The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-24
Routine Business is Taken Up in
Both Houses Many Bills and
Resolutions are Going
into the Hopper
GENERAL SENTIMENT
10 ADJOURN EARLY
Expected Session Win Last Two
Weeks More Members Arrive
Senate Takes Up Governors
Veto Of Deficiency Items


Oklahoma City, June 24.-Followihg
the reports filed by the Maxey investi.
eating committee yesterday, which at.
tracted no great amount Of comment,
the legislature today got down to rou-
tine business, consisting Of tho intro
duction Of bills and resolutions and
reference Of the same to committees.
More members arrived today. giving
both houses, ample quorums.
The solons are anxious to wind up
the session at the earliest possible
date and it is regarded as practically
certain that final adjournment will be
taken within two weeks. concur
rent resolution was introduced by Rep
resentative Smith fixing July 2 as the
date for adjournment, but no action
was taken on it.
Introduction Of about dozen new
bills and resolutions, including one to
refer another proposed constitutional
question in the special election II Au-
gust and call for meeting Of the
committee on congressional redialrict-
ing for this morning to take up CON
sideration Of that subject, furnished
the important developments of the
I opening day Of the recessed session Of
the senate. The session was called to
order at noon Monday with about 80
members present, an attendance much
larger than was expected.
The first business taken up by the
senate was the governors veto mes
sage on certain items contained in the
general deficiency bill, which was
fpassed just before adjournment was
taken a month ago, but consideration
Of this matter had not progressed fary
when it became apparent that there
were not enough members present to
repass any OF the items over the gov
ernor's veto and further considera-
tioh Of The bill was postponed until
Wednesday afternoon. A two-thirds
majority Of thirty votes is required for
the repassage OF vetoed measures and
with only thirty-three members pres
ent each item would have to receive
nearly every vote Of the body. A call
OF the house has been ordered and the
presence OF ali absent members, who
are not detained at their home b. III
ness or other unavoidable excuses will
be required.
The items in the bill, which have
been vetoed BY the governor, viii be
S voted upon separately The first one
) to be put to vote was the item Of
s2O6 for rent on the Filtsch building
at Guthrie, a part Of which was occu'
: pied BY the corporation commission
{ The motion to repass over the veto
was lost by vote Of 25 to 8. Follow
S ing this vote Senator sorrells raised
. the question of whether OF not two
/ thirds majority Of the body would b
figured according to Forty-iour mem
s bers or forty members, the number thl
y senate actually has now, there beinI
IN four designations since the conyenini
is of the regular session in January.
If It ws- the opinion Of the majoritl
i Of the senate that the resignation
le made no difference. the constitution
y. specifically stating that the body shal
,e be composed OF forty-four member
= and that two thirds majority Of a
members constituting the senate sha
> be necessary FOR the repassage {
= vetoed bills
: The bin making an Appropriation
: cover deficiency in the state pen
> tentiary which sslo was vetoed b
; the governor. viii be taken up insned
= ately after disposal of the general d
: fieiency bill according to agreemel
; reached Monday.
= Notwithstanding the exhaustive r
= port made By the house Investigate
: committee of its findings IN the sta
: banking department. TWO resolution
: calling for Information from thar q
> partment Of state we're introduced
) the senate one hy senator Jones s.
= ing TOR a statement as 10 wAeEhHf Il
CONTINUED an raEe INQ