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Election Bills Ar6 Prncu Com-
plcfipd in n Stormy Scsslo. of tlio
Democratic Members. Tho Usury
Bill Socms to Ijo About "Defunct."
Another joint session of the Demo-
crats of the Houso and Senate was
bold at Oklahoma City Wednesday
and an address by Governor Williams
-was the feature of tho occasion and
perhaps the foature of the entire ses-
sion of; thtTsolona. It Is understood
ihnt tho election mcasurots are now
couiploted nil but tho primary olec-
tlon bill 'Which Is now under consid
eration by both branchos. It Is now
thought probable that tho Governor
will submit tho election question in
a message after tho caucuses shall
have completed their labors. The cau-
cus Wednesday waa a Btormy session
"and tho talks aro Bald to have been
vory frank. Governor Williams made
It very plain to the Democratic law
makers that they have tho responsi-
bility and that they must act. His
determination not to approve a ses-
sion of more than thirty days has nut
wavered but there Is now a prospect
for tho Legislature remaining in ces-
sion until about February 19 "which
will be threo"or four days more than
thirty.
Tho registration law the amend-
ment to tho constitution limiting
suffrago and a primary election law
that will not vary much from the
present statute aro oxpected to be in-
troduced as soon as a message from
tho. Governor shall com authorizing
consideration of the election ques-
tion. Tho ribbon baUot Beems to
have been lost in tho caucus. It was
subject to much debate and tho op-
position lasted longest.
Tho Houso amended tho Glasco us-
ury bill before recommitting to a
committee for redrafting to an ex-
tent that ls snd to be vcry "Well like
the present ineffective law. Judge
Glasco was ready to move that fur-
ther consideration of the bill be post-
. poned indefinitely but ho could not
got an opportunity. His idea of the-
amonded bill may be gathered from
his-attitude. This action by the
House seems pretty clearly to indi
cate that no real usury legislation Is
tq bo had at this session.
Rumors that friends of the usury
bill wiirrotalinte byrofualns to (sup-
port any election law seemed to be
justified when several Democratic
representatives who have considered
if -usury tne most important issue in
tno senate waiKea out or me caucus
and did not participate. One of them
said that tho killing of the Glasco
bill will be1 tho death-knell of tho
Democratic party qouth of tho Rock
Island Railroad In Oklahoma.
Debate in tho House on tho usury
question was marked by frankness
of expression on the parts of Repre-
sentatives who defended the collecy
tion of usury by small banks and
their assertion that If these banks
raust obey tho law as It is written
there are hundreds rqf small cities
that will have to do without banks.
One o fthese speakers was Mr. Acton
of Logan another -was Mr. Hudson of
Tulsa Mr. Durant of Bryan seemed
bold similar views '
An adverse report was made in tho
Houso an the senate bill that -repeals
the law prohibiting sale of narrow-
tired wngonB after this year. A mi-
nority report saxed the moasuro for
the calender.
A letter from former Lieutenant
Governor McAlestcr was read in the
Senate. It protested vigorously
against establishing a binder twine
f-.cto.ry at thp State "penitentiary on
tho ground that It would be opposed
by a big trust and that It wduld as-
suredly be a losing venture. It was
suggested by Mr. McAlester that tho
-Stato establish- two fertilizer factories
that would employ nB many men and
do .as much good for the farmers. I
Attention waa called to tho fact by
s6nator Barnott that many tele-
grams and other messages of this
kind had boon rocolvod from hard-
ware firms opposing the twine prop
o8itlou and It was suggested that
there Is a possibility of these having
beofl Inspired by this same big trust
Toforred to.
Tho Senate adopted tho minority
report on the gross production tax
bill which was mado by Mr Russoll
of Muskogee. It provides scope for
the'' State Board of Equalization to
K !ncroaco tho assessments on Hielr
awn motion. Mr. Russell then of
fered an amendment to make tho tax
3 per cent instead of 2 and that the
extra 1 per cent bo returned to tho
counties producing the tax. Tho iblll
was roferred to a special committee
tforv redrafting
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310 W THEY STAND
ON PREPAREDNESS
The Dallas Morning News has In-
augurated a campaign to ascertain
how people feel about tho President's
preparedness plans and has through
Its columns asked for opinions on
the subject According to Thurs-
day's paper out of about a thousand
ro.pUo8 receive there wore appro
ant 'against it !".' i dyfc
lylKSibfeNi? Wilson may Stop
IN" WUIIANT ON SECOND TlHP
EffOrt Being Made to Induce Presi-
dent to Make n Tcn-Mhuito Talk "
N If He Goes Tltru Durant
It is not improbable mat tno peo-
ple of Durant nnd vicinity will bo giv-
en an opportunity to see President
Wllsort nnd hoar him speak. Tho
President id touring a great deal of
the country speaking in behalf of the
preparedness plans of tho administra-
tion and tho latest reports are that
he will speak at Dallas somo time
about tho middle of next month. If
tho Dallas trip becomes a reality the"
President's' special car will pass thru
Durant over the Katy.
