Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-14

mittee acted adversely on the meas
ure, but said 1T was due to a misun-
| derstanding lie moved to expunEe
| from the record with reference TO the
! committee report. The house voted
down his motion two to one and there
was CONSERVATION in the ranks of the
administration floor leaders. IT was
the first time during the session that
! they had lost control for a single mo-
ment.
Tired of Tactics.
Representative Drauehon of Muir
| ray county arose. 81 have stood this
thing as long as I can without raising
! my voice I'm protest" he said Il
/ am tired of these reports of state de-
! partments lobbying their measures
thru this house. 1t is revolving to me.
They have annoyed me all during
the session, the crooked work that
was put over in connection with this
bill is the straw HAT breaks the cam
els back. | do not want to give the
board of affairs any more power or
any more salary, this is the rawest
deal | ever saw"
Is voted Down.
Representative Waldrep then moved
that the house reconsider the commit
tee report on the bill,returned March
5. Speaker Nesbitt overruled all
| points Of order against the motion
and stated the question.
The motion was voted down. As
to 32. That killed the bill beyond any
question. Even should the bill he re-
introduced II could not be passed now,
as the constitution requires that meas
ures be read three separate days in
each house.
TheN governors secretary, Art
Walker sat in the house chamber
during the discussion Of the bill. The
governor is said to have left the capt
tol in great anger when he heard of
the turn events had taken.
Had the bill been passed the sal
airy of the chairman Of the board of
public affairs, a confident of the gov
ernor would have been raised from
1000 to $4,000; the powers of the
board would have been materially in
creased and the governor would have
been given authority to reappoint the
three members of the board for terms
running thruout the entire admins
tration of the next governor of the
state.
To Settle Line Dispute.
A Joint resolution directing the at
torney-general to institute proceed
ings for settlement of the Oklahoma
Arkansas boundary dispute. involving
territory estimated to be worth S10,-
600 600 near Fort Smith, Ark, passed
the house almost unanimously.
In committee of the whole the
house perfected two bills appropriate
ing funds for payment of final legis
lative expenses of the session and
bill not included in the administra-
! tion program carrying S150,000 for
/ a.
each at the Durant and Ada normals.
Representative johnson of Sallisaw
criticised the lavishness of appropria-
tions at the session, declaring the
aggregate would reach $l2, ,0O0,O or
S13, 600. lie unsuccessfully sought
adoption of an amendment TO the
building appropriation.
Money for Roads.
The legislative pay bills were passed
finally and others as follows:
BY Durant and Thomas, appropriat-
ing up to $1,000,000 from the state
surplus annually for road construc-
ton, prorating it among the counties.
BY Robertson, Disney and Durant,
creating n state board OF accountancy.
BY Durant and others, giving the
state health commissioner supervision
over sewage disposal.
BY Waldrep, authorizing creation of
funds in counties and municipalities
to meet emergencies caused by fire,
flood, tornado, epidemic or other un-
foreseen conditions.
BY Mansur and others. creating the
West Oklahoma home for white chill
dren and locating 1t in the buildings
now occupied by the Helena secondary
agricultural school
BY Durant, a bill requested by the
nh sspf tntf fYaer