The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-25
House Resolution Considered but
No Definite Decision is Yet
Reached = Bond ResOlu-
ton Likely to Go Thru
REFERENDUM ON THE
SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR
All Institutions Except University
and A, & M. College Must Be
Voted UpOnssat the General
Election in 1914
Telegram By United Press

Telegram BY United Press
Oklahoma Guy, April 25--Up to 3
o'clock this afternoon the senate has
passed a number Of minor bills and
resolutions and is now wrestling with
the house resolution calling for a re-
cess till the early part Of September
i is By no means certain that the
senate is ready to consent to the terms
Of the house resolution. n d recess is
agreed % at all, It win not come be-
fore May g. the senate being anxious
to give ample time for the completion
Of Investigations. "The senate does
not want 10 hamper the house in any
Of IT'S Investigations, said Senator
Barrett today, and it is possible that
the senate may be willing to consent
to a recess.
Indications today are that the Bonds
school referendum resolution which
passed the house yesterday viii 30
through the senate IN a form that win
refer all the schools, including the uni.
versity and A. & N college
Confronted squarely BY Gov. Cruces
mltimatum that he would veto the
Maintenance appropriations Of such H.
stitutions as he believed unnecessary
unless the legislature should refer the
question OF abollshing these instltu.
tIons to ibe people, the house Of rep.
resentatiyes Thursday passed The
Bonds substitute, referring every edu.
cationai institution in the state except
the state university and he A and AI
college at saltwater but otherwise re-
g1sed TO meet the governors demands
as to when the question should be sub
mitted. and what majority Of INC vote
should dominate.
Speaker Maxey himself led the fight
to pass the referendum resolution al
once. aud was frank in his statement
that IN passing such resolution, the
legislature vas digging a hole for the
governor to fal into If Ne should re.
fuse to approve any Of the approprla.
lions.
AS stated By Chairman W. A. Du-
rant Of the appropriation committee,
the leader OF the antl-abelitionists.
Gov Cruces uliimatum was. that d
referendum resolution submitting the
question must be passed, and the vote
taken august 5. and that a majority
Of those voting on that institution,
even thsugh this specific majority
might be a minority OF the total vote
cast at the election, should determine
whether the institution should be abol
ished or retained.
The governor according TO Mr. Du-
rant said that the question must b,
set for August 3. when there is TO be
special election on the railroad build
ing amendment and others. for tn,
reason that to ley # wait until ths
general election Of 1914 would practi
cally XIII The effect Of the resolution
Mr. Dnrant said he was against thu
governor. especially on the question 0
majority OF the vote on some on
institution governing its abolition o
retainmenl This he said was unfail
as It might let an actual minority 0
all the votes cast abolish an institr
ton.
As passed BY the house, BY vote G
65 to lg. the Bonds resolution refers al
the educational institutions Of III
state except the two major colleges
to be voted on at the general electio
in 1919. with the usual constitutions
majority Of All votes east at that ele'
tion to govern
The Woodward resolution, whic
gave way inthe end to the Bonds su
stitute, was the original bone Of co
tention. and was twice killed on Il
floor Of the house. This proposed
reier twelve institutions only Il
twelve selected BY Gov cruce In Il
beginning as Unnecessary.
The Bonds substitute proposing
refer every hlste educational instis
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