Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-18

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or from whom any money is received
/ IN the appropriation of the plant snail
be contained in the report
'Cruci Economy" Joke.
/ Senator Keller thought the bill
! should not bc passed and with some
! sarcasm said that il was going into
cruel economy with . vengeance to
take money out of the treasury and
putting il into something that no one
! knows anything about. senator
/ Chase of Seminole thought that in
/ view of conditions in the state at the
present time il was unwise to take
! the step.
Although receiving majority Of
J the votes cast on the proposition,
/ motion of senator Thomas to have
only senate resolutions that have been
adopted printed in the permanent
/ journal lost n the senate today ON "a
ruling If the chair that it would re-
| quirc the usual constitutional major
! ity of the membership to adopt the
rule Seventeen voted for the Thomas
motion and eleven against IT,
The purpose of Senator Thomas. II
! WAS explained, in eliminating from
/ the permanent journal various resolu-
| tious of more or less importance en-
/ cumbcriug the records was for the
/ sake of economy in the printing bill.
He believed that the journal should
not contain these measures other than
those that had heen adopted by the
body, and that others could he re
fcrrcd to i'm the journal simply by
title He did not object To a record
being made of them, but it should
be brief
Si6.OOO 10 ono Family.
Tho motion came after the senate
had acted adversely on motion of
senator Austin to adopt a resolution
/ he had introduced requesting the
school land department to take action
relative to certain loans that had been
made. Senator Austiu's resolution
called attention to loans of school
/ laud money that had been made to
! one family in Washita and Custer
counties aggregating $4,000, and he
t.ought this should not he encour-
aged He explained that. according
To the rule of the school land depart
mont that loans were apportioned TO
counties that is, certain counties
| were entitled to SO much money as
loans. I'm the instance cited by the
resolution it would appear that in
looming $4,000 to one family it
would take up a large portion of the
loans that might he allotted to that
county and yet leave number of
worthy farmers wanting loans and
|
rata portion for that county had al
ready been taken up.
SeratOr EdmOudSOn opposed the
resolution on the theory that the SEN
ate or the legislature should not die
tate to the school land commission
Wnat they should do. The loans in
question had not been made under
the present administration. and the
beard was rapidly getting away from
the practice that was complained of
aud had adopted "a rule that no money
should be loaned to persons except
those actually residing upon and
working the farms. Senator Barrett
believed that ii any loans of school
land money had been made that JUS
lifted an Investigation it would be
made and he did not think that any
action should he taken by the senate
directing the school land department
what to do.
senator Russell. in order to get ac-
ti,n ON the matter, moved that it
he referred To the school land com
mittcc, which carried.
"Lc, the People Rule"
The senate killed the resolution of
Senator Austin for constitutional
amendment referring two usurN meas
urcs to the people. Although the
senate had on the previous day passed
the usurN bill, senator Austin be
lieycd il would do no harm TO submit
the measures to the people and give
them q chance To- he heard on the sub
jyct He said hc believed in the slo-
gan that was started several years ago
by the Democratic party. Let the
PEOPLE rule and thought this would
Ice one of the times that It could be
put into action. senator Barrett
asked Senator Austin if he thought
tho senators who had voted ON the
usuU bin passed Yesterday were
afraid to let the people rule. Senator
Austin Thought it looked like it.
ON uual action on the resolution.
however. only three voted for il Sen
aror Austin served notice that he
would move To reconsider the vote by
which IT lost
The senate passed finally senate
hill No. 40 10y Russell, which provides
"a method hv which initiated or re-
f,rred measures may be distributed
among the people. Dndcr the regis
= tratiCn law voters are registered by
: a county registrar ana il is incumbent
. upon such officer TO furnish to the
secretary of state the name of every
voter IN the county. When the soc
d rotary of state is in possession OF
Q. these names it shall then be his duty
. to mail copies of the measures to be
voted upon.
One section OF the law is proposed
to cure the detect which caused the
anti gambling act to be annulled. 1t
is provided taat in case of the failure
oi proper officers to distribute copies
% the bills To be voted upon. that no
election shall be void on account of
that The anti-gambling act itself
was not an issue IN the supreme court
decision. but II was the noncompliance
with the law requiring distribution Of
! In.