The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-20
FLATLY TURNS DOWN
SENATE PROPOSITION
That House Speaker Be Made
Member Of State Print.
ing Board

AT the session of the house yester-
day afternoon House Bin 40. G. was
again taken up as amended by the
senate. Tile bin as it came from the
senate made the board having charge
of The printing consist in part of the
speaker Ot the house and the Heuten-
ant governor Mr. Murray took the
floor in the interest of his bill and
offered an amendment substituting
.-ote treasurer and aurditor To-
speaker and lieutenant governor He
quoted from the constitution IN sup
port of the amendment. stating that
this provision as inserted by the SEN
ate was unconstitutional. hence the
change proposed boy him
Under the constitution. said he.
IF this bill became a law ] should
have to resign to accept this office,
and ] don't propose TO resign.
He stated he preferred 20 have the
state printer appointed at this time
Tor a term of seven years. but finally
agreed to the amendment electing
him after 1910 The amendments
suggested by Mr.. Murray were adopr-
Cd and other amendments by the sen
ate agreed upon ON roll call the
vote stood S5 for the bin, noes s, abb
sent
The bin appr1priating $25,O0O for
salaries for state officers was PASSED
unanimously
The committee on prohibition en-
foroement reporteG the Bnups bin
for MASSAGE and made II specai
order for 1.30 last night The bin
hy Cone and Wilson. of Canadian,
was passed. Tt provides am extension
1f the time for payment of taxes from
Dec, 10, to March o., and susponds
ihe penalty for delinquency
A bin by Nandeyenter and Abbott,
emiuing an state taxes for 1907 also
assed
An invitation was presented from
the State Agricultural aud Mechanical
college at saltwater inviting The legis-
iature for a visit md inspection on
January %. The invitation was ac
cepted
The most stubborn aght of the ses-
sion up to this time was that i'm the
house last night when it took nap for
liberation of the "BnIups Booze
Bill The space outside the railing
Vls filled with spectators and the gall
fN MNa hA0M0 0AA ~ hhA H1NAl'|H- IA'
house weot into the committee OF the
whole, with sen Harrison welding
One gavel
Immediately upon presentation of
the BIN Sneaker Murray stated that
ihe agency or dIspeusary feature OF
the Dnl bad been left out aul that
The people OF tho state when they
voted for prohibition did SO with the
understanding that such dispeusalies
should he established and that the
hin ais n had como from the senate
did not meet tie desires of the peo-
ple He therefore offered am amend
ment embracing the disrensary fea
tuIe. lt was ordered printed Tor use
tf the members t0day
The BIN was then taken up section
by section The FIRST section defines
ntoXicatins liquors having as much
rs one haf of one per cent of alcohol
Ellis moved to make it one per cent
and Crouch three Tnlotson offered
10 amend as follows The term I'M
toXicating liquor whenever used In the
constitution and statutes of this state
shall mean an liquor that VIII produce
utoXication, including ale wine and
beer and fermented YinOus aud malt
liquors, and shall also include alcohol.
except such as has been denatur-
zod by some process approved by the
/ United States commissioner internal
revenue; provided. thar the provisions
of this act shall not apply To the man
! Ufacture and sale of unfermented
cider and wines made from apples
grapes. berries or other fruits grown
ia this state and the use of (mierment
cd wines for sacrimenta pOrposos il
religious bodies.
After a debate of over AN hour ~