The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 297, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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The Dailv State Capita! will Sunday morning print in full the new enactment regulating the production and transportation o
MEW OIL LEGISLATION Detr0|eurn in the state of Oklahoma. Those who desire copies of same should wire their orders to the State Capital at once
The new law is of great importance to the producers of the Oklahoma Oil fields, Read the Sunday morning State (apital.
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SATURDAY MORNING
MARCH
GUTHRIE, OJvLAHOlVi
SATURDAY MORNING,
VOLUME XX.
JURY IN COOPER-SHARP *;R TRIAL
FRIEND OF CAR/VWHO LEADS FIGHT.
Captain fiuston T. Fitzhugh of Mem-
phis opened the prosecution In the trial
of the Cooper* and Sharp for the mur-
der of ex-Senator E. W. Carmack at
Nashville. Captain J-'ltzhugh was a cio^o
friend of Oirmaek and volunteered to
aid in prosecuting the Coopers, lie de-
clared In his openh.rf speech that CXir-
mack had been shot down without the
shadow of a chance and that the edi-
torials of which Colonel cooper complain-
ed were not of an offensive nature ana
did not warrant any retaliation on the
pail of Cooper. The jurors an l officers
In this picture, reading from left to right
are: First now—John Omohundro. officer
jay Newon, offi<'<T; J. A. Woodruff, (J.
A. I^ane. C^asper Slmupp, J. H. Vaughn,
W. A. Adock and Rolx-rt MePherson.
Soeond row—>1?. M. Btirke, W. Hows. 3.
M. Hyde. Jacob Frutiger, tins Knlpfer,
F. O. Blerman and Addison Kirk, officer.
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BILLS RUSH PELL MELL
THROUGH HOPPER IN
LAST HOUR
HUGE SIGHS OF RELIEF
Majority of Members Agroe Sixty-
Six Day Session Produced No
Notable Laws — Many Publio
Buildings Located — Expenses
$74,755.30.
"it rneAws tnfl die.'*
Tho -Money mad" legislature
"Tb both hiimls of the clock pointed
directly inward laat night the second
Oklahoma State legislature became a
matter of state hlatory.
Print Laws Now.
After an unimportant ajid uninter-J
«*sting Bfeasior: of 66 di.ys 1" which*
very few laws were enacted that
could, have been of any benafit to the]
state at large the members of the aa-
sembly. turned from their legislative
duties to those of the hom« ami all
that remains to be done is the em-
bodiment of the laws.
Both galleries were an array of fash
ion. It seemed that all wante-d to see
the final chapter In the book, "Lawn
nd how they are made." The floor
Df the house was prominent because
of the (^numerous ladies, wives and
friends of the members, who were seat
id there.
Cleaning House.
The desks, heretofore covered with
bills, papers and law bok*,
lonesome. Bundles In which were the
bills passed, those that were killed,
and many the pet ' measures of the
members who introduced them, were
scattered here and there ready to be
taken away by the departing rep
sentatlves.
Extreme restlessness making the
last days, and last night's session, wa.°
as a commencement to a school of
learning, the finals had arrived, and
all were glad. The dull cares were at
last relieved and the future was an-
ticipated to be a happy vacation
Bills were passed almost Indiscrim-
inately the last day and any one who
had a pet measure could get It through
when the great rush came.
537 Bills Were Offered.
There were 637 bills introduced in
the house and the last one was for an
apropriation of $26000.
The election law was put through!
by a straight party vote and the mi-|
norlty placed every one on record on1
that measure. The Straln-Yeager bill
was the hardest fought of any In the
session and came nearer to causing
personal encounters. These two bills
were the only ones where any fight
of note was taken.
Pay Roll No Small Item.
The pay roll might be an Interest-
ing Item to those who have never
■toped, to consider the great expense
to the state. Tho following shows the
snlarles of the house members and
flerlcal help for one day. and that of
the senate and clerical help for one
day:
House* members' salaries
per day $
House clerical help per
clay
Total salary expense per day
Senate members' salaries
per day
Senate clerical help per day
Total salary expense per day
Total expense both houses
per day
Total for 00 days, both
houses . .
House last seven days, per
day
Senate Inst seven days, per
; -
SPENDING
10 LAST J
MISSOURI GIRL
WHO WINS $2,500
WORLD TOUR
HALF IN A. M.
