Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-26
ACTION ON RUSSELL
REGARDED UNLIKELY
incident Resolves Itself Into Bring
Ing the Corporation Commission
Into More Disrcpute.
IMPEACHMENT IMPROBABLE
Lower Branch VIII Not Bring Pro-
rccilngs According 10 Present In
y dicauons-Scnate IIns Way Out.
words Capital Bureau,
SkiTyin Hotel.

words Capital Bureau,
skTVin Hotel.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 25.--The
unpopular with legislatures, is more
unpopular than ever now with tho
law making body and 10 what extent
,nis uupopularity mny load Is prob
lrmalcal. nGt the Campbell ltussell
episode OF the senate, In the opinion
Of well informed men here, viii lead
lo nothing more ;han to enhance
the DOYmis,.o unpopularty That
9. there IN little likelihood, at this
tImC. that the house OF representa-
lives VIII 40 moro than 10 consider
thEyrcslAnylo adopted yesterday by
th iassG6&ks In which an Investigation
o. ~OvsolI's conduct n asked for.
Under the circumstances, the sem
atc was almost bound to do come
thing about the letters which mem
bcrs Of that body received from the
corporation commissioner and n reso-
luton Of the sort which was adopted
furnished the best way out. House
leaders have already said there "
IoihinK that can DO done toward
bringing impeachment charges for
the reason that II grounds for i'm
parchment are contained In Russcl's
conduct, they arc SO well hidden that
nu one could ever find them sun
there are some house members who
would 20 ahead and bring the
charges aud thresh them out before
the senate more for the sake OF
discrcditing the commission than
anything else
But whatever happens 10 the Rus
sell resolution. there is no denying
the fact that his attitude toward the
legislature has only served to make
the corporation commission exceed
iugly unpopular and II nothing were
20 be done before toward taking
steps to eliminate the commission,
Russell has brought such action one
step nearer In fact much comment
waa caused yesterday by the speech
or Senator ". T.. HIll on the resolu
ton. Senator Hill. who was formerly
an assistant attorney general and as
such was brought into intimate re-
M,ions with the commission. was one
OF the last men who would have been
expected To voice the sentiments
which he did voice toward the com
~ SsiOn.
Senator II. l.. Davidson has pre-
NluNSIN tADItSNtu IpS hlllluut anu
other senator's have endorsed his
views. This sentiment has now
spread TO the house and II great
many representatives said last night
that even though they had never be-
fore considered a proposition to do
away with the commission seriously.
things had been brought to point
where the legislature might take ne
ton toward bringing this before the
people
In the meantime the commission Ia
fighting for increased salary appro-
prlatEons pointing out that It's work
is hampered because the salar ries
pad TO employees are too low For
Instance, Art l.. Walker, mem her
OF the commission said the other
night In regard to the salary which
is now paid the commissions rate
expert. who receives n salary of
81 500 n year, that no real rate eX-
in n position which pays that salary
when large corporations are ready
at nn instants notice TO pay $1,000
a year or more for the services or
such men. "You can't expect IA
$4,000 year man In the employ OF
the commission 10 make the proper
showing against the corporations
$40 900 n year man, II you hope to
get the best results for the state"
Walker @id.
Il is not unlikely that the corpora
ton cAAmission will receive further
attenaU from tho legislature before
the session is over.