The 26-Bxpanslon Club got busy
Saturday and sent a teTogrnm to tho
Fresldont and his secretary while
several Influential citizens telegraph-
ed Senators Owen and Gore request-
ing them to use their Influence to
induce tho President to Include In his
ltlnorary a ten-mlnuto stop at Du-
rant provided his train passes thru
here.
Tho Mexican situation nnd tho part
that tho United States h as beeiv.com-
pellcd to play in tho great Europoan
war has mado Presldortt Wilson the
most talked of man in the world to-
day and ho Is considered by many
great mo nns tho greatost man In the
world barring none Durant and
community may well feel honored If
the arrangements which havo beon
undertaken can be successfully con-
cluded. TOWNSHIP NINE ROAD
BONDS MET READY SALE
Tuesday during the regular meet-
ing of the County Commissioners
tho $25000 worth of bonds rccutly
voted by the citizens of Township 9
of this county were sold to tho firm
of Spltzer Rorlck & Co. of Toledo
Ohio bringing par accrued Interest
and a premium of $850. There were
representatives of eight other bond
buyers present nnd wanting to gotUne township and persons having to
tho bonds.1 It is believed that the
money will be. available at a not dis-
tant date and work will commence
at oncoon the Improvement of the
roads for tho benefit of the entor-
prlslng residents of this section of
tho county.
Only. two bids woro proposed. The
bid of Ed F. Rlnes of tho First Na-
tional Bank was 101 and that of
Sam'i Rose representing the success
ful bidders was 103Vj. Several
pthor-would-bo 'Didders were on the'
ground and had been here for 6ev-
oral days but filed no bids. After
the time advertised for tha closing
of the bids had arrived and tho bids
received had been opened three rep-
resentatives of othor bond buyers
It Is believed deliberately attempted
to ball up tho record of the proceed-
ings by proffering at that late date
to file thelftblds which they were not
permitted to do and which could not
havo been permitted If the records
were to do kept straight. The bidders
Whom it is said attempted this thing
were a Mr. McGraw' representing A.
J. McMahan of Oklahoma City; a
Mr. Hansen representing G. W. and
J. E. Plerson of Oklahoma City and
a fellow named Calvert representing
R. J. Edwards of Oklahoma City.
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CORRECTION AS-TO FEES
EfARNED'BY THE CLERKS
County Clerk McCreary has taken
the News totnsk over a statement
appearing in Its columns to tho effect
In Bubstance that the fees earned by
the office of tho County Clerk ex-
ceeded the fees earned by the Court
Clerk. In January for the first time
since Btatehood. Tho fees earned byi
tho two offices for several months
as shown by the records appear aa
follows:
The items below are all for the
year 1915.
Court. 'County
Clerk Clork
March
April .' .
424.50 940.22
749.70 709.20
May .t 701.55
Juno ... 589.55
July . 417.26
August . ' .843.16
September 558.05
October ...'.. .534.01
November 882.47
December 826.0'6
G5G.30
'504.05
467.21
582.05
602.00
607.84
804.45
967.08
NORMAL WINS BASKETBALL
GAME FROM DENISON TEAM
To the "surprise of many fnns tho
Durant Normal team took a bunch of
Dorilsou stars to a cleaning at basket-
ball at the Normal GyW Monday Dlght
by tho score of 32 to 24 the game
being hotly contested every Inch of
tho way. In a former game at Don-
ison tho Donlsori" bunch cleaned iip
op .Durant. Two games were played
during! the evening a bunch of local
Btars defeating a picked tenm from
the Normal squad by the score of 32
to 18.
