The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-21

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Oklahoma City. Okla, Jan. 20.-
Much argument and few results sum
marize the session OF the lower house
Thursday But one thing done will be
appreciated by tnat large portion OF
the public who have not paid their
taxes. A bill by Vogle, Charles and
MILLER, giving the coupty commits
sioners power to extend for thirty
days the time for paying the first
half of the annual taxes, now due
January /, and delinquent thereafter
was passed TO engrossment and final
roll call.
Speaker w. A. Durant and w. b.
Anthony, Democratic floor leader,
clashed for the first time In year
or so when the Durant, Semple and
Crawford bill appropriating 100000
for improving and equipplng the Dur
ant normal came up. Anthony said
that the biz should itemize the pur-
poses for which the money was want
ed. and moved TO recommit with in
struction to itemlze and make specific
A debate Immediately followed.
Broome supported the Anthony mo-
tion. and in the course OF his remarks
said
n see in this bill the elimination Of
an agreement between the members
who are from districts having state
Institutions to share plunder fund"
Moss defended the bill and thought
that Broome was exaggerating. Jack
son spoke warmly in favor of the
small appropriation, and Cornell did
also. Durant followed, and in the
course OF criticism OF those who would
delay legislation by 'fussing over lit
tie things" said something that did
not appeal to his old friend, Anthony,
and the latter replied hotly, that the
speaker should not use such argu-
ments to advance the bill.
Resents Attack.
II have been his political and per-
sonal friend for years" said Anthony.
''and he shouldn't attempt to convince
the house that my motion carries any
antipathy toward the bill or the state
institutions
Jones followed with a defense of
the bill; the Anthony motion to recon
nit lost, and the house voted the bill
do pass
Legislative work was broken into in.
order that the house might again be
entertained with the eloquence of a
former member-Hon. Leslie p. Ross
of Lawton The latter's talk was OF
more Importance, however, than the
usual speeches by former members,
as he, though without referring to the
senator by name, directly attacked
the reference in Senator Owens
speech few days ago condemning
Harmon of Ohio.
Il am glad that the house passed
resolution inviting Governors Har-
mon. Wilson and Baldwin to address
tie legislature said Mr. Ross. Il
am especially glad, for | believe one
OF three distinguished men, i'm fact, that
great Democrat, Judge Harmon, him
SELF will be our next president-and
that despite the fact that many Re-
publicans and a few Democrats of
Adams county, Ohio, sold their votes" "
Senator Owen had only left the leg
islatiye building few minutes be-
fore, or he might have enjoyed hear
ing Mr.. Ross speech.
Former Representative Partridge of
! Cherokee. a, Republican, was then in
| vitel to address The hopSe, and IN
| the course pi his remarks made sev--
erat suggest lens as 10 tlniRor changes
paeded IIp laws Df courts and plac~
Veterans Hjlt Wins. y
/ The Veterans Of \ the lower house,
IAshby of Pashinataha and lewis OF
lBeckham then put ibrodghl with but
lite trouble, their bill exempthg es
| confederate and ex-union soldiers
from paying peddlers licenses. The
| bill was amended to allow widows OF
such soldiers the same exemption. A
provision of the bill, excepting from
its benefits old soldiers drawing as
much as S. month pension was
construed by Barrett OF Pottawatome
as a discrimination against the old
union soldiers, and he said so plainly
The provision was striken out, but
not until the authors of the bill had
explained that they had not intended
any discrimination between the two
classes of old heroes.
The next matter up was the bill by
| Broome, relative to liens and exemp-
tions, 1t did not strike the fancy
of the house and after a brief but yiol
ent argument was killed by the mo-
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