Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-11
Legislative Notes

Representative Glenn Condor Of
Tulsa introduced his first measures
tuesday. one was a resolution fixing
March as the date of final adjourn
ment and the other house bill. No. lOS.
amending the road supervisor law.
| This last Is AZ the request OF f. Bee
Guthrey road commissioner OF the
/ Tulsa Chamber Of Commerce and tho
| Tulsa county board of commissioners.
district shall consist Of "A congressional
| district Of six square miles or mai ior
| fraction thereof. instead of the present
| county or munlcipa! townships which
are often IRE gular in shape. making
! II very expensive for the supervisor
TO cover his territory
Representative Roland Gish OF Ok
/ lahoma county has introduced reso
! luton providing that all appropriation
| lills must be introduced the first
thirty days Of the session II IL his
! plan FOR the appropriations committee
| To combine all of these bills in single
budget that can be considered ~ the
house at one time Sc as to permit
comparison with appropriations or
l"l5 and 1910. The idea is apparently
a good one
\ house concurrent resolution by
I Marsh. Condor and Walden, the latter
y Democrat. would forever prohibit
| the use q the uusanitnrV and unClean
I broom" in the state capitol. II also
/ provides for the immediate install5-
/ ton IF vacuum cleaners on the ground
| that the use Of brooms richt now is
cfiacing the ethereal beauty OF the
| house and senate walls and cndanger-
ing the health OF members" Spe lkor
! Neshitt is in sympathy with the reso-
luton. lie so stated from the chair.
Representative Amos Ewing OF
Guthrie has introduced bills locating
n home for incorrigible negro girls at
| Taft, okla. ana providing for the pur-
/ chase of two hundred acres Of land
/ for the home for negro orphans ~ tho
same place. roth carry approprla-
/ tiCns
Probably the onlv unanimous Votc
/ that will be recorded at this session
occurred Tuesday when the house
went into committee of the whole for
the first time and passed house bills
Nos 81 and - by Durant. The
FIRST Gppropriatcs $4,000 for mileage
ard Per diem of members and tho
second appropriates $4,000 Tor sala-
lies ana expenses of officers and em-
lloyes.
Speaker Paul Ncsbtt has publicly
stated that the house employees. and
particularly the stenoeraphers. are
hired To serve all members and not
merely the members VI one party
Nevertheless the democratic girls"
90 not act very friendly toward a mi.
Loritv member who wants any stono-
Cruphic work done. Tho 20 Gcpubli-
cans have one stenocrapher assigned
10 them and she is about the only ono
who can he trusted to do the work
that Is given 20 hcr. The Democrats
make the state pay the salary Of one
steuographcr whom they keep in their
state headquarters down town for the
rurrcsC. It is said. of assisting their
publicity hIreau. The Republicans
ore allowed no such privilege
y. Burr Gibbons. Tulsa manufac-
turcr. was n visitor at the capitol
We ircsday. II was lust social call. 7
he said. on his wlv from Norman to
Tulsa. lie was at Norman consulting
Edwin ne I;arr on some matters OF
chemistry.
George r Black. Paul Madansky. |
Fen g. Conner and j. Eurr Gibbons /
all OF Tulsa, had rooms on the tenth /
floor OF the Lce-lIuckins the first OF
the week. These Tulsa fellows are so
used tn ten-story buildings that they |
Invariably so to the roof when away
from home
Senator walter Ferguson Of Chero- |
Ecc is telling this ono: Amoo Ewing /,
mentioned To Glenn Condor of Tulsa /
that he was representing "the hoys in |
the two-room houses over I'm Logan !
county" "Im not" condor Is said
to have replied. I'm representing tho F.
folks In the l2-storv buildings No
No-room shacks Ia Tulsa"
Poll tax talk is in the air. II Il
generally accepted that aome sort OF
pnll tax legislation will he attempted I
at this session. Down-state Demo /
Gratis and most all of the Republicans .
viii oppose It.
There was leak IN WASHINGTON. n /
leak In ;hc senate Of oklahoma and |
now the latest Is leak IN the Repub. /
lican caucus OF the house OF repre- !
svntUuNes. Newspaper reporters are !
doing much to pat the star chamber |
and executive session out of business |
More power TO 'em.
senator Fred Tucker Of Ardmore !
and Representative Bert Hodges Of
Okmulgec have introduced rcso. |
luton to submit n Joint womnn's sui. |
frage and "jim crow amendment TO |
the people It's fool way to kill or |
suffrage I'm this state so tho anti.