The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-11
REFUSE TO MAKE 1T
A SPECIAL ORDER
Section Prohibiting Liquor II Clubs
Fails to Pass--Tax Extension Bill Is
Dead--House Kills Anti-Pool Hall
5lli-other Proceedings.


Oklahoma city, Feb. Following
decided setback administered to the
prohibition bill through the decision
of the senate to postpone its further
consideration at this time, a iiibuster
was started by some Of the friends
of that bill against other pending leg
islation, and particularly the house bill
By Marshall, the blind representative
from cimarron county. appropriating
$4,000 for the drilling Of test wells
for artesian water in ahe Panhandle
counties.
A large majority of the senate was
determined to put that bill through,
practically as it stood, but was unable
to get around the Obstructive tactics
employed BY the other side. and get
the bill through the committee Of the
whole ana advanced to third reading
until after o'clock
The senate refused to make the pro
hibition bill a special order for Sat
urday or any succeeding day, and its
action seems to indicate that consider
able difficulty win be experienced in
securing the passage Of any kind OF
prohibition legislation at this session.
m fact, the basis for the motion of
Senator Echols to defer ftirthel ccn-
siderasion OF the bill was than the law
Il good enough as It stands and does
not need TO be made any more strin-
gent.
During tha aansideFasi9ala ~ tlnuu FlHHlH
hibition bill the senate took time to
strike out the section prohibiting the
possession Of liquor at a place of bust
ness or club, which occasioned SO
much debate on Tuesday. The CON
sideration Of the section was finished
ON thai day, but no vote was taken on
its adoption. The vote was taken
when The bill was first called up Fri
day, ard the section failed Of adoption,
Il to 16.
The next section up for considera-
ton was the one limiting the amount
Of liquor to be kept in a private resi-
dence tc one gallon Of whisky or wine
and one eask Of beer. Several amend
nents We're pending to increase the
maximum allowed BY that section, ana
some OF them probably would have
been adopted if further consideration
Of the bill had not been discontinued.
Kill Tax Extension.
The tax extension bill, which was
once sent to the governor but was with
drawn because Of objections to its con.
stitutionality, raised by the attorney
general and has been the subject Of
two conferences between the two
houses since that time, was killed is,-
mediately by the senate Friday after
noon.
Tbs matter came up on the second
eonfTq qnee report, which merely ex-
tendet the time for delinquent taxes
from January to February j, with
the further proyisc that in no case
should the penalty be attached until
thirty days after the tax books had
been received BY the county treasurer.
The conference report was adopted, 49,
to IS, but on the roll call on the bill
as amended the vote stood is to i6,
falling five short Of the required ma
iority.
Proceedings IN House.
The. session Of the house of repre-
sentatives Friday disposed Of several
Important matters The anti-pool hall
bin was finally killed and the IA. III T.
| a. bill raising the penalty against
horse thieves. was passed finally.
The first measure up Friday was
Senator GouIdings bill relative to sig
nature by mark. Representative Tee
hee and other legislators from Indian
counties earnestly endeavored to get
the bill in such shape that the house
would pass it. but failed and the ron
call on final passage was a tie, 46 to
46. and Speaker Durant declared the
bill lost
Another senate bill By Senator
coulding and Representative psasrsHs,
providing that benevolent and charit-
able institutions could retain 10 per
eentum OF the proceeds Of cemetery lot
sales, ctr. was passed finally
The senate bill hy Senators Smith