The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25
PROPOSED
OKLAHOMA
LEGISLATION
Bill to Maintain the Board of
Agriculture.
TO CARRY APPROPRIATION
Speaker Bowles Wants BoarG
TO CARRY APPROPRIATION
Speaker BoWles Wants BOARD
of Pard0ns Established.

was introduced by Representative Z. J
Murphy. who is a member of the board
providing for an appropriation OF $500
per annum, for the maintenance of the
| department; 81 500 of this is for the sec
retarys salary and $3.50 for clerk hire
postage, expense of annual meetings, fol
| Office fixtures, rent, light, fuel. books oil
| reference. for library and other incident
ais. This sum is a very modest one ana
70 doubt will be readily granted by thu
| legislature.
/ This Was the action of most interest Il
| the territory in the law making body to-
| Day
| There is gossip galore
| Proposed legislation is always a good
| topic. One of the proposed bills author
ICES the county commissioners of every
county in Oklahoma to appropriate SC
much for the purpose of commissioning
| a responsible person to aid the ST. Louis
Fair commission of Oklahoma in securing
| exhibits for 1904.
| Speaker Bowles said today that he in
| tended TO introduce a bill. creating a
| there is in Kansas. The board will b,
| empowered to grant paroles TO convicts
in the Kansas penitentiary. such board to
| be governed in its action by the conduct
of the prisoners while in confinement
No one has tackled the free text book
proposition but it will be done Report
has it that one of the representatives
from the southern country will introduce
free text book law. providing free
school books TO be printed by the Invest
bidder
Speaking of free textbooks Speaker
Bowles of the house said tonight: Il
have been misrepresented in this matter
In my speech against a compulsory flag
law. l said it would be better to use that
81 for school books for needy children
They have figured it out that 1 am for
free text books. Well, In fact / am for
free text books, but my theory is this:
/ believe that the free text book idea is
good one. but 1 am against it until
Oklahoma has plant of her own with
which TO manufacture them at mini
mum cost"
There is another matter" said Mr.
Bowles. "A paper called the Altruist over
here in the eastern part has had an item
in il. making me out everything that is
bad and ruination to the party as its
leader i want TO say just this: know
the man who runs that paper. His name
is Odds. Not long ago, when / was county
attorney of Noble county. sent his part
ner to the penitentiary for blackmail'
NOTES
Ono n tho ,r,liper cfrct1r, c. poas, IN ,ba
house is the fact that Judge J. j. Mer-
tice and today in the house the judge has
something of the old influence over him
There are from five to seven typewriter
girls and women dotted over the house
seated beside a respectiven lumber of rep
resentatives, whose names are withheld
for the sake of those without such help
which typewriters are called the beauty
spots of that body
Edgar Jones hasn't let n day 60 by
without introducing bills. IL is declared
that he has . purpose other than TO
secure their passage. Such is not plain
unless it is for the purpose Of keeping
the force Of typewriters busy.
Dr. Nesbitt who was the daddy of the
anti-cigarette bill and last week intro
duced the bill for the protection of birds
ana dumb animals. IS the queerest indi-
yidual in the house. He is a Tenesseean
He talks in high voice and never smiles
loudly during session.
John Decker. OF Pond Greek. is a brake
on all proceedings. After the house gets
into the air about Tsle or the Ike. Mr.
Dec ler arises very slowly and in tone
that can hardly be heard five feet behind
him. he cites the proper authority and il
settles the matter.
There promises TO be two testers IN the
house DR.. Jester Of Burns. is one ana
if a. McTaggart OF Woods county. con-
tinues his Joking. he VIII be given the
official title, as the other.
The council Is very somber body. It's
proceedings are quiet and carried out IN !
a very orderly manner.
Senator John p Hickam e man Of /
strength in the council. First a teacher. !
then a newspaper man ard nov legfs- /
lator. he has already made a wonderful /
showing notwithstanding the fac. that /
this is his first time fl the legislature /
he has placed himself At the head Of 4
many important committees. che ef these i
Is the railroad committee For three days
an effort was made to take this chair 4
manship svpy from h.a. bot Re stuck a.
T. II his strength lasts the railroads VII 4
frd an unknown quantity - figure out
Dr. winkler Is the power on the upper
soor. de Is taking an active part. which
bis former experience snz olss BIN % DO
Both Republicans and Democrats rely -
his decision They must lie has TIE
goods 10 back ;hen-
c. II. Alexander governs sish seeming
ssse- lie never talks from the chair n
tore above conversational one snc
fet az hear Ehe- Ne sp>zks
Jas wooiaev Of Perry. is ssis 20 ,.
<sth the railroads
Campbell % oElskofra CITY. kegs shs
sessions os the council from ersE=snE -
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