The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-09
OPPOSES
WASTE Of TIME
Presiding Officer Objected TO
Haggling Over the Ewing
Resolution.
TO BUY LAND SECOND TINE

Refusal on the part of Lieutenant
Governor Ed Trupp, acting as presid
Ing officer Of the senate, to recognize
Senator Shaw after II roll call call
had been ordered on the Ewing resO-
lutiOn In the senate this morning, led
to Il tilt between the two officials.
Following the roll call Senator
Shaw secured recognition by making
II motion that all rules Of the senate
be dispensed with indefinitely. He
declared that the rules had been re
peatedly ignored by the lieutenant
governor and that he had been repeat
edly humiliated by what he termed
to be "uncalled for and arbitrary rul-
lngs OF the chair Senator Shaw de.
clared that from this time forward
he would demand his rights
Following Shaws remarks Lieuten
ant Governor Trapp stated that 1t Is
his chief ambition to rule fairly on
all questions and To show no fayorlt
ism. He declared that II he had
any enemies IN the senate ne did not
know IT,
Waste Cost SIT.
He expressed the belief that the
senate had uduly wasted time In
consideration Of the Ewing resolution
and said he had figured out that the
adoption Of the resolution has this
morning cost the state Just ST. Trapp
declared that his only purpose in max
Ing the ruling was TO prevent unnec
essary waste ~ time In the senate.
The senate adopted IA report Of Il
special committee ~ which Senator
Buckner is chairman which recon
mends that step be- taken TO clear the
title to lands upon which the state
penitentiary at McAlester and the re.
formatory at Granite, have been built
The committee found that the title
TO both tracts Of land upon which
the state penitentiary is built ON con.
slsting Of sixty acres and the other
] Of forty acres, has reverted to the
original owner, James Brazel.
| citizens committee of McAlester Sc
cured options to purchase the land for
| the state, but fHiled to do SO, accord
lng 10 report, and the lands reverted
to Brazel
Must Pay For Land.
In this matter the Legislature is ad
vlsed 70 make an appropriation OF
$1,000 with interest to purchase the
forty acre tract upon which the main
buildings stand aud that the citizen,
committee agrees under such condi
tlons TO bring court proceedings tC
quiet title TO the land.
The committee also found that there
IL an unpaid balance " $l.7OO and in
terest amounting to S2,10s still du,
upon the land upon which the reform
atory at Granite was built. The
amount represents the unpaid balance
Of mortgage The committee recon
mends that this amount be paid bl
the state and that afterward the at
tOrney general be directed to inyed
gate whether the citizens commltte,
" Granite has any responsibilities In
the matter and n So to bring the prop
! er proceedings to recover for the state
The senate this morning adOpte,
the majority report NJ senate com
mlttee that the house bill which eN
empts farm products In the raw state
from taxation do pass. Senator Bur
ford Of Logan county made an able
argument In support of minority re
port by him that the hin do not pass
He took the position that the consti
tuion absolutely prohibits the leglsla
ture from cyrmptlng any property moi
specifically exempted under the con
stitution The biu was one recon
mended by the governor and has al
ready passed the house and now goe,
on the senate calender.