The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-19
DURANT RULES THAT
GOVERNOR MUST NOT
BEQU0TEO IN HOUSE
(From The Okiahoman)

ed SpedbeI w. "A. DuTdhI NeuIes-
day, when Speaker Pro Tempore j.
Roy Williams attempted to lend
weight to the prohibition enforce
ment bill, by quoting the governor
as endorsing it..
Mr.. Williams disregarded the ad
monition of the speaker and began
his recital but his words were imme
diately lost in the angry banging of
the speakers gayei and the conse-
quent confusion in the house.
The friends of the idea failed ut
terly to get the house to reconsider
its action OF Tuesday in killing the
provision which proposes to give
the GOV ernor Hrwer = Remove cnun-
ty officers who do not enforce the
prohibitory statutes.
Mr.. Williams offered a substitute
for the section that was stricken
out. The substitute, he said, was
prepared with the advice and con-
currence of Governor CTce, and
considerably modified by the COVER
nor.
Opposition hutarent.
The opposition of the house 90
giving the governor any power what
ever to suspend county officers be-
came apparent at once. Maxey led
the attack on the Williams substi-
tute, and it was defeated by the
decisive vote of 6S to 81. An amend
ment by MaXey, providing that the
governor could authorize the attor-
ney general to begin custer pro-
ceedings in the attacked officer -
home courts was then adopted, and
the bill, as amended, was passed
finally by the vote of 80 to l..
Glover of Ohickasha voted mo"
The bill as it passed the house
abolshes the state dispensary and
enforcement department, requires
the destruction OF coniiscated lip
uors, etc! allows tho sale of alco-
hol for pharmaceutical and CONNER
cial purposes, and makes the "ha-
bitual violator" one who has been
convicted twice before, liable to a
punishment of one to five years
Imprisonment.
At the beginning it appeared that
Mr. Villains might win, as his mo-
tion to reconsider the vote cutting
out the administration" section won
by the vote of 81 to ~. He then
offered his substitute. which pro
vided that the governor might sus.
pend delinquent county officers, up
on a hearing following complaint of
three reputable citizens, and then
order the local county attorney. or
attorney general. to begin custer
proceedings in the accused officials
home court. But the substitute in
the end appeared as Objectionable
to the house as the original sec
ton, and MaXey's substitute to
the Williams substitute won easily.
Little Else Done.
The house devoted the entire af-
ternoon practically to passing the
prohibition enforcement ,bilh and
little else was done, except to in
troduce a number of bills.
\ memorial from the joint legis-
lative labor board endorsing the
Williams free text book bill was
Jeffords entered a siren
uous objection to the consensus of
Rogers county being put at the ri
diculously low figure of 1875 peo-
pie. Hammond, one of the youngest
members of the house, was put on
the important code committee, in
place of Emanuel. who is seriously
i'll at his home. Watrous presented
an invitation from Enid to the leg
islature to banquet there February
(. which invitation was accepted
Barrett wanted to know what had
become of his resolution asking cop
les Of the contracts made by Gov
ernor Haskell with Oklahoma City,
and was informed that the copies
probably would be ready Thursday.
The Roll Call
Following is the uUli call on the
MaXey substitute to the Williams
substitute TO the prohibition en-
forcement bill. in which the MaXey
amendment won, and the admins
t7ation suffered its first defeat:
Ayes: Anthony, Acton. Akin. Ash.
by of Jackson. Ashby OF Pushma-
taha. Baldwin. Barham. Blackburn.
Bolen. Breedlove, Brooks, Broome.