Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-13
so DECLARES WELTY IN SPEAK,
ING AGAINST REDISTRICT-
ING BILL.
.MUSKOCEE Wants FAIR
And House VIII Pass Up Capitol Mat
ter Until Senate Passes Mus
kogee Fair Bill.

BY j. \. MKEENER
(Staff Correspondent)

: OKLAHOMA CITY, March 12---
(specIal) Tho matter Of redlstrict-
Ing the state into eight congressional
I districts In as much "up In the air.
tonight AS any time during the ses-
v sion Az a result OF factlonal fight
= the house this afternoon turned down
a report OF the conference committee
by a vote Of "A to A, with so votes
required to pass It, The house then
decided TO ask for n new conference
committee. The vote came after
strenuous debate In which the Okla
homa county men bitterly attacked
the machine which they charged had
| dictated the redistrcting report.
Durant, who was one Of the confer
ees who signed the report defended
the bill. declaring II did not eactly
| please him but It was the best he
could get Childers made the first
assault on the report, declaring he
was in favor of eight close democratic
|
low two or three men to dictate the
redistrictng OF this state Emmanuel
was bitterly opposed to the bill, de-
clarlng It placed his county, Murray.
In the same district with counties in
the north Of the state whose interests
were entirely different.
Welty Of oklahoma county, declar-
| .A hn Ia.
slaves" chained to their oars TO sat
Is fy the men now IN congress. The
senate originally cut oklahoma coun-
ty into two districts to satisfy tho
man who was afraid TO meet the issue
and now they put us in a republican
district This map is disgrace to
the state"
Hunter defended the BILL saying
that the ruler of the universe could
not draw "A bill that would suit ev-
erybOdy." Wright of oklahoma coun-
| ty bitterly denounced the house ma
chine declaring that men who are
controlled by the machine dictated
| this bill. Il would rather have a re-
| publican Of the LaFollette kind" he
said than man controlled by tho
machine that made this bill Why
do they put us I'm a district with tho
people with whom we have been hght-
ing It's because we won't stand by
your machine, that's why"
on "A roll call the vote stood A to
~ and the speaker declared the re-
port failed.
Unless the senate passes the Mus
| koPec fair bin the house will take no
action on the state capitol matter"
This appears TO be the underground
ultimatum that certain house leaders
have made to the senate where the
Muskogee fair bill has been pending
for weeks.
The house committee on public
buildings this morning made re-
port on the McMcchan resolution
which the senate passed. accepting
Oklahoma's capitol proposition. A
ma jority OF the committee recon-
mended the resolution for passage
while Carr of Muskogee and Mat
thews of Logan county signed a mi
nority report, opposing it..
Cook Of Atoka county sought to
have the matter made a special or
der for one o'clock this afternoon.
but was finally prevailed upon to
withdraw his motion and the bill
will probably bit held up until some
action is taken by the senate on the
Muskogee Fair bill.
a pretty fight developed in the
house this morning over establishing
county courts in Creek county and
the result means that no more
county courts will be established
| there.
The senate this morning sent back
the court bill as passed by the house
and asked the house to recede from
their amendment giving Mannford a
county court as well as Bristow.
Sherman of Creek county objected
to receding while several house lead
| ers sought to have NJ. nford elm
mated. sherman finally won out and
the speaker appointed a conference
committee on the bill.
The governor has refused to sign
bill making both towns county
court towns and unless the house re-
cedes from the position taken today.
the bill will be vetoed.
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