Third Legislature Opens Session at Oklahoma City
The third Oklahoma Legislature begins its session in Oklahoma City with Governor Haskell delivering a greeting message and committee assignments being formed. House and Senate organizations are confirmed, with Speaker Durant presiding and Elmer Thomas as Senate president pro tempore. Bills contemplated include redistricting, tax and banking law changes, school land sales, a temporary capital building, state fire marshal, and revised primary election laws.
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Oxishown City
Okla
Haskell
House
Epétis
Senate
W. A Duract
Panera
Sema
J. J. McAlester
Elmer Thomas
Lawton
Lena
Durant
le Huckins Hotel
Burny
State Banking Board
Emimmor
Oklahoma City
Corer
Priific Affairs
Tomnilesion
Ecliow Land Lessees
Kern Succeeds Beveridge as Indiana Senator Likely
The Indianapolis report predicts that if Indiana Democrats carry out their state convention wishes, Jom Worth Kern will be elected United States senator by the legislature on January 7 with a Democrat majority in joint ballot. Kern, a former gubernatorial candidate and Bryan’s 1908 running mate, accuses brewery interests of bribery. no opposition to his election is seen, though some Republicans may back Beveridge.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indians General Assembly
Jom Worth Kern
United States
Kern
Lut
Benjamin PF. Shively
W. J. Bryan
Beneidge
National Civ Federation to Discuss Uniform Legislation at 1911 Meeting
The National Civic Federation plans its eleventh annual meeting at the Hotel Astor in York from January 12 to 14, 1911. Delegates from state councils across thirty four states will attend, with governors often presiding over initial sessions. Topics to urge uniform state laws include regulation of combinations and trusts, taxation, insurance, pure foods, and good roads building.
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Hotel Astor
York
Farnegie
Seth Law
August Belmont
Samuel Gompers
Myron T. Herrick
George W. Perkins
James R Garfield
W. C. Brown
John Mitchell
Samuel Untermeyer
William D. Foulke
Prederick N. Judson
George B. Cortetyou
James Duncan
John Hays Hammond
Emerson McMillin
A. Leo Weil
Marcus M. Marks
James O'Connell
One M. Bidlitz
Walker George Smith
P. Tecumset Sherman
Gilbert H. Montague
Warren
Stone
E. R. A. Seligman
J. W. Jenks
Charles L. Jewett
John €. Richberg
Thomas W. Shelton
Ralph W. Breckenridge
Nahum J.bachelier
ME. Ingalls
Edgar A. Bancroft
William D. Halon
Theodore Marburg
Hollin
Woodruff
Coun’ l
Fire at Oklahoma City causes massive loss
Fire sparked by a chimney blaze in Oklahoma City blazed through the wholesale district late last night, inflicting an estimated 9100,000 in losses. Firefighters battled to save the adjacent saddlery company and a hotel as hydrants failed and water supply was limited. The windfaced inferno with water streams hindered by height, temperatures around zero, and the entire city force engaged in efforts to stop the spread.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Fie
Clogie Ff
Saddlery Company
Tce
Bank Guarantee Law Sustained by Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court upheld the bank deposit guarantee laws of Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska in a decision that reinforces state backed protections for depositors. The ruling faced questions over constitutional bounds but was sustained as a valid exercise of state power to insure bank deposits.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Supreme Co of the
United States
Oklaho
Kansas
Nebraska
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