The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-26
BY Charles H. Adams,
Staff CorreSnonoent


Oklahoma City, Feb. 25.--In order
that members of the upper house
might not disqua'ify themselves to
sit as 4 court OF impeachment,
should the probe wairart such pro-
cedure, the senate Yesterday after
noon voted to transmit the Snyder
resolution, asking an inquiry into
the conduct OF Campbell Russell,
state corporation commissioner, to
the house of representatives with
request that 1t make an investiga-
ton and ii the facts developed war
rant that it set impeachment pro-
ceedings in motion. TIE motion,
which the chair declared had car
ried by unanimous vore. was made
by Senator Davidson, Tulsa, after
Senator Snyder had spen. half an
hour in reciting his charges against
Commissioner Russell. The resolu-
ton did not reach the h.usc early
enough yesterday afternoon to Sc
cure action, by the 'owcr house dur
ing mat session,
Shortly after the sesvrn was call
ed to order yesterday afternoon Sen
ator Snyder called 10 his resolution.
After it had been real by Reading
Clerk Cordell, Senator Snyder pro-
cured the docume1, 10 which was
attached recent copy OF The Cat
Russcll's publication AND spent the
| greater part OF an hoHl in arraign-
ing the corporation commissioner.
"The Cat" Caricatures.
The two carica.urcs or cartoons
/ in "The Cat" were described and ex-
| planned by the OklahoTd City sena-
tor and declared u be insults upon
the state supreme court and the sem
ate. The pictures purport to illus
trate a game of cards participated in
by the legislature and the Folks,
with the supreme court character
lied as a referee, and also presents
a character regarded as the lobby
lists. Senator Snyder urged that no
other construction could be placed
on the caricature other than that
the legislature was gambling with a
public measure and that the people
had been done out OF relief hoped
for from the assembly The letter,
recently written by Commissioner
Russell and delivered to senator.
which were set out in the resolution
| Senator Snyder cited as a defiance
as well as an insult to every mem
Der.
During the course OF his speeci
. Senator Snyder described Russell a
a lobbyist holding one OF the hes
Offices in the state; acting in legis
latiye, judicial and executive capac
ity as corporation commissioner anc
at the same time rev,r'ing TO unde
sirablc methods to influence legisla
ton. The oit-reierred 10 contract
which Russell is said TO hold an,
by which Snyder charged he woul,
gain upwards OF $4,000 il the twcly
4 amendment were vitalized wcr
brought in to the discussion an,
Snyder did not mincc words in char
acterizing Russell as 2 'ohbyist act
ing as such while holding state OF
. fee. The senator urged that TN
proceedings under which A. !. Wat
son was ousted from the office o
corporation commissioner four year
ago and the inquiry that resulte,
in Jail sentence Tor Doctor Car
yer. who had alleged that a fund o
, 100000 had been raised to dcica
the chiropractic bill at another ses
sion, were no greater provocatioi
for impeachment proceedings thai
could be supported against Russell
The Snyder resolution also ask
/, investigation OF the employment o
son OF Commissioner RuSsel
whom Snyder declares is employc,
by a firm OF Tulsa attorneys tha
, has frequent appearances before tn
, commission.
Davidson Made the Motion.
, Senator Davidson in making hi
, motion declared that il an investiga
, ton showed the facts as set out i
, the resolution that he believed it In
senate's duty to try Russell and t
. impeach him il the testimony wal
ranted such a result. He suggestc
that an investigation by members {
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