The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-31

| deal with the assets ana llabliltles Vi
divided counties
The snelson anti-cigarette bill was
one that caused long discussion 1t
had been favorably reported by the
committee on prohibition enforce
ment, but numerous amendments
were offered.
Armstrong OF Kiowa made a vigor
GUS plea against the section prohibit
ing the giving of tobacco TO persons
under sixteen years Of age. He told
OF his own son who had a passion for
tobacco and said that under this bill
he could not give il 20 him without
violating the law. He preferred to
10 this rather than have him use
cigarettes
Murray also took the floor against
this clause of the bill as did also Col
Ashby and others Rainey occupied
the chair during a long and noisy de-
bate There was considerable talk as
to the good or evil effects of the use
OF tobacco. Chapel. who Is small of
stature. said that he had used it since
an early age and that haG lie not
used il he would have been even
smaller than he is. Skeen one OF
the tallest largest men OF the house
took the floor IS an example of a
man who had never made any use of
the weed There was more than one
argument against sumptuary iegisla-
tion, and it was said that the only
real way TO break a boy OF the cigar
cite habit was the old fashioned bar
rel staye" method.
Armstrong, OF kiowa moged TO
amend the section so that il would
relate only TO cigar"ttes. Murdoch
moved q substitute which would allow
parents or guardians TO give tobacco,
/ but not cigarettes TO minors Both the
motion and substitute were lost and
the section was adopted as Il stood.
A motion by Murray that the bill be
recommitted wes lost
Hudson moved to amend the bill
by adding section providing fine
Of not less than five nor mOre than
TWENTY-FIVE dollars acainst any per-
son FOR smoking a tobacco cigarette.
| Tillotson put through an amendment
reading upon convi.tiOn.N and the
section was adopted Sands moved 10
amend SO that the section would aD.
ply only to ihoec under the age oq
sixteen This was lost as was also
q motion by Vandeyouter to post
poue consideration for one week The
members eheefea as thc bill was or
dcred 60 eiigrossment and third read.
ing.
"A message was received from the
Senate stating that they had recon
sidered the vote by which they had
passed the bin by Senator stewart
and requested that the house. return
/ The bill The request was granted
The bin by Senator Thomas an
nuliing the tax in certain counties,
was Ordered TO engrossment aud third
reading.
The house ,hen went into the com
mittee of the whole. Harrison oi
Hughes, In the chair. for the consider
alton OF House Bin n.o 206. by Muir
doch and Sands This bill carries an
appropriation OF S2i0.000 for the i'm
nrovement Of the Fort Supply reser
yatlon for a hospital for the insane
Tor salaries OF umciais and the main
tenance of six hundred patients II
had been reported without recon-
mendation by the committee on alt
propriauons
A motion to cut the salary OF the
superintendent from 5000 To l,20l
WAS made The motion was lost foi
the reason that Noryell cited a por
tion OF the constitution which pre-
vented the increase or diminishing OF
that officers salary during his term ol
Office. a number OF changes We're
made in the list of salaries. some
of tnem being increased Consider
able debate resulted over the pro
posed salaries of farm laborers and
managers necessary 10 the cultivation
OF the reservation
The big bomb shell OF the entire
sitting OF the committee was touched
on by Whitehurst. wuen he proposes
an amendment cutting the appropria
tion Cor maintenance from $4,000 Il
$4,000, The committee had figured
that this amount would be necessar,
for the maintenance Of six hundred
patients on the basis OF Si2O a yeal
each The proposed amendment led
10 another warm contention sands
and Murdoch protesting against IN,
reduction, and Riddle gavoring III
Others spolSe both pro aud anti
on the amendment. II was still under
discussion when the committee cf ths
whole arose and reported progress.
The honse then adjourned until II
o'clock this morning.