The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-03
NESB|TT
WAS ELECTED
SPEAKER
THE LEGISLATURE ORGANIZES IN
RECORD TIME - OLD RULES
ARE ADOPTED TO GOVERN THE
BODY

Organization Of the house of rep
resentatives of the Sixth legislature.
as previously agreed to by the ma
iorty in caucus was carried out Tues
day in the election Of Representative
Paul Nesbitt of McAlester Pittsburg
county speaker. and Tom c. Waldrep
Of Shawnee, speaker pro tcmpore.
Representative Everett Petry Of
Jackson county. who sought the speak
ership honors, placed the name Of
Representative Nesbitt before the
house. Seconding speeches were
made by preventative l.. w. Dis
ney of Muskogee county, Tom W.
Neale of Poteau Bert Hodges of Ok
mulgee all of whom at one time OPP
posed Nesbitt for the speakership.
Representative A. f. Carver of Bar.
tlesvile was placed before the house
as the minority candidate by Repre-
sentative o. b. Acton Of Logan coun-
ty. On roll call the vote resulted in
81 for NesbiN and 23 for Carver
When the vote was announced Rep
resentatiye Acton. on behalf of the
minority moved that the election of
Nesbitt be made unanimous by ac-
clamation, which was done.
Waldrep Speaker Pro Tempore.
Representative Tom c. Waldrep OF
Shawnee was elected speaker pro
tempore without opposition. Frank
Carter of Stephens county was elect.
ed sergeant-at- arms, and ]. w, Berry
of Oklahoma City and Bryant Cash
of Wagner county were elected first
and second assistants respectively,
Speaker Lectures Employees.
After the employees had been select
ed Speaker Nesbitt also lectured them
| as to their conduct and the work that
is expected of them.
while you are employed by this
house we will expect your work and
your conduct to be the same as If you
were employed by the best business
institution in Oklahoma" he said.
"In this day and time only men and
women of high moral standards and
sobriety are employed by private IN
stitutions. | shall demand this of you
and If your conduct and work here is
not up to what is demanded | will
deem It just cause for publicly dis
missing you from the service of the
state"
Committees Incomplete.
Speaker Nesbitt has not completed
the work of making up committees.
Most of the chairmanships have been
agreed upon and the full set Of com.
mttees probably will be announced
Wednesday. Representative w. A.
Durant of Bryan county 1t Is under.
stood, will again head the committee
on appropriations, which is one of the
most important in the house He is
the only member of the present house
who enjoys the distinction Of having
served In every legislature since
statehood.
The house was called to order
promptly at u o'clock by Represent
atiye r. r. Fitzgerald, of Kiowa coun.
ty democratic caucus chairman, and
two hours later its organization has
been perfected and all employees Sc
lected Prayer was offered by JOHN
son Crawford of Mayes county who
was a member of the house of the last
Legislature. Roll call showed all but
thirteen Of the Ill members present.
most of the absentees, when the roll
was called, coming in late.
Kane Administers Oath.
Chief Justice NJ. j. Kane of the SUI
preme court administered the oath to
the members and this was followed b.
nominations for speaker.
The house had hardly settled down
and familiarized itself with the sur
roundings in the new buildings when
it became apparent that the corps of
employees engaged when the sessions
were held downtown would be Insult.
dcient TO properly serve the house in
Its new quarters, and the first simple
resolution to be presented authorized
;he speaker to put on additional en-
ployes
There are four entrances to the
house chamber, making necessary
four doorkeepers. There are two en-