JOHN COWAN VERY SICK
John Cowan who has for several
days been vory sick at his homo ou
North Third Ayonue in this city is
reported as very lUtlo if any bettor
at this time. Dr. E. J. Neathory of
Shorman was called In for .consulta
tipn Wednesday njght. John is suf- the Tigers' and looal sportsmen wH
ferlngf front u complication. . of oil- hvo an opportunity joe him ppr-
merits. ?iv ' -i; s.' r" . form ori tho diamond; Vfe ' '-
DURANT OICLAUOMA
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GIVE NAMES TO
THE TOWNSHIPS
Bt-ynn County to Have Eleven in
Place of Twelve Municipal Town-
ships ns Heretofore. Other Pro-
ceedings of Commissioners.
Ono of tho most important pieces
of business transacted by tho Coun-
ty Commissioners in session this
week was tho redisricting of the
municipal townships of tho county
and giving them names by which
they will bo known in tho future'
Lack of time and space precludos tho
detailing of the boundaries of each
of the townships In this issue and
the complete resolution will probab'ly
bo glvoa space noxt wook.
Tho prinolpal object of tho Com
mlsslonerB according to their state
ments is to facilitate tho work of
getting to tho voting boxes on the
part Of many people in several parts
of the COunty who on account of
the peculiar arrangement of the var-
ious townships woro many of thein
forced to go miles out of their way
to voto at tha polls where they worfe"
entitled to oast their ballot. One
township that around tho town of
Blue has beon completely absorbed
in other townships.
Townships formerly known by
their numbers have been given
names as follows: TownShlp Ono Is'
now Bennington Township; Town-
Bhlp Two Matoy Township; Town-
ship Three Bokchlto Township
Township Four Cado Township '1
Township Five Spealrs Township;
Township Six Brown Township;
Township Seven Colbert Township;
TownBhlp 8 Komp Township; Town-
ship Nine Calora Township; Town-
ship Ten Albany Township. An ad-
vantage In naming the townships is
the (act that the name in most cases
is taken from the largost town In
know the location of a township Vrtll
know at onco from the name In what
part of the .county this particular
township is located.
Aside from this matter and the
selling of the road bonds of Town-
ship Nine nothing 'was taken up by
tho Commissioners outside of the reg-
ular routine of monthly business.
SAFE FARMING OX 80 ACRES
County" Farm Agent Gives 'AcccptiM
Ideas of Proper DJstrlbtlon of
- Acreage of Different Crops.
. There hns been much talk of diver-
sified farming but few really prac-
tical plans of dlvdrslficatlon have as
yet been suggested. County Farm
Agent Fash suggests the following
arrangement nnd distribution of
crops for farming eighty acres on a
safe diversified plan :
Cotton 25 per cent Corn 25 per
cent Oats 10 per cent Sudan gras3
G per cent Sorghum for syrup 2 per
cent Peanuts on soil fit 11 per cent
Irish potatoes 4 per cent Sweet po-
t ntoes 1 per cent Garden 2 per cent
pasture. 10 por cent. Hog pasture 5
per cent. Horses 4 head Cows 2 head
Brood mares 5 head Hens 200.
Provide sheds for all the livestock
and keep the sheds clean.
HAS GONE TO DALLAS FOR
TREATMENT FOR ABSCESS
John Stinson of this city In the
first part of this wook wont to Dal
las to enter a sanitarium thore for
the treatment of an abscess In his
head from which he has been suffer-
ing considerably for several wooks.
He was accompanied by his brother
Sam D. and by Dr. J. L. RoynoldB.
Mr. Stinson Is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Stinson of this city and
a resident of Durant until he went
on the road n's an express messenger
running out of Denlson. The abscess
has bothered him since December
but it Is expected that the treatment
he will receive at Dallas will soon
rosult In his being able to resume his
usual work. Ho Is reported as now
rostlng easily and hlB many friends
slnceroly hope he will soon bo on tho
high road to complete recovery.
MORE SUITS AGAINST THE FAIR
Still more suits aro being filed
against the Bryan County Live Stock
and Agricultural Association which
sees to be in a pretty bad way finan-
cially. George II. Harris has taken
judgment In justice court for $152
and the Chickasaw Lumber Company'
has filed suit under material man's
Hon for the pum of $304.10. It has
been Bald that n'number of tho cred-
itors will urtdertako to throw the As-
sociation Into bankruptcy although
so far as tho Nows has been able to
loarn no action has yet been taken.
WORLD STAIt AT DENISON
According to tho Denlson papers
tho Boston Tigers will play an exhib-
ition game of. baseball with tho Denl-
son Western Association team on the
3rd of April when tho Tigers will be
In training at Waxahachle Texas.
