The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-18
RELOCATING SCHOOL BILL
WAS UNDER DISCUSSION
Proposes 10 Change Agriculture
School From Helena TO
Elk City

The calm that was so PRONOUNCED
In the senate II! day yesterday, and
which led the Democrats TO believe
that Senate Bill No. 6l would be talk
en- up al II O'Clock this morning and
disposed of before time 10 recess,
was but the forerunner Of the sever
est storm that mas swept over the
senate body during the special ses.
sion of the legislature.
This storm came up over S~nate
Bill No. 66, ny Echols, which pro
vides FOR relocating the district agri-
cultural school for the Fifth supreme
court judicial district at Elk City,
the school at present being located a
Helena
Tho bill waShrought up gently and
for a tine ii locked like there wculf
be no display Of fireworks, but when
Senator Russell offered an amend
ment providing that the state pay the
persons who donated the land on
which the school Is located $500,
the ball was placed in motion.
Soldani Sounds Warning.
sotHdADi fouiiNHi SNSb pt'u thHt iH'
bill 10 not be recommended for pass
aye, warning the senate that If II
was recommended and later passed Il
would never re. through the house
concluding with The statement tha
If ii did get through both houses II
'woud never ge' through the courts.
Senator Potter opposed the bill
saying that II the senate establishes
The precedent Of relocating public In
stitutions that ia the future all pub
lie buildings should be erected on
wheels out of Difference 10 sound bus
mess principles
Following the talk by Senator Pot
ter motion wa made to amend the
bill BY Stalking out ELK City and In
sertng in lieu hereof the name Cor
dell This was adopted, but was
later reconsidered
Senator Colville moved TO ndeGn
itely postpone The bill, but failed toI
get enough votes.
Senator Blair spoke in favor Of re
locating the school
Fable Stirs Up Row.
Then Senator Russell Campbell
read . the senate typeNritter
c liicism OF Senator Biliups. which
he exp aimed WAS fable. The IA
BILE was caus T., and when he had
finished reading It Senator Blllups
arose aid said that part Of Il which
refers TO me Is a damnable lie i"
Later on being informed that Judge
Connors, chairman OF the board OF
agriculture, was the author of the
table, Senator Brownlee furnishing
The information, Senator Billups, who
mad arisen TO question Of personal
privilege, said that the senator who
read II, and the author, whoever he
Is, are not gentlemen"
Senator Bilups then delivered O
speech In which he reviewed much
Of the history relative to the locating
OF agricultural schools, severely ex
coria'ing the board Of agriculture for
its alleged arbitrary methods, and
questioning the sincerity Of them
Hesald lie location Of several OF the
Schools are move convenient TO the
people Of Kansqs than they arc to
the people OF the sovereign state Of
Oklahoyna for whcm they were ere
ated He says the southwestern pari
OF The stale had been uniustly dis.
criminated against in tho location Of
the schools.
Brownlee Sore, Too.
Preceding Senator Billups, Senator
Br0wnlee paid his respects 10 the
faDie wnith senator Russell read
characterlzing as IAN insult to
Senator BilIups as well as TO the
fena.e. and was in favor OF the ap-
poiniment OF q Joint committees com.
posed of membafs bf bothf HOUSES 10
lupk into the MorklnRe Of The board
cfeafsrienliure. ld asial,n'Ha1
4 While Senator rr6whlee was al
l1rcssing the body Senator Graham
4aised tha pelnf Of order. saying
Senator Brownlee was not addressing
ihe srlject matter then before the
committee OF The whole, and the poin;
Of order was sns.ained by Senator
Goulaing. who was In the chair
When the committee OF the whole
yo,ed On the proposition OF recon-
mending the bin To- passage II car.
ried u voting for the relocation 0i
the school al Elk City and II voine
against Il, lhe Republicans voting
with the rnincritv
Tie senate this morning adopted
Jcins Resolution No, . as amended
by the house, accepting he tcrms
oi tlie Federal Gels granting lands n
..aaIn fnr n.sricuffnral and mechanical