Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18
LEGISLATURE TAKES A RECESS
UNTIL THE s3RD OF
NEXT MONTH.
FIVE MEASURES Co over
Appropriation, Revenue, Highway and
Redistricting Bills Have Not
Been Acted Upon.
OKLAHOMA CITY. May l7-(spe-


cial 1.-The legislature took "a recess
at o'clock Saturday to last until
June 23. Both houses wound up the
work on hand in deliberate and un-
hurried fashion.
Five measures Of Importance were
left on hand sndisposed Of and went
over until after the recess. The gem
eral appropriation BILL the revenue
and taxation bill the road and high
ways bill. the Bond Dearing bill TO
require a certificate OF health from
would be bridegrooms, and the mat
ter Of congressional redistrlcting make
up the list.
The congressional redistricting ques-
ton was never opened to the special
session by Governor Cruce. but the
house passed q bill on the under
standing that the governor would
submit the subject If the senate and
house would get together on map
he could approve. The senate eau
Gus did not want . act until the gov
ernor would send In his message and
Ii was finally decided to defer any
further efforts on the measure until
after the recess. While very likely
to come up then 1t Is not certain. The
four big bills that went over were
passed by both houses and hung in
conferences which repeatedly tried,
but without success. to adjust the DIFF
ferences between the house and the
senate.
Plays "HOrse" Awhile.
The house did not follow the sem
ate program of presentations to pre-
siding officers. etc. reservlng this
until tho actual end OF the session,
after. recess Saturday afternoon,
which was spent in final action on
conference reports, ended with
mock trial in which the entire house
participated
There was some singing by knots
of the members, but none of the us
ual solemnities Of parting, character
istic OF body Of men who have
worked together for months and are
about to part. Which is a pretty
good indication Of the opinion of
many Of the legislators that the leg
islature is not over yet. The house
dealt death blow to Senate BIZ No,
1875, known as the gas conservation
blll which proposed the Gaping OF
wells flowing two million feet, etc.
The bill has been bitterly opposed by
the Independent producers and its
chance of passage in the house would
not have been good with a full mem
bership.
Continue tho Probes.
With over forty members already
hn frnt Nd o., l.
the roll call was as follows: Ayes 22,
noes 81 absent A. Most of the house
members had left town by midnight
Ane of the last things done by the
legislature was the passage of
concurrent resolution continuing the
Maxey investigating committee, less
four of its members, and providing
for a continuance of the probes of
state departments and institutions
during the recess.
The resolution was passed by the
house early in the special session. but
was acted on by the senate Saturday
The committee Immediately met
and reOrganized and made a few
changes in its plan of work. An
nouncement was made that the COM
mittee would take weeks recess,
and return to the capitol city, May
26, and on that date resume It's probe
of the state banking department. The
sittngs of the committee viii be con-
tinuous after that date. The new COM
mittee is as follows: Speaker MaXey,
H. II Smith, T.. p. Hill, Pinkham,
Curtis Mitchell, Tehee and Mcclure.
The selections were all made from
L. ..t 4. Il
twelve.
Final passage OF the state univer-
sity appropriation bill, defeat of the
resolution to refer the school aboli-
tion question to a vote of the peple.
and refusal to adopt the conference
report on the general appropriation
bill featured the work of the senate
Saturday. The house refused to take
up consideration OF the seante's re-
quest for a further conference on the
bill and consequently it went over un-
til after the recess.
Two Walked Out.
Two members of the seante. Sem
ator Thomas and Senator Mcintosh,
who represented the senate in con-
ference objected so strenuously to the
work of the committee in shaping the
bill that they walked out and refused
to participate in the conference. be-
lieving their Views too far apart from
the other members Of the conference
to perfect the bill but this request
was denied.
A reduction in the appropriation
for the state corporation commission
and several other changes made In
the bill as originally passed furnished
the bone of contention. The majority
members of the conference have prac-
tically agreed to accede to the changes
in the bill asked for by Senator
Thomas with reference to the state