The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-24
NUMEROUS MEASURES
RECEIVE ATTENTION
industrious Session Con
cludeS With Reading Batch
Of Committee Reports

Rushing their work with all pos
sible haste, taking time only TO make
the work effective. the senate spent
the late afternoon of Thursday in dis
patching measures.
Senator Yeagcr called up his lodg-
ed motion to reconsider the vote on
the kidnapping for ransom measure.
251, By Russeh. and reconsideration
was had. the words "twonty years"
being stricken. and FOR life inserted
This alters the bill to make the maxi
mum penalty in cases OF under twelve
years. lie imprisonment
The house insurance bin of Wh.
liams, of Comanche, was reported to
the senate with recommendation to
pass by the insurance committed.
Governor Haskell sent message
conveying information he had APPROX
ed and signed the 21st concurrent
resolution by the house.
No. 397 by Rainey OF the house, got
favorable report from the commit
tee in charge
No. 5sS, the Whitehurst house meas
tlre naming officials aids and EN-
ployee4 to make valid the appropria-
ticn bin was advanced by reading one
day of first house measure to be act
ed upon.
Kansas City Advice.
Senator Johnson d5) had the clerk
read an article alleged To be Of edi-
torial nature from newspaper pub
lished in some Missouri city near ST.
Joseph, severely criticizing the Okla
homa legislature for not capturing the
Kansas outlaws now operating as
bank burglars on the borders of the
two states, and asked II some way
might not be invented TO make the
Nelson papers reflect truth once in a
great while. but other members said
they would rather try to make flying
machines than Nelson permit publica-
ton of facts, and the incident closed
Over Coming Attorneys.
Consideration Of the Billups bill 70
allow legal department in the state
university brought a motion from
Davis TO strike ont the enacting clause,
and sharp debate followed, Billups
and Davis again being the opposing
leaders in the argument, and each in
good form, their remarks being short
aud snappy efforts to prove the case
as viewed by the one speaking. The
bill, listed as 297, was recommended
for passage, Mr. Morris. IN the chair
rushing all debaters 20 the close.
House sent a Batch.
The hOnse sent word it had dis
posed OF the following bills and asked
he senate to pass upon their merits
at first opportunity; 6l0. iS9, 521,. 432.
S2, 4S9, 800, 56l and 1875. The bills
We're all tfeatsd 10 their first reading
and drayed to the hopper for the first
house day
Active Committee Work.
Mr.. Norris again started his com
mittee of the whole senate TO work.
and the Williams bill, permitting
school district boards 10 build school
houses on the installment plan, when
voted By the districts was acted up
on fayorably. Mr. Smith first ascer.
tanning that the authority could be
granted no prohihitory clause being
Ia the constitution.
The Memminger measure 342, es.
/ tablishing a school for the deaf and
dumb, was read and recommended for
adoption, with amendments of trivi.
al nature
No 264, the Franklin bin fixing re-
/ spnpsihility OF loss bY damage of
freight etc, caused by common car.
riers. was read and recommended for
adoption IN just five minutes. the bill
being both short and popular
No 251, by Thomas, an act regard
/ ing iurles and their verdicts, was
read aud approved. the author con
! senting TO permit MIR smith To intro.
duce a new section ON third reading.
The new section Is 10 allow selecting
/ OF jurors IN eases where iurles nave
been selected and one should die on
be unable for duty. This properly
belongs 20 the jury bin but was over
looked. and the addition TO this meas
ure saved repeating or Introduction OF
a new bill. For that reason the
/ Thomas bill went 20 the enrolment
committee alone, all others being
+. placed on third reading aud inallpas-
sage when the senate convened after
I the committee rose to report. and an
were carried, The morning recon
mendapons We're added. making the
following 70 be dispatched TO the
house;
Nos lSl, concurrent resolution No.
/ As, hills 33l, 26i, 297 34i and 342. the
largest one delivery bunch yet dis
patched 70 the lower house up to this
time
Various committee reports We're
made az the close OF the Afternoon ses-
sion but the calendar IS still heavy.
eighty-one bills left for az least some
consideration. ten Of that number
practically ready for passage or death
aud the committees are also crowded
with work not listed.