Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-07

braved the wintry blasts and the sum-
mcr sun, yea, even undergone hard
ships beyond belief and now is pre-
pared to make public for the first
time. the remarkable inside yet truth
fHl story of what II Is and why.
In this little Oklahoma village, tho
location of which must remain a Sc
Crct for rations that will become OBJ
Nious later on, your correspondent has
been enabled to locate that great and
mysterious branch Of the oklahoma
legislature, widely known aud referred
to as the third house.
And not only has he located il, but
disguised as a Boil Wecyil, he has ac-
tualN and without fear OF contradlc-
tlcn been present at the most I'M
portant session of that awesome body
vet held Copious notes made upon
the clean inside of a soiled shirt cum
for the basis Of this narrative, and as
positive confirmation OF the startling
Facts herein contained, we are mall
ing under separate cover the shlrt
cuffs.
Needless and superhuous is it for
ls to SET down the many thrilling eX-
pcriences that were undergone In Sc
curing this atory-that is an article
Iy itself or the obstacles met and
overcome, the Deads of sweat that
were raised upon our fevered brow
during the awful moments Of suspense
when we were lowering between par
tial cuucealment and probable discov-
cry, OF our escape in the night ana
finally of our return TO the capital
with ;he facts upon our shirt cuitsO we
have naught to say at this writing
I'm the hay loft of a Rock Island
roundhouse at a certain location not
far from this village We're we GHabIed
to sit in upon the proceedings 0G bhe
Iudy.
Yes. We are quite sure IL was a
,oundhousc 1t couldn't have Secn
sluarc Impossible.
Without further comment we pro
coed with the heretofore mchonicled
story of what it is and Why'
with a rcsounding Whack of his list
upon bale Of freshly mown nuS un.
marketed alfalfa, the speaker SaIAed
the house TO order
"Gentlemon Of the third house" bee
gan Speaker Brant Kirk, foT II was
no other than he. 1--WE are assembled
Il .ra To- enact the laws that Will mean
the starvation-er. pardon me. mean
;alvatiOn-of the people If this state
: shall net mince words. We must
enact laws that the people Wanto we
must strike a terrible blow at all the
trusts. We must practice economy
| am through What is the pleasure
Jf thc house,"
\ dozen members Jumped 60 their
feet simultaneously.
II recognize" said the chair. rs he
,houghtfully gazed over the four Rec
lublicans. two Socialists and one Dem"
ocrat who We're striving for recogni-
ticn the gentlemen from the New
jerusalem"
Whcreupon Senator Rustic Camel
addressed his colleagues as follows:
"T move to amend the rules so as to
nrcvent smoking and permit chewing.
This building is not freprooi but 1t Is
water tight"
second tho notion" shouted Sud
rev Sees from rear seat, "a niece
Cr my uifcs nephew was burned TO
death i'm the IroquOis theatre
"Grutlcmen, who have heard the
notion stated the speaker "All in
favor say aye The ayes have 1t ana
the rules are amended
The Introduction of bills was the
next business in order, and they
rclIred into the reading clerks hat
like grain coming down chute.
Most of them were appropriation
bills e. rebuild state structures that
were erected by the 1913 legislature.
Representative Love OF Walden
county introduced lis pet measure,
calling on the board Of agriculture TO
breed Poland China pigs to centipedes.
II is well known that this method will
give each porker 20 hams where there
pre but a lonely pair of hams now.
"In the interests of humanity SAID
tho author of the bill, land for the
benefit of the starving Socialists OF
inc state | ask that this bill be con-
HIered read. engrossed, passed ana
uron the statute books
The motion prevailed I'm spite OF the
objection of the Socialist minority
which contended that the measure
was class legislation and could not
possibly benefit the Jewish people Oh
the state.
The house being under the order of
FOR the good of the people, Senator
Camel made speech upon his bill re-
ollirinc' all apiaIfCs in the state TO
. breed their bees to lightning bugs, in
order that the busy little animals may
IN, able to work both night and day.
lie also amended it so as to require
poultry farms to equip their hen
houses with artificial lighting appar-
atus
THE purpose of this amendment,
exnlained Senator Camel, "is to fool
90 to their roosts. After sleeping one
hour the artificial light will be turned
on. The hens will II ins 1t Is daylight
and win lay another egg. This will
double the egg production OF OKLA
homa in no time"
A point Of order was raised ny the
Socialist member from Hard Scrabble
county. He contended that the pro-
posed amendment would conflict with
the Fucker bill to prohibit females
from working over eight hours day,
The point of order was overruled
for political reasons. ..
Representative Pixies made valiant
fight against the adverse report on
his pet oil measure that had been re-
turned by the committee on gaso!lne
and fabrication.
"My bill" shouted the eloquent east
side member, "is based on humanitar-
ian principles IT will bring revenue
into the state and is a good thing be
sides" A..
"Please explain the measure, Mr.
pixies" ordered the. chair. .
"Well. it's thisaway," he replied
"The bill simply requires every person
who engages in the business of boring
for oil or gas to take out hunting
license. 1t Is. contended that the oil
a. .ba Ground is like wild game