Tho famous Ty Cobb probably base-
balldom's greatest staivwlll be with
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11 1910.
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PER CAPITA BILL
; PASSED HOUSE
provides Payment of 9300 to Choc-
tinvs nnd $200 to Chickasaw T'his
Year - Congressman Carter Led
' tho Fight nnd Won Handily.
3 According to telegraphic Informa-
tion received direct from Congress-
man Charlio Carter by the Nows the
Indian appropriation bill carrying
an amendment for a per capita pay-
ment or $300 to the Choctaws and
J.200 to the Chlckasaws- passed tho
House of Representatives Saturday
afternoon by an overwhelming ma-
ipprlly in a vote of 117 to 37 and the
(Harrison amendment to tho bill to
JJVVIE 111G 1UII3 IV illU iUI0010Dlifl
dhoctaws was defeated by about the
same majority. The item of appro-
priations for tribal and othor schools
also passed. Tho bill was passed by
the Houso in committee of tho whole
niter having beeh almost unanimous
ly recommended for passage by tho
Houso Committee on Indian Affairs
' ' The decisive voto in favor of tho
payment Is considered by politicians
In Washington as a doath-blow to tho
Mississippi Choctaw claimants' pro-
pram of procedure In.the matter.
The bill has yet to run the gantlet
OT the Senate but it is not anticipat-
ed that any serious difficulties will
bje encountered thore. The bill Is
due to come up In the Senate this
week.
It is JBtlmated that the bill will
place mure than eight million dollars
in circulation In the " Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations.
Tho flghT for the payment was led
by Congressman Cartor of this dis
trict assisted by Congressmen Mur
ray and Hastings.
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U INDIAN BILL PASSES HOUSE
It Cnrrles-nn Appropriation Aggrcgnt-
' Jug Nearly Ten Million Dollars. '
Some-of tho Items of Bill.
lJh Tnual lnal&n anPronrla"on there Is no political or financial pow-
Tflll including provision for paying (r n tho word capabi0 of releaging
phoctaw and Chickasaw tribesmen
7 boo ooo in accrued profits on
their irnds were passed Tuesday in
the House. It carries appropriations
aggregating about $10750000. The
measure would grant $200 each to
Qhickasaws nnd $300 each to the
jQhoVtaws there' blng 6000 of the'
former and 21000 of tho latter and
nearly all of them live in Oklahoma
Theeffort to Include 1200 Mississ
ippi Choctaws failed.
Several of tho Representatives in-
cluding former Speker Cannon
pleaded for complete freedom of the
Indians at the earliest possible date.
"As soon as you put them In Charge
of their property the sooner you will
cease to make paupers of them"
said Mr. Cannon.
CRUSH PEANUTS ON LARGE
SCALE AT GREENVILLE
An article In the Greenville Ban-
ner deals at length with the fact
that the Greenville-Cotton Oil Coni-
pany will next year go Into the bus-
iness otcrushlng peanuts on a large
scale selling the oil to packers for
food products and the resultant cake
or meal for feeding purposes.
The Durant Cotton Oil Mill Com-
pany of this city successfully crush-
ed peanuts the past season and
found a ready market for the oil and
the cake and meal. It was an exper-
iment on the part of the local com-
pany but Mr. W. F. Pendleton man-
ager of the company says the ven-
ture was entirely successful. So far
as Is known the local company Is the'
first cotton oil company In the world
to work up peanuts on a large scale
with cotton mill machinery. Next
year Mr. Pendleton plans handling
tho nuts on a gigantic scale and as-
Burse the farmers of a ready market
for all thopeanuts they can raise.
TAX FERRET'S WORK
IN BRYAN COUNTY
Gilbert PreBiiell professional tax-
ferret has evidently done a pretty
good job of work In behalf of Bryan
County for his efforts will result in
tho collection of $6738.41 In taxos
which the county probably never
would havo seen had it not been for
the services of the ferret. Through
his efforts personal property t.o the
value of $157386 and roal estate to
tho value of $125298 which had not
been rendered for 1915 taxos has
been discovered and placed on the
rolls and the taxes aro In courBO of
collection. According to Mr. I'res-
noil's contract with the couity com-
missioners he received 15 per cent of
nil taxes collected In this manner
FOUND KNIFE) IN COUNTY JAIIL
Tho Bherlff's force probably avert-
ed ajall delivery or an attompt at a
delivery tho foro part of this weok
when a very sharp ten-Inch knlfo
blado was found secreted In the main
jail rooniA It Is supposed that tho
prisoners Intended to make a saw
from the blado to use in sawing their
wny out of tho Jail. Nono of tho
prisoners wduld admit tho owner-
ship of the knife It is believed that
soma visitor' smuggled it Into tho
.
