Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-22
EXTRA SESSION SURE
FOR ROADS PROGRAM
,..,sIn,urc WilI Ilc Unabr Ia Con
clud, Consideration In 90 pays
pnc to Opposing Views.
EXPENDITURE BIG QUESTION
All Favor so.Miuion Program. Hut
Want "a know Who II 10 spend
Moncy-Dciays Esp,stcd.

W f|N AllNsl bHf'~Hf
Ut,i.AIiOMA CITY. Jan 2l.-.lt
,,ghf lust as well be sci down here
r,N mat this legislature II not going
,p ruIsh It's work In 80 days
IA fact n IL pretty generally un-
d.,siood that there N to bc "A special
49,, on and that II will he well along
4, Ma, before the legislative pro-
,r,u. a. mapped out at present. ir
,oupleicd II In said also that GOV
,rruf Robertson ir convinced that
the ruad program will demand more
Of the legislatures time than the
usYa. eU.ldy span
Now that the highway measures
nrr making their appearance, II he %
romcr more and more apparent that
ih,rr trr Wide dlVergcncics ~ opin-
t,r and radical differences In views
vhirh must he rcconcilcd before the
ms.surr is shaped up for prcsrnta
i.,u tn the voters In the considera-
non ~ the measures. from the view
po ni ~ policy money matters may
lie considered ns minor details" up
ON which all Interested can easily
arfrr Tho method of raising the
money the terms and conditions up'
on winch the bonds are To he .ssucd
and che details uf the bond ,ssuc are
lniirrs which are pretty well agrccd
mon At the outset The rub comes
over the uurstiun of who IN going to
urnd the money and supervise the
construction OF the roads.
Who spends Monr,7
ENCy man from out IN the STATE
Who comes to oklahoma city and
Who = asked about the sentiment
In his community on the hard sur
face road proposition makes "a reply
something like this. They're all
Tor 90. but they want to know who is
ong 90 spend the money
And IL II over this most important
feature ~ all that the difference of
opinion comes between the cxecu-
] Tive and legislative powers, Governor
Robe tson and "A great many of The
more lrycl- headed members OF the
snEc and house think that the
rghi 20 name The men who Will he
held responsible for the money and
the plans should bo given to the
chief executive Tho state good
roads association and other level
the opinion that the people must
know In advance. ns nearly as can be
determined who In going to spend
/, this money And there the hitch has
come right at the start. Some s,y
,ha, the differences are irrcconcil.
able bat there are few who believe
that the governor or any member OF
the legislature viii take such an
adamant stand that the whole pro-
gram VII be allowed to go by the
board although nearly every one ad-
q mis that tire In "a long period OF de-
bate and wranglc before the meas
ure, as Il IL to be submitted to the
voters can hc whipped into shape.
Reodifying In November.
There ~ siill another matter which
. will keep the legislature -nKros-ed
for some time and thu IL the re-
eodlf,cation Of tho stl,tuteH prac.
irally every lawyer In the two
houser has been assigned 20 the com
mit,ees Wh.ch will undertake to de-
wise a method by which this work Is
TO be accomplished and the meetings
" these committees thus far indi-
Gates that there are as many opin.
ION, ~ In the best way to accomplish
II a. there are members OF the com
. mltIee II has even been proposed
and IN" proposal has been given
some considerations. that the codin-
cation be undertaken by the legisla-
ifFNlAt bAA INNS DitU mas ifN
mppoti"w n the lawyers IN the
lrylsaiufo we're to perform this
sofk and the legislature were to be
hsld In session until the work was
Completed In order tn ratify Its work,
.hrnlmns would come and go be-
lofe the work would he completed
ulh"rs favor tho employment OF eS-
peflS while st.ll others are In favor
o' LEAVING the work to code COM
mission Judge Sam Harris was
ealled into consulta ton by the mem
o.r Of the house committee the
o'het night and II is presumed that
he gave the committee some Vnlu-
ao'e advice In regard To the work
,ef he Is as well qualified To measure
we hSk as anyone. having engaged
IN II once h mself
mere u always the possibility also
hat the ia, graduated land tax or
VI eswlaiion may start long drawn
oN Ntnngle~ which will not he
imlnated until II comes time To
'at o'f another page on tho calendar
make room for April and when
nu' ume comes. menu bers of the
Ashlure 1y. - n day and the high
Wv ot living will hold out no more
!. eu,cuona for them Mt the capitol
wv me end NJ the s0-day period will
"uanly ymy arrive and the heaviest