The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-30
RECONSTRUCTION PLEADED
Future Development Of All
Institutions Urged in EX-
tenuation Of Work,
GOVERNOR LACKED CONTROL
No Strong Administration
Leadership Develops in
Either House.
,uY JERRY RAND

sprctor, salary $1,000 a year Nat
not created by the lcgislhtuir ~
1919.
An Appropria ton OF t7b 600 for a
state snnitarium for aged ana dr'
Crepit mules was not prlVdtd by 'h'
Legislature.
WIN such measures wore not In.
troduCcd has never hc"n "Npihln"d
for N ever thnrc whn "A Legislature
which might look with favor upon
such items II was the seventh.
In round figures. f20,O00,O0O viii
nav tho cost OF state government
for tho next two years Ihh, IN
addition To tho $50. 900, 900 bond Is
sue proposed hy the legislature foT
the purpose OF building hard -ssffhca
roads, makss total OF fIO.OOO,OOO
for tho session the Aevonty mllllon
dollar seusion" 1t might be known
by.
Most OF this amount waa voted.
Just like that
Future Development Argued.
In behalf OF these hugo approprin'
tlon measures II wns pleaded thhl
the states growth during the past
two years and tho changed condl-
tons due to war, Furnished eStenn'
alton. That tho development OF mo
state along reasonable aud rnodpfn
lines required, for instance, that the
state provide every meanA within iS
power for the education OF tho grow
Ing generation. This Argument
found favor with many senator's and
representatives whose judgment In
Legislative matters " Regarded as
sound and sensible and they de-
clared, I'm voting for such measures,
that the hest interests of the state
required that every cent tho state
could spare should 20 for educa-
uonal purposes
ON the other hand, there were
senator's and roprcsen tatives who
after seeing the drift, fought all the
way against increasing tax burdens
by reyiying those Institutions which
had been abandoned when Governor
williams refused to approve the ap-
propriations provided for them, and
by creating new ones at tremendous
cost Some OF this opposition wns
prompted by political motives ana
arose from those sections OF the two
chambers where the administration
outcasts have their seats But WIN
the Items before them, and tax pay
ing periods ahead, the people can
best Judge two years from now nT
TO the efficiency Of tho argumonts
Of those who said they were doing
the best thing for tho state.
Those who have watched the WORK
Of prevIous legislatures found new
sort OF lowmaking body bled
early In January this year and the
Impression which they gained aier
two or three days OF observation was
such as to cause them to wonder
what the trend OF legislation might
be before tbs lawmaking body I'm
ished its work.
Bin DurAnt Was MSsscd.
To those who have followed the
technical work OF previous leglslh-
tures, one impression stood out pre-
eminent. There was no Bill Durant
on hand to guide the lower house
through the devious channels OF leg
tslation. There was nb Bin puraht
to pllat through those measures
which might be expected to oncoun.
ter resistance. There was no BIN
Durant to hold together the admin
iBtrstion tprces when controlling
hand was needed TO put down insui-
rectiou. All these thoughts came TO
the minds OF those who had studied
the work and the course or previous
legislatures after the lower house
got down to work. There was Paul
Nesbitt, veteran Of many legislative
struggles, and Rcn +. Harrison, con
AerVatiNc and deliberate. but both
these leaders had supported others
than Robertson In the primary cam
paign and although ConCilatury dl-
plOmacy on the part OF the admlnts-
tratiOn slate fiNers had placed them
In positions which gave them much
power there were none who really
felt that there was a guiding hand
60 direct the thoughts ana energies
OF the lower house IN the event Of
hint OF revolt
Waldrcp Lacked Experience
Tom Waidrep, young,and forccful
to degree hud not the experience
nor the temperament TO hold the
various party cl ments tn check II a
slarpedc threatened That was tho
way tho professional Observer
locked at H. How near they came
tu ghuging the situation was demon
slrntrl Two wrui,t aEu when the
hous" hrlkci at passing the fiscal
agcucv hII which was stamped with
the atntnIstrauon's seal Evrn the
closes Il the administration H
friends couldn't swallow 'no meas.
ure which. % was charged, won 4
give the state NuNnnN h1uk %, Uk.
lahumu city the wut, .g hDNdlun
the interest on the stat, a duhl ANA
which, 1t Was aI .. patcd would soon
be Increased hy E.o.UOO,u0U l' A sub.
htaniiAl profit
Bul casting astie Tho pu.u.u|
phases ~ 'tu Legislative sessluu and
taxing into consideration tn, lual
work done hy the lawmakers y %
worthy oi note that little radical leg.
islnuon was proposed ~ courso
q 6ere was tho usual number of f.rlk