Edmond Twice - A - Week Enterprise (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1908 Page: 5 of 10
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THE FIRST LEGISLATURE
A Brief Review of What the Oklahoma Lawmakers are Doing
In a special message to the legisla- j The senate killed the Whltehurst
turo Governor Haskell places him- bill from the house, approriatlng $13,- j
self on record a> favorable to the "0® to be used by the state auditor in ,
"Ideal City," «r "New Jerusalem" securing for the different counties
plan of the capital location, urging ll*ta °| tax,able 13,1,13 ln tho8e coun"
.... , ,. . .. lies, after it had cut the amount of
the tendency of that theme as an ar- . , . . .
the appropnaioti to fo.OOO and made
gument for delay in regard to the lo-, the governor join,iy ^sponsible
cation of public buildings which with thp aU(Htor for ,he expeud|ture. 1
should properly be located in connec- The (leath of Uu, bm ,g chargPable
tion with the capital, lie recom- t0 j|le W( Sf side senators, who con-
inends that locations and appropria- .^iderftl that it was primarily for the !
♦ions for state institutions be of only benefit of the east side. They were
a temporary character, to enduie tin- i joined, however, by a number of the
til the next legislature. lie advises <>ast siders, one strong argument ad- |
that this legislature create three new vanced against the bill being tliat the '
normal schools and make recommen- biII for the r?m0Val of restrictions as
dation to the normal school regents passed by fte lower house of con-
In regard to the temporary locations grcgg appropriation of
of these schools and that the towns $10,000 for this same purpose, which
selected be required to furnish build- ^ would make action by the state lin-
ings at a fair rental to the state. necessary. On final passage the vote
Similarly temporary appropriations stood 15 to 16 against the bill,
of $10,000 for the Whitaker orphans \ measure having in a general way
home at Wagoner, to be under the > the object of discovering property
direction of the board of education, j for taxation, was advanced to third
and $3,000 for the negro school at! reading by the senate. It was a bill
Taft, to be expended under the direc- j,y George O. Johnson, authorizing the
BRYAN OR JOHNSON?
Stone, of Missouri, Sees Nothing But
the Nebraska Man
WASHINGTON: In the opinion of
Senator Stone, of Missouri, there is
nothing to It but Bryan. He predicts
that Bryan will be nominated on the
first ballot, if not by acclamation, and
that the two-thirds rule will be abro-
gated by the Denver convention
either before or after the nomina-
tion is made.
Fred Lynch, campaign manager for
Governor Johnson of Minnesota, af- j
ter circulating among the democratic
leaders of congress, made some bold
predictions in regard to the Denver
convention. He asserted that Bryan
would have less than a majority of
votes on the first ballot; that a big
majority of delegates would go to the
convention uninstructed; and that
Governor Johnson's chances for the
nomination were just as good as Bry-
an's. To offset the effect of Lynch's
prediction, Senator Stone made some
figures which show that Bryan will
go to the convention with a positive
strength of 640 votes, or only twenty-
six short of two-thirds, not counting
a single doubtful vote.
OKLAHOMA STATE NEWS
Latest News Happenings Condensed for the Busy Readers
CAMPBELL'S RESIGNATION IN
tion of the Langston board, are rec-
ommended, also $10,000 for a school
of mines to be located temporarily at
some place where adequate accom-
modations are furnished.
A resolution has been introduced
in the house and referred to the rules
committee instructing the commit-
tees in the respective branches which
have business of the other house
pending to report not later than -«ay
11 and that, after that date, the en-
tire time of each house be devoted to
such business until it shall have all
been disposed of.
After a hard fight the house Mon-
day adopted a substitute section to
the Bryan primary election bill, pro-
posed by Mr. Murray, requiring the
labeling of political advertisements
by placing those two words at the
head of every notice inserted in the
newspapers at the instigation of the
candidate. The newsaper men fought
valiantly for the defeat of the objec-
tionable labeling clause. Anthony,
Jesse and Crouch assisted on the mi-
nority side by Mr. Campbell, contest-
ed every inch. The vote was close
jn many instances. Mr. Tillotson tried
to table the substitute and later Mr.
