The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-27
HOT FIGHT
OVER FREE
TEXT BOOKS
LENGTHY DISCUSSION IN
HOUSE OVER MERITS
OF BILL
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The house OF representatives Neu
nesday passed finally the county as
SCISSOR bill. By Carson, McDuffey, New
and smith (of the senatei The vote
was 67 10 2S. thirteen absent. The
emergency lost. The governor under
the bill. which now goes 20 the senate
Is to appoint the seventy-seyen as
SCISSORS.
The passage OF this bill. the intro
ductlon OF a congressional redlstrict-
Ing bill. a house primary law bill, and
score OF other new measures, a par
tial consideration OF and hard fight
over the tree school books bill by
Speaker Pro Tempore j. Roy Will
llams, and favorable action on the
Marshall bill appropnating $4,000
TO locate artesian wells IN the pan
handle" counties, was the chief work
O. he house session.
The house agreed TO the senate
amendments to the tax extension bill
giving the taxpayers until March l.
II the county commissioners so allow,
to pay the first half OF the years tax
es which became delinquent without
the new law about passed. the first
Of this month. The bin now goes
to the governor.
The bill by Crawford, Clark OF
Grant and Goulding OF the senate,
which proposed to require railroads to
designate their stations by the name
OF the poaoffce IN the same town
was killed by the public service cor
l.
ed.
The house passel with the emergen
cy The senate resolution by Senator
Kendricks, releasing all claim OF the
atate to the platt National park at
llphur.
The h0use accomplished its work
with little argument or speechmakns
until the free text book bill came mp.
The house took II under considera-
ton Ia committee of the whole. Mr..
Semplc In the chair The author OF
the bill, Speaker Pro Tempore VIII
llams, opened the discussion with 4
lengthy dissection OF the merits Of
the bill, and told including. how he
had fathered Its companion measure,
tne present uniform text boSk law, In
Ihe First legislature.
The fight started as soon as Mr..
Williams sat down. Logan OF kiowa
moved TO rise and report progress.
The mcelon lost Mr.. AshDy Of Push.
mataha. suggested that the bill should
provide for the child first receiving
the free text books to keep the same
and have his or her name Inscribed
therein as a sign OF possession.
Johnson Of Hughes began the real
fight with a motion to so amend that
the state should furnish the books,
instead OF the school districts. as the
bin provided. Mr.. Williams said that
the amendment would kill his bills,
aud 4 score OF speeches pro and con
followed Anthony, Ashby OF Push
mataha. Lindsay of Mayes and Lenox
all advocated the Johnson amendment
vosbuFgh. Frey, Hammond. Whitman
and CLARK of Atoka opposed
Williams and his supporters lost,
the Johnson amendment being adopt
ed by vote OF "A to 26.
All other attempts to amend the
bin except In revising II to iii the
Johnson amendment were unsuecess.
fui
New House Bills.
The following house bills were IN
trodueed Wednesday;
BY Wright Boea and Peebly, ap
propriating $l,b50 for unpaid expenses
OF the territorial supreme court.
by McDufiie. requiring all corpor
ations and others to report all aceI-
dents deaths, etc, Of employees tC
the state labor commissioner
by Pryor OF the house and Jones o
the senate. requiring local freigh
trains 10 carry passengers.
BY Acton, relative o county higt
schools.
By DAWSON ana Clark, relative tC
collection OF taxes.
BY Lewis, offering bountes for the
scalps OF wild animals.
BY Anthony, two bills, appropriai
Ing $1,000 for rewards for fugitives
approprlating $4,000 for expenses o
extradlti0n
BY McCiIntlc, by request. repeating
certain sections, relative to what no
stated.
BY Logan and Crawford, ALLOWING
county attorneys to engage In priv
ate practice
By McElhaney. Whitman and Ham
0hd, two bills, appropriating s200.62
and s32i,0 ,0O0 for maintdance am
deficiency OF and for completing tn
state penltentiary, respectively
by Milbuin, relating to taxes.
BY Campbell and Clark OF Grant
relative to elections in towns ant
villages,
BY Breedlove. a complete law Of
the carrying Of weapons.
Bg Barrett Maxey. Carson and Pry
or. re alive 10 transferes and assign
ments Of money due for personal o
professional services
BY Crawford. creating the office o
state fire marshal.
BY Madden of Harmon, a primar
election law.
By Harris ard Cornell, relative L
partnerships. s8
by Barhaln. helftive 10 ekt aeliqns
BY J hoA,AiarIams, osAaiiigl d STAT
board OF education.
BY Clark OF Pawnee and Stockton
to locate a state printing office a
the StillHa-er A. x NJ college.
BY Cox Appropriating sl2S.641 70
deficiency expenses and maintenance
Of the Gllliyse reformaatory unti
July !. 1912.
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