Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-20

| and dairy containers.
May Not Meet Monday.
The house adjourned at o'clock
until o'clock Saturday morning
| There is talk Of no session being held
| next Monday on account of II being
| Washington's birthday anniversary
and the date Of the annual Conyen-
| tiOL Of young mems Democratic
| clubs at Muskogce.
Another bill to divorce pipe lines
| from the production Of oil was intro
duced today, this time by Representa-
| tive Lewt Hunter OF Comanche and
! Cotton counties, VINO represents an
agricultural district.
Section Of the bill provides that
any subsidiary company or holding
company. any Of whose officers or
! stockholders or trustees are directly
or indirectly interested in the common
| carrier business, shall be prohibited
! from acquiring, owning, leasing or
controlling any oil producing land or
any well, or any interest in such wells
or land.
HIS Forfeiture Clause.
Any pipe line in the state owning
or controlling any oil producing
property must dispose Of the same
within six months after the act takes
place.
/ Violation of any Of the provisions
Of the act shall be grounds for for
! feiture Of the charter OF the offending
company and escheating its property
/ to the state.
The race question was brought up
again today when Representative Gar
| ner of ChoCtaw county. one of the
! Democrats who voted against the ap-
preparation for the corored normal
schools a few days ago, introduced a
bill providing a separate fund for the
maintenance Of schools for children
of African descent.
Under the terms OF this bill the
tax collector would be required to
keep a separate account of all taxes
! paid by persons OF negro blood for
school purposes and this money would
| be paid into separate fund for the
support Of colored schools exclusively.
! No other money could be expended for
that purpose.
The per capita apportIonment made
! by the state under existing conditions
would be made separate for white
! children and negro children and the
latter apportionment would be appro-
priated by the legislature for the
maintenance OF the colored agricul-
| tural and normal unyerSity at Langs-
ton and such other negro schools AS
! the legislature may determine
Dunn Bill Lost.
Representative Dunn Of Pottawat-
omie county, whose usury bill was re-
ported unfavorably by the committee
on banks and banking today, made an
Intellectual attempt to have the bill
! printed and placed upon the calendar
| objection was raised by Representa-
! tive Durant on the gNounds that the
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calendar and one bill on this subject
was enough.
Representative Dunn declared that
in the Democratic caucus, when the
heated fight over the usury question
arose. Durant expressed himself 'as
being against a law of this kind.
Durant denied the charge and called
Dunn a liar. He accused Dunn OF mis-
quoting him.
a stringent penalty as my bill pro-
vides, are you. Mr. Durant?" inquired
Dunn.
"I am not i'm favor OF criminal
penalty" answered Durant
The house voted down Dunn's mo-
ton by substantial majority.
The senate concurrent resolution
memoralizing congress to enact legis-
lation providing comprehensiVe
plan Tor OedllnR Win tue llOOu olNha
tion in the Mississippi valley, was
adopted by the house without COM
ment.
Railroad Information.
A resolution by Representative Ben
Harrison, calling on the corporation
commission for complete data as TO
the value OF the Frisco railroad prop
erty i'm this state at various times since
statehood. and for data concerning
earnings OF the railroads under both
two-cent and three-cent passenger
rates. was adopted. The resolution
requires that the information be
printed in pamphlet form for the ben
eft OF the members OF the house.
There is information in the files OF
the corporation commission declared
Harrison. showing that the railroads
have earned more inoney since their
freight and passenger rates were re-
duced than they did Detore and / want
TO get this information before the
members and the people of this state"
Harrison referred lightly to the pc
titions that are pouring I'm asking for
Legislation raising freight and pas
senger rates In oklahoma He said the