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TOO MUCH LEGISLATURE
SAYS GOVERNOR WILLIAMS
Fnvor.4 Meeting Only Onco Each Year
nnd Then Only for Thirty Days
Only Necessary Legislation
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Governor R. L. WilliasniifdciroBS-
ed tho Ministerial Association at Ok-
lahoma City Tuesday and spoke of
the functions of government telling
of somo of the troubles of the State
Government. He said that the main
trouble is that there is too much Leg-
islature. That Governor Williams
has come to more fully believe this
since he convoked tho present ex-
traordinary Besslon is generally be-
lieved. "I advocate a law which will per-
mit the meeting of the Stalo Legis-
lature but onco a year" said the Gov-
ernor "and thon but for thirty days.
Onco in ten years I would permit a
long session. During the short an-
nual sessions such legislation as is
necessary could be enacted. During
the decennial term such of the laws
as had proven unsatisfactory could
bo repealed. A Legislature will pass
a good law once In a while and often
before it has had time to prove its
worth it is repealed. I have given
much thought to the Ideas which I
advocate In this connection and I
am cinvlnced that their adoption
would result In better government
than we now have."
Tho Governor also discussed ' the
educational system of the Stato the
penal system and the judiciary. The
judiciary education and legislation
are the three most Important sub-
jects in his opinion that confront the
State.
Discussing the penal system Gov-
ernor Williams said:
"As a part of our educational sys-
tem I Include our Stato penitentiar-
ies and institutions. My hobby is
the State asylum at Norman and the
State penitentiary at McAlester.
Whenever I can snatch off a few mln-
utesfrom my work I visit one of the
two.
"And It Is my delight to tell any
of the 2000-or more' inmates of the
McAlester penitentiary with whom I
nnma In o'nntnnt ffl ttiocxoi vlaltfl Hint
them. They must release themselves
by showing their own ability to
work and their willingness to sup-
port the"mselves decently and hon-
estly after they ledve the prison
Avails.
''I believe in paroling and pardon
ingprlsonerr" worthy rijfoners.
There Is nothing that gives me more
gratification than ito be able to lib
erate one of the unfortunates who is
compelled to spend his days within
tho gray prison wallB. I think that
the example of that convict's winning
his way back to freedom by his own
efforts encourages his felows to live
a better life.
"Then there Is the question of tax
es which conironts me as it con-
fronts every State executive. I re-
ceive letters every day from men in
other States with capital to Invest
asking me why taxes in Oklahoma
are so high. I always reply that Ok-
lahoma Is a new State a baby State.
We have problems of building and
construction before "us that long since
have been solved by the older States.
Taxes are high In Oklahoma but we
aro building out hore on the prairies
a magnificent commonwealth."
Tho Governor lauded denomina-
tional schools and asserted that there
are too few of them and possibly too
many State Institutions of higher
learning. He continued:
"Ab the head of our State educa-
tional system I am very proud of
what we have dono. We have ar
ranged things so as to have at least a
five-month term of school In evory
county In tho Stato and eight and
nine-month terms In the majority.
But we have too few denominational
schools and in any movement which
you gentlemen and the churches you
represent make for tho establishment
of schools I will heartily support as
long as I am Governor of Oklahoma."
EMBARGO ON ARMS
Congressman Davles of Texas has
Introduced in the Houso of Represen-
tatives a resolution calling upon the
United States for an Immediate em-
bargo ou the Bhlpmont to any com-
bntant in the world war of any "kind
of munitions of war. The resolution
was roferred to the committee on
rules and set' for hearing Wednesday
of this week.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE TO CONGRESS
Tho woman suffrage amendment
to tho Constitution of the United
States .has beon referred to Congress
as a whole and without recommenda-
tion as to whether it pass ornoThe
roferopce to Congress was made by
the House Judiciary subcomlttee.
kiled' self and children
At Fort Worth Wednesdayvmorn-
Ing Mrs. G. T. Kelly aged 40 shot
hor two boys aged 9 and 11. and
thon killed herself. Ono of tho chil-
dren will perhaps recover. Despon-
dency over the continued absence of
hor husband a tinner is said to have
led to uor rash net. Sho is said to
have" talked to her husband by long1
. jdj.stance jnnd.camp dlscourpgod.f
NUMBER SIX
DURANT MAY GET
NATURAL GAS
Syndicate of Northern Capitalists
Contemplate .Piping Nnturnl Gas
Hore for Public Consumption.-
Will Aslc for Franchise.
