The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-01
Senate Ratifies Appointments ot
-Four Men Named by Cruce
Two More win Be
Selected
BILL TO ANNUL BOOK
CONTRACT INVALID
Committee Reports Measure IN.
constitutional Eight Hour Bill
Acted on EavorabIy---More
Probing on Program
Special to the Daily Express.

Special to the Daily Express.
Oklahoma City Feb. lin execu-
tive session today the senate disposed
Of the nominations for members Of
the state board Of education. all 81 the
four men named by the governor be-
Ing confirmed Tie new members are
Henry G Potter attorney. Ardmore:
Frank Wikoff, banker, Oklahoma
City; Nj H Duncan, superintendent
Of city schools, Pauls Valley, and f. B.
Fite, physician, Muskogee. All Of
them, except Wikoff, who Is a Pro.
gressive, are Democrats. Two more
members remain to be appointed and
the governor announces that one 81
them will be a Republican. State
SUPP Wilson stated in an interview
that the new members we're eminent.
ly acceptable TO him. which is taken
as an indication that there viii be
no friction in the new board.
The house judiciary committee No.
p practically dealt the final death
blew Friday to one Of the funaamen-
tai parts Of Gov. Cruces Legislative
program when It reported out, sholn
OF all substance the Morris Carpenter
bIll which originally proposed to give
the governor power to eummarily re.
move public officers, especially OF the
counties, whom he judged upon good
evidence, were not doing their duty
10 the law and their office.
The senAe killed similar measure
a few days hgo BY a vote Of 40 to i:
the house Cd dmmittee leaves III the bill
only the irof fcal section, that the gov
ernor may sammarily dismiss his own
immediate employees whom he might
dismiss under the emasculated bin
does not include the great appolntive
Officers who are to be confirmed BY
the senate. or those to state boards or
vacancies.
Another unusually important commit.
tee report was that of the legal ad.
vlsory, that the bin Of ]. Roy win.
4 liams to annul the July text book con
tracts that caused the famous state
board Of education controversy, was
not constitutional It was in an At.
tempt to preventthees contracts bsiug
let that Gov. cruce dismissed Messrs.
Dunlop, Hayes and Glenn from the
board Of education, but, as it happen
{ ed, or is alleged, half an hour too late.
According to estimates made By
State supt. r. H. Wilson, the amount
involved for the full period Of five
years is about S1,50o00O
The house worked steadily on the
calendar Friday, and disposed Of ten
bills altogether The 4eight hour law
for women, by Messrs. Williams, Whit
man, Wright and Wyand, was passed
to final roll call without any impors-
ant change. The bill proposes, IN
brief, that no woman or girl shall
Z work more than forty-eight hours in 8
g week, and provides substantial penal
ties for any employer who shall use
their services a greater length Of time
The Bill Is being vigorously OPPOSED
as unfair both to the clerks and the
business by the stores whose clerical
forces are largely enlisted from ths
feminine world and is being backed
: by equal vigor BY numerous club We
men and organized labor
The semtofficial reports that thl
house committee on impeachment ant
removal had determined to turn II
probe in the direction OF the govern8
R himself. and that National Democratic
f Committeeman Robert CalHgeath 5
I Tulsa would soon be witness befoFI
u the committee, proves to have heel
ven founded.
e Chairman John z. Crawford of th
r Impeachment committee, issued sul
d poenas Friday afternoon and place
n. them in the hands Of Sergeant at Arm
Frank aCrters for eleven pfomlnen
1t men, including National commiite
Z. man ealbreath, State Came Wafae
le John B Dooiin, Former RspresentI
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