The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-04
PAIRING DOWN ITEMS
IN FT. SUPPLY BILL
Insane Asylum ApprOpria
lion Bill Was Feature Of
Yesterdays Session

There viii Oe no neODhB OF thN
lower house today. Ordinarily the
house does not adjourn in the middle
ST the week except from one day 70
the next but at this time it is Simply
matter Of expediting busincss. Al
most three hundred and fftS bills
have been introduced and referred to
the proper committees. The commit
tees are crowded for time. ana have
an immense amount cf work on
hand Especially is this trse OF the
appropriation committee and Il was
foi the purpose of giving this and
other committees a chance To catch
up with their work that the house al
iourued yesterday mill the regular
hour tomorrow.
The main portion of the session
yesterday was taken up ip consider
ing House Bill No 206. by Murdoch
and Sands. commonly known as the
Ft. supply appropriation bill. The
house went into the committee OF the
whole. Holland was called to the
chair for the first time and was APP
plauded as he walked down the aisle
10 the speakers desk The bill was
taken up at the section providing for
an appropriation of $4,000 for food
ana clothing for COO patients for
period 0f one year Whitehurst had
Offered. an amendment Friday cut
ting this amount 10 $4,000. Yester-
dny Ross offered substitute replac
Ing the original amount, but Il was
declared out OF order Williams Of
ftred an Amendment as a substitute
for all pending by making the amount
$40 000 MeCalla raised the point OF
order that all appropriation bills must
be considered as whole Nande-
yenier stated that this could rot be
done and McCalla did not insist.
Durant then moved 10 change his
former amendment from $4,000 to
the original amount, $4,000 After
considerable discussion the section
was adopted so as 10 read not To ex-
coed s72D00 for in'nates food and
clothing az the rate of Sl20 a year.
In the original bill was an item of
| S24.94D FOR improvements. Lindsay
moved 10 strike out this item, as he
did not believe the state had a good
title to the reservation A motion
10 table was withdrawn In order TO
allow discussion. Of this item Si0,-
00O was Tor the purpose OF construct,
! ine a new ward Durham moved 20
cui out that amount and Sands
agreea Riddle again took the hoor
90 oppose this or any other appropria-
ton Cor The Improvement Of Tt.
supply. again stating that his oh.
! jection was based purely on the beliel
/ that the utle Is defective. He stated
that he had absolutely no prejudice
against that part Of the state or It's
people. but was making his argument
1 purely upon principle, Llndsey's
motion to strike out the entire Item
/ was lost. ANA the substitute deduct
ing the amount Of $4,000 was car
ried Durant moved 10 reconaider
that part Of the bin appropriasing
/ 81 500 for bedding and furniture II
! seems that this fUrniiure had already
rhaen bought and has already arrived
al Ft Supply His motion was lost
Durham moved to omit the item OF
$500 for special medical services, but
this too was lost.
Murdoch moved to add In item 0I
81. 500 for fire protection This in
taiidy brought Dr. Riddle to his
feet and he made warm speech IN
/ which he stated that adequate fire
protection could not be had at ~
| supply for twenty thousand dollars
The lack og proper fire protection
hc again stated wss one Of his chic
objections TO taking The insane OF thl
stat 20 that place On a vote the
proposed item was added 10 The bill
The most sweeping reduction o
the day as was the case last Friday
was proposed IN an amendment b.
Whitehurst Friday be offered al
amendment cutting the appropriate
for maintenance from S7200o 10 s24
ESQ., Yesterday he offered aaothe
gtrflling from the bin an item q
$4,000 This was an Appropriate
lor any insane not otherwise PR
vlded FOR Murdoch accepted IN
! amendment and stated that he IA
derstood that these people would
Uraperly cared fot in another bl
whtch is to come up later on. 10
fem was then stricken out Du
ani ,nered new section 10 the bil
This proposed section provided ihi
not Ogel four hundred patients shou
be- removed 20 Ft supply unless
Ordefea BY the governor
4 stone os Creek opposed n
4 amendment aad took occasion
4 state that the Norman instmiis
4 was disgrace to she state. and n.
4 never bfeD anything but a era
4 Hart stated that he would 40
\ against ths BIN II any oi the lnea
4 were ieit at Norman. and he. 1,
said that the Norman asylum was