Anthony attempted to have the bill
recommitted with instructions to sub-
stitute the senate bill on the same
subject, but both propositions were
defeated. Mr. Vandeventer character-
ized the substitute as "the height of
ridiculous nonsense." Mr. Holland
said it was intended to "gag the
press." Mr. Anthony said the substi-
tute would tend to curb the attack of
newspapers on rotten politics. Mr.
Jlranson and Mr. Putnam stood by the
newspaper men as long as there was
any hope of defeating the strlngtent
provision. "Tightwad legislation" was
employment by county commissioners
of "tax ferrets," who are to receive
not more than 20 per cent of -.>e j
amount of taxable property discover
ed off of the tax rolls.
Senate Kills Cigarette Bill
The senate killed the Snelson anti-
cigarette bill from the house, which
provided a fine of from $5 to $2,") for
smoking or having in one's posses- |
sion cigarettes or cigarette papers. !
The vote on the final passage stood i
20 to 18, lacking three of a constitu '
tional majority. During its consid- |
eration the clause making the posses-
sion a crime was stricken out, but a '
motion to eliminate the similar pro
vision in regard to the act of smoking
was defeated, and its defeat killed the
bill*. Its opponents, while arguing that
the present law was sufficient, would
have been willing to accept the bill
with that provision eliminated, but j
contended that any such law with
the provision would be unconstitu-
tional.
Governor Signs Bucket Shop Bill
Governor Haskell has signed the
straight anti-bucket shop bill drafted j
by Durant of the house and Franklin
of the senate. It is modeled after |
the Texas law and absolutely prohib- j
its trading in futures of any sort, in-
cluding hedging contracts. It does
not take effect for 90 days. Other ;
bills signed were the separate school j
bill by the house educational commit f
tee, the Williams bill ifor building
school houses on the rental plan, the
Billups bill creating the office of
state librarian, and the Whitson bill ;
vitalizing he anti-pass provisions of
the constitution.
In spite of all the attempts made to
kill it by ridicule the senate has ad- ;
vanced to its third reading the nine-
foot sheet bill, otherwise known as
WON'T HAVE VICE-PRESIDENCY
WASHINGTON: Rumors of combi-
nations with the end ln view of nom-
inating Governor Johnson, of Minne-
sota for vice-president on the demo-
cratic ticket were denied at the John-
son headquarters in this city, where
the following statement was given
out:
"Governor Johnson is in the race
for the presidential nomination. If
by any chance he fails to get the pres-
idential nomination, he will not under
any circumstances, accept the vice-
presidential nomination."
Denies the Combination
ST. PAUL: When the statement
from the Johnson headquarters in
Washington was read to Governor
Johnson, he said:
"I am not entering into any com-
bination whatsoever for the nomina-
tion for the presidency or vice-presi-
dency, and I will say that I am not
a candidate for the democratic nom-
ination for the presidency excepting
under the conditions that 1 have al-
ready set forth in a statement pub-
lished some time ago."
Many Applications for Judge of the
Eastern District
WASHINGTON: The resignation
of Judge Campbell of the federal
court of Oklahoma, has reached the
white house, but no successor will be
named until after the matter is taken
up in a cabinet meeting. The presi-
dent has not determined whether he
will limit the applicants to the east-
ern district only, or to the state a!
large; nor has he decided whether he
will consider any of those who wero
applicants last fall.
The list of applicants includes:
Pliny L. Soper, James L. Allen, for-
merly state senator in Kansas; W.
M. Mellette, former district attorney
at Muskogee; Judge J. H. Shepard,
McAlester; W. .). Gregg,, present
district attorney, and former Judges
J. T. Dickerson, Frank Gillette, J. H.
Burford and Joseph A. Gill. All live
in the eastern district except Gil-
lette and Burford.
