Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-06
Censorship Clause Will Be
Eliminated; Fight Is
Bitter.
HUDSON OPPOSED 1T
Calendar Juggling Is Bit
terly Objected to By
Canadian Member.
BY GLENN CONDOR,

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 5.-The
bill providing for a rigid censorship
of moving pictures and prescribing
several penalties for the showing OF
immoral, obscene or criminal tliihs'
was the subject of an exciting running
debate in the house today, ana was
finally re-committed with lnslructlons
to eliminate from the measure all
reference to censorship
AS the bill will now he reported out
Of the committee for final possage, II
will simply make it a misdemeanor
to exhibit an immoral picture or one
showing outlaws or other characters
Of this kind.
RepresentatiNe Hudson of Tulsa
was the principal opponent Of the
measure. He objected to placing arpl-
trary power in the hands or the
county attorney mayor or chlel OF
police, aad to the provisions Wherepy
Il moving picture show could De CON
fiscated by the state for thlrd VIOLA
tIon of the law. Hudson effected
comnromise with the friends Of the
bin whereby all Of these features Will
be stricken out, and when the bill
comes up again for final passage II
will be an exceedingly mild measure
And the Speaker Speaks.
REPRESENTATIVE Lewis Hunter made
the charge that the bill was inlro,
duced for the purpose Of putting AL
Jennings out of business but when
he arose to defend Jennings and the
former outlaws Democracy, he was
ruled out of order by the speaker
REPRESENTATIVE Hudson started the
fight on the bill when 1t was flrst
called up for final passage this fore
noon. on the ground that 1t gave the
county attorney, chief Of police ana
mayor "autocratc" power
Representative Lemon OF Grant
county answered Hudson by explain,
ing that the sole purpose or the PHI
was to prevent the showing or pic.
tures In which oklahoma is pictured
as "A rendezvous for outlaws ana traln
robbers,
at is this sort of pictures" said
Lemon, that brought about the wave
of crime in this state that caused the
legislature to appropriate $l5,OOO 10
be offered as rewards for the capture
of outlaws ,
Renresentative Sykes who objected
10 the hill a few days ago on account
of thc provision against scenes tha'
are in any way a violation or the law
declared that since this objectohaDle
sentence had been removed he was
for the bill. He said that he had the
utmost confidence in the local OF
ficials whom the bill would empower
to enforce the law against indecent
and criminal pictures.
GIasco Opposes Bill.
uonresentative Glasco said that the
bill was starting "at the wrong end.
lie made a plea i'm behalt OF the srhai
town picture show man.
"The manager of the theatre saiC
Clasco. "never knows what picture
IS going to be until it Is shown or
the screen of his theatre. He get
II from his exchange by express anC
then exhibits it, If the picture shoulC
happen to be immoral in the opinion
of the county attorney or chlet OF
police. he would be subject to prose
cution.'
Renresentative Nesbitt, one of the
authors of the BILL i'm defending th'
measure explained that the bill die
not meet with his fullest approval a!
il was entirely different from tn
measure he introduced, but M
thought that it should be passed, as
was the last chance for thus Legislature
TO enact legislation along this line. H'
also took occasion to mention Th'
Tulsa World.
"That guardian of public safety
The Tulsa World" he said in starunI
his speech, "said that ] only wante'
some cheap notoriety, and to set my
self right | will say that my only OBJ
tect i'm PRODUCING the bill was to pre-
vent the exhibition Of these OUTLAY
and bandit pictures that we hav
been disgraced with so long. If yo'
kill this bill legislation on the sub
iect Is ended. | am in favor of tn
picture shows, and II / had my wa
about II, every one of them would ru
from O'Clock until o'clock eac
Sunday afternoon"
VIII Attract Officers.
"The bill" said Kelley Brown o
Carter county In opposing the meas