The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-06
OKLAHOMA SENATE
TO OPPOSE CRUCE
Insurgents Plan to Block Confirmation
Of Governors Appointees-An
investigation First.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 2.--An attempt
to nullify the governors confirmation
programme will be made by insurgent
senators. Much unexpected opposi-
tion developed today among the sena-
tors to confirmation at the special ses-
sion, which begins at noon tomorrow,
and movement was placed on foot
tonight to appoint committees to in
vestigate the various appointees of
the governor, whose names are to be
submitted, and Their to adjourn until
the regular session. If this should be
done it would upset the governors
in special session ana might result in
the failure of several of his appointees
to secure the approval of the senate.
/ The fact that senator's from most of
the institutional towns, friends of the
old board of education, and those who
are not politically friendly with the
Cruce administration, are working
against the governors programme, has
lgiven belief that a majority, if not all,
of the combinations will be put over
until the regular session. Arguments
| for postponement are made upon the
ground that the Legislature probably
Twill want to abolish some Of the de-
lpartments and in that view there is
nothing to be gained by the senate
comforting its sanction at this time,
If a committee is named to look into
the work of the educational board, it
will not, the statement is, go into the
record evidence adduced at the hear
| ing held by Governor Cruce, but more
to developing what the board has done
since then
/ One democratic senator said tonight,
Some of the appointees will not be
confirmed and none will be approved
that are not found to be all right after
an investigation. We are going to
show the people OF the state that there
care three distinct branches of govern
ment in Oklahoma of which the legis-
lative is one, and we hope to demon
strate that this branch is independent
of the executive"
The definite programme OF the spe-
cial session will not be determined
upon until after a permanent organ
ization of the senate, which will hold
good throughout the regular session, is
effected. A democratic caucus is in
session tonight at the Skirwin hotel for
the purpose of deciding upon this or
Iganization.
A plan to bring the names of Glenn,
Hayes and Dunlop, old members of the
state board of education, before the
senate for consideration, has been de-
vised by attorneys for the members
who mthe governor removed 1t is
proposed to ask the senate to pass a
resolution requesting the secretary Of
state to certify to it records of all re-
cess appointments made by the gov
lernor since the last session. Such rec
ords would contain the names of the
old board members, and friends of the
board contend that the senate could
then confirm them if it saw fit, in the
place of the new members appointed
by the governor
There is one contest to be deter
mined in the senate, George J.. Aycock
of Texhoma. a democrat, has been
elected to succeed Senator Langston,
now a deputy United States marshal
1t is understood that Langston will
contend that his appointment to the
federal position does not prevent him
serving out his unexpired term as state
senator or until the next general cleo
ton two years hence.