The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-22
Senate Committee Reports FavorabIy
Pn Bill to Consolidate County
Clerk and Register Of
Deeds
SENATE STANDS BY
ACTION ON FRAME
Refuses to Confirm Cruce Appoin-
tec--lmmediate Probe Is the
Program Adopted By
the House
Special to the Daily Express.

SPECIAL to the Daily Express.
Oklahoma City Jan. 22-only brief
sessions Of the two houses of tho
state legislature were held this morn.
ing prior to the conyening Of the Joint
session for the purpose Of electing q
United States senator.
IN the senate the first Or the mum.
.eyous measures for the consolidation
OF county offices was reported by com.
mittee with a favorable recommenda.
ton. The bill provides for the con.
solidation Of the offices Of county
clerk and register Of deeds.
Another measure Of a similar nature
that was fayorably reported provides
for the consolidation Of the offices
Of register Of deeds. county clerk and
district clerk in Counties having a
population q less saan $4,000.
by fun constitutional majority Of
2s votes, the senate late Tuesday aft.
ernoon decided that a majority Of its
entire membership is necessary for
the confirmation Of gubernatorial ap-
pointments. thereby ending discussion
SO far AS the senate is concerned. au
the legal status Of It's action on the
confirmation Of Lon NJ Frame as
chairman Of the state board Of affairs
and establishing a precedent that no
doubt will figure prominently in the
senates action on the other two ap.
pointments vet to be taken.
This action followed the filing Of a
split report by the legal advisory com
mittee, to which the question ef
whether constitutional majority was
necessary to confirm had been referr-
ed several days aeo. The majority re-
port Of that committee. signed by Sen.
ators Roddie, Thomas. Shaw and
Briggs, took the view that a constin-
tioa@ raiority was necessary for con.
firmation, while the minority report.
signed by Senators Carpenter and
Franklin held that a constitutional
majority was required only on the
final adoption Of legislation.
The roll call On the motion to sub
stitute the minority for the aiority
report showed IS for and % against
and the vote on the adoption Of the
majority report was Just the reverse,
% for anfgs against
AS soon as the majority report was
adopted a motion By Senator Thomas
and seconded BY senator Roddie 10
reconsider the vote by which the re-
port had been adopted and to lay the
i question on the table indefinitely was
carried, thereby adding what might Be-
termed a aclincher9 to the plan to pre-
vent a revival Of the question.
i According to the precedent estab-
llshed in this case It will bc necessary
for the appointment Of John 3. Doolin
as state game warden ard Ben W.
/ Riley secretary Of the state election
board to receive q constitutional ma
iority Of % votes before the appoint
ments are confirmed.
BY a vote Of 6s to %. the house Of
(. representatives decided Tuesday 70
begin the general investigation Of state
officials and Institutions at once. II
H. Smith made hard bat unsueeess
ful fight to postpone tho investiga
tions until the 60-day session mad done
its work and then turn 1t over to q
special committee with pleDipotentiary
powers and three months time.
The fight arose over the report 0l
the joint judiciary committees pre-
2 sented by Hill CT Pittshurg, chairman
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