The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-27

] 81 COuINS OF record, SHtllIlS. feBlhttlH
of deeds, ministers, practicing physi-
clans. hospital and prison superinten-
dents and assistants conductors and
engineers. After the usual fierce de
bate ON the proposed amendment it
was tabled, Murdoch serving notice
that he would offer it on the floor
of the house,
Section 4, providing for the COVER
aor's staff, gives him only one aide
Ae-camp. Norvell thought he ought
@ have at least three more and in ad-
dition that. he should have power to
select six others from any source With
the rank OF captain His substitute for
he section was tabled
Section provides for calling out
/ The militia in time OF war, Tor the
suppression OF crime etc The print
ed copy of the bill contained a clause
that "all members who shall be or
dered out for such duty shall be liable
TO civil prosecution for any act or acts
done by them In the discharge of their
military duty on such occasions"
1t was to this clause that Murdoch OBJ
I ected most streauously.
Hobby put through an amendment
making II read that "no member"
saall be subject to such prosecutions.
TIE tenth section makes one bri.
gade district of the entire state and
/ provides for the division of the state
4 into r mental districts Ellis Of
iered an nUendmnet making the state
consist OF only one regimental district
/ This occasioaed more than ordinary
discussion, as 1t seems chat all the
companies are now IN old Oklahoma,
and that It would likely leave the
eastern portion of the state without
militia protection, IL needed. undl
companies now In the service could be
mustered out and others organized in
state. There were numerous cham
pions of the idea that each side of
the state should hav. q regiment
Ellis opposed more than one regi-
| nent on I've ground of expense. too
many funk a., brass buttons and too
iuch gold braid. He closed the debate
a a masterful manner, hut his amend
mont was lost
! An agreement was reached by the
conference committee on SenROtor
Redwines mining hill, and on roll call
the senate amedmcnts were agreed
to and the bill passed
The fish and game bill came up and
Vandeventer promptly moved 20 re-
commit, with instructions that Section
10 be so ameded that mo one but
owners or occupants of land should
he heard to complain in casos of
hunting on the land without written
permission" The bill gives the war
dens powers TO make complaint as to
this. VandeyeDter had previously
made stubborn fight for this amend
ment, but yesterday il was lost again.
The bill was placed on roll call. and
1t soon became apparent that the
measure would be defeated. Murray
desired to suspend the roll call on ac-
count OF the number of absentees.
! Objections were made on the ground
that quorum was present. The roll
call WAS finished but the vote was
not announced. The count revealed a
tie of 40 to As. Murray changed his
vote from aye to mo for the pur.
pose of moving reconsideration.
This defeated the bill by vote OF 46
to A.
resolution was received from the
senate relative to Senator Taylors
bill against blackllsting of employees
Il has been In the governors office
three days without having been signed
and the senate desired TO recall it for
the purpose Of making amendments
no action was taken the hour then
being late A message from the sen
ate WAS read that a conference com
mittee had been appointed Senate Bill
"a the Little divorce measure
A number of bills were introduced
and their authOrs and official titles
may be found in the house journa
elsewhere In todays Leader.