Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-03
SENATE TO PROBE
bennett CHARGE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE NAMED no
INNESIIGNIE STORY.
CRUCE VETOES A BILL
Governor shocks Public Building iaC-
uuu, by lctoius 100000
Appropriation

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oklahoma CilN ONH Mar .. -.
President uro-tem Thomas, %, the APP
pointed select senatorial committee
Thursday afternoon To- investigate the
graft charge brought by Dr. leo ID,
Bennett of Muskugee against certain
members of the senate
The senators composing the COM
mittoc are Sorols ot Wubuton, era
ham of Cutu1su Horton of Altus, Pot
,yr of Ohmulgec and Chapman of
TouhaVu Senator aHrryls is chair
man. Senator Mitchell ut Cheyenne
Uus ltst named ou the committee but
pleaded that ho wished TO 80 home
at the close of the session and was
replaced hy Senator Horton.
Or. Bennett, who IS member of
the capitol commission, gave an In
t,ryiew to the Muskogee Phoenix in
which he cast suspicious on senator's,
whom he did not name.
All amendments offered to the
school land sale bill In the committee
OF the whole ana donated were pro-
posed In the senate again Tuesday
afternoon and all rejected, The bill
was then passed finally 20 to II. Al
Joint resolution was introduced boy
Senators Redwine. Franklin and Rod
die submitting the Male bin TO the
people at the 1912 general election.
Governor Cruce Mortified the pub
lie building factions at the legisla-
ture Thursday by vetoing the $ll5,0OO
Edmond normal school appropriation,
lie observed in that connection that
II he proposed TO permit appropria'
| tlons for any normal school, he would
| favor Edmond first. The Colville
! McMehan bill carried 100000 for n
new building and $4,000 for equip
ment In his message OF disapproval
the governor said that half the stu
dents enrolled at Edmond are doing
grade work and that the people must
bridge between the normal and high
school. Tho fact is that there In not
u single school doing real normal
school work. He contended that 1t Is
unfair to the people to appropriate
money that belongs to all the people
to help out special localities He ex-
pressed the opinion that II the grade
work were eliminated, there would
be ample room TO meet all pressing
needs at this time.
The governor reiterated that the
public building fund Is fast being de-
pleted and said It is the part Of wis
dom to make only such appropria-
tions for public buildings as the ex-
egencles OF the occasion imperatiyely
demanded.
Legislature TO Hold Over.
Oklahoma City, okla, Mar 2. -
Adjournment OF the legislature Sat
urday is impossible, though the house
is ready to quit kilograms were re-
ceived from Washington Thl = day
that 1t was doubtful II any important
bill would pass at the regular ses-
sion. This will doubtless prevent re-
districting the state at this legislative
session.
Revision Formally Adopted.
Oklahoma city Okla, Mar 2.-Tho
senate placed the finishing touches
on the Hardls- Day bin Thursday af-
ternoon by passing the house bill for
mally adopting the revision and maxi
Ing II effective thirty days after pub
lcation and circulation. Tho vote
was 81 to 10.
one amendment was adopted, by
Vandeventer, requiring the secretary
OF state TO proclaim In advance the
day when tho laws would go into
effect.
New Tax On Mortgages.
Oklahoma City, March 2.-Taxa-
ton OF mortgages In oklahoma Ia
limited to so cents a 500. 70 be paid
at the time Of recording. under the
provisions Of the bin advanced to third
reading in tho house Thursday after
noon.
The tax on mortgages now in effect
is to be- paid before July I. 1911.
Taxation Of mortgage bonds filed by
railroad companies is to be based on
the amount Of money actually ad-
vanced.
The senate perfected the Thomas
bill. creating office Of tax commission
er at $4,000 a year, Former State
Auditor NJ. r. Trapp, OF Guthrie, has
fixed longing eye on the new job
The office now exists I'm practically
every state In the union.
The house took exception TO that
section IN the liquor bill. defining the
powers Of the governor to remove
negligent county officials and rejected
tho Joint conference committee report
A brand new conference committee
was named The vote was i3 10 % on
the first report.
Majority and minority reports were
returned by the senate public build
ing's committee on the bill appropriate
Ing t25O00 10 complete the peniten-
tlary at McAloster The majority ia
vored the bill Senator Thompson
and Vandeyeutcr Stoned the minority
report recommending an approprla-
ton Of $4,000.
Senators CollIlle and MeDccham
relntroduced the vetoed Edmond Nor
NAL school, with the appropriation
cut from $4,000 to $4,000.
Colorcd Training School.
Oklahoma City, March A train
Ina, oohooI for do1luiuupnt CoiOrpd