THE HOUSE PASSES FIVE
BILLS AT A
TIME
MONEY ON HAND AVAILABLE
NOMINATES A FEW
ALL APPROVED BY SENATE
Governor Appoints Boards of Con
trol for Various State Institu
tions Boys'Industrial School,
State Reformatory—Code Com-
mission.
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Just before the afternoon adjournment
Governor Haskell sent to the senate for
confirmation a number of appointments
and which were favorably considered In
executive session a short time later.
Tnose who will act during the term of
Governor Haskell or until their special
duties have been concluded aj'e:
Fish and Game Commissioner—J. S.
Askew, Chickasha.
Beard of Control Boy's Industrial
School—iMllas lAsslter, auls Valley; Ira
Mitchell, Wynnewood; J. K. Brown, Ok-
lahoma City; J. E. Gibson, Purcell; and
j. T. High by, Oklahoma City.
State Reformatory at Granite 43amuet
M. K lotirnoy, of Elk City, superintendent.
Codification Commission—KJene p. Day,
J Poteau; W. Ft. Brownlee, Kingfisher;
uU5TONfrs
FITZHUGH £
ONE VOLUNTEER
HE WAS AWFULLY SLOW
Samuel Harris, Oklahoma City; John H.
Thomas, Muskogee; John T. Hayes, Ho-
bart.
State University—Claude C. Hatehett.
State Penitentiary—R. W. Dick, McAl-
ester.
These appointments were all that re-
main to he selected at this time. Others
however, will follow as the laws enacted
at the session just closed' become effec-
tive. Principal of these boards is that
of the state board of control.
SOME JOBS TO LAST
AFTER ADJOURNMENT
Graham Wanted Committee to See
That Bills Were Properly En-
rolled, But Finally Had to
Appoint Them All But Joe
Morris.
Tillotson Offers Resolution
Keep House Clerical
Force,
to
6fi 4. no
?07.r,n
264.no
1 n.oo
377.00
1,288.50
741310.00
•.In y
201.00
es Inst seven
62fi.f)0
Total both hot
days per day .
Grand Totnl for 06 days
New Public Buildings
Public buildings had n sensational
COT^nue D~C^^AGE ^^COTUMN 4
"Noble volunteers to spring to the!
country's call" were wanted In the sen
nte yesterday morning
it appear* that Senator-"Cllne" Gra-
ham, as acting president In the chair,
asked that some members of thit body
volunteer to serve on a committee ti
see that enrolled copies of senate bllli
were enrolled properly.
There was no < rush, no ruth o
trampling feet, no bulging out of th>
legislative walls to permit of the gal
lant volunteers' getting to the presl
dent's desk to sign their names to th
roll of honor.
A silence like an lee wagon jyettlnq:
stalled in the mud, fell over that body
Instead.
Finally Senator Roy 0. Stafford, to
save the day and the "rep" of the sen-
CARDS H NICE
BUT WHAT WERE THEY FOR?
Senate Grew Epileptic When $40
Item Was Sprung, But When
County Seat Connection Was
Explained They Couldn't Vote
Quickly Enough.
retard-
ate
Soon after the house convened yester-
day morning Tillotson introduced the fol-
lowing resolution for the appointment of
help after the session to prepare the
arioua records for publication:
Be It Resolved by the House of Repre-
sentatives:
First—That the speaker of the house
of representatives shall have authority
a no he Is hereby directed to appoint the,
journal clerk. Mr. M. 8. Monk, to com-
plete the work of transcribing the tho
house journal after adjournment.
Second—That the bill and calendar
clerk, Mr. Albert Shields, and the minute
■ 1 rk. Mr. D. \V. Crumb, shall be con-
tinued In the service of the house to
complete the work of transcribing the
journal for the printer and indexing and
re 'ding proof of same.
Third That the speaker shall have the
authority to appoint one stenographer to
assist In such work as herein authorized.
Fourth- Ml appointments authorized in
this resohiton arc hereby confirmed by
the hois, and the employes who per-
forin services iheieunder shall receive
the same salary that they aro now re-
ceiving, and shall be employed not to
cxceed forty days.
Fifth—Tho claim* ana account. of
each and every* person -elected or ap-
pointed under this resolution shall be
verified under oath, detailing the number
of days served, the amount per day as
herein authorised In each case respec-
tively, and the same shall be approved
by the speaker and payment made out of
the treasury on warrants Issued by the
state auditor out of fundi appropriated
for the contingent expenses of tills legis-
lature. . ...
