The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-16
|||U||||LL|AMs SIGNS
HOSPITAL MEASURE
AND ALSO PRODS SOLONS
TO GET ACTION ON AD-
MINISTRATION BILLS

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Oklahoma City, Feb. 16.--The house
Stve an unfavorable report today or
TIA bill prohibiting surprise tests
4 IN railroads, but Senator Bucxener
irR charge OF the bill, intends to make
undetermined fight to pass it.
0overnor to Appoint Commission.
The special committee appointed
to redTaDt section of the supreme
court commission bill reported that
ks work had been completed and the
Xection had been changed so as to
z1rovide for one stenographer to ev-
Ery two commissioners. This bill
4lrobably will be placed on final roll
\ ssnll tomorrow ut authorizes the gov
II ernor to appoint a supreme court
commission of nine members.
A resolution by Senator Russell
was adopted, calling on the state sup
s erinteudent OF instruction for data
concerning the school enrolment In
each county, the amount of public
service taxes collected, etc. ISena-
\ Tor Russell desires this information
to be used In support Of his constitu-
'stional amendment providing for equal
\ distribution Of school taxes on public
Service corporations.
Hospital Bill Signed.
The governor today signed the rail-
road hospital bill. 1t authorizes the
corporation commission to compel
railroads to maintain hospitals for
their employees inside the state where
q necessary
Salaries are Raised.
Soon after the present administra-
tion came into power several jobs in
the school land department were alb
\ c,ished. The toruel AK Of economy
was waved with reckless abandon
One of those to go was the attorney
for the commission, who had been re-
coiving salary OF $3.50 year The
bill passed today puts this attorney
back on the job at salary of g.
eco year.
Two other bills were passed final
". One gives the county superinten-
dent of schools OF LIE Flore County
the right to employ clerk The
other abolishes the county court at
Fairfax and Hominy, in Usage coun-
ty.
EMPLOYERS Must Not Contribute.
other bills acted upon favorably
were the bill by Burford, making II
unlawful for any eniploye in the pub
lie service to contribute to fund fol
the purpose of making a gift to any
state officer or employe, the bill by
Logan relating to the publication o
legal notices, and the bill by Nit
chell repairing section 1867. revised
laws of 1910, relating to the defini'
tion of reasonable doubt
Senator Burford today introduced
concurrent resolution submitting T.
vote oflthe people proposed con-
stitutional amendment providing tina
the governor shall appoint all stat'
officers. save the lieutenant COVER
nor. secretary of state. auditor, treas
urer. attorney generai, corporasiol
commission and judicial officers. IN
anpointments would be subject t
confirmation by the senate.
Cotton Goods Exempted.
Representative Ewing Introduce
n bill today exempting from taxatio
for a period OF ten years all prs:srs
devoted to the manufacture OF eotto
goods, This measure is intended I
nroye an incentive for cotton mills I
locate in Oklahoma.
WEIGH Probe On.
Evidence tending to show tha
State Insurance Co u-;iss!oner A. L
Welch wrote t1 ne Southern suret
comnanv of st. Louis in Deeembe
1918. urging that company to iurnis
Tom C. Harrill of Wagner the
chairman of the state Demoeratl
oartra1 committee a. $4,000 bond fe