The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-15

otiil Ne9ging Away on Prohibition.
Special by United Press.
Oklahoma City, Feb. l5.- Represen-
tative J. W. steen. chairman Of the
house committee on public service cor
porauons. today submitted reports
recommending the two bills designed
to promote the building Of state rail.
ways.
One Of the bills creates a public utili.
ties commission and the other provides
for the construction of railroad from
cimarron to Mccurtain county
A constitutional amendmens paving
The way for an early election on the
sl5s0O0,OOO bond issue necessary for
the construction OF the road wiz be
reported either By the committee on
constitutional amendment or by
steen's committee
The action today insures a hearing
On the state railroad proposition III the
house,
The senate convened at 10 o'clock
this morning and the house at 1870
this afternoon. The house committee
on privileges and elections recon.
mended that the two remaining con.
tests be dismissed These were A. G.
Hamlin ys. G Il. CLAYTON. Logan coun-
~, and l.. H. Whimore NJ. q. w.
smith, Adair county
Reject Governors Idea.
For tho third time during this yes.
sion the house Of representatives has
squarely met and defeated a recon-
mendation Of Governor cruce as to inn
portant legislation. Tuesday, BY a
vote of 81 to Al, that assembly rejected
the gSSernors idea Of a state banking
board and adopted the minority report
presented BY Chairman Killam and
TWO other members of the banking
committee. The action Of the house
puts the stamp OF approval upon the
state banking board as It now Is. with
the exception that il ~ sc.mmcnded
that the state treasurer be taken from
the board and the secretary OF state
given a place thereon
The first important recommendation
of Governor cruce that met defeat 10
the house was thar the governor be
given power % remove county officers
falling to enforce the prohibition laws
the second rersrae occurred when the
house passed the capitol building com
mission bill over the governors EN-.
phatIc Recommendation that the com.
mission be dispensed WITH
No hnil-AdmInistration Feeling.
And the three reyerses that the gu
bcrnatorial recommendations have suf-
fered are more remarkable from The
fact that there IS no "angi-administra-
ton" alignment in the lower house
and that In nearly every instance the
house leaders difered among them
selves. and have in no case voted
against the governor on all three inn
nortant questions on the prohibition
enforcement bin Speaker Durant,
Speaker Pro Tempore Williams. Floor
Leader Anthony and Chairman Craw-
ford OF the appropriations committee
voted with Governor cruce; on the
capitol commission bin these same
four leaders voted against him; on
the banking bin Crawford and Speaker
Durant voted for the gubernatorial
recommendation; Speaker Pro TEN
pore williams and Mr. Anthony voted
against the same. And their votes are
but examples or the general indepen
dence Of the entire house.
Whiting on Prohibition Bill.
Another cherished provision OF The
prohibition bin was ruthlessly slaugh
tered Tuesday by the senate which
struck out the section fixing limit Of
oas gallon Of spurious or vinoui
liquors and one cask Of malt liquol
as the maximum amount to be kept Il
private residence. This section was
not in the bill as it came from The
house. but was one on which the ad
vanced prohibitlonlsts Of the senate
prided themselves.
The senate seems disposed to lop Of
the prohibition bill a section at time
The first three sections had smoou
sailing, but the fourth and fifth sec
tions were both voted down after beinl
extensively amended.