Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-16
COMMISSIONERS SELECTED BY
BOTH HOUSES THURSDAY
REPUBLICAN LANDS.
REFERENDUM RESORTED TO
Antl-Capitol Forces VIII Put Matter
10 Vote Of the People, Thus
Holding II Up.


Especial Only two technical roll
calls now stand between the capitol
appropriation bill with Its provision
naming w. b. Anthony, i. j. Gould
ing and Stephen A. Douglas, as the
capitol commission, and complete rat
incation by the legislature.
The commissioners were selected
ana confirmed by both houses Thurs
day. The bill is now technically in
conference and the formal report of
the conferees must be approved by
both houses before the bill is finally
passed, and ready for the governor.
The conferees will merely insert
the names of the three commissioners
chosen Thursday and adjust the mi
nor differences between the house
and senate upon few points, the
most important of which was the SEN
ate amendment putting the salary OF
the commissioners back to $4,000 per
annum. The house passed the bill
with the salaries at S250O. Both
houses are expected to vote upon the
conference report Friday.
There is practically no question of
the measure receiving the requisite
| constitutional majority in either
house h ough h the 'anti-capitol"
forces of the house OF representatives
will make their final stand upon this
roll call. There is small possibility of
the emergency being attacked. Ac-
cording to the parliamentarlans. the
emergency could be added only by IA
joint resolution passed by both hous-
es, so instructing the conferees, and
this would be a novelty as well as an
| extreme step.
AS consequence the bill will not
become law until 80 days after the
legislature has finally adjourned the
special session, which at the best will
not be before the first of July. The
bill therefore will not become an op-
erative law until the first of July at
least
AS another consequence the "anti-
capitol" forces are threatening the
referendum and plans are said to be
already under way for securing ref
erendum petitions.
In the event that the bill is referred
It would not become operative until
voted on which would be either in a
special election to be called by the
governor, or at the general election
in 1914.
The selection of the three commits
sioners was made with unexpected
ease Friday and was due to a gen
eral decentralization of the anti-capi-
tol forces, and to an utter failure to
put through any frame up" plans
If there were any.
The senate had made its nomina-
tion of Mr.. Anthony Wednesday night
and that with but comparatively lit
tie trouble as his candidacy has been
strong from the beginning.
But in the house and among the
republicans it looked Thursday morn
ing that any chance of fletting togeth-
er was hopeless and that the capitol
bill itself was in jeopardy from the
dissentlon over the nominations of
commissioners.
Thursday morning was demoralized.
Nearly 80 per cent of the democrats
refused to come into caucus for one
reason or other some alleging the
organization had planned to jam
frame up through; others on the
grounds that they were opposed in
principle to such a method of selec-
ton.
Among those who refused or fail
cd to participate were II. ii. Smith
f. p. HILL j. oy Williams. II. B. Tee
hee, Pinkham. Chase. Glasco, Hal
sell, Lemon. Lennox. Riddle and 9TH
ers.
The democratic caucus had been
called for . o'clock but 1t was 1890
before causus chairman, John p.
Crawford, could get a quorum pres
ent. Negotiations between those in
the hall and those in the corridors
outside refusing to come In were car
ried on with poor success. and the
quorum was finally secured by the
presence o ftwo legislators. who al
lowed themselves to be recorded as
present but refused to participate in
the nominations.
Thirteen names were presented to
the caucus as follows. III. A. Kenner
70 Cordell: Il. J. Bayless. OF Clare
more; Tom Hale. OF McAlester: w.
NJ. Longmire. OF Shawnee: G. +. Col
cord. OF Oklahoma City: II. II. Nc
Clintic OF Bartlesvllle: T.. b. Howard.
OF Tulsa, secretary OF the board OF
affairs: former State Senator j. j.
Williams, Of Weatherford; former
State Senator Pat j. Goulding OF
Enid; s. p. Dowles. of Durant; Boon
Hite of Anadarko; former State Rep
resentative w. j. Milburn Of Milburn;
and r. NJ. Cooper. of Wilbrrton.
There we're 10 ballots altogether
Messrs. Longrnire. Bayless and Could
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