The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-10


passed joint resolution proposing a
new capital contract Friday afternoon.
The resolution was amended at the
suggestion of Senator Hatchett of Du-
trant to provide that the old s71, 200
/ contract should not be annulled until
the new agreement had been closed
between the building of public affairs
and the citizen capital expense com
mittee.
! The new contract proposed makes
the citizens capital expense commit
tee liable to the extent of $71,200 on
which the rent of state Offices for the
coming year will have the first claim
Should there be any left, the resolu-
i ton preferred claim is to reimburse
I the state $3,450 paid Judge C. B. Stuart
| of McAlester for his services in the
| capital litigation.
/ The expense of the removal of the
Offices and equipment from Guthrie
! occupies the third preferred place in
the contract and Senator Eggerman
| was frank to say that he believed the
first three items would exhaust the
company's liability.
However, lest there should be
surplus, even the new contract speci-
d fed chat attorneys fees connected with
II the Oklahoma City side of sthe capital
/ litigation should have fourth claim,
}tsgnd last, w. A. Ledbetter with claim
Y for $4,000, which he advanced the old
capital committee in the summer of
1870.
~ Architects are also mentioned, but
80 far down the line that there is little
probability that they will be noticed.
BY vote of 81 to IA, in which party
Zines were not closely drawn, the SEN
n ate Friday went on record as prefer
sing the service OF private attorneys
TO those of the attorney general in de-
tending the grandfather clause" cases
"a the criminal branch of the federal
Y branch of the federal court at Guthrie.
$ : Senator Reuben M. Roddie of Ada
was the author of resolution which
passed both houses of Legislature Fri
day requesting the governor to desig
nate the attorneys to defend the cleo
tion officials indicted for too strict en-
IAseSasment of the grandfather clause"
- Logan and Kingfisher counties.
EP Senator Potter, republican, of Ok
a nt,1o OFF n 10
6ating the attorney general to defend
IRese cases. Potter promised to vote
ar the resolution in that form In
fssis connection, Potter said, the cleo
stion officers were in a manner acting
as state officials when they served on
> io,ection day. He declared that thou
ads of dollars had been lost to the
state through the friction between
: Haskell and Attorney General West.
/, There was roll call on the Potter
amendment, resulting IA to 21. The
kn nocrats who voted with Potter and
Eve republicans were Eggerman of
4e3awnee; Hatchett of Durant; Sorrells
6S Wilburton and Thompson of Pauls
:. Valley.
On final passage the resolution was
bdopted &c to TO- 1t went through the
y1wer house by viva voce vote, most
: , the republicans having left the
chamber when it was called up.
.V2SWhen the house, by an overwhelm-
~xpg majority, voted not to substitute
aboard of public affairs" for the cap
~ commission" in Speaker Durant's
J-ll doing away with the powers of
Ale latter, it was pretty clearly indi-
ated that senate bill abolishing the
bmmission will have hard shedding in
she lower branch. The house wrang-
ed for two hours Friday afternoon be-
Sre coming to vote, but left little
5hom for doubt when it did vote.
s.ssfe house discussed the district at
"a hey bill long enough to fix the Of
tcers qualifications the same as those
IL district Judge.
Hone bill was passed finally, the Sor-
{siPs bill appropriating $32,5OO to pay
'le district court stenographers from
Sfae 10, 1910 to June 80, 1911. A
Climber Of measures were hurriedly
iSssed to the third reading in an eff
tFt to clear the house calender.
,{The debate on the capital commits
Non bill dealt principally with the
lshts of two boards to exist, where
any members declared there was
led for only one.
3iAnthony, Crawford and the entire
kslskogee county delegation and 9th
democratic leaders were lined up
4fh direct opposition to Governor
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