"Mr. President, I move that a om-
mlttee be appointed by the ' hair con-
sisting of Senators Blair, Glllups and
Davis."
And there he stopped.
Judge Billups was on both feet and
one ear In an Instant, and exclaimed:
"Well, what's the matter with Staf-
ford being on that committee?"
"All right," laughingly consented Staf-
ford.
"I wish to move that 1 be placed
thereon," said Senator Morris.
An<l thus, with one "volunteer," Mor-
ris, and four, appointees, the committee
went to work, consisting of Senators
Blair, Billups, Davis, Stafford and Mor-
ris (by his own request).
Despite the fact that there was no
nd of work ahead on the calendar,
,nd leaders of both parties
that the senate woulvl have to work
Into the "wee sina' hours o' the morn-
ing" to get through, yet the majority
members of that dignified body stop-
,,0,1 on their way yesterday morning
and had a lit over an Item of some
$40 In cost for 6000 cards printed on
Hie advice ot P. P. Duffy, private sec-
JJeutenant Governor Hell-
s' ranted and they tore atvl
they did seek to know why such an
expenditure was made The cards
were shnply admission cauls, permit
ting the bearers to enter the senate
gallery. . The man without "ary a
card" can do the same, save durl
a caucus or executive session, when
the carvl Is worthless as well, since
no one, not even the finest little man
in the state if he be not a member
of the "bunch" could gain admittance
then, even though he had two pph
decks up his sleeve.
It wilt be remembered that senator
Updegraft, the other day, was hauled
up to the platform and placed there
In "disgrace" for five minutes
Lieutenant Governor Bellamy for
tossing around the senate some carOs.
These are the cards. And the card
were used for purposes of good will,
to distribute among the stranger and
the wayfaring man, who on his first
visit at the capital might toddle out
of the right p th or err therein, and
go astray unless one of the attend-
ants hauled him back Into the paths
rectitude and right.
So the senate haggled yesterday
orning over $40, when apropriation
bills, bulging with coin of the realm,
rotted at anchor and the clock abov
the speaker's desk sang of dinner.
Finally Senator Thomas reminded
the senators that these very same
cards ($40. down) ha'd played an Im-
portant part in the winning and los
Ing of county seat fights.
Then she went through.a-howling!
"Those in favor"—AYE!
House Strikes Out $36,000 Item
from Code Commission Bill for
Popes-Reed — Ada Gets Nor-
mal and $10,000 for the
Building.
Everything was carried over lor a
touch down yesterday in the house
and numerous bills were passed on
one roll call, Ave being passed !n one
bunch.
Appropriations occupied most of the
entire morning, one school, the Ada
noitndl was, located.
How It Was Spent.
At the morning session apropriation
bills passed by the senate were passed
the house tarrying directly $1,469,
while $3^9,243.51 now In the trea
sury was mavie available by other bills.
The appropriation bills passed and
amounts they carried are: State
mining hoard-$7.000; Oklahoma Nat
ional Guard—$48,486. Rank Cotnmls
ITSELF TORY
FORTY BILLS ADOPTED BE-
FORE THE MIDNIGHT
HOUR
PACKING THEIR TRUNKS
PUTNAM GOOD ROADS
BILL NEARS ITS GOAL
House Adopts Amendments to El
Rano School Land
Bill.
Senate amendments were accepted by
the house to the Cope-Williams bill,
which authorises the sale of any pl^re
of school land containing 80 acres 01
less, which Is cut off by a railroad or
which Is surrounded by switch trackr.
This bill has a local application to the
city of El Reno.
The house adopted the conference re-
port on tl\e Putnam good roads bill and
the measure Is no wready for the k
ernor's approval as soon as carolled.
CAUGHT IN TIME
Negro
Burglar Arrested
in Time.
Miss Mabel 12. Sturtevant of Brookfleld
Mo., has won the William Braun prlzo of
f?,500 for the best student of the uni-
versities of America aid Europe. The
Eraun prise carries a r.oviston that the
winner must spend tho money traveling
In foreign countries. Miss Sturtevant
will go around the world next summer,
accompanied by her mother. She ob-
tained her education almost entirely
through her own exertions.
Many Private Debts Paid and
Local Bills Passed in Grand
Finale When All Went at Face I
Value — Kick at "Floor Card" |
Bill.
