The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-13
WILL MAKE
GAMBLING
!. A FELONY
Special to Daily Leader.

opeCldl 10 lPdliy Leader.
Oklahoma City Okla. Jan. 12.-
Shcrt sessions In both houses and a
number Of important new bills were
the features OF the legislature We'd
nesday Radical amendments to the
banking law are proposed IN a bill
bg Acton, COX and Fuller, in the
house
Two bills, by Barrett and Jones. in
line with recommendation in Gov
crnor Cruces first message make
gambling felony and imposes heavy
penalties.
The Bolen-bill, endorsed by the Odd
Fellows and making it misdemeanor
to print the rituals or secret work OF
secret societies, was resurrected by
the house which Tuesday killed it by
indefinite postponement, and will
come up for consideration again
Leftwich of the house, introduced
a resolution along the suggestions
made in Governor Haskells final
message memorahzing congress TO
give prohibition states full control
under police power OF all intoxicating
liquors within their boundaries wheth-
or said liquors are domestic or in
terstate.
The bill by Maxey, Rexroat and
Champion of the house and Allen Of
the senate, making available $4,000
Of the Old appropriation for the Ard
more Confederate home passed the
house by a vote of SO to l. The Ak
en- bill reappropriating $79,2S9.35 of
an old appropriation for buildings at
the state university was recommitted
without action after sharp debate.
The house accepted and passed
viva vcce the resolution BY Senators
Stewart and Barefoot, asking United
States Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey
Of Texas, to address The present leg
islatuie.
The senate refused to reconsider
It's action killing the bill raising the
salary of the state labor commissions
er. Senator Sorrells-introduced a bill
repeating the act of the 1910 (March)
legislature prescribing the peculiar
ballot under which the Grandfather
Clause won on August 2. last.
other Bills introduced.
Other house bills Introduce are as
fol oWs. BY Brooks reiealing sec
tion ~, chapter 50, session laws 1910;
Barrett. providing for transferring
pupils from one school district to an
other, jones, confining the jurisdic-
tion OF justices Of the peace to their
own township; Williams OF Kay, ap-
propriatirg $37 1880 for Improvements
al the Tonkawa university prepara-
tory school, Ashby of Pushmataha,
Crawford and Champion, relative to
laborers liens, Wright, giving thresh-
ers' liens on the grain Tabor, Whit
man and Roland, relative to teachers
contracts Smith of Greek, providing
school books to be used during vaca-
ton; McDuffie, redistrictirg OF coun-
ty commissioners districts; Broome.
relative to exemptions; DeFord, leg
alizing deeds to lots in the state nor
MAJ addition at Edmond Glover. NOV
ing the blind girl pupils from the
blind school at Fort Gibson to the
state college for girls at Chickasha.
Bills favorably reported ont of com
mittee Wednesday include measures
providing for better accommodation
on interurban cars; increasing the sal
aries and emoluments OF county sup
erintendents; giving the state com
missioner of charities and corrections
power to Intervene as next friend
IN minor cases.
The appointment OF j. Il. Martin
as messenger instead Of Joe" Has
kcll, resigned, was announced by
Speaker Durant. The house saved
81 day by refusing to engage an
assistant propert yclerk