The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-29

A strong usufy law seems alm0s
certain 10 pc passed by tho house
and that within q snort lime.- ADOu
8 dozen bills relating 70 that sab
! iecf havd haen Introduced aud the.
\ have been IN the hands OF the com
miltee ON banks and banking for sev
eral days.
Thursday q number or the bills wer,
reported out by lha committee. four o
them unfavorahly
hill No o. BY johnson, makes Il I
criminal oifense TO Violalp the law nN
Ing tbs legal rate Of interest whlel
under his bin Is not to exceed The con
stltutional limit of ten per cen, rhli
OH was one OF those which received
an adverse report Glover and WI
liams Immediately took the iiaor l.
behalf 1f Il usury law.
Williams stated that when be was
~ the house last year he WAS for q
usury hill and that 81 was just as
strong on the proposition now he
favored a bill with a criminal penalty
attached one that would send usufofs
TO the penltentlary
Would Use Initiative.
johnson showed the feeling OF man,
when he said: n want 20 serve no.
tloe tight now that We are going to
have q asilry law aud that az once, o.
Ne shall have one under The Initiative,
Considerable further debate follow
ed and the bin was finally referred
The committee on banks and banking
Is known 10 have put IN much falghfAl
service ~ the attempt to report out
" usuary law that would BE- satlsfac
Tory. Chairman Price stated that thes
hoped 10 be able to bring IN bill ol
nc subject In a very short time.
Committee Rcportc
Among Thursdays committee re
ports was one BY the state and schoo'
laad COMMITTEES, recommending fo
massage The Hutchlns bill, allowing
school lands to be condemned f3i
cemetery purposes, ana one from the
Judiciary recommending do pass %
Rogers measure for the payment OF
Witnesses IN the county court. The
3utchlns bill carflea SOME few com
miltee amendments.
Maxey was Ia The chair during /
short session OF The committee OF III,
whole while Bill No. 80l was eonsid
erred This ia the bill by Dunn Whicl
$4,000 10 carry into q
feet On act 81 the First legislature i0l
the transfer OF prisoners from lans
ing 70 McAlester. rhe BIN was quick
" recommended for passage
Two bills For Good Roads
The bin for a system Of working thy
public highways By smith Of Cad
DO. was called up, but On motion oi
Dntanl was laid over until No, 80 b.
Putnam, can bp considered l'hc lat
ter bin b also a good roads iaeasuri
and Il was deemed advisable to con
slider The two together E@sides, Put
nam u chairman Of The committee 0i
roads and highways and It wns q sor
pl senatorial ecurtcsey" MOI 20 con
saer hts bill during hia absence from
Ire house. The two bills ssdre made a
special order for the next legislative
fay thnl sifaii be devoted to hoase
pusineeg Tuesdays and Fridays ar
now being Kept open for the considora
Ion of senate bills. as was the rule
aat year
aill No. 50, by white, caused long
discussion particularly among The laa
rafs Of the house, Il provides tnr ihe
sHanee of writs 0h sundays aud leg
j holidays ia certail anaes. The dis.
,usslou resulted IN a bad psrIlamen
airy tangie aud there wore d number
{ motions q recommii, postpone ia
ieRnilols aad 10 strike 0ut the enact
ng clauss AN Of these wore tabled
ind finally the 5ill wput 10 angroea
neni and third reading With q number
i amendments.
sook and Workman claaS
Another bin That resulted in e0nsld I