Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-13
.FREELING'S BILL
FAILS TO GET BY
t,oloos lupHoI'liI
House Refuses to Accept Joint
Committee Report and
Measure Goes Over.
MUNICIPAL COURT IS NEARER
Efforts to Have House Put in
Libraries Over Governors
Veto Fails.
sp,ciaitoT Tho World

Special to Tho World
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. ie- with
Attorney -Gcncral Prince FrcclinE's
enforcement bill Just one step removed
from the governors office. the house
late Monday afternoon refused to ac'
ccpt the Joint conference committees
report ana laid the bill over This
was done. despite the action of the
senate. which earlier I'm the afternoon
had adopted the report. accepted most
Of tn" house amendments and passed
the bill finally
Instead OF bringing In IA report
which set forth the disposition of each
amendment. the conforccs submitted
rewritten bill Ncar-scandals were
prccipitatcd In the legislature two
years ago when the > per cent gross
production tax bill aud bin local
TO Muskogcc county were handled in
this manner Speaker Nosbitt. there
fore, insisted that no action be taken
which could prejudice the enforce
mcnt bill.
Game Fund Bill Advanced.
Following the scnatc's suit. tho
house advanced to cngrossmcnt the
y
ing game protective funds borrowed
to help build the state capitol. and
approprlatlng from them 10 purchase
game preserves and sauctuarIcs in DIFF
fercnt parts OF the state.
Representative bisncys BIN. crent-
ms municipal court iu each city Of
more than 25.0O0 and designed To cor
rect the defects pointed out by the
recent criminal court of appeals de-
cision. was sent TO cngrossmcnt also
Caucus Called OF.
Following Mrs. Frank VI. Gaulrs
withdrawal II hcr effort 10 have the
house pass over the governors veto
the bill approprlating $1,000 a wear
TO maintain libraries at the two pcni-
tcniiarics and the Pauls Valley train
ing school. the Democratic house eau
Gus set for Monday morning was
called off.
II was reported that Governor
Williams threatened 10 veto Speaker
Paul Ncsbiit's state market commis-
sion bill now on the senate calendar
unless the speaker should lima the
house Democrats up against the libra
~ bill which passed almost unani-
mously the first time. Mrs Gault II
Is understood. Withdrew her appeal
FOR the bill rather than be the cause
OF an open breach between speaker
and governor.
When the house convened I'm the
afternoon the bin. which was consid-
cred to be- on the calendar as If for
final rollcull. was stricken by vote
Of ~ Co 2i stevenson OF Glrvin
county lodged a motion to reconsider
but the matter is thot To- be- dead.
Freezing Orator.
Attorney General $ l.. Freezing
was the feature orator Of the house
Lincoln day exercises which took up
an hour OF the session. Speaker Nes-
hitt Republican Floor Leader Craver
of Washington county and Hensley OF
III Reno also spoke
\ unanimous house vote was ac-
corded concurrent resolution by
Representative Wclch of Pushmataha
county and Senator Mcintosh OF Bu.
rant, asking President Wilson to par
don Representative Il. X. Warren Of
Hugo. who Is appealing from two.
year sentence 10 federal pcnitentiary
Tor introducing liquor into Choctaw
county while he was county attorney
Most of the members are familiar
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