The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-02
ARGUMENT PRO AND
CON OCCUPIED SESSION
Merits and Dement'S Of Present
Law Warmly Argued By
Opposing Champions


THE Blair resolution liking adiourn.
ueui for Marca igih, was the firat
Thing of the bat in thc house az lhe
early afternoon session, and tho
amendments few Of the resolution
IKE iiics az molassea harrol Fin.
ally Anthony rode motion 10 sub.
stliute March 1ih across The plate
and q roll oall WAS demanded.
The r0ll can decided for lAo An
thony substitute, hui rillotsnu lodged
q motion 10 reconslder holding Tie
matier IN ihc hands u the caucus
chairman for at least one cgisltlvc
laS
There WIS surely somcthlng DO.
Ing IN The house this mmmrg The
bnl BY Senator Blair proposing 70
fepeal lhe present "taX iorrce law.
was The subject ui tho MOST bitter
debate Of the entire session snd ncr
sonalllies wore freely lndnlgod M.
Faulkner moved 10 postpone IA
definitely but ihls Nns losl b, x vote
81 80 10 A the dcbalo thm came
up on passage ot lhe bill, llafrlsnn
sald he was no more HI iAYur Of hHy
aian's escaping hls Just proportion ~
the taxes than any other member ~
The mousse bni believed the lav should
Tot k0 back 81 statehood
Faulkuer III ringing spcenh. o..
elared that Il ihere WAS no such thing
s 6isfeapact for law then such b
measure SIS this would be unneces
sary Tho Tepeal Of this law meant
that a price was pui upon perjury
and bribery and those who most do
dred 10 repeal Il were The loan
sharks whe had been charging The
farmers exorhliant rates dl lnteregE
fhe present Law could certainly work
10 hardship upon ife farming aud
lahorlne classes Of tia state
MageY took a strong position 10 Ca.
or OF repeating ihe law ile said ~
Kaa particularly obnoxious io Che po0
PIE q BITS e1unif Heuk in ,hN early
lass many morchanls had tgken crop
nurigaseH when they ih4mselres
wefo deeply in debt and such merit
saees had been Of grent benefit 10
he people Il was the common unt
defslandina thal such notes should
not be tHxed ana to enforce these pld
taxes now would no doubt mean ruin
10 many lle was particularly strong
ON the possibilities for graft under
this Iaw ana said lhe tax ferret wcrh
I'D merely for galn end not from tAe
high motive q good g tho peopic oi
TIM county
NorlmHn was against repeal oi The
iaN aud sall Il was measure call
ulatea 10 promote equal taxation
MeGalla made one OF his naual l0s'
ieal end energetic pleas against re.
ueallng iha law ne said that there
we're hundreds Of thononnds Of dol
lars Rhioh had escaped lrsi axnilon
which this law e0ulG force lnie the
light.
Smith. 81 Custer spoke sl0nR lho
sgme line and said that no laau had
ntihine 10 fear under lhis law If be-
md paai al hts taxes and that old
IS dodgers Weuld like 10 See y re.
geaied llndef this lsw 30 man would
ave 70 nag anything hc dld not AL.
eaas uae
For slxteeh years / haze bsen Day
ng taset ia Oklahgmn, said NC, 'and
have n0 obierilou No anyone look.
nE over tle records IN my onfe Have
q8u any objection my brother n
q. lhen sut are beth q thief and q
eflnfa
The last remarks were directed NJ
ia ono particular person
TiIlHsran waA another Who favored
.he retention If lhe present law We
sliaed ID equal iaxHiOn ana eald
hal lhe lav could work no harm N
De- man who deslred 70 paY all hts
saxee. Healdes. It WIS Optional With
lha eommlafl0nerE of any couely 20
make o0nnael with tax ferret.
only the la6 dofafr nefd be afraid
IDuring the debate q was charged
hat no contracts had been madu lii.
laf thls law 3 collect baek iaxes ~
fhd old ludlan Territory side ~ lne
ssals
Hoas read from the Journal o. lhe
faiae og iaal gear citing NE page
isaline Nllh the passage OF tho iaK
arfnt law
sAll efaftera leok alike % me- he
.heated tho tax iodging graiief and
IL tax ferret CRATER Backs taxes
amht 10 bo collected but 1 should
Sc IS some eficer who h responfl
sle to The people q the county and
lot b an nuleldes
Anthony Thought that II faith wins
. 81 ruialnea wllh ihe people Che