Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-12
JUST ONE "RED DOOK ITEM or
COLOR AND INVESTIGATION
FALLS THROUGH.
THE DD-NOTHIlC SENATE"
Prize Fighting Wins Point; II Is
Made a Felony TO Buy Restrict
ed Indian Lands.
(BY j. 4. MKEEVER.)
(Staff Correspondent)


CStaH Correspondent
OKLAHOMA CITY, March IA
report from the committee on the sec
rotary OF states office and the widen
Ing of todays developments along the
investigating line. The plea set up by
Ballard in his answer TO the impeach-
mont charges in the senate this
morning caused several members Ui
the house to say hard things about
the subcommittee of the efficiency
committee that investigated the insur-
Hncr department. Ballard In his an
swcr claims immunity from prosecu-
tion on the grounds that he was
forced to testify about the after OF
which he is charged before the eff
nccpcy committee
The report on the Office OF the sec
retary Of state was filed late this aft
crnoon and turned over TO the general
investigating committee The report
in brief follows:
Tho secretary and his force are
found to he very efficient, and the
secretary gets along with as small an
amount of help as possible one eN-
ira stenographer was employed for
while that is not provided by law
but this Secretary Harrison explains
by saying that a large part of the
records filed with his predecessor In
office had not been indeXed, and this
work required the extra help.
Cri,icjsm l. Wcnl.
The renort criticised the SECRETARY
for aIIovinp one of his. emnloyes at
= ,imn vhen no was empIovinc ex.
ira holm to use three motnhs of his
timo in compiling and reading proof
.. on the POD Rock
Tho most serious thing ON the re-
mort is that the COMMITTEES found that
q warrant had been drawn June 90.
1872 for s21dO hearing the notation
for distribution of the Red Book."
rho socratarv rho ,onort savs. toId
them that this warrant was drawn he
conse of the fact that on July l the
money concentrated to tbe state sec
Rotary would he reverted into the
treasury unless some way had been
found to draw II ont before the end
of TN, fiscal voar Ja said Al 5OO of
iT gI hApn n NJ a
ana other omce sunnIies
The comnittoe found that mart Of
tbe money had been used to nay the
exneuses cf one of the couniIers of
tho Pod RooI, on q trim to Tulsa and
tba balance had becn uscd IN lis dis
trihution
M \c,iou ou Dujg.
MT, .. ,,,-.., .i. ..,,..
far as getting action on the hundred
or more house bills that have been
sent to them is concerned and the
prospects Of passing more than a few
of the important bills became much
DINNER.
Unless there Is a decided change in
the next few days. this senate will go
down in history as one that has pass
ed fewer bills than any since state
hood
Most of the time today was spent
ir considering the Edmonson bill
authorizing the extension by the
school land commission for the time
io' '"v pay ll'eh' u scnool i"iIuS a' SIN
P', 'c,.' i"'e' eSt' Pe'tS "sh u'
loPs" o,' 'i'l' D', !. De.ns oi,'t seu
.i'"' a .uc' il'u Dee" o''a'iieu ,ia'
-, 80 ra' - 0.,
O.su :, o',' '''e SNioo' i".,u' =, '"e
'ls.' ,'.l - o'a.,on pi''.u y" 'le ~" U
'''"' scr" .oi w u Nue' ".' "i' WIN
"a po" e'iu' la''oi III puliu'" "s up
nu''.'O'l ~, i'''',ii'le. An aIneiui"e.t pS
.noI,'Psou' ei"s lie la'e VI In
'eSl |" zen per cent was hhalS
"uoi'oo anu the p''l was passed.
Felony to Buy Lands.
The Harlan bill, making 1t a felony
to purchase restricted Indian home
stead land was also passed this after
noon in addition to a $4,000 deficiency
appropriation for the mining board
The conference committee on the
rcdistr'cting bill are apparently at a
deadlock. neither house being willing
to concede point. In order to force
the house to recede from its position,