The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-30
Caucus of Democratic Members Held to Per
feet Agreement---Sergean At Arms Takes
Possession of Legislatures Furniture at
Guthrie Oklahoma City Has Dis
tanced all her Riuals and Fight
Has Narrowed Down to
ProUision Eliminating
Putnam City

lBrownlee, R. T. Potter. The three last
named are republicans.
The senate appointed committee
Ito select the committee membership
of the senate, composed of M. F. Egg
german, chairman; ]. B. Thompson
R. b. Echols, Jesse M. Hatchett, pres.
ident pro tenn; ]. T Thomas and Lieu.
tenant Governor George Bellamy. This
committee will report possibly tomor-
row.
A motion by Vandeventer of Bartles-
vile was adopted to print 10000 copies
of the governors message for distri-
lbution
| The senate adopted a resolution of
respect to the memory of the late Sen
ator Curd presented by Senator Col
vile, and upon motion of Senator Pot
ter adjourned until o'clock tomor-
row afternoon out of respect for the
dead senator.
Guthrie, having given up the possi-
bility of getting the permanent capitol,
is trying to effect compromise which
will allow the state departments to re-
main there until the new capitol build
ing is completed and ready for occu-
pancy and Guthries representatives
here are using the argument that Ok
lahoma City got the location in the spe-
| cial session upon representing that
they would not remove the capital
until 1918.
Muskogee has given up its capital
aspirations and it is said has been
promised an appropriation of $780,
900 for a state fair.
A hard fight will be made in the
state for the adoption of the Redwine
bill leaving the selection of the site
for the capitol building to the regular
session of the legislature, the special
session merely to locate the permanent
capitol at Oklahoma City, providing for
the immediate removal of the depart
ments here and appointing joint COM
mittee of three from each house to re-
ceive options upon various sites and
report to the regular session of the
legislature. This bill will be fought
hard by the Haskell forces. The ad-
ministration bill gives the governor,
through commission which he may
remove at will, the authority to select
the site.
A fight also will be made to have at
least two state officers placed on the
capital commission. The section of the
bill which permits the governor and
the capital commission to draw on the
capitol fund by warrants direct upon
the treasurer without requiring them
to be approved by the state auditor
also will meet strong opposition from
those who believe that the auditor
should have check on all expendi-
lures of state funds. A fight also will
be made to reduce the powers of the
capital commission, to require that its
members can be removed only for
cause, instead of merely by the will of
the governor. Opposition already has
been expressed among senators to the
provision of the bill which permits
the capital commission to use its own
discretion in the number of it's en-
ployes and to fix their salaries.
AT democratic house caucus held
last night much opposition developed
on the feature of the administration
bill which combines the permanent To-
cation with the selection of capital
commission. The opposition to the
Putnam site is leading the fight to
have the permanent location of the
capital at Oklahoma City placed in a
straight bill so that they will not be
compelled practically to accept the
Putnam site in order to locate the cap
itol