The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-23
MANY IMPORTANT BILLS WILL
COME BEFORE LEGISLATURE
FOR FINAL ACTION.
ROPING CONTESTS
TO BE PROHIBITED
Pool Hall Bill was Killed-ProhIbItio
and Bank Bills important Items on
the Calendar This Week-Apportion.
ment Question Raised.
Special by United Press


Special by United Press
Oklahoma City. Jan. 23.-The house
and senate both convened at O'Clock
this afternoon.
In the senate it was expected that
the governors appointments would
come up for confirmation and that the
Roddy banking bill would be pushed
forward to third reading and final
roll call.
The house calendar called for con-
sideration Of the sherifs' fee bill.
Pool Hail Bill.
The liberal element in the house
Saturday succeeded in killing, on re-
call, bill by Mr. King Of Kingfsher
making it a misdemeanor to conduct a
pool hall outside Of any incorporated
city or town BY. a close vote Of "a to
s5, with SS members absent. A mo-
tion, however, to reconsider the action
by which the bill was killed, and lay
that motion on the table, failed to car
~ after long parliamentary battle.
The bill was advanced to third. read
ing in committee Of the whole. by
close vote. Immediately following this
action Mr. Maxey of Shawnee, who OPP
posd the bill, moved that it be placed
on final passage at once. Friends Of
the bin scented what thSy believed to
he prot to kill it, on account 0f a
large number Of absentees. and moved
TO adjourn, but the motion was ruled
out Of order By the speaker, and the
final vote was taken on the bill.
Friends and Opponents Talk.
Friends Of the bill declared that in
many rural communities the pool hall
is merely y blind for Joint and
that it can not be regulated without
the police protection of a city or town.
Opponents Of the measure classed it
with crank legislation, and declared
that the country should not be denied
the privilege Of playing an innocent
game Of pool, where the city youth
4 was given that privilege.
The house committee Of the whole
i recommended for passage two local
bills.by Mr. McElheney. correcting er-
rors in the present law relating 10
holding two terms Of the county cours
at Crowder in Pittsburg county, and
by Mr.. neford quieting title to lots
in the normal school addition to Ed
mond
Invite Teddy, Cannon, e All.
The house adopted a resolution in
troduced BY Campbell, Wogel and
Clark of Grant inviting Theodore
Roosevelt. Albert J. Beveridge, Robert
A. LaFolitte and Joseph G. Cannon
to address the legislature.
The Smith bill from the senate, re-
pealing the law which permits the
changing of County boundaries, and
crssting new counties, was reported
b. -be house comm,tseo on county or
ganizsticns, without Recommendation,
and was ordered placed on the calen-
Oar for consideration
The bill prohibiting the deJositing
o. .ib'.c funds in any bank wh eh dis
counts state or county warrants VAS
reporsed unfavo ahJs by house COM
mittee
A bill was Introduced in tas house
ny ,il Madden, Harmon. making tie
judicial districts of the state conform
to the boundaries Of the congressional
dis.ris;s in each judicial district and
providing for three judges in each
judicial district.
Would Stop Ropng Contests.
The roping contest, which has be-
come a time-honored sport in olzlaho-
ma will be prohibited, if bill intro
duced by Mr.. Peters Of Usage county
becomes a law.
/ A bill by McClintic and Jones pro-
posed to hold insurance companies IL
able for all acts Of their agents. and
agents are prohibited from accepting
a risk for a greater amount than the
insurance company would be willing
to pay in case Of total loss.
Busy Week Ahead.
Two Of the big questions which viii
come before the present legislature
have been under consideration during
the past week and have been disposed
Of by the houses In which they orIai.