Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-23
Binder Factory
At Pen Favored
Continued From Page onc)

the sum Of $4,000. Republican
floor leader Tom Testerman offered
az substitute his bill appropriate
ing S200,0O0 for the establishment Of
IL twine mill and secured such strong
support for his bill that the author
Of the measure and other Democratic
! leaders affected a compromise.
Under the terms OF the ComprO-
mise only $4,000 was appropriated
! for the twine factory Fifty thous-
and dollars Of this amount Is to be
used I'm purchasing and installing the
! machinery, and the remaining $75,-
| 600 is to constitute a revolving fund
/ for the purchase of supplies, etc.
! The bill carries an additional $4,000
which the state board Of affairs Is
authorized to eNpend in its discretion
i'm installing a canning factory and
| other institutions for the employment
! OF convict labor.
! The bill was advanced to engross-
ment by a majority Of twenty votes
I and will be passed finally tomorrow
or the day following.
Convicts employed in the twlne
mill under the terms Of the Tester
man amendment, viii receive sal
airy Of 20 cents per day. This money
will be paid to their dependents In
case they have any but otherwise
will revert to them at the expiration
| OF their sentence
Favor Capital Punishment.
The house went on record in favor
of capital punishment when 1t ad-
yanced to engrossment the bill APP
propriating $4,000 for the installa-
ton of an electric chair at the state
] nf a
bin passed by the fourth legislature
all legal executions in Oklahoma
hereafter must be performed at the
McAlcster institution, hut thus fan
no money has been available for pur-
chasing and installing the necessary
; apparatus
? Rcpresentative Durant in urginl
the massage Of the bill today made
mention Of the fact that "Oklahoma
now has q governor who will uphold
. the law Of capital punishment GOV
/ ernor Crucc would permit no lega
executions during his tenure OF OF
4 flee.
l supporters of the pending bill e
t abolish capital punishment forever IN
: this state made a strong fight on the
D electric chair measure, hoping thus
TO gain their end without waiting tol
their bill to be taken up.
Representative Reignor declared
] that il was either capital punishment
. or lynch law
we know fun well.' said Relgnor
70 that unless we have a law providini
- for capltal punishment and enforce i
p TO The letter Judge Lynch will talk,
these cases out OF the laws mana
- Which, then, do YOU prefer
Lower American Flag.
\ minute after the favorable vote
on the bill had been announced
large American flag was lowered from
the dome over the Republican side o
the house. IL was intended merely
as a patriotic incident on account o.
today being the natal day Of George
WASHINGTON, but it was noted that th'
FLAG was dropped directly on the hea'
OF Representative j. b. Dickerson
author OF the bill 20 abolish capita
punishment and one Of the members
who opposed the electric chair meas
ure.
The favorable action on the binde'
twinc amendment at last provides
means OF securing employment FOL
stute convicts Heretofore these mel
have been practically idle the yeai
rouud The binder twine mill anC
? other factories that will be estab
Fshed under this bill. II it becomes {
? law, will furnish wholesome, heallh
b ful employment for the one Thousand
or more prisoners in the McAlestel
penitentlary. IL is estimated that uh'
twine can be sold to the farmers OF
. the state at eight and nine cents
: pound. The past season the twine II
p oklahoma sold at from ten 10 twelve
I cents The output OF the twine mil
. at the Kansas state penitenuary sole
for eight cents all last season.
p The Tcstcrman amendment fol
lows:
! Section 2 There is hereby appro
81 priated out OF the state treasury o
p The state OF Oklahoma. not other
, wise appropriated, the sum Of nftl
{ thousand dollars (S50.O00), or 80
r. much thereof as may be necessary foi
the purpose Of establishing a bindel
twine and cotton baggifg factory. t'
be located at the state penitenuary a
2 AtcAlester. and seventy-five thousant
D tS75.OOO) dollars to be available FOL
r the year 1915, for the purpose Of pur'
chasing raw material.
! The necessary number OF conNicu
TO operate the factory shall be en-
ployed and the product OF the factorl
shall not be I'm excess OF the estimat,
for the season as made 0y the board