Boy Kills Girl With Shot Gun
TULSA: Jimmie Jones, aged 6
years, shot and killed Mary Gerboth,
aged 4, after a childish quarrel at
Jenks, south of this place. The
quarrel between them took place
some time before the shooting. At
the time It Is said the little boy
vowed vengeance on the girl. When
he appeared at the entrance of the
Gerboth tent, shotgun in hand and
exclaimed, "I am going to shoot
Mary," no heed was paid to him.
True to his threat, he aimed the gun
at the little girl asleep on a bed and
fired. Death was instantaneous. The
Jones boy once shot his sister with
a six-shooter.
the laconic term applied by-Mr. Put
nam. The substitute, as adopted, pro-,"'6 Whitehurst-Murray hotel inspec-
vides that all candidates shall submit tion bill. Numerous amendments,
a statement of their campaign ex- m°«>tly °f a jocular character, were
penses at least five days before the S < «ered, but the only notable one
primary, giving the names of the bus- adoted was one by Cordell, requiring
iness manager of the paper in which : that all bed clothes be long enough
he had advertised, and the price paid. ,0 cover both ends of the guest at
Thirty days before the general elec- ■ the same time.
tion a statement of itemized expense j Opposing the theory of creating or
must be submitted. Candidates are j establishing public institutions for
forbidden to employ any canvassers j which no approriation has been or
outside of his personal campaign probably will not be made, and which
committee, which for township offi-! have not been located. Mr. Tillotson
cers shall number three, county offi- in the house introduced a resolution
cers, five; district, seven, and state,! asking that all public building bills
nine. An amendment by Mr. Bryan. >>e recalled and held in the house un-
limiting the expenses of United ! til the public buildings committee
States senators, congressmen and makes its report. Immediate consid-
Btate officers to 20 per cent of their j eration of the bill was defeated.
salary and other officers to ten per i The intermarriage of the white and
cent, was tabled. The final adoption I negro races is forbidden in the sen-
of the bill is doubtful. j ate bill passed by the house. Any
The Taylor bill for working con- 1 violation of the proposed law is made
vlcts on public roads was up for dis- a felony, subject to a fine of not more
AFTER McGUlRE'S SEAT
Judge Hainer Announces Speaking
Dates
GUTHRIE: The race for congress
in the first Oklahoma district is now
on, Judge Bayard T. Hainer, of Perry,
having announced a number of speak-
ing dates in his candidacy to secure
the republican nomination in the pri-
maries against Bird McGuire. He
starts his'speaking tour at Kaw City
on May 11. Judge Hainer has visit-
ed every county in the district and
has been quietly fixing up his fences
preliminary to the speaking cam-
paign.
Henry S. Johnston, of Perry, presi-
dent pro tem of the Oklahoma senate
and William Murdoch, of Ralston,
member of the legislature, are active
candidates for the democratic nomi-
nation in the first district. A. H. El-
lis, of Orlando, speaker pro tem of
the lower house, would like to get
into the race for the democratic nom-
ination, but he may forego his con-
gressional aspirations for the present.
Negro Refused to Ride "Jim Crow"
MUSKOGEE: A Kansas negro
boarded a train at, Oklahoma City and
refused to ride in the negro coach.
A riot was averted by the arrest of
the negro by officers. A suit will be
brought to establish the point wheth-
er an interstate passenger can be
forced to observe the jlm crow law.
The conductor asked the negro to
vide in th* negro coach, but upon his
irfusal the conductor would not eject
htm from the train because he had a
tlyough ticket. A number of white
people attempted to force the negro
out of the white coach, but a gun play
was made by the burly black and op-
erations were suspended until the
next town was reached.
GIVEN MORE TIME
Attorney General Allows the Merger
Case to Go Over
GUTHRIE: With the promise of
representatives of the roads that the
Rock island-Frisco merge;- would
eventually be dissolved, Attorney Gen-
eral West has agreed tl>at proceed-
ings against the roads should be held
up for the present to allow the rail-
roads to carry out their part of the
agreement.
