The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-08
HARD FIGHT OVER
DIST. ATTY. BILL
Loan Shark Measure to Be Modi-
iied---The Senate ApprOpriates
$4,000 to Fight Small
pOx Epidemic

Oklahoma City Feb. S-The house
Of representatives, which already has
made a record this week for tha
amount and value Of the work done,
added another good day to its ealen-
dar Friday when It passed 10 final roll
call the district attorney bin, the state
railway hospital bill, the Hill-Teehee
bill fixing procedure for the sale Of
lands inherited by fnll blood heirs,
and recommitted the loan shark bui
for some fundamental changes, in ad-
dition to passing to roll call other less
important measures.
The state hospital hlll by Hill of
Pittsburg and Senator Barrett, and the
district attorney bin BY DR., Riddle Of
Chickasha, were both hotly contested,
especially By Dnrant who seriously
harrassed the hospital bill. though un.
able to defeat Il, aud on two different
votes came very near killing the dis.
trict attorney bill
H. II Smith led the fight on the
loan shark" bill because Of his OBJ.
lection 70 the section prohibiting as.
signments Of future wages and had
the bin recommended 20 eliminate
this section This bill is one Of a trio
by Glasco Of McClain. regulating bank.
ing loans. pawn brokers loans and
loan shark loans the latter includ-
ing especially loans upon wage as
siEnments and chattels There will be
an effort made ia committee to amend
if to conform TO the objections raised
against g by Mr. Smith and others.
The railway hospital BIN occasioned
q brisk debate. especially after Du-
rant lodged his motion to strike ont
section one. which meant to kill the
measure. Mr.. Durant opposed it as
unnecessary, impractlcabe and bur
densome. while Hill Of Piltsburg. the
author. defended it with equal firm.
ness as 4 fair and excellent niece OF
remedial legislation The bin is one
OF several. the passage Of which Is
strongly urged By the various laboi
and railroad employees organizations
AS finally amended and passed tC
roll call the bin requires the main
tenance OF hospital facilities within
the state for sick or injured railway
employees. It being optional with tn'
railroads whether the hospitals b.
built. leased, or contracts made wits
already existing Institutions. Such 1
measure has been a bone OF conten
tion in several past legislatures.
Durant came near being successful
in his tight on the district attornel
bin. On a motion to strike out sec
tlon one. he was defeated by the mar
row margin OF SO to AZ, and on tn
latter motion to indefinitely postpon
the entire bill. the vote was announc
ed at 81 to 30 against his motion Z
kin. though several unofficial tabula
tions of the roll call reversed this vot
aud showed The motion 70 have wor
Durant attacked the bin as cxper
sive, as creating more offices and a
giving no relief Representative Rio
die, its author defended the bill vi!
orously. saying that it was based o
existing systems in Georgia and othe
states, where the district attorine
sometimes takes the place OF severs
county attorneys. The proposed sa
ary Of $4,000, he urged, would secur
much better men 10 handle prosecl
tions Of law breakers than the presel
county attorney system.
AS the bill was amended and final
passed to roll call, it provides for di
trict attorneys Of the same number ar
territory as district judges at an a
nuaI salary Of $4,000, with one assis
ant at $1,000 in counties under 4O,oO
two assistants at $1,000 in counties b
tween 10000 and 10000, three assis
ants at $500 IN counties over $4,000.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to
used in checking the epidemic
smallpox now gaging In some sectioi
OF the state will be passed By the Sc