % votes for to
none against
The clerk then read house bfI No. 30,
by Mr.. Alexander. an act fixing the
Compensation Of jurors and witnesses
and prescribing the manner of their pay
ment and for other purposes This meas
ure IS one Of about a dozen bills intro
dueed on this subject, and as each mem
her who had ambitions to be known to
the world, as the author of this particu-
lar piece of legislation seemed to con-
slider his biu the best, the atmosphere
resounded for the next hour with flow
of oratory. the chief Ingredient Of which
was sound The bill finally passed.
Council bin NO. IS by Mr. Winkler, an
act declaring the fiscal year Of Oklahoma
to commence on June 30 Of each year,
was the next bin taken up This bill
was passed yesterday and for few min
utes it had the honor of being the first
measure TO get through both houses. but /
q fatal defect was discovered and after
a reconsideration It was sent back to the
committee for correction It passed as
corrected this morning, but as the coun-
ell must concur in the house corrections /
it IS stl In its legislative shell
Representative John Embry announced !
the appointment Of Miss Ocie Kedash as /
cler kof the judiciary committee.
The honse then went into committee OF /
the whole to consider house bill No. s, !
by Mr.. Wnkin. an act creating the Office /
Of township assessor and prescribing his /
duties The bill covers twenty-eight /
pages, has thirty eight sections. and IS !
the step taken by the legislature to re- !
turn to the township assessment Of prop ]
eryt and to repeal the present county as !
sessment law. This bin consumed all the /
balance of the session.
Proceeding In the CouueiI.
Guthrie, O. T.. Feb. Smother legis- (
IaHve day opening with plethora Of .
expectation has closed with a pancity of I
realization on the part Of the council /
This branch Of the legislature seems TO !
be long in the promise department and +
short Ia the performance bureau. How /
ct least two measures on the calandar /
could fab Of being put IN shape for the /
governor's signature. was past compre-
7ens.on when the session opened. but /
when the president announced "blTs on
third reading" aud after passing two /
,ouncIl bins bat ont the rest, among (
them being the two house bills that only
needed to be read and voted on to have
them ready 10 De sent 70 the executive
lfce. the riddle was solved and thirty
we OF IN sixty Gecfsfatfve DAYS ara ersrs