The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-09
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nam site probably will be ditehed in
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ranged the senate ~ inclined " require
the Putnam gite 70 be backed with
guarantee and ~ eliminate the emer.
gency gection from the site feature of
the bill giving the people a chance n
reject Or accept the site AZ the polls
Zach house passed one bin Monday
and then adjourned until z O'Clock this
afternoon to give committees an op-
portunity to find some solution 10 the
deadlock.
In the house, Speaker Anthony
called the attention Of the house 10
an article IN q st. Joseph Newspaper
which stated that the house and sen
ate had taken a slap at William J..
Bryan. the house By hanging map
of the Putnam site over Bryau'g pic.
turc and the senate BY not hanging
Bryau'g portrait al all Anthony stated
that the house should resent such
story. Bill Durant. another Haskell
organization man. moved that the As.
sOciated Press man be barred from the
floor Of the house unless he retracted
the article by today
Charles Barrett OF Shawnee declared
that the adverse newspaper criticism
Of the state wnB due largely To the
attitude Of cnmity 10 the newspaper
men shown by certain leading mem
bers of the constitutional convention
and First Legislature and advised eau
ton in mourning enmity Of the press
at this time. J. Roy Williams Of
Comanche also defended the press and
offered a resolution which was adopt
ed, providing that the house appoint a
committee to Investigate the truth Of
the article mentioned and report to
the house
The senate yesterday finally passed
the Cornell bin from the house giving
the supreme court original and exclu
ayc Jurisdiction 10 hear all suits arIB
ing for the removal or location Of the
state capital or any educational or
elcemoBynary institution The pur
pose Of the net Is 10 eliminate the dis
trict courts in the determination Of
such actions aud It rs aimed particu
larly at the district court Of Logan
county which enjoincd tho removal of
the state capital to Oklahoma city As
tho bill passed the house no one cx.
peCted the attorney general could have
brought such a suit bat the senate
amended It 80 that any resident tax
payer could bring the action provided
he aid 80 within ten days OF the Sign.
ing of the act removing the capital or
other institution and put up such a
bond as might be required by the
court
The house refused to concur and Il
conference committee was appointed
by each house This committee amend.
ed It so that the bond should be ap.
proved by the clerk OF the court The
conference report was then adopted
and the bills Is now ready for the sig
nature OF the governor The house
this afternoon adopted the Franklin
bill from the senate raising the sal.
ary of the commissioner of charities
and corrections TO $1,000 per annum
with an amendment that the increase
shall not apply until the second Mon.
day In January 1911.
A resolution which may serve as a
club over members who are bucking
on tho Putnam site, especially those
who have state institutions In their
districts. was offered In the house by
Cornell OF Custer which provides that
a committee of three from the senate
and four from the house shall visit
various state institutions and report
to the regular session upon their needs.