The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-31
GOVERNOR MAKES A VIGOROUS
PLEA FOR MEASURES DEEMED
IMPORTANT.
WILL OPPOSE AN
EXTRA SESSION
Goes on Record Against Capitol
commisslon--Good Roads Bill in
Lower House-Both Houses Resume
Work on Calendar Bills.
Special by United Press.

Special by United Press.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 31.-Gov.
Cruces message was the universal
topic Of discussion in legislative circles
today. In the senate general JOY
reigned because the governor upheld
the senate position on practically all
the legislation up to the preesnt time
while among members Of the house dis
gruntled expressions were heard.
The house democrats held caucus
this morning on the district attorney
bill. Both houses convened this after
noon at 1880, taking up calendar bills.
Good Roads Bill.
Among the numerous bills intro.
duced in the lower house Monday was
the good roads bill on which the COM
mitee on roads and highways has been
working for some time. 1t creates a
state department Of highways; creates
a state highway commissioner at a sal
ary Of $4,000 year; a state highway
engineer at $4,000 year, and appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for the expenses Of the
highway department. A one-miIl state
tax is provided for, and from this the
state is to bear SO per cent of the cost
OF the work; the counties or improve
ment" districts the remainder An
other bill in connection with this. by
Glover provides for working short
term convicts Oh tho public highways.
Passed BY Senate.
Bills pissed finally by the senate
were those by coIyille and McMetcham
approrriating 100000 for a new build
ing at the Edmond normal school and
$4,000 for equipment, and by Thomas,
providing procedure for transfer Of
school lands after SALE The senate
advanced to third reading bills by Az
len and Redwine, accepting the fed
eral iails at Vinita, Muskogee, Meal
ester and Ardmore on the terms and
conditions imposed by the federal gov
) ernment; by Williams, regulating the
practice of optometry, and by Smith,
regulating the purchase Of poor farms
by county commissioners
, Governor Sends Message.
Governor Lee Cruce sent a message
to the legislature on Monday, amplify-
ing the recommendations for legisla-
tion contained in his first message, ex-
\ pressing his satisfaction with the work
\ done by the legislature SO far in car
rying out his recommendations, and
stating specifically what bills or por-
tions OF bills now pending he consid-
cred to be the best
The message was particularly en-
phatie in regard to the prohibition
bill, and insisted on the reinstatement
/ Of the provision allowing the governor
: to remove or suspend county officers.
who have been delinquent IN their en-
forcement Of the law The governor
stated that if the prohibition bill were
to pass in the form in which 1t came
from the house he wanted the legis-
lature also to Incorporate a provision
to the effect that It had taken the en-
? forcement of that law out Of the gov
ernor's hands, and committed it to the
: local officials.
The governor announced that the
banking bill is entirely satisfactory to
him in the form in which It passed the
! senate, and that he favored the county
assessor bill, except for the part which
allowed that official commission on
the valuation of public service corpora
tions. In regard to the board OF edu-
cation, the house bill by Durant was
: picked out as being the most satisfAe-
\ tory of the bills on that subject SO
= far introduced and the senate bill by
Wynne and Coffeg as the second best.
Opposes Capitol Commission.
4 A decided position is taken BY the
: governor in favor OF abolishing the
= capitol commission, in accordance with
= the bin already passed by the senate,
!" on the ground that there was no need
" for that commission and the state
!" board of public affairs. The location
Of the school for the blind was touched
= upon in the message, but no location
!. was recommended The governor
/" stated that the three things that must
= be taken into consideration were the
- healthfulness OF this site the advan