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

quietly slipped back into his seat only
TO get up again a moment later ana
second a motion TO put the blll upon
the calendar. Tho chair ruled that
no one but Mr.. Pixies and Mr.. Pulin
were entitled TO vote upon such mo-
tion and the roll call was unanimously
In the affirmative.
one Of the most violent fights OF
the evening occurred over the passage
Of the so-caled white slave bill, IN
trOduccd by the committee on justice.
1t appeared that the bill was YER
batim copy Of the existing statute
against pandering, together with an
amendment, that would give the cor
poration commission authority to en-
force this law and include among the
offenders every official or employe OF
a railroad pipe line company or other
corporation having more than Sl5O
invested In the state who should at
any time be heard to express an opln-
ion, either i'm public or private, upon
the merits or demerits of any bill that
is pending or about to be pending be-
fore the legislature.
After bitter debate. during which
the opponents of the bill were accused
of having sold out to the liquor trust,
the bill was passed with several addi-
tiOnal amendments,
As 1t now stands, the measure makes
1t a felony to charge more than one
per cent per annum upon loan. The
existence OF a mortgage OF any kind Is
made prma facie evidence of the guilt
OF the person who holds said mort
gage.
The bill also extends the time of
payment OF all taxes until 1921 eX-
cept in the case OF corporations IL
is further provided that il any COM
pany holding state charter is found
to be incorporated for an amount in
excess of four bits to each stockholder
the attorney general must Immediately
file custer proceedings against the
said corporation and sell all OF its tan"
gibIe and intangible assets at pubic
auctiono half of the proceeds of such
sale to he retained by he attorney gem
eraI and the other half to go into the
fund for the propagation of Demo-
cratic voters.
Among the other measures that
were passed finally was an act MAX
ing the birthday Of Thomas Jefferson
a legal holiday. The house also passed
the bill requiring all newspapers to
set "Dcmocrat' with a capital 'D'
and all other party titles IN lower
case.
AT this jNnCture someone announced
that a lobbyist for the consolidated
railroad, pipe lines school book and
prohibition company had been found
In the anteroom talking TO page
There was ~ wild rush for the antee
room, but your correspondent after
several Intellectual attempts to reach
the sceneo was forced to retire. He
later learned on reliable authority that
the alleged lobbyist proved to De a
representative of the order Of Light
ming Rod Agents. and was therefore
spared an awful death. It was fur
ther reported that he got off with a
Tom Moore all around and promise
TO see certain parties later in the eve
ming, but this could not be confirmed.
After order had been restored SEN
sational fight over the adoption of the
resolution to Investigate the pernt-
cious activity Of the Whangdoodle
The bill regulating the conduct of
fleas, bedbugs and other blood-suck'
ing Insects likewise brought about
considerable of a wrangle, but OF this
more is a subsequent issue.
editors Note.-The next Install
mont of this remarkable narrative
of the Battle of Bills will appear
shortly. The matter herein contained
is fully protected by the Oklahoma
libel law.)