The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-06
Ex.COkvICT RELATES HOW
he SECURED A PAROLE
Governor Haskell VIII BE Given
Opportunity to Testify Before
Committee Tonight
Sneclal To Daily Loador.


Oklahoma City okla, Jan. 5-ln'
terest in the report Of the special
committee for investigation OF the
aqffairs of the McAlester penitentiaW
has become general on account OF
late developments. 1t Is expected that
the report will be mad, to both
houses Of tie legislature Friday.
Asa Brannon testified last night
that he saw irregularities while ne
was in prison. He claimed he was
released at the instance OF Col. ROY
Hoffman, OF Chandler and that he
agreed to work two years for HON
man in consideration of procuring q
parole.
Governor Haskell will be giyen anI
cppoStunity to testify tonight Dut
it is not known whether be viii goI
on the stand or not.
DR.. Miller, Of Altush, who refused
tc testify has been informed that ne
must appear and testify
Several bills were introduced today
but there is more interest in the pro
posed election bill than any now up
w. II. Murray and others are pre-
pairing call for a general confer
ence in which the Republican, Dem
ocratic, Prohibition, Socialist and
other parties, the farmers union ana
other organizations are to join tol
make non-partisan measure.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan s.
The house was in session from 2
until > o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
the principal feature being the intro
duction OF nineteen bills, a number OF
which are Of considerable import
ance.
The administration election law
bin was introduced by Representa-
tives Breedlove, Coughnn and Peters
and is amendatory rather than an in |
novation
TO abolish entirely the state liquor
dispensary, state enforcement de- |
partment; to require all confiscated |
and contraband liquors and furniture |
burned br otherwise destroyed IN
stead Of sold as at present; to define,
the habitual prohibition law violator /
and make his punishment five years
in the penitentary; and to give the
governor power to suspend accused
county attorneys after hearing, is the
purpose of a "prohibition that prohl-
bits" bin by Representatives Webb
and Anthony of TIE house and Sena-
tor Thompson of the senate.
To make a physical examination
and medical certificate Of good health
a requisite to marriage was the pur-
pose of a bill introduced by Represen-
1ative McCuntic, Representative De-
ford introduced an anti-gambling and
an anti-joint bill in which the crird9
of maintaining a gambling establish
ment or a place for keeping unlawful
intoXicants are made felony
Nineteen bills in all were intro
duced. The inaugural committee
made its report and set out the pro-
gram for the Inauguration ceremony
Monday which the house adopted
The Representatives drew for seats
again. and for an hour a huge com
motion reigred
The state federation of 'abor was
granted an official permit to lobby J
through its legislative agents, desig-
mated as Lee Payne Of Phillips Geo
Mcconnell of Bartesyille and Jess l..
Day of Wewoka. c. G. Zeigler of
Oklahoma City, president Of the state
federation and ] Luther Langstpa, OF
Oklahoma City, secretary We're also
admitted to the privileges Of legisla-
live agents.
The blind school al Fort Gibson
seems very desirable A bill locat-
ing ii at Tulsa was introduced Tues
day. and two other bills introduced,
Wednesday would move it TO Pur-
cell and Stigler respectively.
Inc proposition of increasing the
supreme court received attention in
bill by Representative Hammond
proposing to create three temporary
Judges to serve until January /. 1913,
at salary the same as paid each Of
the five present justices.
The public builhing aIld rules com
mittee was appagaEaps Apd although
about fifty-fiye other house commit
tees have been decided the necessity
of making a fw changes prompted
Speaker Durant to postpone making
the members known thereof until \
today.
House Bills by Number.
The house bills introduced Wednes-
day are as follows:
no. Hammond Providing for
three temporary judges of the SUI
preme court to serve until January /,