Durant has an opportunity to se-
cure natural gas so It seoms and at
rates no higher than aro paid in oth-
er cities that have this convenient
form for fuel and power.
A gentleman wns here yesterdayj
(wO promised not to mention hlfc
name Just yet) who represents a
syndicate of Northern men whose
business is the furnishing of natural
gas for commercial purposes. They
are interested in Durant nnd .accord-
ing to the advance man will sorlous-
ly consider tho piping of gas Into this
cltyf6r sale to the public if a- fran-
chise can be secured.
In his talk tho representative Gald:
"Our pooplo are in the gas business.
If a suitable franchise can be secured
from tho city I feel sure that out
people will do buBinos with your
city and do it quick. It is an out
nnd' out business proposition with us
and while we have not gone into the
matter thoroughly enough to como
to a definite conclusion I feel con-
fident that the gas business hero
would pay."
LUSITANIA case is
NEARING SETTLEMENT
The latest Information from offi-
cial "sources In Washington is to the
effect that tho Lusltanla matter Is
at last nearlng a settlement. In fact
that It is already practically settled
though formalities have yet to be ob-
served n finally closing the matter.
High government officials consider
that this government In prevailing
upon Germany to make the conces-
sions and agree ments that are set
forth in tho document has achieved
recognition of all the high principles
for which It has contended In con-
nection with submarine warfare.
While the substance of tho pro-
posed communication admittedly is
satisfactory minor changes to clarify
the wording and In connection with
tho form which tho formal document
will take have been suggested t to
Count "Bernstorff the German Am-
bassador by Secretajry LanBlng.
--The situation may be summarized
in the following 'statement-made by
an administration official:
"A settlement of the LuBllanla
case is in sight probably within tho
next few days. Tho United States
has not increased Its demands; It has
not reduced them. You can draw
your own conclusions as to the basis
of tho agreement. Tho wording pro-
posed by Germany appears to cover
the position of tho United States. It
is not fair to assume that tliere win
be any further admissions or conces
sions from Berlin."
BELIEVE WILSON WILL
HAVE NO OPPOSITION
President Wilson will- be renom-
inated without opposition Is the con-
census of opinion of the subcommit-
tee of the National Democratic Com-
mittee which met In St. Louis Tues-
day to arrange details for the Demo-
cratlc national convention.
The committee was not so certain
however .that Vice President Mar-
shall would be renominated
The committee did not select a
temporary chairman and this will
probably not be done until May. Sen-
ator James . Reed of Missouri is
being discussed as a possibility for
this Important position tne comnui-
teo thinking It .fitting that the tem-
porary presiding officer should bo
chosen from the State In which tho
convention Is to be held.
OPPOSITION TO LOUIS BRANDIES
Tho President of the United States
paved tho way for a row when he
nominated Louis D. Brandies the
eminent Boston lawyer and econo-
mist for position on the bonoh of the
United States Supreme Court to take
tho place of Justice Lamar deceased.
to'or the first time m nisiory mw
Senate has conducted a public in-
quiry as to Brandies' fitness and
many prominent people havo been
called on to testify. Much testimony
has boon presented to show that
while Brandies was counsel ror me
Interstate Commerce Commission he
gave way to the railroads on many
important points whloh ho could eas-
ily havo avoided.
SENATE PASSES COAL
MINE BILL 23 TO 10
Tho first decisive victory forHho
policies of Governor Williams In thla
session of the Legislature to bo fo-
corded In a roll call occurred Tues-"
day evening when tho Senate passed
finally by a vote of 23 to 16 tho
nenitentlarv coal mine bill. Tho bill
had the opposition of organized labor
in Oklahoma City and from many
portions of the State. The bill seemR
likely to pass In tho Houso.
Senator Mcintosh of Bryan County
was among the Senators who voted
ngainot tho measure and has received-
many congratulations for Jils po-
sltlqn in the matter.
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Evans, E. M. Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, February 11, 1916, newspaper, February 11, 1916; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc82690/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.