Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-29
LAWMAKERS BUSY
SERVING PEOPLE
Two Important Measures
Have Been Brought Up for
Attention Of Senate.
OWEN GETS LITTLE SUPPORT
Slight Indication That State
:. Wants to Treat Capital
More Kindly.

Special to The World.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. 2S.-The
Sixth oklahoma legislature IL one
month old. or nearly 50. what has
il done and what does 1t hope to ac-
complsh? These are questions the
people are asking and the people are
entitled to know
Is this legislature better than pre-
ceding ones? Some say IL Is. Others
say not Concrete results thus far
would prompt "A negative answer, but
the real strength and ability of this
law making body will be developed in
the next four weeks; perhaps sooner.
II must be admitted that the house
has been working harder than the
senate. They have been in session
more hours than the upper brano h
and have disposed of more bills. The
senate is eXcusable. however, for 1t
has dealt with two measures that are
bound To provoke great comment ana
much dcliberation whenever they
arise These are The "attOrncy-gcn-
erals" bill and the "bone dry" meas
urc Both have been passed by the
senate and are now up to the house
whore they are sure to excite extended
debate and stormy scenes
No Laws Made Yet.
No real law has yet been passed 10y
both houses and signed by the gov
ernor. The chief executive has at-
fixed his signature to few appropria
ton measures and some trivial reso-
lutious, but nothing else.
The anticigaret bill. prohibiting the
importation or sale of cigarets to any
one and the smoking Of same, sent
thru the house and is now before the
senate committee on prohibition en-
forcoment. open hearings on this
measure will be held by the commit
tee beginning Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock.
The senate Is expected to kill the
drastic clgaret act on the ground that
the present law. forbidding sale OF
pills" to minors. is ample for the
protection of the youths.
l. Piece OF Politics.
The house is expected to "kill' the
"attorney-generals" bill, because the
house feels that IL Is personal
political measure. fostered and en-
gineercd by state official who wants
to bc governor and who believes that
a law giving him the whip-hand ovcI
county officials will enable him Il
thoroly "oreanize" the state
The "bone-dry" bill. which would
prevent the shipping in of liquor foI
any purpose or IN any quantities
probably will pass the house by q
close vote. Federal laws have always
affected the east side of the state t.
the same degree that this measure
would affect the west side.
Owen Got Slap.
Outside of the bills enumerated
nothing of an unusual nature has at
tracted the attention of the legislatur,
excepting the ill-conccivcd attempt tt
secure endorsement of Senator owen:
resolution stripping the supreme cour
of its power to declare acts of con
gress unconstitutional
The house promptly voted dowr
this resolution, and Senator over
came all the way from Washington to
'lav his case" before the legislature
Judge c. h. Stuart. by invitation oi
both houses, addressed n joint session
on the other side of the question.
Senator owen is still here. The
farmers caucus of the house and sen
ate Is said to be wavering and may
ultimately favor the owen plan
STRAW votes" have been taken almos
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