Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-31
FIRST STEPS IN IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDING TAKEN ~
STATE SENATE.
IS A RAP At OIL people
senator Wilson Takes Occasion 10
SHOW Ills Spleen Against
Northern Oklahoma.
ON j. r. MkEENERD
(Stln Corrcspondeut)


OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan, 3O.-(Spe-
clal) The senate today took the first
steps in preparing for the lmpcach-
mcnt trials Of state Auditor Leo Mcy-
er and State Printer Giles Farrls
Chief Justice Hayes, who will pro-
side over the trial. was called to the
senate and Administered the jurors
oaths as prescribed by the constitution
TO the senate IN each case. Immedi-
atcly the house managers appeared
before tho senate and presented tho
formal articles OF impeachment which,
amid much solemnity, were read.
Summons for Farris and Meyers will
be Issued tomorrow, returnablo In five
days, when the two men must appear
before the senate and plead to the
charges At that time date will be
set for the beginning Of the trial
The rules followed by the United
States senate IN the impeachment OF
President Andrew Johnson will be fol-
lowed, although they will be expedlt-
ed as much as possible
The governor today submitted to tho
senate the names of four men to III
four OF the six vacant places on tho
state board Of education The men
We're as follows with the dates Of the
termination Of their terms: M. n.
Duncan, Pauls Valley, 1913: IT. c. Pot
ter Ardmore, 1915; Frank J. Wykoff,
oklahoma City, 1917, and Or. Francis
b. Fite, Muskogee, 1917 No action on
their confirmation was taken today.
The Thompson BILL making prize
fighting a felony punishable by nor
less than one nor more than three
years I'm the state penitentlary, was
recommended for passage by the sen.
ate sitting as committee OF the whole
today The bill will probably pass or
final roll call.
Two concurrent resolutions were IN.
troduced in the senate today havins
direct bearing on the grandfather
clause. One requests President-eleci
Wilson to remove the two United
States attorneys and all other federal
officers "who aided in lntlmidating
voters at the last general election
Tho other requests Wilson TO pardon
Frank Quinn and ]. J. Beal. two dem.
ocratlc election officials under sem
tence to the federal penitentlary fot
enforcing the grandfather law.
The general probe Of every depart.
ment OF the state was gotten under
way today, when Speaker Maxey ap.
pointed the investigating committee Of
nine as authorized by the resolution
passed Monday The committee held
their first meeting tonight at which an
organization was perfected and plans
discussed for beginning the probe
The committee as appointed and
confirmed by the house follows:
Speaker Mayey, ex official. chair.
man, I'm Of Plttshurr, Tehce, Craw.
ford, Smith Of Pottawatomic. Curtis
Mitchell, Childers and Edminster. re.
publican
Senator Ben T.. Wilson OF Oklahoma
and Canadian counties the real au.
thor OF the house hill placing q three
per cent gross revenue tax on oil
made another bitter attack on the OF
interests today. The matter came up
when a petition from S. G. Treadweu
a prominent attorney Of Oklahoma
city, 10 act az legislative agent for the
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil co.
was read In the house.
No sooner had the petition been
read than Wilson was on his feet, pro-
testing against granting him the right
to lobby although every other request
Of this kind has been granted without
opposition. Wilson declared that the
Oh interests had no right to be repre-.
sented here. He charged that his bill
in the house had been sent to the oil
and gas committee instead OF the COM
mittee on revenue ard taxation. foi
the express purpose of killing It.
number Of senators spoke in n.
vor Of granting the petition. declaring
the oil interests were the largest IN
the state and were certainly entitled
TO representation. The petition was
finally granted with Wilson casting tho
only vote against it.