The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-05
House Turns Down Bill to Require
Health Certificate Before
License is Granted
Riddle Made Fight
DRASTIC LIQUOR
BILL IS PASSED
House Votes to Abolish Office Of
State Printer Capital Question
Before Senale---GOv. .Cruce
Gives Address
specIal % the DaIIy Exnresa.

Special to the Daily Express.
Oklahoma City Feb 3. BY vote
Of the house this morning, the bin
which provided that an applicant for
marriage license should furnish health
certificate, signed BY physician. was
rejected The bin had the backing Of
the state health department, womens
clubs and various other organizations
and was in line with legislation OF the
same kind now pending IN other states
i was vigorously supported By Repre-
sentative Riddle OF Grady county. who
made a hard fight for Il, arguing that
IT was necessary fiji order to prevent
the propagation OF the criminal ami
degenerate classes and FOR the desel-
opment OF the best type Of citizen.
ship.
Shorn Of the emergency. but other.
wise practically intact. one Of the
most drastic prohibition bills ever
framed passed the house Of represen-
tatives Tuesday and is now ready to7
the senate AZ The same time the
house passed by unanimous vote the
Pruett bin TO abolish the state priBt-
ing department Of which State Printer
Giles W farr's is head and against
whom impeachment proceedings are
now pending In the senate.
The blue sky bin, BY Emanuel,
Teehee McCrory and Hill Of Pitts
burg for the protection OF Oklahoma
investors in corporation stocks and
stock company shares, framed upon
the model Of the famous Kansas blue
sky law, was also among the round
dozen Of house bills passed finally.
Tuesday Wiights bill to reduce the
interest on paving taxes from IS to 10
per cent was also passed.
The Sharp bin to abolish assistant
county superintendents which a con.
seryative estimate shows win save the
state $4,000 annually, also was passed
finally.
An Of the bills passed had been put
tc final roll call last week. and the
house did not reverse itself upon any
OF the roll calls. Tuesday The bin %
abolish state Printer Farris office was
SO unanimously approved by fhe house
that it was not even put upon roll call,
but, By unanimous consent the roll
can Of 50 10 nothing on the previous
bin passed was applied
The Mltehell-Franklin bin. which
proposes to make It a felony 70 run a
Joint where mtoxieants are sold. or 70
act as agent for a wholesale liquor
house and take Oklahoma orders. or
to sell liquors TO minors, was passed
by a vote Of n to T. and with very
little final debate
With the passage Of the bill to abol
ish the state printers department, the
house OF representatives SO far has
sent four abolition" measures to the
senate. The sharp bin to abolish as
sistant county superintendents, the
Childers biIl TO abolish the state hlga
way department and ihe Wright bin
to abolish deputy eonstables being the
other three. And unless the signs fail
the house will pass the senate bill TO
abolish state Enforcement Officer W.
J. caudill's office by a large majority
also. That bill reached the house on
Tuesday
Capitol Question.
Senator Elmer Thomas of Lawton
introduced IN the senate Tuesday
afternoon a resolution calling the cap
itol committee to report to the senate
on the bills now pending before 1t ad-
yertises to the state that other prop.
osition will be considered
Senator Thomas Immediately moved
its adoption and Senator G. f. Barrett
Of Shawnee, chairman OF the capitol
building committee and author Of the
resolution to instruct the attorney gen.
eral to sue on the bonds Of the meme
bers Of the Oklahoma Capitol Building
company for an alleged failure to full