Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-21

county gave notice that he would
move tomorrow to reconsider the vote.
| IIo explained that the bin would never
pass the senate or gain the governors
signature In such radical form and
Thursday he hopes TO have It changed
back to its original language.
For Confederate Bill.
A touching incident occurre n
| the house when Representative -
gis an cN confederate soldier ani 10
| thor OF the bill TO provide "a state 80
| sion for former Johnny Rebs" q Il
! to the front Of the house Repre- q
Iative Lddd Of Greek county, an r o.
union soldier and Republican. Y
graspcd hands and pledged thems 5
&c support the confederate per = 1
measure Ludd maue a short 81 -
In which he declared that the gov -
ment had pcnsioncd him and his { - b.
rades who wore the blue and he ros
willing TO swap hoHos"
There WAS some question however.
as 10 the constitutionality of the bill
and 1t was referred back to commit
tee for changes. The Democrats Of
the house will caucus on the measure
tomorrow morning at o'clock and
| 1t Is almost sure to pass the house In
some form Thursday afternoon II
provides II pension of $40 a month for
all eN-Conted"rate soldiers and sailors
ana their widows.
Representative Harrison. the elo-
quent member from Seminole county,
arose from his scat and advanced to
the front Of the house, and in dram
attic tones while absolute quiet pre-
ha pHA ,F a
Eaton amendment,
House PASSES Bill.
"Pool halls he declared, "are cs-
sentlally immoral and not a good thing
In this state has come from them.
Not a man in the nation can say that
he ever derived any benefit from
them Bills OF this character have
come before previous legislatures in
this state and they have Invariably
failed to pass It Is a crying shame
that we haven't upon this floor men
with the moral courage to stand up
and fight for this amendment so as
to abolish these damnable institutions.
II may not pass today, but IL Is com.
ing some day as sure as fate"
Applause broke loose as Harrison
took his seat and c. G. Childers, the
acting chairman, put the question.
There was n chorus of ayes, fol-
lowed by q volley OF "noes". Tho
chair called for a standing vote. Be
fore the reading clerk had half fin
ished countinE the votes In favor of
the amendment 1t was seen that It had
carried The house then voted to rec
ommend that the bill do pass.
The bill by Halle to continue the
! present supreme court commission for
another two years provoked much dis.
oussion on the floor OF the house.
Would Enlarge Commission.
Representative Maxey OF Musllogee
wanted to amdnd the bill so as to give
the governor authority to appoint the
members of the commission, who
| should be elected from the state at
| large. He also asked that 1t provide
| for fifteen commissioners instead OF
| six, expressing the belief that with
this number the docket Of the supreme
court could be cleared In a years
| time.
The present commissions tenure
expires In ten days and speedy action
by the legislature is necessary 1t is
Governor williams desire that the
assembly empower him to name fif-
teen members of the commission with
out regard to judicial districts In or
| der that he can select the men best
qualified for the position.
The bill permanently establishing
superior courts I'm Pottawatomie, Mus
| kogee and Tulsa counties was ad
vanced to engrossment and final pas
sage. All other superior courts In
the state have been abolished.
Representative Amos Ewing, Re-
publican, Of Logan county introduced
two resolutions, one calling for ain in
I nf aNfl lH al
Norman and the office space and rent
on building and rooms now occupied
by state offices here. Ewing declares
that twice Uhe space now used by the
state could be secured for so per cent
Of the rent being paid for the present
quarters and many Democratic mem
bers of the legislature concur with him
in this view.
In his insane asylum resolution he
sets forth that there has been rumOrs
that the owners OF the Norman in.
stitutlon have reaped enormous bene-
fits from the state through the care
OF state wards and no asks for Il Joint
committee of the senate and house
to make a thorough probe Of the sit
uatiOn.
Mrs. Anna Lasky was given permis-
sion by the house to lobby I'm favor OF
woman's suffrage bills. after the ser
geant.at-arms had three times rep
rimanded her for "pernicious activ-
ity' about the legislative halls.
Among the new bills introduced to-
day were measures amending the law
as to tax on mortgages, providing for
compensation for members OF school
boards, authorizing the attorney gem
eral to collect a fee for approving mu-
nlcipal bond Issues, and regulating the
chiropractic profession.