The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-16
HOUSE REVERSES ACTION ON BANKING
B|LL...COMP[ETE REVERSAL Of VOTE
(From The Oklahoman0

The house of representatives We'd
nesday completely reversed its first
action on the banking bill, and by a
vote of 67 to 80 reconsidered its adop-
ton of the Killam-Fuller-Mo mi
nority committee report, which it had
adopted Tuesday by a vote of 81 to
IL.
Exactly a score of members, five re-
publicans and fifteen democrats,
changed sides to bring about this re-
suit.
The second fight was short Sem
pie made his motion to reconsider
the adoption of the minority report,
as he had given notice Tuesday he
would. Anthony moved to substitute
the motion to reconsider and table.
The Anthony motion got the roll call,
and it lost by a vote of 80 aye, 67
no, I absent. Under Speaker Durant's
rulings, when the motion to reconsid-
er and table fails, the measure is
reconsidered.
Well satisfied with undoing what
had been done Tuesday, the support
ers of the motion to reconsider at
tempted nothing further. The bill will
not come up again until Friday.
The action of the house Wednes-
day merely puts matters back to
where they were before the first fight,
in which the governors idea of
banking board was defeated. Both
the majority committee report on the
bill, advocating the governors ideas,
and the minority report, recommend
ing the contrary, are before the house
to be disposed of.
Wednesdays action was not brought
about easily. 1t is said that several
prominent politicians did not sleep
Tuesday night, and the word went out
that the governor was to be given an
other chance at all hazards. While
it is realized that the house has no
animosity toward the chief executive,
the three consecutive defeats of the
three important gubernatorial recon-
mendations presented to the house
are beginning to excite much COM
ment and some anger.
Fair Chance.
The charge is being made by some
few that the governors ideas have
not been given fair chance. For this
'eason the house leaders with the gov.
ernor on the banking bill were doubly
determined that it should be made
plain that the gubernatorial recon-
were receiving earnest
and respectful consideration; while
he house leaders against the COVER
nor on the question of a banking
board were Wednesday disposed, for
he same reason, not to make any
strenuous fight against a reconsidera.
lion. They, too, want to dispel any
dea that the lower house is treating
The governors recommendation with
malice or lack of seriousness.
This same reason is assigned by
several of the members who reversed
themselves "Wednesday and went over
to the governors side for the time.
Their vote, they said, does not touch
he composition of the banking board;
It merely gives the friends of the gov
ernor another chance to plead the
governors ideas or to amend them to
to what a majority of the
house conscientiously believes should
)e done.
Following are the fifteen democrats
Who voted against the governors
deas Tuesday, but who voted We'd
esday to undo Tuesdays work; Ash
" of Jackson, Ashby of Pushmataha,
baldwin, Barham, Glover. Green,
might, Leftwich, Madden of Harmon,
1ilburn, Moss, Searcy, Smith of Adair
Webb, Steen.
Following are the FIVE republicans
Tho also voted to give the governors
leas another chance although they
ad voted against him Tuesday:
blackburn, Campbell, Clark of Grant,
avison, Vosburgh.
Following is the full list of those
ho voted against reconsideration
lednesday: Akin, Anthony, Breed
we, Brooks, Broome. Brubaker. Clark
: Atoka, Clark of Pawnee, Clayton,
oyne, Folsom, James, Johnson. Kill
I'M, King, Lenox, Lewis (who was
bsent Tuesday,. Lindsey, McEl
aney,, McDuffie, Marshall, Moore OF /
ttawa, Moore of Coal, New, Nisbett, u
eebly, Peery, Pryor, Roland, Stock C
IN. Tabor, Teehee, Vogle, Whitman, I
of Comanche. Total, S5. I
For Reconsideration.
Following are those who voted to i
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