The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-04
| LEGISLATURE IN BUSINESS SESSION
G0vERNOR'S MESSAGE SHORT: WORK

of Harper for the republican side
Numerous seconding speeches were
made ami the vote resulted; DurahI
-. Vogle 20. Mr. Williams of co
manche DemD was made speaker
pro TEN. without opposition. Other of
ficcrs elected were J. $. Bell, Caddo
county. sergeant at arms; f. NJ. Tut
tie. Texas county, assistant, ana II.
E. Snodgrass, Tulsa county chap-
lain.
Speaker Durant made short ad-
dress. in which he called attention
to the work before the regular ses
sion saying that new laws were
not needed so much as was the cor
rection of laws already on the statute
books.
House Employees.
He announced appointment Of the
following house employees: Chier
clerk, Guy Crossett, Waurilia; as
sistant. Sid J. Wheeler, Madill; jour
nal clerk. VIII Hill, McAlester; as
sis ant. Miss Jeanette Collar, Guth-
rie: reading clerk n. \. Fordon, Ok
lahoma city: assistant Luther Harr.-
son. Wetumka; house auditor, Roy
Burke, Pauls Valley; law and record
clerk w. r. Durham, Tecumseh;
| chief committee clerk, Albert Shields.
Enid; official reporter, Will Martin,
| Ir.. and private secretary to the
speaker, Sam A. Oppliger Oklahoma
City.
Meet in Joint Session.
Following the completion OF for
malities, which included admnistra
ton of the oath of office by Dis
trict Judge Clark to Mr.. Jackson
member from Muskogee county, who
was not here during the special ses
sion when the other members were
sworn in. the houses met in join
session and published the vote cas-
for state officers in the genera
g lection Nov. s.
The governors message was rea'
i'm the house. but not In the sen
ate. II carried congratulations TO th
legislature but the governor state'
, that in view of the change of admin
e istration next week he would nav
Il. little TO say of recommendation 70
% the future, since those who wonI
be burdened with the responsibilitie
n of government should be ieft unhan
y pered to the greatest possible eXten
= He expressed the heslre, however, G
making detailed report of iii
o happenings during his term of Office
which. he said would be done /
:. an extended message next Sltul
>. day.
, \ guest OF the senate was Liel
I, tenant Governor-elect McAlester. VIII
viii direct its deliberations follow
r ing the inauguration January g II
mde a speech, reassuring the SCI
|. ators that their work would be fo
, the best interest of the state, an
expressed the belief that the senat
would be harmonious body.
q. Wants Journal Corrected.
\ feature of the senate was tn
. request of Senator Barefoot ths
II the journal of the special sessio
g which exhibited him as moving tn
p adoption OF the resolution authori2in
:. expenditure of $4,000 for inauguri
/ purposes be corrected The senate
disclqimed that he favored adoptio
Of the resolution since he vote
=, against it.
!. Both houses meet at p. m. t.
/. morrow.
n \ far-reaching piece of legislatio
!. which will be PROPOSED by Mr.. p
II ters of Usage county is to reQuil
Il railroad companies operating throue
/. Ok 'ahoma to pay into the state trea
,f ulN lt Ne ut'u as Il TRUST luHN, u
= lc per mi,e excess charged in pa
- senger fare since February, 191
y when the &C fare was enjoined by q
der OF Federal Judge Hook. Legalit
W of the proposed measure is being /
il vesugated. Under the federal ord,
q passengers are given claim Checl
N which the railroads wouM be col
n. PEELED to redeem in the event Il
d decision is against them in the Cou
=. of last resort Failure on the pa
f. of the passenger to present the clai
N check would leave the railroad COZ
pany winner 1t is figured that the
n. excess now aggregates between ;
"a 100000 and s2.Oo0,OOO and the id'
J., Of placing the money In a trust fun
10 Mr.. Peters says. is to have that 7
m1ining unclaimed after a fixed tin
following reversal GRE iited 10 n