The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-09
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THURSDAY The subcommittee cO1-
| sip'lnY II Senators Ye9dyick, Potter,
. Hachec, St@Wart and ThompgOn did
~, a,tend the session n The senate
Dut remained 30 the committee room.
/ GoyeuDr Haskell was called into oOn-
suIta,lon several umas a. well MAS
I ad1efeufs n CoYernOrelec. CtUce.
Since Sunday morning, he senate
capital committee has grsDDleo with
/ the Wi1za' Peery.Durant bill; secur-
F irg tbe submission u three different
oy,lOus and a. one time planning an
entirely new blll. Practically every
member Was opposed 70 site de
taut from me city limits and free
cayl,2l Was demanded
Haskell the Pscifcstor.
That Governor Haskell played no
small yar in efecting the proposed
compromise is concede3. For more
than Two hours Thursday morning
ne governor talked with the mem
bere ~ the committee urging con
cillatlou On some entirely new bill Or
an amendment ~ the Wngbtpeery-
Durant measure. He wag IN consul
tation with J. y. ThomDsOn, chair.
man 0f the committee Thursday A.
ternoOu getting a line On the posi-
Uiliues Of the bill'g passage.
The proposed b1l with the amend
meut eyidenLy meets with the favor
Oi many members of the house, as
several Of i,s leaders declared Thurs
day night that there would be little
n any objection ~ the attitude Of
the senate. The senate capital com
mittA4 is unanimously In favor Of
/ lis adop.on, and St Is at tbk time
confidently expected by the commit
Tee members tina, n viii have pass
ed both houses By Wednesday Of
nezt week
The house viii vote for the
amendment such AZ the committee
pfODOses," eaid W. B Anthony and
]. Roy Williams Thursday afternoon,
and there viii be little opposition
10 H. We arc willing that the legls-
lalure finally approve the site"
Another Site offered.
A new site proposition was brought
10 tho attention OF the committee
Thursday afternoon. It was submit
ted by a number OF real estate deal
crs and involves the purchase OF
part Of the school land section south
west OF the city, near Capitol hill.
Those rendering the option have Sc
cured over 900 acres OF land, and
they claim boulevard can be built
from Robinson street 10 the middle OF
the tract, approximately two miles
from the city limits.
one Of the important developments
Of the deliberations OF the senate
capital committee is the securing OF
"A 100000 guaranty from forty OF
The business men Of Oklahoma CITY
that the terms Of the bill shall be
kept and that none other than site
10 which the capital committee has
approved shall ultimately be select
cl
Although senate bill No. c, provid-
ing for the sale Of school land section
No lG, was placed on second reading
Thursday afternoon in the senate, II
viii likely meet with some OppOEi-
tion II tho bin reaches the house.
From the statements Of several lead
ors Thursday, the bin will occasion
some spirited debates
II the school land -snAt" hill and
the WhRht-Pcery. DlrAnt bill with
th" S"uat" nJu' ndmGnt pAsScs both
hous'~, Governor HASKELL and the |
commission b" appoints will have
four sites from which 10 select one
for a free capital; the original Put
nam site, tho option involving the
Parker Howe tract northeast OF the
city, the north school land section
No. lG site, and the southwest school
and proposition submitted Thursday.
Tho ratification by the legislature
would probably be made during the
regular session.
Senator J. II. Thompson'a separate