The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-25
Attorney General and the Corpora
lion Commission Receive Cen
sure and Praise Motives
are Not Questioned
GOOD ROADS BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
AbOIishes the Position Of Colonel
Suggs Recall is Proposed in
Resolution introduced in
the Senate

Oklahoma City. June 25.-R Reports Of
the house investigating committee on
the attorney generals department and
the corporation commission featured
in Tuesdays proceedings in the house.
The passage Of a good roads bill and
the Introduction Of numerous bills
made up the rest Of the proceedings.
The good roads bill finally passed the
house Of representatives Tuesday
with the emergency attached 1t abol-
ishes the state highway commissioner
but retains state highway depart
ment under the general supervision
Of the state geological survey. and
makes numerous changes in the road
laws Of the state.
The bill as passed is the substitute
prepared BY the senate before the re-
cess. The vote on the bill was 81 ayes.
% nays, and 10 absent The emer-
gency carried with one vote to spare.
The bill as passed will remove state
Highway Commissioner Sidney Suggs
from office.
A constitutional question is propos.
ed in a resolution by seuators .;or-
rells and Redwine the same provid-
I ing for the recall of elective and an.
pointive officers There is no law on
the statute books at present making
this provision, which is proposed as
new section to the constitution.
Section one Of the proposed new sec
tion provides: Every public officer in
the state Of Oklahoma, holding an
elective office, either by election or
appointment, is subject to recall from
such office by the qualified electors
of the electoral district from which
candidates are elected to such office.
The electoral district may include the
whole state. Such number Of said
electors as shall equal % per centum
Of the number Of votes cast at the last
preceding general election for al Of
the candidates for the office held by
such officer. may b. petition. which
shall be known as the recall petition
demand his recall"
Report on Attorney General.
That Attorney General West may be
an extremely active and energetic OF
ficer and prompted by what he be
lieves the best thing to do, but that
some Of his policies have not served
the best interests OF the state nor are
hardly in keeping with the position
he holds as chief law officer and ad
wiser Of the state government. is ths
way the general investigating commit
tee Of the house Of Representatives
summarize their opinion Of his olficia
e career in a report filed Tuesday.
The attorney general is censured fo
various expenditures from the fund
Of his department, including item
: from shoe shines, to unauthorized as
sisyant attorneys general. and Is par
: ticularly criticised for his handling 0
the Oklahoma two cent rate cases
The stipulation filed in 1871 whicI
j. stopped all action in the oklahom
cases, says the committee. viii COS
the travelling public of Oklahoma Al
e proximately s2.500.000 and has put o.
lahoma two years behind neighborln
states in fighting such litigation.
e The report OF the committee aiitic
pated the action Of the attorney gel
e eral Tuesday in filing motion to di
e solve the Hook inianctions and e
! presses little confidence in such pr
n cedure.
a Corporation Commission.
]. That Sc far the corporation comml
$ sion Of Oklahoma has hardly retur
4 ed results commensurate with its CO.
e to the people Of the state appears
be the opinion OF the general inves'
eating committee as filed with Il
house Tuesday afternoon
b. The eomnittee has no specific col
Il plants to make as to the c0mmissi0
s except the general criticism meled o
i. q many Of the departments for crea
le ing regular positions and paying lhe
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