The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-11-06


headquarters. Prominent among the
abor demands will be one that con.
vict labor be used only on the pub.
lie highways. II the state purchases
the coal lands. the miners do not
want convlcts to compete with free
ablor in the mines. Demands will
also be made that nothing but union
labor be employed on state and pub.
lie work. together with additional
legislation to put into effect the pro.
vision OF the constitution on mine
Inspection. child labor. fellow ser.
want and eight.hour day. Union print.
ers will probably demand that all
pucilb printing be done within the
state and be given to union shops.
The prohibitionists will demand
strict laws In Connection with the es.
tablishment OF the state dispensaries
In each county. and will also renew
their demand for the appointment
OF an enforcement commissioner to be
clothed with large powers in connec.
ton with the enforcement of the
prohibition features OF the constitu
ton. Rev. T.. c. Dinwiddie of Wash.
ington. ID. c.. nationa legislative SUI.
perintendent OF the Anti.Saloon
eague. will again head the prohibition
lobby. and will be assisted by Rev.
+. n. Sweet OF Muskogee and Rev.
j. j. Thompson OF Oklahoma City.
superintendents OF the eastern ana
western districts OF the state.
Among the plans for building and
maintaining good roads is one pre-
pared by Prof. c. n. Gould of the
University Of Oklahoma. Under his
plan the community benefited by
the road improvements would pay
one-fourth the cost, the state govern.
ment one-fourth and the general gov.
ernment one half. This Is condition.
ed on the passage Of the bill now pend
ing in congress to appropriate $25..
100000 To help the state in building
good roads. which he believes will
pass, and which would make his
plan feasible. He also contemplates
the working of short-tme convicts
on the roads, and the creation of a
roads department ii. the state gov.
ernment. Another good roads bill is
being prepared by Representative NJ.
b. Cope of I'll Reno. who considers
that subject of paramount import.
anc. The rural anil carriers will
also lobby for a good roads law.
Senator Eek T. Brook of Muskogee
will present bill to require all
railroads to run trains on schedule
time, or run sub trains from the
nearest division poiLt when a train is
more that a stipulated number OF min
utes late. Senator NJ. +. Eggerman
OF Shawnee is preparing bill pro-
viding that the cost of paving inter.
sections of streets shall be borne
by the city and not by the owners
Of property included in the district.
j. A. Anderson OF Pond Creek, a
member of the constitutional con.
vention. will ask the legislature to
pass a law prohibiting state and
county officers from employing kins.
men.
Stringent laws providing severe
punishment for horse and cattle
thieves will be asked by the Anti
Horse Thief association. which will
maintain a lobby here during the
legislature. The State Veterans So
ciety has named a legislative COM
mittee to look after securing needful
laws regulating the practice OF vet
Urinary science. The state pharmacy
and dental organizations have ia.
ken similar action. Fraternal orders
will unite in asking that their prop.
erty be exempt from taxation on
the ground that their work relieves
the state and counties of much ex-
pense. The Daughters Of the Revo-
luton will ask for the establishment
of juvenile courts in all cities Of the
first class.
Some means must be devised o
assisting the counties ON the Indian
Territory side TO start out on a cash
basis. They inherit no funds with
which to start out in business. A uni
form system of blanks and records
for the whole state will also be
adopted and probably a uniform sys.
en- of making abstracts OF the rec
ords.