Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-09
DEMOCRATS or LEGISLATURE
DIVIDE IN FIRST BIG
ENCOUNTER.
A STORMY session Held
Resolution 10 Take Appointment
Power From Speaker Was
Finally Tabled.
(BN j. A. MkEENER.)
staff Correspondent.

'S thc bo-'dlltu progressive uelnO-
Gratis Of the house, went through the
battle of its life In todays session
of the lower house Of the state legis-
lature and emerged "A victor by n vote
of 40 To 46, with four members aD-
sent. The fight was launched on the
resolution introduced by Smith ol
Pottawattomie. defeated candidate for
speaker, Tuesday providing that a
committee on committees composed
Of members from each judicial dis
trict and three republican members
at large. be elected by the house, who
should have power 10 name all tho
standing committees. This resolu-
tion was finally tabled on motion
of Durant but only after three hour
fight on the floor Of the house, mark
ed by a bitter debate and several
near fist fights.
Resolution Hard Fought.
The resolution aimed to shorn the
speaker of his powtr was hard tough
by the MaXey- Durant-Crawford fac
ton while the Smith Williams men
put up a strenuous battle for Its
adoption.
The fight which had threatened to
break over the election of a speaker
and was narrowly avoided proved the
first dividing line Of the session and
indicated two democratic factions tho
progressives and conservatives, led
respectively by Smith and Maxey. The
republicans, with the exception of
DeFord of Oklahoma county, lined up
with the progressiyes.
Tulsans conservative"
The narrow margin three votes
by which the conservatives won shows
how closely the house is divided.
Tulsa county's two representatives
voted with the Maxey or conservative
faction.
The fight opened when Hill OF
Pittshurg moved that consideration OF
the resolution be indefinitely post
poned. This opened up debate that
lasted until o'clock in the afternoon
and during which score of repre-
sentatives were h card.
Smith Mighty Man.
Smith Of Pottawattomie county In
opening for the resolution demon
strated that he will be real big
thorn In the side the speaker. Dur
ing the course of his speech. he de-
clared In srong terms in favor of all
progressive doctrine. In concluding
he declared>that he intended to try to
deprive the governor of all his pa
tronage and make II felony for any
state official to conduct a lobby in
the interest Of any measure r.. f
Glass of McClain declared that II
Smith had been elected speaker the
resolution would never have been in
troduced to which Smith replied by
calling attention to the fact that the
newspapers told Of the resolution be-
fore the speakership fight was set
tied.
Curry In the Debate.
Curry OF Tulsa county was one OF
those who spoke In opposition to the
resolution declaring that there was
already too much friction and that II
the re solution carried there would be
4 1000 candidates for the committees
and that no two members could live
in the same hotel. He yielded to
question from Smith who asked him
IL he had not changed his attitude
upon the matter To this Mr.. Curry
replied that when the people of Tulsa
county found me behind the wrong
proposition they told me to turn
loose and did So"
A Fraud on Democracy.
Speaker pro tenn Emmanuel Of
Murray in opening the resolution de-
clarcd II fraud upon democracy and
declared II to he conceived in the biz
terness of political defeat.
The vote on the r'otion TO indofi-
nitely postpone consideration showed
40 votes in favor of the motion 90
46 against IT,
Durant of the conservatives I'm.
mediately moved to table the res0u.
tion which was quickly followed by
a motion to adjourn. The spoaiyai
arbitrarily declined TO put the motion
to adjourn and immediately he house
was I'm an uproar I'm the midst ~
which williams rushed down the aisle
declaring that no strong arm tactlca
like that would he allowed
And Chaos Reigncd.
Disturbances broke out all over the
house and several personal encount.
ers we're narrowly averted.
when the order was restored the
speaker agreed to put the motion to
ad'oun which was defeated by a vote
of II to 81.
The previous question was put and
on the rCtlon the esolutlon was
finally dfo sed of bv a vote Of 81
to table an - AGAINST 1t.
The Vote.
On motion to postpone the resolu-