The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-03-05
LEGISLATURE TO
ADJOURN MARCH z
a Resolution Passed by the Senate
Leaves One More Week for the
Solons TO Work

Guthrie Okla, Mar. 3.-The senate
yesterday under suspension Of the
rules passed a concurrent resolution
introduced by Senator Blair providing
that the present session of the legls.
lature adjourn sine die on Friday,
March l2th, which continues the pres.
ent session over the sixty day limit
one week
BY a vote OF ~ to 3 straight par.
~ vote, the senate passed Senate Bill
No. 179, by Taylor which amends the
general election law enacted by the
First legislature.
The Brownlee amendment to strike
out section Is, which provides that
the official ballot at general and spec.
cial elections shall be arranged so
that the names OF the nominees of
all parties be in one column with no
political designation after the names.
was lost by a straight party vote, .
to 27 Brownlee made speech in
favor of his amendment, while Taylor
Stafford and Roddie defended the sec
tion, stating the complaint of the re-
publican member was all-founded. cit
ing that II was almost an identical
draft OF the massachusetts law.
An amendment offered by Camp.
bell added TO section IS, provides that
the precinct inspector with whom the
voters are required to register must
during the month of September pre-
ceeding the general election in No.
vember maintain an Office at some-cen
trally located place one day in each
week. The motion of Brownlee to
strike out sections q to %. inelus.
i've with provided for precinct regis.
tration lost on a straight vote.
Senator Brownlee next introduced
two sections to be added to the bin
which include the adoption of the Ore
gon law whereby members Of the leg
lslature are required to vote for the
peoples choice for United States sen
ator, regardless Of politics.
Senator Roddie made caustic re.
ply to the trick of the minority" as
he put Il, to win favor from their con.
stituents by offering proposition that
they or their party were not In favor
Of lie charged that the Kingiisher
senator voiced the sentiments OF a
few republicans advocating the
amendment for the sole aim Of some
times slipping a republican into the
United States senate by means OF a
siush fund lie declared that he and
every other fair minded democrat
should vote against such a plan until
the national congress placed all the
states upon an equal basis by permit.
ting an amendment to the eonstltu.
ton making the election Of United
States senator by direct vote Of the
people.
Senator Taylor. author Of the bill.
followed Roddie In an emphatic
speech Senator Yeager favored the
Brownlee amendment as did Senator
Colville
Senate BIN No 277. by Williams
the generaT appropriation bill making
the biennial appropriation for the var.
ious state departments. boards, etc.
In the aggregate sum Of y560,000, was
passed and sent to the house for con
slderation
4 special committee reported favor.
ably Senate Joint Resolution No. 10.
by Taylor providing for the submits.
sion on an amendment to the constltu.
ton authorizing legislation upon the
right OF suffrage to the tItent only
that a two dollar poll tax certificate
be held by the voter fhe report was
adopted and motion was pending
when the noon recess was taken to
place the resolution on third reading
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