The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-21
Both Houses Grinding on Calendars
Joint Meeting for Election
Of Senators VIII Be
Held Tomorrow
COMMITTEE PROBE
AFFAIRS OF WEST
Textbooks Issue is Raised BY Two
Bills---Senate Makes Demand
for Reports from State
Officers
Special to the Daily Express.

opeeiai " the Dally Express
Oklahoma City ian. 2l-Rotk
houses Of the state legislature prs
ceeded today with the regular work OF
the session, more bills being intro
duded and work Oh the calendars ~.
ingIadyanced.
Ihe senate and house viii ballot
separtely today on the election Of
United States senator AMI will meet
in Joint session at the overholser the
ater tomorrow at noon, when Robert
Il. Owen win be reelected.
The house of representatives Mon.
day afternoon appointed special
committee Of three, Representatives
Curry Halsell and Parkhurst, to take
up the charges of .prodigalitys on
the part Of the attorney general in
handling the sl77,O00 he is alleged to
have spent in his department since
statehood.
The house committee on judiciary,
to whom have gone the folty-odd i'm.
vestlgatingv resolutions introduced in
that body, are hard at work in the
meantime and now are expected to
report any day and il is understood
that a most general and thorough in-
Testlgati0n Of several departments, III
least. VIII be recommended. also the
manner in which investigations should
be made. There is less likelihood
now than a few days ago that this re-
port will be sensational. due to the
fact that the proceedings before the
committee on impeachment and re-
movai has drawn much cf the fire.
Two bills introduced into the house
Of representatives Monday bid fair to
open up the school book contract row
with a vengeance. The first was by
Williams Of comanche, briefly annull.
ing the contracts let by the Wilson
Dunlop faction Of the board Of educa-
tion on July 27 and 20. 1912 The sec-
ond bill by John Crawford, would
extend the first school book contract.
made on August >. 1908. sor two years
from date OF its expiration in 1913.
that is. the extension would run the
old contracts until 1915.
Representative Morris and Senator
Carpenter Joined in introducing one OF
the chief measures Gov. cruce asked
for in his message. that is. an act to
confer upon the governor to summar-
lily suspend from office any state Of
fieer appointed BY him. or any eles-
tive district or county officers not subs
ject to impeachment. when they are
not doing their duty
Williams Of comanche and Cotton,
and Wyand Of Muskogee. join in a
proposed constitutional amendment TO
take the pardoning power away from
the governor and give it to a board
Of pardons to be composed Of ths
governor, the presiding Judge Of the
court Of criminal appeals. and the at.
torney general
Two bnls1b Bond Of Pittsbmg re-
spectively declare tuberculosis to be
an infectious and communicable ais
ease and provide full regulations for
+ its treatment and control. so as to pro-
teet the general public health, and au-
thorize The establishment OF a state
tuberculosis sanatorlum
A bill by Welty-0 Of Oklahoma pro-
poses a school Of instruction for coun-
ty superintendents Of health to be
conducted By the state commissioner
Of health.
Wright Of the house and Wilson Of
the senate join in a remodeled gross
revenue tax law for oil and gas Ran
dall and Searcy propose state board
Of horse commissioners for the sen
eral betterment Of the horse d
course. incidentally horse owners
Glasco Of the house and fSahklin q
) the senate propose Purcell as al g
location for the state school Tor tAs
blind
Taylor and MeCrtain ci Che hons
! and McAlester at the senate iulrodue
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