The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
TO VOTE AGAIN ON
RAILROAD MEASURE
As Result of Public Demonstration
State chiropraetors Secure De-
feat Of Williams Bill.


Oklahoma City, Mar 1.-The people
of Oklahoma viii have an opportunity
to vote again on the proposition to re-
peal section 8, article 5. of the con-
stitution at a special election, April
25. the stewart-Webb resolution sub
mitting the question having passed
both houses The house passed the
resolution Tuesday by vote OF 81 to
IA. The people have voted down SIM
liar amendments twice within the last
year, once the amendment proposed by
the railroads, and at the last general
election the amendment which carried
repeal Of the section, submitted h.
the second legislature. The proposed
amendment substitutes section which
will permit the purchase Of Oklahoma
lines The proposed amendment is
said TO have the support of lambro
leaders.
The Muskogee and Clinton state
fair bills were passed through the COM
mittee of the whole of the senate, after
they had been loaded down wits riders
which may kill both bills on final pas
sage. The Clinton bill was SO badly
handicapped by amendments that 1t
virtually was killed. Muskogee is con-
fident that its bill will pass finally.
An amendment was added to the
Muskogee bill by the enemies of the
measure, establishing state fair at
Enid, giving it the state agricultural
and live stock exposition and Mus
kogee the agricultural and mechani-
cal expositions. All reference to fu-
ture appropriations by the senate was
stricken from the bill. Senator Nc
Mechan, representing the fight to re-
tain the prestige of the state fair con-
Quoted here by private enterprise, of
fered an amendment to strike out the
designation, "state fair" which lost.
Amendments were added to the Clin-
ton bill, establishing like fairs at
Hugo, Boggs Depot, Altus and Sapulpa.
The chiropractors, as result of the
public demonstration they gave last
night, won their fight Tuesday in the
house, which killed the Williams bill
from the senate to bar chiropractors
and Christian Scientists from practic-
ing for pay in Oklahoma.
The house passed bills appropriate
ing total of s414,5O from the public
building fund, in fact of the fact that
there is no present market for Okla
homa house building warrants, and
also passed the Wynn bill from the
senate reappropriating more than $2,-
000,0 900 which was appropriated by the
1909-1O legislature, but was declared
invalid by a recent supreme court de-
cision.
The bill advanced to engrossmen in
the house makes appropriations from
the public building fund as follows:
One hundred thousand dollars for in
dustrial institute and college for girls
at Chickasha, $4,000 for the state
training school at Pauls Valley, $685.
600 for feeble minded institute at Enid,
S3l, 500 for the Tahlequah normal The
house passed the senate bill creating
a state board OF education which has
full control over the common and high
school system of the state and acts in
an advisory capacity to the board of
regents of the various state educa-
tional institutions.
The senate passed a bin with regard
TO the larceny Of domestic animals, fix
ing the penalty from one to three years
in the penitentiary for stealing chick
ems Of the value of more than s5
Both branches OF the legislature APP
pointed reception committees and floor
managers for the legislative BAH, which
will be given Friday night
The senate passed the Vandeventer
resolution declaring for Canadian reci-
procity