The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-13
STATE SENATE
WANTS TO STRIKE
Some Appointments, Contest and Reso-
lutions Still Are Pending-lnfor.
nation Wanted.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 10. - With a
number Of senators threatening to
leave for home Tuesday, whether the
senate has adjourned or not; with a
hot contest on in the committee on
committees between the new" and
~old" senators; with a long legal de-
bate impending in the Aycock-Lang-
Iston contest; and with objections to
the Confirmations OF some OF the other
appointments sent up by Governor Lee
Cruce to be fought out Tuesday, the
|senate really does not know whether
or not it will adjourn Tuesday night
Monday was devoted to the passage
of more resolutions demanding infor~
nation from state departments OH
which "retrenchment and reform"
legislation may be based; and TO con
Isideration OF gu5ernatorial appointees.
Messrs. w. u. Brandenburg and ]. F.
Warren, the two remaining members
.of the old board of education, were
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In accordance with the senatorial plan
to make way for a new board of edu-
cation entirely.
The appointments of State Highway
Commissioner Sidney Suggs: State
Fire Marshal C. c. Hammonds; ST.
perintendent +. M. Adams of the vi
nita asylum for the insane, and ]. A
Stine OF Alva as trustee of the Ft
Supply asylum, were confirmed after
some arguments behind the closed
doors. The appointments of State
Game Warden John B. Doolin, Lon
Frame of the board of affairs, the
three members of the state election
board, and J.. y. Brunk, Jr, of Nowata
as member of the board of pharmacy
were passed over until Tuesday after
q strong fight on some one or two of
these last appointees had developed.
The resolutions passed. by the SEN
ate Monday, In open session, were as
follows: BY Senator Roddie, asking
the secretary Of state, board Of at
fairs and annotators of the longfought
over code OF Oklahoma laws, to furn,
ish information as to the present
status of the code which was ordered
printed by the 1911 legislature, and
why work on it has been held up, and
it has not been delivered; by Senator
Thomas, asking the state treasurer
for an itemzed statement of all souces.
of state revenue and the amounts col
lected since statehood; by Senator
Thomas, asking the treasurer for an
itemized statement as to the income
produced by the income, Inheritance
and corporation taxes, also the gross
revenue and production tax; by Sena-
tor Russell, calling upon the clerk of
The supreme court to file with the SEN
ate list of all supreme court cases
Turing the year 1912 where the judg-
nent exclusive of the costs did not
exceed $40; also list of the civil
suits filed in 1912.
ou9gS ConHrmed First.
The senate took up the remaining
appointments in execu-
i've session, The remnant of the
Itate board of education was disposed
# quickly There was some opposi-
ion to confirmation of the state high
way commissioner, based more upon
objection to the plan OF such a depart
nent rather than upon personal
grounds, but the vote against Mr..
;uggs was slight He was the first
nan confirmed by this session The
appointments OF Superintendent
ADAMS of the Vinita asylum, State
IRE Marshal Hammonds, and ]. A.
tine of the board of control of the
'ort Supply asylum went through
fithout much opposition.
But a rock was struck when the
ther appointments were taken up.
nd although the members OF the sen
te were usually secretive as to the
inside" OF the executive session, it
understood that immediate confirma-
on OF State Game Warden John B.
'oolin and Lon NJ. Frame of the board
affairs was baked, and that the
enate may not even pass on these
ppointments at the special session.
secret committee of inquiry was
amed, to look into some matters and
sport back to the executive session
uesday
Mrs. Ewing Halsell left this morn
Lar fon q ,,irit 4, Knnrnr cit.. n.