Yesterday was "Rush Day" In the sen-
ate and house, and ai a eonisqueftawfl
when the second general assembly of I
Oklahoma's legislature came to an end |
the members of the upper bonne* n*<t|
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Just
in an attempt to burglarise J. 8(>a on rn„ caU
Klink's meat market on West Harrl-j
gioner—$37,400: Transporting prison-
McAlester—$10,000; Heating
plant at Weatherford—IB,000. New
building at Central state normal-J100,
Establishing free employment
agency—$2,500. State printer— 131.-
960; maintenance state penitentiary,
$292. ono- state university. $343.
codification commission. $30,500; elec-
tion hoard $11,130; board of public
affairs, $35,000; Insane at Fort Supply,
$52,34S.
Use Money We Have Now.
The bills making moneys now on
hand available converting $128,052.^1
Of Old levies now In the treasury to the
use of the schools Davis1 bill appor
tioning $105,000 of rentals now oi
hand and another bill apportioning
$14 191 of the rentals now on ham!.
Fp-mi the codification commission
appropriations the house struck out
an Item of $36,000 to pay the Pipes-
Reed company of Kansas City for the
statutes printed under an act of the
last legislature and for 6000 volumes
brought up to date.
Other bills passed in morning
slon were:
Graham bill, compensation clerk of
the supreme court. $3,000; assistant
$2000; Journal and minute clerk $1 0;
stenographer $1,000.
Kchols' bill giving two additional
clerks and two additional stenog-
raphers to the state auditor's off lee
a bill for a warrant clerk in the state
treasurer's office at ll.TiOO a year,
bill for state reporter at $2,000 and t
bill for the pensioning of firemen.
House Pill No. K, for the expenses
of the corporation eommisslon whleh
was amended by the senate, and the
house agreed to them. This glv
eorporntlon commission $;"0,000 f
contingent expenses.
By a vote of R9 ayes to 1 no, t
bill for the home of , feeble mind
tho
between First and Secoml
St. a colored man giving his name asr
Jot- Mills was Intercepted by Officers
Dean and Temple. In making a pa-
trol of the alley In the rear of Klink's appropriation of $100,000 for the
meat market last night the patrol- tlon of a suitable building t
men found the rear door of the shop senate bill passed the house on a hur-
broken In. Thinking possibly It was ry up roll call.
the work of some thelf they secreted This bill passed the sonatr
themselves nearby and awaited his 1909 and went through the house
coming. They were not kept In wait- comparatively smooth sailing.
ing long and their anticipations wre Anthony made a plea for th
fully realized when they saw Mills Ing out of Ada and Inserting Duncan
enter the store. Ho wa-> Immediately but a motion prevailed to lay that m<
seized by the officers and taken to tlon on the table, and by a vote of
the city Jail. ' I 79. to 7 the bill passed.
Ada Gets Her Normal.
For the creating of n state norm
t the town of Ada and carrying an
March
strlk
BACK TO THE BRUSH.
For sixty days we've fit and bled
Beneath the big Rlasa dome
And now has come the parting hour;
The boys are going home.
Our jobs as statesmen soon will change
For something not so big
Where senators, like common folks,
Must dig, and dig, and mg.
v
Soldani soon the ticks will pick
From many a long-horn steer, f'
Billups, his speeches will repent
Whirst gaping moss-backs cheer.
I'a Blair will soon be setting type
At the village In the "sticks."
Roy Stafford will he grinding out
Red headline politics.
Oolvllle will takp a text once more,
To make the wicked holv;
Roddle has got a job, they say.
In the new near-Bchool at Riley.
Brownlee will shake lils pepper box
And make the jury sneeze;
Clint Graham hold. In twilight hour,
Ills own upon his knees.
Franklin, he of child labor fame
Will spend his honeymoon.
Thomas be rprun gfor governor
\bout the first of June.
Hatehett will visit non.ml schools
With Landrum hv his side:
id hunt for squirre
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ewart will set
Hugo maider
And mo\
Williams
ilsslor
T.iylor will build the Girl s bcnooi
Way down at Chickasha
Potter will miss the Guthrie girls
And sadly pine away
The rest, their usui il way 111 K
But say! I've got n hur.rh
The senate never again will know
Such a Jolly, brainy "bunch.
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 297, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1909, newspaper, March 13, 1909; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc127050/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.