The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-20
GAME
FRUSTRATED
BY SENATE
REFUSES TO b. HI Id UP
FOR S7o,ooo BUILDING
AT BUNKTOWN

speeial 10 the Daily Leader.
Oklaboms CITY. Okla. 5an. l9-
. ne proposition b have the state ap-
7roniiate $40 00O from the public
building fund for the obstruction o.
a fire proof building on the Old nisa
school grounds Tor the use OF the state
off,ces the money t. be refunded ns
ne Oklahoma CITY board OF ednca-
rfon when the state was through Win
the bnildin. vas finally killed, We'd
nesday afternoon. when the senate
n a4onfes report from the public
builds Is committee. recommending
that the nj to that effect, introduced
by Senator Kendrick. do not pass. At
torney General West had already held
thar the pr,posed plan Is illegal
A favorable report vas made nl
the same committee on the Franklin
b,n aboHshlng the state capitol com
mission and transferring is duties 70
,he state board OF public atialfs-
Similar reports were made on 0llis
aDpropriatf. sl50l0e0 for law bun g
lne III the state uni ersity at Norman
and 100000 for a new building Tor
the Celtlal state normal school AZ
Edmond
To Repeal County Division Law.
The bill to repeal the present couh-
Is division Jaw proposed by Senator
Ioe Smith OF Caddo county, aed in
tended TO head Off Seser Cache ana
other props sci neN counties in the
southwestern part OF the state, was
passed finally bs the senate Nedaes'
day afternoon. by vote OF % 10 10
The emergency clause failed OF pas
sage. however. so that il wiul be pos
sible for the new county promoters e
get IN their work. even II the bill
passed the house
The bill provoked considerable de
bate, being opposed by Senator kel
drick. who admitted that the present
law is not satisfactory. but wanted i
amended instead Of repeated. Sena
Tor Redwine favored the bill. declar
ing that there should be no mor'
small counties created until the large
ores now In existence have chance
to ret out OF debt
The senate also passed. finally IN
Joint resolution deaging all claim Z
Platt national park. which was nesir
Ell BY the national government befor
any appropriations were made 70
1 ii.
Reported Fsvorably.
Senator MeMechans bad check
bill. the Frag kiln bll requiring certai
qualifications from railroad eI9loye
and the Redwine-Alle bill acceptln
the federal prisons at Muskogee, M'
Alter. Ardmore and Vinta on beha
Of the state. were a so IA, orably r.
ported by the committee To NhiC
they had been referred.
| A resolution by Senator Anderso
inviting James A. Reed. reee1tls ele'
ed United States senator from Mi
souri. to address the Oklahoma legl
lature was adopted BY the senat
The resolution declared IN its pr
amble that there We're enough Nj
| sourIans In the legislature this tin
TO man a battleship.
The house resolution extending
similar invitation to Governors Hs
mon. Wilson and Baldwin went oy
for a day in the senate at rae reque
OF Senator Thomas
| The senate voted to accept the
| vitation extended by Senator Gou
| ing to the legis ature TO visit III
: on Saturday, February I.
> The election Of a negro ianiter a
the question Of paying mail carr
for seven DAYS service took up C
siderable time in the senate. Willi'
sulzer was finally elected ianitor o'
Ed Jones. who was proposed b.. Sc
tor Berkey as "a Democratic Hes
from Logan county II. c. Mar
d was finally allowed seven DAYS |
4 on the mail carrier job, after cons
, cradle discussion.