Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-04

Duffy, Dunn, Fitzgerald, Glasco,
Halle, Hargis, Harrison OF Hughes.
Harrison of Seminole. Hensiey, Hlll
OF Roger Mills, Hll Of Washita, Hug
gins, Hunter Of Comanche, Iugham,
Kirkpatrick, McLcmore, McMahan,
PeerE pinkham, Powell Pritchett,
Pullen, Reigner. Speer Thurmond,
rreadWay Walden, Waldrep, Welch,
Williams Young
Six Per Cent Legal Rate.
The bill defined six per cent as the
legal rate Of interest, except whore
written contract should be made IN
which event il must not exceed ten
per cent The penalty was fine OF
from $40 to 5000 and Imprisonment
for not less than sixty days or more
than six months.
An attempt was made late today to
call back from the governors office
a bill by Representative Lemon, I'M
tended to make a certain train stop
at Lemons home town I'm Grant
county Lemon made Sensational
speech against the resolution TO re-
| call the bill and charged that the
railroad had maintained q strong
| lobby against IT, All day long mem
! bers had been taken outside the leg
/
| the railroad lobbyists, he said. The
resolution was voted down by al
most an unanimous vote. II was in
! troduced by Representatives Powell,
| Durant Hunter OF Comanche and
| Ewing.
Curb on "DcCrtcrs."
Senate bill No. 2OS by Barrett, Cor
dell. Beauman, Wilson OF Canadian,
Russell and McIntosh, making II .
| miSdcmeauor to abandon or WlfullA
neglect to provide for the support
and maintenance by any person or
| his wife or his or her minor chill
| dren, in destitute or necessitOus cir
cumstanCes, was passed finally 10y
the house today and transmitted to
| the governor. This bill has been
sought 10y various charitable organi-
cations and sociological workers In
the state for a long time, and viii
provide n means of Furnishing wife
and child deserters that will be
| decided Improvement in that respect
| over the existing statute ON the sub
| ject,
The senate bill by Barrett, repeal
| ing the law relating to county dem
onslrauon farms, was passed finally
as were the following two senate bills:
Senate bill No. 259 by Waters and
| j
| TO pay judgments against municipal
| ties when the same has been paid out
Of the sinking fund
Senate bill 29S by Barrett; De-
| filming the powers and duties of the
state board of agriculture and pro
viding for the employment OF Veter-
| mary surgeons.
The senate bill fixing the compen-
sation OF all election officers at SO
a day, with mileage at ten cents per
mile, was killed in final rollcall to-
| day. after It had been amended 80 as
to prevent officers of school elections
| from receiving any compensation
Kate to Lobby.
on motion of Representative Lu-
| thcr Harrison the house voted unant-
mously to grant Kate Barnard a per
init to lobby. Miss Barnard had COM
planned that she was denied the
privileges of the floor in working
against bills that she claimed are
! designed to rob the Indians
The house concurred In the SEN
ate amendments to and passed fin
ally the house bill by Durant re-
curing cities in which state institu-
| lions are located and having no high
school to aid IN the support Of the
state Institutions.
advanced TO ongrossmen, with but
little debate. 1t merely copies the
| existing law, but eliminates all ref
ercnce to Pullman coaches. This is
made necessary on account OF a re-
cent decision of the supreme court,
| in which it was held that equal priv
ileges must be given whites and
blacks on sleeping cars.
The Hudson bill, appropriating
! $5 900 to be used by the corporation
commission in enforcing the recently
enacted oil conservation bill between
now and June 80, this year, was killed
| by the house in committee of the
whole tonight.
I'VE have been passing too many
experimental laws" said Representa-
! tive Goodwin Of Pawnee who moved
| to strike the IS, 600 item from the bill,
"and it's time we were understanding
what the money we appropriate is to
| be used for Nobody here understands
/ this oil law"
XIII MaXey Bill.
The Maxey bill, appropriating
! $500 with which to send the state
militia to Muskogee for the South
ern Commercial congress next month,
was also slaughtered tonight Ad-
verse action was likewise taken on u
bill by Nesbitt, changing the election
| law in cities of = 1000 and less, and a
bill by Reigner, amending the tax
law.
The Ewing bill, appropriating $10,-
600 for the construction Of training
school for colored youths at Lang
ston, was advanced to engrossment
! Similar action WAS taken on the bill