The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-16
House Stirred BY Report On Gran
ite ReiormatOry Alleged lbst
Inmates Resort to A;S'iss
Practices
APPROPRIATION FOR
COLLEGE Is NEXT
Bill Expected to Come Up this Az
ternOOn Nothing Doing on
Woodward Resolution
Busy Day Tuesday
Special to tho Daily Express.

Special to tho Daily Express.
Oklahoma City. April 16. The most
horrible conditions ever existing III
any penal institution. alleged to Be
found in the state reformatory at
Granite. are revealed in the report Of
the Legislative investigating commit
tee presented when the house conven.
ed at O'Clock this afternon. The re-
port has been under discussion for
two hours, the members being amazed
az its contents. The report declares
that the most awful precsiees are
found among the inmates Of the insti-
tuition.
There has been no further talk of
reyiying the Woodward resolution. It
is expected that the bill appropriatlng
$4,000 a year for the next two years
to m ltain the Women's College will
come up this afternoon, with every in
dication that it will be passed.
The question OF abolishing the office
Of state enforcement officer held BY
w J. Caudin is now before Gov. Lee
Cruce for the second time since the
legislature has been in session.
The Bill repeating the law creating
that department, which was passed By
the house some time ago. was passed
finally by the senate Tuesday after.
noon by vote Of q to 7. No amend
rnents we're made to the bill in the
senate and further action BY the house
is saot necessary. The bill now goes
to the governor for the second time for
his approval or rejection
In striking contrast to the hard fight
which featured the passage Of the
same bill during the regular session
there was comparatively little debate
on its second passage. Two reports
were made on the bill by judiciary
committee No. 2. The majority report
recommended that the bill do pass and
the minority recommended that it do
not pass. A motion to substitute the
minority for the majority report was
lost, the rules were suspended and the
bill advanced to engrossment, third
reading and final passage.
The senators voting for tht iAI
were: Senators Aycock. Barefoot, Bar.
rett, Blassingame. Dntton, EehoIs, Ed
mondson, Fields. Graham, Horton.
Kendriek, McCulIey Mcintosh. Mem
minger, Pugh, Redwine, Roddie. shaw.
sorrels. sutherlain, Thomas, Tucker.
vandtventer. Watrous ana Wilson.
Those voting against it were sena-
tors Austin, Board, Carpenter Frank
lin Harlin McMechan and Warner.
This bill was passed during the reg.
ular session ana vetoed by Gov. Cruce.
An attempt to repass it over his veto
during the regular session failed be.
cause Of the fact that the bll carried
an emergency clause and SO votes
We're necessary to repasaage, when it
received only so The second bill does
not carry the emergency. The new
bill was introduced and passed under
the governors general recommends.
tion for the abolition Of unnecessary
offices. The office Of state enforce.
ment officer was not specifically re.
ferred to.
The house Of representatives EN-
phatically went On record TUESDAY
AFTERNOON as being IN favor of eontinu
Ing the official investigation unit
every state department had been thor
oughly probed and fumigated. Reao
{ lutions for a recess from April &c t.
September 9 ana continuing che Make,
investigating committee in the intoriul
E We're passed BY overwhelming votes.
/ The Rexroat resolution providing
) taat the special esssion should recess
! on April ls for six months. was takel
8 up the first thing Tuesday afternoon
d and as amended was ,e resolution
1 passed BY the house, the measuf
g must GO to the senate for concurrence
L and a hard fight On the recess aues
e tion is indicated there
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