The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-17
A LIVELY TILT IN
THE LEGISLATURE
POSSIBILITIES NARROWLY AVERT.
Ed IN DEBATE OVER TtE CODE
BILL.

Guthrie. OKLA. March lG.-A riot. !
ON. time was had in the house to.
DAY during consideration of the bill
uy Senator Thomas, appropriatins
sIG.GU0 10 complete the rodii'ation
,f The oklahoma statutes.
R.mcsontativc- Term of kio"a
and Ewcll of Bryan. severely crit
lciscd the code commission. Ewcl!
said that The code commission l.
q shame and a disgrace to the state.
Representative Durant OF Bryan DIFF
for,d from Ewell \ debate followed
that threatened 10 terminate i'm phys
i.al hCstiitics. \ climax to tho ar
gumcnt came when the chairman OF
the committee of the whole, Repre-
sentative Bryan. attempted to max"
Ewcll take his seat, declaring him
ont Of order Ew,l continued talking
and Bryan tried to drown his re-
marks with the eaycL This continued
until the whole house was In an up
roar. The extraordinary scene con
tiru,d for several minutes The s"na'
tors began descrtne their work 10
see what was the matter ana
the house chamber was soon crowd
ed with spectators which increased
the confusion. The speaker pro tenn
the house. Representative iarri
son. finally stepped up ON the speak
e., stand. checked Bryan's hammer.
ngaud stopped Eweli'- remarks, none
of which had been heard
During the argument on the bill
Tcrrill said that the alleged code
prepared by thr chairman and sec
rotary of the code commission,
Judges Harris and Day Is not com.
plct, enough, not accurate enough,
and mt worthy enough TO be- adopt
cd in amy way lie said that he had
heard the chairman OF the code
commission say that the junk in the
alleged finished code was thrown
seven or eight clerks in fourteen
l days. Ills entire speech on the bill
p was a bitter pronunciation OF OF th"
p code commission members. lie ended
by saying he Wa in faN-r OF allow
ing them To complete the code, II
they desired 10 save their regulations
$ a, lawyers and eclf-rcspect a. citi
u zcns and were willing to complete
their work without any more pay
= from the state.
The code commits sion got very 1t
tie defense from any one. even those
fa,ormg the Thomas bill having moth
ing To say complimentary The Ewcl
motion to kill the bill was defeated
W BY four votes and the bill rec
ommcudcd for passage with one vet
to spare.
The code .ommissiou Is compose'
o, W II Rrowulce of Kingfishor an'
j. Il. Thomas OF Muskogec, repuh
Leans: ienc =. Day OF Pctoau, San
II Harris of Oklahoma City ah'
Iohn l.. Hayes OF Hobart, democrats
b., They were appointed by Governor Has
kcn ana began work April |, 1905
They were To have finished the worI
of compiling the Oklahoma laws b.
. December /. 1909. but fell ut amoni
Themselves. dividing into two fac
tions. making one compilation OF tn
y, statutes and partially complete
code. The Thomas bill proposes Il
d, discharge the code commission AM
app. int, through a legislative con
mittcc OF six, three representative
and three senator's. some one CON
pctent man 20 complete the work -
codifying th, statutes. There Is con
siderable doubt expressed as 10 n
passage of the Thomas bill finally
-. 1t did not have the - rcquisit
70 tys this afternoon.
The house recommended foy pas.
age in committee of the whole tn
following bills by Stewart OF tn
senate appropriating 5000 for th
N expense of the onico OF the gam
% warden, TWO bills by the scnat
\" ,thoo Land committee, appropriatin
"A $g9.212 70 reimburse the commo
), Schc fund Tor money spent in pay
}" ins the expenses of the school Ian
: department and appropratinG Sl6l5
~ % pay the expenses OF the schoo
"a land Office until 1911. by Stafford G