The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-16
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Guthrie, Ckla March ls--The
eoncensus Of opinion here. relative 10
the work Of theleslalatlpe session fgsl
cloeed Is that 0lete was biz work
10 20 and that The Legislators afoso %
.he occasion.
lew politicians. u0et interested ln
party suCcvsg than in tie material de.
vclopmenl nl the State. are loudly efit.
lelsing What they erin mOncyed mad
legislature llnl bnsiness men. who
realize that business meihCds must De
used IN p aie building she same a. ~
any 0tllar enterprise are upholdins thn
lawmakers
The total appropriation ,or The ccm.
laa two years aud Tor the deficiency o,
last year, viii be over s6 ,000. coo. ahis
u lpss than was Sfe appropriation
made By the legislature OF the State OF
Kansas IN lholr session that has inst
closed aal comparing the needs Of ne
two States, reveals The fact Thai Ok
lahome has been mitch more eeanon
lcal than Kansas.
fee aeehs ago. We had hrndreds
of prisoners thrown upon our hands 5y
.ae refusal by the State OF Kansas 80
cnre for them longer alall we con.
line and work them. or nrn them
loose upon urr citizenship This is
one question that Is not two.slaed.
hence big appropriation 20 nnlla q
penllentlary at McAlester and re.
lormasory al Granite.
Shall Oklahonn give her people the
advantage or higher education? An
other question that has hut one an.
swer The best educational lacll!lles
are none TOO good for Oklahoma,
hence large appropriations for the uni
yeraIiy at Norman the A. aud M col
ege ai saltwater, tie state Normals
AZ Alya Weatherturd aud Edmond. and
Tor the new educational and charlt
able Institutions at Durant rahllQuah
Ada, vinita, Claiemore. Pauls valley
ChlckEsha, Sulphur, iet. Gibson anu
TAFT
AZ each of these. placeH reu huila
lnes must be erected and as we sr,
not merely building for omorrow, tho
lawmakers made adequate nppraprla
tlons for substantial buildings rhl
negroes were taken care OF al l.angs
ton. and were given az ogphans hOnt
et TAFT. The legislators were made
the same materlnl as are The men wat
are building thc cities ol our State
They were s ate builders, and dld no
atop 10y partisan criticism, and yet
With provisions for all oi Use abov,
and several other bulldlnrs not men
dcne6 tha Oklahoma appropriations
mere less than Kansas,
There Ii considerable speculation
as lc what inc eubefnatorlal prunlnf
knife viii 90 for The appropriations al
lhe Constitution gives the Governo
the power 10 ve OF cut sepafai,
items wlthUut vetolng the whole bin
Guthrie, Okla. March lS Houes
Blll No. S73. en- act authorizing tht
board Of control 10 build a State pen
llentefy ii McAles ef and provldni
for lan necessary officers and Ruafili
and House Bill No d5. an act 10 estah
llsh the Sta refofmatofy at th,
town OF Grlnllc, IN Greer county ant
providing Tor the necessary officers
completes the work OF the leglslalnf,
10 The line Of providing penal instlM
lione luf che State. and moth hills wer'
signed by the governor Today and be
came q law
The name 81 Il. W Dick. of ard
more. was sent 10 The Spnnte ana Wai
confirmed as warden Of the stat
penllenilafy, and Sam Fmlncr, Of kll
city, was confirmed % warden Of III
reiormaloey AT Granite.
The convict labor Will be used q
both places 10 help Ii lhe construction
~ lhe institutions Il IS tho intention
10 have lhe fine granite. Of Nhle,
there are mountains. worked at ths
reiormai0ry and Warden DICK said 4
day that he did NOT know What llns
81 work would 20 taken up III III,
penl enllaly after the building haf
been completed. which will not be for
several months At all events every
body Ii glad that the Slate VIII man
age her own penal Institutions and viii
be Independent 81 Kansas
n Il the general accepted theory
mat mitch Of The penal labor viii be
expended on lhe public highway. =
The following members nave been
appointed on the eodlfying committee
ana win begin their big Job next week,
Eugene 2 Day ut poieau " r.
Hf0wnlee, Of kingilahers Samuel Haf.
rls, oi Oklahoma CITY. John r Thom.
as. OF Muskogee and John r. lays,
Of fIonafl
Guthrie. Okla March ia- Among
ne Important neaaures that have re
celyed the consideration of the eglsI
lature was one that passed during the
closing hours u Is fhe bin that pro
yldes for the leasing oI The school
lands that sill not be sold The great
est problem hat the legislature had q
solve was the matter Of rental and Oh
teis question uaere was q great diver.