The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
SENATORS
ARE WORKING
BY NIGHT
DISPOSITION is PLAIN TO GET RID
OF BILLS NOW ON THE CALEN-
DAR-cAUCUS WILL PASS USU-
RY LAW

RY LAW
Oklahoma City Okla, Jan. 2S.-Ow'
ing to the fact that the calendar is
congested and the appropriations com
mittee is working every morning, the
senate tonight began holding night
sessions. The senator's have been kill
ing a great deal of time in debate and
technical quibbes. They seem deter
mined to regain the lost time, howev-
er, and began their first night sessions
trying to dispose of the bills on the
calendar.
The house this afternoon had before
it a resolution by Representatives
Long, Clark and Durant, which memo
rialized the national administration at
Washington to replace all federal en-
ployes in Oklahoma who are republi-
cans with members of the dominant
party. The resolution had been agreed
upon in the democratic caucus during
the morning. When it came up for
consideration, Representative Lemon
of Grant county objected and it went
over for one day under the rules. To-
morrow the democratic house of re-
presentatives of Oklahoma will prob
ably pass resolution voicing the de-
mand that individual democrats have
been making for places at the pie
counter.
Panama-Pacific Bill Killed
The senate killed the house bill max
ing an appropriation of $4,000 to con
struct an Oklahoma building at the
Panama-Pacific exposition. 1t requir-
ed a long and spirited debate between
Senator Shaw of Mill Creek, who ia
vored the building, and Senator
Thomas of Lawton, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, who OPP
posed it, to bring about the result. The
debate was of more moment than the
bill justified, however and Senators
recognized this. 1t grew out of the po-
sition heretofore taken by Senator
Thomas that adverse reports should
not be made by committees, but that
bills should be allowed to de in COM
mittee, where no minority report is
made.
In the instant case the majority of
the committee had voted not to re-
port the bill Senator Shaw and 9th
ers in the minority brought the bill
into the senate on a motion to in
struct the committee to report it forth
with. This seemed to indicate that
the senate is not in favor of the policy
of senator Thomas to embalm bills in
committees, and the subsequent vote
to adopt his report killing the meas
ure showed that some who voted for
the motion to have the committee
make a report, were opposed to the
bill
Opposed Committees Killing Bills
Senator Shaw declared it was a prin
ciple he contended for and indicated
that the chairman of the committee
was arbitrarily preventing the bill
from being reported. He wanted to-
know if the chairman had the right
to embalm the measure and prevent
its being presented to the senate.
Senator Thomas resented the impli-
cation that he had been trying to en-
balm anything, and at some length
gave reasons why an appropriation of
the kind was not consistent at this
time. He called attention to the many
needs for money at the various insti-
tutions for the insane and other de-
and told how they were be-
ing housed in shacks and other un-
sanitary and uncomfortable quarters.
The need of money for these and other
institutions and the scarcity of the
public building funds was pointed out.
The exposition building would have
to be paid for out of the public build
ing funds he argued, as that was
public building.
The senate finally passed the house
bill by Testerman, making it a mis-
demeanor to place rocks, iron or hard
in unthrashed grain or in
cotton. 1t also passed the house
bill relating to consolidation of GER
tain county offices in Oklahoma coun-
ty.
Caucus on Usury Law