The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-10
Election Laws Greatly Changed in
Bill Passed BY the House,
Opens the Way for Bull
MOOser Ticket
PRIMARY PLEDGE IS
PART OF PROGRAM
Must Stick to Party II They Go ln-
to Primary Mileage Bill Pass
es Over Veto---Land De-
partment Praised

Special to the Daily Express
Oklahoma City, Okla, April To-
Owing to the death from meningitis
Of young man who worked Ia the
cigar stand at the entrance to the hall.
the house of representatives held 40
session today, the day being given
over to fumigating the hall. It Is
possible that session may be held
this evening.
The features Of Wednesdays ses-
sion were the passage, OF the mileage
bill over the governors. veto in the
senate, the report Of the senate com
mittee that Investigated the school
land department and the passage Of
new election bill In the house.
The election measure, which is by
Speaker Maxey and Representatives
Pruett, Pinkham, Tehee, Wright and
Bonds, proposes four important
changes in the primary laws. The
speaker explained it as a bill curing
four fatal defects iu the present stat
utes. Provision III made by which
new parties may get their names on
the ballots, which will work especial
ly for the benefit OF the progressives.
A rotation of candidates. names is re-
quired, to prevent any one else being
elected to high state office simply be-
cause his name begins with some first
letter Of the alphabet
Primary voters will have to stick to
their own party or take oath OF their
intention to support the nominees Of
the party otherwise in whose nomina.
tions they desire to take part4
Drastic penalties for casting false
ballots for false swearing to electors
qualifications, for destroying ballots.
Illegal voting and defaclng ballots are
provided
The bill was perfected and APPROX
ed by the Democratic house caucus
| Tuesday, and passed ths house Wed
nesday afternoon without change. al.
though Durant and others pleaded
strongly for an opportunity to
strengthen the prohibition against a
voter Of one party participating IN
the primaries OF another, and to make
| absolute the oath Of allegiance 10 be
exacted from those who thus change
about
The bill passed by a vote OF 6s ia
l6. with the two progressive Republi
cans. King and RUBY, voting with the
Democrats for the measure. Other
wise, the vote was along strict par.,
lines, other Republicans registering
sOlidly against it.
The bill carries out the suggestions
of Gov. Cruee along these lines. al
though the governor himself. espae
tally in regard to the bull mooster
section, submitted the proposed
changes after consultation witt
Speaker Maxey and other members D
the legislature
Opens Way for Moose.
, The first, or bull moose" section, 4
as follows:
"A political party is an affiliatial
/, Of electors representing any politica
organization which, at the next gen
eral election preceding, polled fo
president or governor at least five pc
centum Of the entire vote cast 70
i either of said respective Officers, o
any such political organization whic
u may have polled at least To percentuf
of the vote of as many as three otha
e states at the last election held In sue
e states.
Such political parties shall non
e insSte their candidates as all other pI
X litical parties and be governed b
" laws regulating the same And sue
2 political party shall in no way lis
g or conflict with the name Of oths
e political parties in the state. Whe
such political parties fail to recei,
" at general elections following eat
le other 10 per centum OF the vote ca
lk for the party receiving the hlghe
sp number of votes. it ceases to be
2. party. At the primary election he
d. In August. 1914 any party which HI
~ a national recognition as a party shs
tt be recognized as a political party
e, Oklahoma
n. The second section carries the pl
OF hiDition against members of one par
Az participating Ia the primaries Of 3
as other without taking oath to supne
.te the nominees Of the latter The fol
l'y of the oath prescribed is as follows
II the undersigned do solemn
swear (or affirm) that I desire 10
filiate with the - party and Il
1t Is my intention to support the no
nd ipees Of said party in which / nj
As desire 20 participate At the -
he election. l9I-
iial The senate Wednesday aleFne
zoo re-passed over Gov Cruces vele !
of bill carrying al appropriation VI &
INV COO for mileage for members 81
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