The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-30
LEGISLATORS MEET
FOR NEW SESSION
Many Arrive to "Repair Fences" And
Find Temporary Quarters-"Dark
Horse" Talked.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 30.-With but
eight days remaining before the fourth
legislature convenes in regular ses
sion, the first sprinkling of legisla
tors and lobbyists are already upon
the city, the former seeking perma.
nent quarters for the next two OF
three months or beginning the actual
battle over the speakership; the lat
ter, making their first stealthy ap.
proaches toward the legislative bat.
Elements.
The senatorial investigating commit
tee resumes its work Monday at 2
o'clock, and probably will continue
right up to January 6, the day before
the legislature meets, which is the
date set by the senate for reconvening
after the special senate session recess.
The work Of the committee this next
week will be continuation of the
probe into the affairs of the state
board of affairs, and an investigation
of the record in Office and policies of
the state game warden and the state
election board. 1t is not impossible
that the matter of the confirmation
Of the appointees under fire will go
over the regular session, owing to lack
of time to complete the probe.
Senator Jones of Sapulpa is the first
of the investigating committee to re-
turn; Senator Thomas of Lawton, the
chairman, may not be in before Tues
day, so it is understood, but his alb
sence will not hinder the work being
resumed Monday afternoon.
Candidates Arriving.
Other Legislators arriving are largely
of the lower house, about dozen of
whom were on hand Sunday night. j.
Roy Williams of Lawton, candidate for
speaker, came in Friday, and will be
on hand from now forward. J. H..
Maxey Of NIuskogee, another Of the
four ayowed candidates for the speak
ership, is to be over at least by Tues
day, to establish headquarters. Messrs.
Smith of Shawnee and Crawford of
Ada are also expected to get here
early.
The speakership fight still continues
four-sided affair. And whether the
winner will be Smith, Crawford,
Maxey or Williams depends largely
upon which man the prognosticator is
himself favoring. In other words, each
of the candidates show unusual con-
fidence and their friends something
more than the usual optimism in their
behalf. The last month has added
but one clear development, and that
is, an insistent and growing belief that
a fifth candidate may come into sight.
The dark horse" is said to be no
other than Hubert L. Bolen of Okla
homa City, who managed Senator
Owens campaign. Representative
Bolen Is exceedingly non-committal,
but the fact remains that his name is
mentioned more and more by incom-
ing legislators and politicians gener-
ally as that of a man who may change
the present four-sided fight into com
plete puzzle which he alone will solve.
The fact that the coming session of
the legislature will deal with several
very important matters affecting each
multitude of persons and interests
accounts for the early arrival of lobby
lists and the unusual pre-convention
activity of local legislative agents. 1t
is believed that the accredited legisla-
tive agents that will file with this
legislature viii treble those of other
sessions, while all the indications
point TO large aggregation of strict
ly on the @. r." lobbyists who will not
appear officially before the legislature.
School Book Lobbyists.
The school book companies are
credited with having the largest rep
among the lobbyists al
ready on hand. The state teachers
association, just adjourned, probably
had something to do with the book