Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1909 Page: 1 of 6
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NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY It), 1909.
NO. 41
most provisions of put- Attorney General West Tells Legislature That Law Covering
MAM'S BILL INCORPORATED D . i o t . t t t . .
in new measure raying Out of Money for Salaries Is Unconstitutional ani
Begs That Something Be Done To Right Wrong.
STATE TO PAY THIRD
GOOD ROADS BILL
OVER ONE HUNDRED EMPLOYEES IN DEPART-
MENT PAID IN VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTION
Caanty To Pay One Third and Dis-
trict One Third—A Very Satis-
factory Arrangement.
SOffVIOT LABOR TO BE EMPLOY-
ED AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED
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Legislature Never Made Any Specific Appropriation and There Is No
Limit To Which Commissioners May Go Under Law Which Money
Is Being Paid Out—Is His Contention.
Such Roads Are To Be Constructed
Under Supervision of The State
Road Engineer,
Guthrie, Ok., Feb. 19.—The
uouse committee has completed its
food roads bill and sent it to the
printer. Most of the provisions of
the Putnam bill which met such a
£ot reception in the house are in-
corporated in the bill, but there is
sweetening for the opponents of
Putnam or Hard roads measure
that the champions of the original
.11 hope will soften the opposition.
The bill proves for a state high-
way commission under a state en-
gineer who shall receive a salary
t>i $'S 000 annually. Where the
districts will accept the plans of
She state engineer, uniformity in j
view, the state will pay one-third,
the county one-third and the dis-
trict one-third of the cost. This
was the out line of the Putnam
The committee measure in addi-
tion provides for two sets of dis-
tricts, one containing not less iliaa
eighteen square miles and another
waller. In the smaller districts
Hie only state aid provided in the j
biil is the use of convicts. The
rising of township bonds for road
construction and also of county
rxjnds is provided. These provis-
are expected to bring the sup-
port of the "farmer" members who
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19.—In a com- i
munication to the legislature yester-
day Attorney General West holds
that the school land commissioners
have acted without authority in the j legislature does not make an appro-
paying of expenses of the school de- j priation for the expenses of the com-
partment of one hundred employees missioners of the school land board
since,' and adds, "I may say that
the provisions of the enabling act are
so plain that 1 will consider it the
duty of this office in the event the
from the income derived from school
funds and that they have no authori-
ty to hire any attorneys.
The attorney general states that
he has "urged this view upon the
to intervene and protest the school
fund."
The attorney general states that the
only law on which the commissioners
have acted is clearly unconstitutional
governor twice during the session of j and quotes in justification the sta
last legislature and several times
(Continued on page 8.)
I
RUM'}R THAT A COMBINATION
EXISTS AMONG SENATORS
FOR THAT PURPOSE
GOVERNOR HASKELL
SAID TO BE OPPOSED
Pentitentiary Appropriation Con-
All Money Which Solons Feel
Like Spending.
PLAN TO SELL S0H00L LANDS
MAY CAUSE DELAY IN MATTER
Legislature May Wait Until Money
Therefrom Derived Is Available
Before Acting.
Senate Passes To Third Reading Senator Blair's Original
Bill; All Amendments Killed. Attempt Will Yet be Made
To Merely Get Per Cent Reduced and Limit Oper=
ations To Advent of Statehood.
BROWNLEE MAKES OHALANGE; DECLARES
LAW RESULT OF ENGROSSING CLERK'S JUGGLING
Fact That Same Clerk Now Holds Nearly All Ferret Contracts Looks
Suspicious—Independent's Contention That Law Is A Rotten
Affair Beginning To Come Clear.
Guthrie, I<eb. 19. 1 he senate yes- tion as to what constituted two-
j terday passed on third reading the thirds was raised. With a full senate
i Blair bill repealing the tax ferret law, it would require thirty votes to
ire opposed to the plan of building!, Jtu' " ZJ T , "" , rcqU,r° y votes to
"hard roads" at the time, • • .Ullcr^"cy sectton was de- attach an emergency clause, but if
HASKELL NOT SURE.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19.—(Special.)
Governor Haskell Thursday declar-
ed that "Roosevelt is still president.
- Hiaven t fully decided what action
Like against him, if any."
His friends are urging him to sue
the president for libel.
iLi. e< 1 lost, alter the question had the senate were regarded as being
been raised by Lieutenant Governor composed of only forty-three mem-
Bellamy a*, to what number consti- hers, twenty-nine votes would be suf-
tuted a two-thirds majority of the ficient.
senate since the death of Senator | President Bellamy was unwilling
Johnson, which leaves only forty-
| three members of the senate.
i The bill passed by a vote of 29 to
j 10. and the vote on the emergency
j was at first announced by the clerk
. as being identified with the vote on
1 the bill. It was then that the qties-
to decide the matter on his own au-
thority, and appointed a committee
comprising Senators Thomas, llrown-
lee, Graham, Ilatchctt and Redwine
to confer and advise him on that
question The committee reported
(Continued on page 8.)
Guthrie, Okla., Feb., 19—The
rumor that the senate has refused
to locate the public buildings this
term is refusing to sleep. It came
like a shot out of the sky and many
a fair and hard working booster for
her or his city has ague as a result
of the news.
The first report was that twenty-
eight senators had signed a compact
for no action, and rumor, ever a
rapid mover, got hold of the news
and it went out in fifty directions
with twice that many adornments
to the original report.
The best assigned reason for the
combination against the location is
because the appropriation for the
penitentiary, absorbed so much of
the public building fund, insuffici-
ent was left to justify further ac-
tion.
It is also alleged the school land
lessees are trumping the fact that
sale of the school lands or sufficient
amount to pay for buildings will be
urged, the necessity therefor being
apparent to the east side fellows.
"It is a fact," said a school land
lessee, 'that the defeat of the school
land sale was caused by the east
side of the state, and now these
same people demand the location
of a half dozen or more public in-
stitutions and there is no cash to
carry out the work with."
If this coup has been engineered
there can be no denying it is a
good one," said a house member,
"and that there are many of the
belief is beyond doubt. It is a
non-partisan movement, if there is
cue, and a strong card.
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Danner, V. E. Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1909, newspaper, February 19, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106723/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.