The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-17
LEGISLATURE IN
SESSION UNTIL
4:50 O'CLOCK
Less Than Quorum Present at
Time of Adjournment

Following an all nigh; session, de
voted largely to consideration OF odds
and ends ot legislation, farewell culo
gic, and friendly disorder the SIXTH
legislature adjourned finally al ! ST.
O'Clock this morning
Weary ot the steady grind ot clgh-
teen hour, steady work, members be
gan leaving at . 80 o'clock this morn
ing when actual legislative work had
been completed, and there was less than
dozen in the house and scarcely a
quorum on hand in the senate at the
final drop Of the gavcl> OF presiding
Officers
Court Bill Passes.
HE general appropriation bill and
the general deficiency bill usually OBJ
jcctS OF contention and disagreement
during the closing hours OF session
gave way tins time to the bill lnCrcas
ing the membership OF the supreme
court to nine members and rcdSulCtns
the state accordingly
Three separate conferences ON TIN,
measure were necessary To- get the sen
ate To rcccdc from IT, plan OF tour
overlapping districts on the present
five, and accept the hou,c scheme ol
ulnc new diGrIr,, I'm tins shape the
b,ll va, passed finally by both house,
along with II, companion measure
continuing a supreme court commission
OF nine members They were among
the last bill, disposed OF
Fifteen Bills Unsigned
Fifteen senate bills, caught In Tive
rush and excitement OF adjournment
remained IN 'he house hopper unsigned
hy the spcakcr after the house had
quit The error had not been di,coy
eyed until few minute, ai,y' speak
or NcSb,tt had declared the house ad
loutucd sine drc when Senator Burns
called 1t to the attention o' the senate
However. m the opinion oI senator !
Elmer Thomas tin, will not Icupardl5c
the status oi any ot the measures II
frequently happens, he told the senate
that all bills are not signed m open
session before adjournment. due 10 de.
lay IN getting them ont OF the curoling
rooms
DNagrccmcu,' ou the general appro.
prlatlou bill and the general deficiency
bill, were quickly adjusted in confer.
cupc and the two measures put through
with comparatively little discussion I'm
conference tive 500 ,alar, claim for
Ben Rlcy former secretary oi the
state election board. stricken ont b,
the senate, va, rCln,lAtcd The clam
OF Sidney SuggS for 5000 due him
since he was highway commissioner
stricken from the bill IN the house, wa,
reinStated These were tho only item,
that precip,tated discussion
Bonus tor Employees.
Taking notice OF tho high cost ~ l,
Ug and tho extra" service, rcudcrcr
hy cmployc, ono o' the last act, u
both brauyhc, was 90 pa, resolution.
,uuug a dollar . ia, increase tor Al
cmpluyc, and directing the auditor lD
draw warrants m their favor for Ni
which j, 81 day extra for each OF In,
Sc,cn,y-tour day, OF the session,
Passage OF the resolutions was al
tended hy wrangllng IN both branchc,
In the house tho resolution did not rc
Cclyc a constitutional majority. but ,
majority oi all voting Over the pro
tests Of al least dozen members Rep
rcsentativc Tom Waldrcp. occupyins
the char a, the time. held that con
,tl,utional majority was unnecessary
Includes All Workers.
several hour, after the senate hal
paS,cd the resolution an effort to- null
lty It tailed Two day, ago the ,cua',
adop,cd q ,lm,lar resolution. apphiul
,o certain OF MS cmploycs The rcSolu
ton presented this morning. although
appearing ON ITS face To bcncil, only
those NO, included m the former rcSolu
ton. wa, found tn be broad cuougl
tc include all ol the senate employees
even those who had already been in
creased However. officers OF the sen
ate declare they will approve clam
oul, ou the basis oi a raise OF 81 io
each cmployc
While the senate listened 90 partrr,
culoglc, b, MS members, the house iu
dulgcd IN iuu making Nl,cr > o'rlocI
there va, nothing 30 do hut PLAY am,
awal, ON conference report, and hill
from the enrolling departments Duriu,
the interim songs were sung, member
we're brought tn the speakers stand
made TO take their place on a table an,
sing or speak, while their colleague
>howercd them with copies OF pr,utr,
bills, newspapers and other missiles
Workmen's Bill Dies.
House bill No s.. the labor leader,
proposed amcudmcn, TO the prc,cu
Wurkmcnt, compensation law. was un
o' the bill, LETT ON the calendar an,
allowed 80 die IA the senate, althoupl
interest lu 1t was Intense from the be-
ginning oi the session IN effort Nt
made to- bring u mp late m the last da.
but 1t failed and the bill died
Eliminating the ltctacy test iclmr
the resolution calling iot submission .,
the people ot the r,gh, TO vote ou AZ
amendment To the constitution givm.
women the rlgh, oi suffrage was pa,,c,
IN the senate
Tho bill legaliling grain exchange
was passed m the house a, amculc
hN the senate
Deficiency Bills Passed
The general dch,cnr, h,lI Va
ra,>cd M the house with senate amend
Wrut, without debate
The hill calling tor establishment o
a bureau ol identification at the NJ,
NcStet pcnitcn,laty was killed
The bill by Senator Kerr dehnn,
What Is a legal newspaper wa, killed
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