Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-03

laughed and the speaker vainly raped
for order one motion after another
was put until nobody knew what he
was Young on and TO cap the climax
! Representative Wash Hudson voted
two ways on single question.
After seeing that his oversight had
! resulted disastrously, Sykes made a
desperate attempt to rally his friends
and defeat the bin and after a half
| hours wrangle the bill was killed on
! final roll call
Representative Keegan gave notice
that he would move tomorrow to re-
consider the vote by which the bill
was lost
If the bill is again voted down to-
morrow it win mean that the law re-
! gardlng the changing of county lines
| VIII remain exactly as IT was written
! into the constitution and that In the
course Of time another election can
| be held on the question Of anneNing
| ICollinsWlle and adjacent territory to
Tulsa county
Provided for Election.
If Sykes plan had been carried
through successfully the bill would
have prevented the formation of the
proposed new Cushing oil field county
of Shaffer, but would have enabled
the Collinsviile people to have held
an election this year on the anneXa-
ton question
The bill was introduced in the SEN
ate by Senator Edmonson and also
bore the name Of Representative Kee-
gan. Its real purpose was to prevent
another election being held on the
proposition of forming the county of
Shaffer from portions of Lincoln,
Ds,Kr nNNI
But in the bill provision was writ
ten which prohibited the newly
formed lines Of a county acquiring
territory from another county from
being nearer than fifteen miles to the
county seat Of the county from which
the territory is taken. This innocent
looking little clause would have
barred Tulsa county from taking over
Collinsville. Senator Davidson tried to
strike out the Objectionable feature
Of the bill but failed and it was then
up to the Tulsa county representatives
to save the day in the house.
Their plans were well laid, but they
had no idea that they would get into
any such mess as occurred this ar
teTnoon.
Amendment Adopted.
Soon after the bill was called up
today Sykes offered his amendment
to strike out the fords, fifteen miles
and Insert the words ten miles" Al
ter a heated discussion, during which
Representative Ball of Rogers coun-
ty bitterly opposed the amendment,
the amendment was adopted.
THE people of Collinsville," de-
clared Ball, ARE my friends, but |
am here representing the majority or
the people of Rogers county. 1t Is
question of doing what | would like to
do or do my duty The latter course
is the only way open for me and
am opposed to the amendment"
Sykes waved in the air batch OF
several hundred affidavits from resi-
dents Of Collinsville and vicinity, in
each Of which the statement was made
that a majority of the people of that
section wanted to come into Tulsa
county.
Sykes Led Fight.
Sykes pointed out that there is di-
rect railroad connection between Col
linsville and Tulsa, but the people OF
Collinsville must go by the way OF
Tulsa and travel a long distance In
order to reach Claremore, their county
seat He advanced many other ar
guments in favor Of his amendment
and declared that the will of the
5000 people in the south end of Rog-
ers county should be considered be-
fore all else.
Representative Hudson made val
liant fight in support of his colleague
and they won every point.
An agreement had been made be-
tween the Tulsa county men and the
anti -Shaffer county people, whereby
one was to help the other. The bill
was, therefore, amended so as to per-
init the annexation of COllinsville but
to prevent the formation Of Shaffer
county.
Everything was running along
smoothly
Representative Glasco charged that
the Legislature was being called on to
referee q fight between Tulsa and
Rogers county" and declared that 1t
was a waste Of the peoples money. He
expressed the hope that the bill
would be killed in its entirety.
Representative Hudson answered
him by saying that the people Of
Tulsa and Rogers counties had right
TO come before the legislature.
Speaker McCrory offered an amend !
ment to the bill, with the view in
mind of paving the way for the for
nation Of a new county in the Heald-
ton oil fields, where he resides, but 1t |
was voted down.
Find Joker"
Just when the vote on the amended
bill was being taken, someone called
attention to the fact that there was
a provision In the bill whereby no
county could acquire territory from
county If, after doing so, 1t
would have a greater taxable wealth !
or population than the county from |
which the territory Is taken. This
caused much excitement, as with such !
a provision the bill would have been |
directly contrary to the desires OF the
people OF Tulsa county
Representative Sykes explained that
he thought the committee had amend |
ed the bill by striking out this clause
1t developed that the committee on /
legal advisory had recommended that
the clause be eliminated on account or
a doubt as to its constitutlOnality, but
no action had been taken on the rec
ommendation
The committee of the whole ad-
vanced the bill to final passage by |
vote of "a to 32, with Sykes voting |
against it and Hudson voting for IT,
Sykes then moved to re-commit |
the bill with instructions to strike out |
the words wealth and population"
This motion was lost by a vote of
40 to 81.
Bill Is Defeated.
Then the final roll call was ordered.