The conference was in pursuance
of an agreement made at the former
conference in March, it was stated
by the attorneys for the railroads
that the relations between the road4
would ultimately be disentangled,
though the time or manner of it
could not be determined now. Be-
cause of the interests affected being
the largest taxpayer in the state, con-
servatism In dealing with the question
was advocated by the railroads. Oil
lhe part of the state it was recog-
nized that if unjust freight rates pro-
duced by non-competitive freight con-
ditions could be in part obviated,
that delay until business conditions
settled might be allowed before a fin-
al settlement of the question.
Charter an Indian Society
GUTHRIE: The Mohonk Lodge
association, which is doing a unique
work in the industrial education of
the Indians of the southwest, has
been formally incorporated. Its ob-
ject is stated to be "the promotion
of the general welfare of the Indians,
with special emphasis on his physi-
cal, social and Industrial better-
ment." The incorporators are Rev.
Walter C Roe, of Colony, who is in
charge of the missionary work of the
Reformed church; Reese Kincaid, of
Colony, and J. J. Janney, of Balti-
more, Md.
Tornado at Springfield, Mo.
SPRINGFIELD, MO.: Five persons
; were injured and scores of buildings
were wrecked by a tornado which
struck Springfield Monday morning,
j Considerable damage was done in the
i country, Greene county farm houses,
granaries and barns having been
blown away. Thus far there has been
no loss of life reported.
Hot County Seat Fight
GUTHRIE: Probably the hottest
county seat fight in the new state is
on in Ellis county, where three
towns, Gage, Shattuck and Arnett are
fighting for the permanent location.
Grand is the present county seat, but
it was left so far south by the divi-
sion of the counties that it is appar-
ently out of the race. The three
towns contesting for the plum are all
•within a few miles of each other and
are also near the geographical center
of the county. It is considered like-
ly that the race will be so close that,
no one of the towns will get the
required majority at the first election
which has been called and that a sec-
ond election will have to be held to
determine the winner.
Negroes May Get $1,000,000
WASHINGTON: Former slaves or
their heirs are to be benefited to the
extent of $1,000,000 if a bill favorably
reported by the house committee on
4ianking anu currency becomes a law.
The measure, which has been in cou-
gress for many years, has passed the
senate. It is based upon the claims
of former slaves who lost money de-
posited in the Freedmen's bank, which
was established in this city for the
benefit of negroes soon after the close
of the civil war The bank failed af-
ter a brief existence and for more
than thirty-live years the negro de-
positors or their heirs have been try-
ing to induce the government to re
imburse them.
cussion. but was finally referred to a
special committee. Senator Thomas
than $500 and imprisonment for a
term of from two to five years in
Introduced a resolution providing for j the penitentiary. Any clergyman or
another technical adjournment over
next Sunday, stating that he expected
to offer similar resolutions for each
other qualified person performing
such a marriage will also be held
guilty of a felony. Conviction three
of the three Sundays yet remaining times is sufficient to bar any person
and thus prolong the session for j frdm entering the marriage bond,
three more days. The resolution was i The proposed rule directing house
allowed to go over under the rules, j committees having ti 'natia 'business
The house Friday passed to third ; on hand to report by May 11, and af-
reading these bills: By Martin to pre-1 ter that date the house will spend all
vent alien ownership of land; by Rai-; of its time on this legislation until
ney making the changing or effacing! it is disposed of. It is anticipated
of a brand from any animal a mis-1 that the same rule will be adopted in
demeanor; by Durham making the j the senate.
disturbance of public worship a mis- j
demeanor; by Hawkins appropriating in an opinion addressed to Repre-
$59,310 to pay for the judges, clerks sentative G. W. O'Neal, the attorney
and inspectors of the last general general's office holds that house bill
election, advanced to third reading 128, by O'Neal and Skeen, regulating
Friday including those establishings. the fees of constahles and justices
A bill appropriating $25,000 to be of the peace, is not unconstitutional
used by the governor in the appre- or in conflict with the provision ot
hension and conviction of bank rob- j the constitution that requires thai
bers has been introduced in the house ' a bill shall cover only one subject,
by Representative Vandeventer. The it is held, however, that the fees ol
wisdom of expending the funds is J justices and constables cannot be
left with the executive. J changed during heir term of otttce.
