The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-15
POtt County SOIOn Wants Perma-
nent Committee to Ply Into
Proceedings Of All State
Departments
IMPEACHMENT RU-
MORS ARE RIFE
Attorney General is NOn-COmmillaI
More Committees Named
Senate DOings Of DesuI-
tory Nature

Oklahoma City, Jan. i5.-Rumors
viii not down that the legislature
soon viii be the scene Of impeachment
proceedings against one or two hieh
state officers. There was strong
undercurrent Of expectation IN the
house Of representative Tueseay. due
to an unverified report that Attorney
General Charles West already had pre-.
pared the preiminarIes Of one such
proceeding, and that it might appear
on the floor Of the house at any time.
Whether tho rnmors are based upon
INSIDE information" or upon tie zen.
eral inclination of many Of the legis.
lators to wish to ascertain If anything
y really rotten in Denmark as ex-
Pressed In the number Of investipa-
tions already ordered or requested bv
formal resolutions, was not learned
When the question was put to the az.
torney general, whether he were pre-.
pairing proceedings against any offic.
lal, he replied rather emphatically.
You should not ASK sbat question
dot not care to talk about such at am
The hearings OF the senatorial inyes-
tigating committee, the McBrine case
and the forgery charge arising out Of
the famous Red Book contract Of
course would afford substantial
grounds for such rumors, though the
latter specifically name one state Of
ficial who has not heretofore been
publicly mixed up in any alleged ir.
regularities.
In the meantime, the legislature and
the house Of representatives especial
" continue putting pointed questions
at this department or the other with
formal resolutions eouehed sometimes
in very plain language, and Tuesday
f. II. Smith Of Pottawatomie intro
dueed into the house resolution cali
ing for a joint legislative committee or
three house members and two senator's
who should sit as a permanent in4es.
tigating committee upon an state de-
partments, after the end Of the pres
ent session.
AZ the same time, Representative
Farrall introduced d resolution ior
committee of three to investigate the
state department Of agriculture. Rep.
resantative Lemon is the author Of a
resolution for a committee OF three 10
go to Sulphur and investigate the
building of lAe college for the deaf
there and see why the state has not
got more Tor the s65. .g00 already spent
on the building.
A resolution calling upon State En-.
forcement Officer w. j. Caudil by
name to furnish the legislature com.
plete information as to his operations,
deputies and the results Of his work,
especially in larger cities like Okla
homa City. Muskogee. Ardmore. Tul-
sa and others, was introduced by Rep
resentative Rexroat and Cook OF Atoka
following the introduction 81 biz 4
das or SO ago to abolish Che office sir.
caudlll holds.
Additional Committees.
Committees aanouneed and confirm.
ed Tuesday are as follows
Congressional re-districting: Hunt.
er. chairman; Peters. Crawford, viii.
liams Of comanche, Curry, cummins.
Mitchell, Smith Of Pottawatomie. Rob
erts Of Durant Davis. Mecrofg. Eman-
uel, Curtis, Hill Of Plttsburg, Pruett,
Morgan Of Mayes, Wyand, wight.
Charles, FISHERMAN. Coyne. Chllders.
Public buildings Bonds. chairman:
Teehee, Williams o. Tulsa, Peery Far
rail-, Mathews, Carr. Rider, Harrison,
Durant, Russell, Whitman, Veatch.
Emanuel Glasco, chFistian, Randall.
Mabon, DeFord
Elections Searey chairman; GRAVY,
ford, Durant, Glasco Peters coyne.
Hunter Moore, Joseph, Charles, King,
/ Refrenehment ana reform Lewis
of Kiowa. chairman Riddle, Edwards.
Cook, Bond Case TayleS. Haynes.
Lemon, parkhurst hnhy
NuHue and HiHHMHYH Hooks.
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