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

| ing this legislature TO save them from
the, loan shark. The banker of this
state is no less a shylock because he
operates bank. For l,5OO years atter
| Christ drove the money changers out
OF the temple no man dared to raise
his voice against the loan shark.
] Irsurv I'm oklahoma today is worse
than in any other state in the union.
Bad Faith. Says Durant.
Representative Durant was recog-
nized out OF a dozen members who
were on their feet. Durant hurled at
Glasco a charge that he had failed to
abide by the rules of the Democratic
caucus. He said that the caucus had
voted down the penal clause in the
! bill and accused Glasco Of bad faith
| in bringing the question into the open
/ house after the caucus had turned II
| down
Representative Goodwin, who said
he represented the farmers Of the
state attacked the bill in no uncer-
tain terms.
III Mr.. Glasco says the present
usury law is q farce declared Good
win. "he reflects upon the courts of
| Oklahoma as the courts have said
that 1t was a good law. If We pass
! this bill now the author will be here
next year with law making IT fell
| ony for a man to kiss his Wife
| Representative Cox declared that
the existing law does not protect the
| borrower.
| "Oklahoma," he said, lis the only
state in the union In which usury is
defended by the law to the extent that
usury must actually be paid before
court action can be brought. Unless
something happens at this session
there will not be many Of us back here
| two years from now. No bank doing
| q legitimate business is opposed to this
/ bill, and the banks that it will put out
Of business ought to be run out Of the
/ state, anyway. If a man proceeds
under the present usury law against
bank he is promptly blacklisted all
over the state"
Cartwright Defends Bill.
Representative Cartwright said that
the people of his county were crying
! for relief, and predicted that If the
usury bill was not passed there would
be more Socialists in the next legisla-
| ture.
Representative Moore said he was
of the opinion that the bill would be
means OF legislating capital out of
| the state.
ReDTeSenldllNG MARSH OF hlubllSntI
said the argument against the bill was
the talk of demagogues. Referring to
! the allegation that the farmers were
demanding such a law, he pointed out
that the little child will sometimes
ask for things that it should not have.
| II the farmer Is going to lose his
farm and his tools, he said It would
be better to charge him any rate OF
interest and let him save them than
for him to lose all he has.
The roll on the Durant motion to
indefinitely postpone was called only
after the previous question had been
moved and sustained. 1t was evident
that the necessary so votes to carry
the motion could not be secured un-
less the absentees be located and
brought in TO vote. The house had
been working under a call of the
house all afternoon, with all doors
supposed to be locked, but in some
manner about fifteen members got
away. Three sergednts-at-arms were
dispatched to locate the absent mem-
bers, and finally they were brought in
by twos and threes Most OF them
voted against the bill.
sykes Couldn't BE Found
The only member who could not be
located was Representative Sykes Of
Tulsa. The speaker held up the roll
call for 10 minutes while the building
was searched.
Members kept crying for Sykes.
put him on record" shouted
some.
Let's make him vote" was the
yell from the Socialist delegation.
But Sykes could not be located,
and at adjournment time had not put
I'm appearance.
Following is the rollcall on the
Durant motion. The ayes were
against the Glasco bill, and the
mays" were for it. The vote fol-
lows
Ayes.
Abney. Acton, Barry. Bovee. Bry-
ant Carpenter, Cash. Clark. Craw-
ford. Disney, Drake. Durant. Eaton,
Everheart, Ewing, Gardner Goodwin,
! Headley, Hendon, Holmes. Howe,
Hudson. Hunter of Choctaw. Jackson,
Johnson. Keegan Ladd. Lemon.
Long, McCollister McCord, Mckee
own, Marsh, Maxey, Miller, Moore,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Morgan. Murray, Nesbit. North. Nor
ton. Olmstead. Peebly. Ramsey.
Sans. Simpson. Sltton. Smith. Tay-
lor. Testcrman, Wilkes, Wright, Zab-
loudil. McCrory.