The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-22
HORT PROGRAM
FROM GOVERNOR
pobertson's Message to
legislature to Be Brief
and Pointed.
COOPERATION ASKED
Suffrage, Deficiencies and
Assistance Stressed in His
Letter.

,Nsis, % in' WIN"
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. Ell
coysrpor Robertson's message to the
.o,cisl session OF tho legislature will
\. presented to the body shortly
,nsr Il convenes at Q O'Clock on
yopaay morning. In II he will call
..sntion TO GONE things that hs
vll ask he done at once, or az
quickly as possible.
The governor is going to try aa
best no can TO keep to the limo he
sss lntlmated since the Muskogeo
.oeyenuon lie has changed his mind
stestly since a few days before that
,crason. lie would have laid down
NE bars" as he said, but advice has
been given not to~do that He has
hhded the suggestions.
The first m essage to the legislature
nrobablv will contain only three
'hings: The first !s the woman sut-
rage amendment; then appropria-
sons 10 care for about. $4,000
worth of deficiencies, and hia rec
lamentations that departments
offer whatever help they can spare
Ia take care of the clerical work
az the special session, so that extra
belp will not DO needed.
This program Is not lengthy and
little work will be needed, except
possibly with the suffrage amend
ment Here is where the contest Ia
going 10 be- II there is any at all. The
present legislature is friendly to the
governor. The democrats of Okla
homa, are very much for Senator
ovens presidency campaign. Wheth-
ar or not the Muskogee convention
represented views Of any consider
able portion OF the democrats rs a
question. In fact, with reference to
the action Of the convention in pass
ng the resolution calling for the
special session. many. including high
state officials, agree that If the
resolution had been put to a roll
call Il would havs~been beaten.
The action of the convention fol-
lowed the suggestion Of the governor.
!, was simply to help Senator
Owens candidacy. Since then with
reference to the suffrage amend
ment there has been great deal
Of talking and thinking. Whether or
Dot a democratic legislature, in face
Of things that have passed before.
i going to make It possible 20 throw
down all bars. including racial lines,
when 1t comes to voting. is some
thing that certainly will be discussed
In the senate and house when the
measure gets before the bodies. II
will be remembered that democratic
lglsatures passed Jim Crow law.
grandfather clause, and what not,
for a purpose all Know well. While
the grandfather clause was knocked
out by the United States supreme
court the spirit OF 1t still stalks.
There Is lgoing to he strong op-
position against the ratification of
the suffrage amendment. Attorney
General Freezing already has ad-
dressed a letter to every member OF
the legislature setting forth rea-
sons why II should not be ratified
by the state. He is not opposing
woman suffrage, but he believes it
sa question that should be settled
by the states separately, so that each
commonwealth may retain its own
police power in administering the
elections.
But here comes the question Of
whether or not the Legislature is
going to look at it like the Muskogee
convention. viii everything be sac
niiced for Senator owen?