NORMAN: A representative of the
postoffice department will visit nor-
man within the next few weeks for
the purpose of making preliminary ar-
rangements for the establishment of
city free mail delivery. The city has
the required mileage of sidewalks and
its population has reached the re-
quired number.
Jerome to Oppose Thaw's Release
POUGHKEEPSIE: Temporarily, at
least, Harry K. Thaw, is out of the
Mattewan hospital for the criminal in-
sane. As a result of proceedings on
the writ of habeas corpus brought in
an effort to have him declared sane,
he will remain in the Duchess county
jail until the final decision on the
writ is handed down. An adjourn-
ment was taken upon the request ol
a representatives of the district at-
torney of New York, to give Mr. Je-'
rome an opportunity to appear in per-
' son to oppose Thaw's release from
Mattewan.
Senate Will Not Hurry Bill
WASHINGTON: Senator Owen was
unsuccessful in getting the McGuire
restrictions bill made a special or-
der for the senate for this week. Ob
jection was registered by several sen-
ators and the bill must now take its
place on the calendar. There is no
doubt but what it will be passed some
time this session but Senator Owen
wanted to get it out of the way im-
i mediately. I
Lawyers Appeal to Legislature
GUTHRIE: A meeting of lawyers
from Muskogee, Sulphur, Bartlesville,
Ada and other east side towns whose
municipal affairs have been thrown
into confusion as a result of the pas-
sage of the Brook bill, will be held
here this week, to ask the legislature
to amend that bill so as to relieve
their difficulties. The bill exempted
from its provisions cities which had
previously been proclaimed cities of
the first class, by the governor. Sev-
eral cities went ahead with elections,
however, under the provisions of the
Brook bill, and in consequence Mus-
kogee now has a quo warranto case
in the supreme court, while the busi-
ness of several of the others is tied
un for the same reason.
Location of Institutions to go Over
GUTHRIE: Governor Haskell lias
expressed himself ln favor of locat-
ing only such state institutions as are
necessary at this session of the legis-
lature, leaving the location of the
east side normals and most other
state institutions to the second leg-
islature, which meets seven months
hence. If the senate takes this
view most of the public buildings
bills passed by the house will not b&•
come laws Only three weeks of the
present legislature remain, and the
governor fears that a big public
buildings fight would bar other im-
portant legislation which must be
put through at this session.
Members of both branches met at
Guthrie Saturday in a joint meeting
and organized an association of the
first state legislature. Only a pre-
liminary organization was effected.
The association will hold reunions,
one each year.
Carpenter Injured by Falling Chisel
HOBART: W. D. Trtieblood, mana-
ger of the company that is erecting
an alfalfa mill here, was seriously
injured by the falling of a large
chisel upon his head from a height
of 40 feet. The skull is severed with
a deep cut. It is believed that the in-
jury will not result fatally.
TRANSFER OF THE INSANE
New Sanitarium at Fort Supply Will
Be Ready May 20
GUTHRIE: About 400 patients now
in the sanitarium at Norman will be
transferred to Fort Supply on May 20,
according to Robert Dunlop, of New-
kirk, chairman of the board of asy-
lum commissioners. By the middle
of July it is believed that all of the
patients now at Norman will be pro-
vided for in the new institution.
1 A special train will leave Norman
on the afternoon of May 19, arriving
at Fargo early on the morning of May
! 20. Breakfast will be served to the
patients there, and they will then bs
I taken overland ten miles to Fort Sup-
! ply iu buggies and carriages. It is
expected that 300 or more buggies will
i be used in this unique procession, ten-
! dered by the citizens there.
Members of school boards from
nearly one hundred districts in Grady
county, met at Chickasha Monday and
| organized a county association
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