The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-01
UNDER THE IMAGINARY
STATE HOUSE DOME
BY CHARLES II. ADAMS
Staff Correspondent

Staff Correspondent
Democrats will have better
chance to carry the Britton-Ed-
mond district OF Oklahoma county
ii a redistricting bill by Senator
Snyder is enacted. Harris, from
this district, is the only republican
in the Oklahoma county delegation
in the assembly.
Senator !. J. Smiths Miami School
OF Mines bill was signed by Lieu
tenant Governor Trapp yesterday
afternoon and transmitted to the
house. The Mabon house bill, GOV
ering the same provisions as the
Smith measure, failed in the house
but was reconsidered. The Smith
bill may be substituted for the Ma
bon bill and friends OF the proposed
Miami School believe they have Z
good chance TO get the measure
over.
The Fraternal Congress OF Okla
homa entertained the members oi
the legislature, justices OF the SUI
preme court and court OF appeal,
and the newspaper men at a stag
dinner last night at the Lee Huck-
inS hotel. Addresses were made by
Governor Robertson Lieutenant
Governor Trapp, President Pro
TEN Davidson, Speaker Waldrep
Speaker Pro Tenn Harper, Paul
Nesbitt, house leader, and others.
As result OF receiving more
than 200 letters asking thar he use
his influence TO secure the pardon
from the Atlanta pcnitcn,iary OF
seven members OF the International
Bible Students Association convict
ed OF circulating anti-war litcra-
,ure, Governor Robertson has
started a local investigation by led
eral authorities. The convictions
were secured alter the government
couhScatcd hundred, OF copic, OF
a book entitled "Prophccies of Rev
Citations and Ezekiah,' which con-
tanned ,cdiuou, matter
Motherhood is certainly not a
disgrace and j., no cause for the dis
missal OF a school teacher is the
language in which Attorney Gen
eral Freezing delivered an opinion
to a school superintendent in Bryan
county. The school board OF Blue
sought to deprive Mrs. Simms OF
her position. Her husband is in
United States army service in
France.
The Oklahoma City bar will enter
4 protest to the legislative commit
tees against the passage OF Senator
Snyder's bill which seeks to abolish
one Judge in Oklahoma county
Judge +. d, Old6eld will be legis.
lated out OF his position OF district
Judge ii the proposed law is enact.
ed, Oldhcld is republican
Attorney General Freezing bas
rendered an opinion declaring thai
Jamaica ginger, with all its by-prod.
uctS, whether known as Jake,
"Jick" or Jack is an Intoxicating
liquor within the meaning Of the
prohibitory law. The opinion wa,
given on the request of Charles y
Brown Of Weleetka. The decision
is far reaching in that it has beer
the custom to sell Jamaica ginger
for medicinal purposes. Law en-.
forccmcnt officials declare that the
sale OF Jake lick or lack /,
the cause OF a great deal OF drunk.
cnneSS,
a resolution asking for a probe OF
the conditions under which the gran
ite work at the entrances to the
capitol is being done is expected tc
be introduced in the house. 1t i,
understood that the resolution will
ask the amount of money paid or
the contract and the names and ad.
dresses OF the officers and stockhold.
ers OF the Pink Granite Company
which has the contract for the work
Knights house bill to establish {
military school at Claremore wa.
passed by the senate yesterday az