The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-28
PREPARE ARTICLES
OF IMPEACHMENT
Committee Expected 10 Report this
AfternOOn---West Must Answer
QuestiOns---BiIIs Passed
by SOIOns
speeIaI @ the DaIIy Exprasg.

Special to the Daily Express.
Oklahoma city, Jan. 2s-Early IN
the session today the house took the
first action Of the session looking 10
the larger official recognition Of wo-
men IN the government Of the state.
A resolution was adopted favorIng the
appointment Of women On the boards
Of control Of all the state educational
and charitable institutions It IS ex-
pected that the resolution will also be-
passed BY the senate.
The expectation is that the special
committee which is preparing articles
OF impeachment against Meyer and
Farris will report to the house this
afternoon. The report will merely be
an amplification Of the charges return
ed by the committee on impeachment
and removal from office When ii Is
adopted the entire matter will leave
the house and pass into the hands Of
the senate
The house Of representatives Mon
day approved the report Of the com
mittee recommending impeachment Of
State Auditor Leo Meyer BY a vote oE
S4 to 6, aud impeachment Of State
Printer Giles FaIris by a vote Of IS 70
I. Speaker Maxey Immediately nam-
ed Messrs. Chase. Vosburgh and Smith
Of Pottawatomie to formally notify the
senate that the house would present
impeachment charges against the state
officials, and Messrs. Wyand, Pink
ham AID MeGuire as special commi5-
tee to draw up the articles Of impeach-
ment 1t is understood that these
articles viii merely reiterate in more
formal form the charges approved by
the committee III its report 70 tho
house.
The houae did not spend much time
in discussing the report Letters from
Ledbetter, Stuart and Bell, attorneys
for the state auditor, and Giddings &
Giddings, attorneys for the state prins.
err. asking a hearing or that the cases
be speedily checked up to the senate
were read. Representative Chase,
member Of the impeachment commit
tee, moved adoption OF the report
In soaking 10 Ills motion, Mr. Chase
said that there were many rumors cur
rent Of official irregularities. but that
the committee had not listened to
these at all, having made its report
from the examinations Of four or five
witnesses and all the official doeu-
ments involved, and had found plenty
Of matter to substantlate each and
every charge
Representative Ashby urged that the
accused officials should have been
given a hearing before the committee.
Representative Pinkham, another
member of the committee, stated that
the sworn statement OF the auditor
showed he had violated the law and
that it was the duty OF the house to
! return the Indictment, the senate to
. try the accused. and that place for the
J defense to present its case was before
the senate. Representative Riddle
! agreed to this view
, Upon the case Of Mr. Never, tho
, house stood 81 10 for the inaugura.
tiop OF impeachment proceedingss
! Messrs. Ashby. Bishop, coyne, Joyner,
r Rexroat and Tener voting mo"
The other developments Monday ia.
D cluded the reply OF Gov cruce as to
+ the attorneys receiving portions Of the
$4,000 appropriated by the last legis-
lature for the defense of election ofii-
GERS; the passage Of a house resolu-
S ton by Chase Of Nowata to "hogtie
: the school land department ip the
a matter Of oil and gas leases until tha
4 legislature can act, and the formal sub.
z mission Of ls interrogatories 70 Attor.
5 ney General West as to bis official ex.
q penditures and policies in office since
n statehood
+ The house passed five Bills on FINAL
o roll call Monday The first, by Mitchell
(contnued on rage Twol