The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-03-15

Guthrie, Okla, Mar. 15.-The SEN
ate Monday completed consideration
of the Bryan general election bill
from the house. Several amendments
were made and the bill passed finally
by a straight party vote. Few i'm
portant amendments were made to
the bill in the senate. One amend
ment cuts out the provision of the old
law for watchers on the ground, that
the watcher, not being sworn cleo
tion officer, nine out of ten times gives
out advanced information to candi-
dates on the count An amendment
was added providing for the publica-
tion of the location of voting places
when they are changed previous to
the election The house bill provides
for the division of a precinct when
more than $50 electors are registered
therein, and the senate amended this
provision by providing that pre-
cinct should be divided when more
than $50 votes are cast in it at
general election
A new section was adopted to the
bill by the senate, which provides
that the county election boards shall
canvass the primary election vote and
cause all names of successful candi-
dates to be placed on the general elec-
tion ballot. A provision of the house
bill which would have permitted the
selection of socialists to serve on pre-
cinct boards in some precincts, which
provided that the lists from which the
board may be chosen shall be sub
mitted by the precinct committeeman
of each of the two political parties
having cast the largest number of
votes in said precinct at the last gen.
eral election, was amended in the
senate so that the selection shall be
made from the two parties having cast
the largest vote in the state election.
In some of the precincts of the state,
especially in the southern portion,
the heaviest votes would be cast by
the democrats and socialists.
The senate amendments did not
change the provisions Of the bill as it
came from the house to which the
house republicans most seriously OBJ
iected, including those giving the ma
iority party, at present the democrats,
TIE right to disregard the minority
nominations for representation upon
the various election boards and the
provision of the house bill making it a
criminal offense to bribe a candidate
to withdraw from the ballot from the
general election but fixing no penalty
Whatever for bribing candidates to
withdraw from the primary election
race.
The house adopted a joint resolu-
tion by Tucker providing that the leg
islature adjourn sine die Wednesday,
March is, at noon. The resolution
was adopted without debate and with
little opposition. When the resolution
went to the senate, however, it was
laid over for one day. This makes
an adjournment on Wednesday inn
probable.
The senate reconsidered the vote
by which the Thomas resolution, sub
hitting a new constitutional amend
ment to Article 9, failed to carry and
passed the resolution 20 to Is. The
Thomas proposed amendment would
repeal the section of the constitution
which prohibits the consolidation of
railroads but provides that the cor
poration commission may command
books and records of the roads to be
brought into the state when needed
The Thomas amendment also relieves
the roads of the requirement of main
tanning general offices in the state.
The senate also passed bills by Bry-
an appropriating s7,176.SS to REIN
burse Game Warden Askew, by Cor
dell appropriating $6,393.77 for the
Snake war and by Bryan and
Charles validating bond issues
The house advanced to third reading
a bill creating the employees Of the
loan and sales department Of the
school land commissioners Office with