Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-03-05
SPECIAL SESSION
ENDED FEB. 28TH
SUFFRAGE NME>DME>T - HATl-
FLED. mr. ENERGE\tN tLtt sE
FAILS TO GIT 81 Ei'ICIE>T NJ Vi
49, BEH Ut VOTES.

The special session of the oklahoma
Legislature was adjourned last Satul
day evening few minutes hcfpr,
o'clock
The House c"ncurrcd in tn" Sonat"
action eliminating tn" "u"rrcu,.
from the woman SuffraG" H'u'udin"n'.
II was explained that IL would h., l''
possible :" muster enough VOTES IN "a.
Senate To pass tn" emergency. and 90"
proper thing would l." for th. Ho'-"
to concur in the SouIt"'s action
This leaves III" inrdsur" ratified l'N
the Legislature. hu' with"ut 'n"Ius "i
making IL effective ~ once. 1hus, ri-
posed to the atuc cudm"ut. or rather th"
LeEislatur" ratifyinr II, say they viii at
once begin initiative proceedings ana
hope to haV" VOt" ON IL in IL" Aug
ust primary election. There are those
who claim it viii Il" futil" to InNnli"
the referendum. as they say the iucaa-
ure is not one which may l." r"f"rr-
ed by the state. This viii h" tcs'r"
later.
All business was concluded by the
two houses early with the exception Of
the report of the committee invcstiRa-
ting matters affecting the pardon and
parole office, to which reference - al
been made by Campbell Russell ana
which the Gov"rnor asked to h" luoK.d
into. Th" committee called number
of witnesses. in,.lu In < Russo |. ';pvcr
nor Robertson, q. u. Scar. pardon
and parole clerk. and "thrrE connected
with certain incid"ntsf i1"nii"nrd hy
Russell.
The committees I"po"i mad" 10 ia"
House just before All hJoUrnHi,nt took up
In detail each case, and after givinL u
history of the cas-" and IN" suus'tu""
of the testimony the com'rIttr" report
said:
"Aftcr having considered tli of -"
evidence that has been sihnittrd t.
your committee. "" unhcSitatinElv Tc-
port that the statements mad" ~ Rus
sell against the pardon and parole dc
partment of tn" Stat" ar" uusupp"rt
ed by facts and do not "onstitut. u
charge of any nature.
The report further says that Mr.. Rus
sell had no Charg" to make AGAINST the
Governor Of the pardon and parole de-
partmcnt of tn" Stat" involving mis-
conduct malf"aSanC" or anything in
volvine moral turpitud" of auYou" con
nected with the pardon or parol" de-
partmcnt. The report declared the pa
role and pardon department officials
had been doing th" utmost in thr,r
judgment for the best interest of So
ciety and the unfortunate men ana
women in their care and keeping
The House ordered the report printed
in the journal and sent To All TIA news
papers in tn" state.
Governor Robertson appeared hcfor"
the House just hefor" adjourum, itt and
thanked the members for til" prompt
manner in which they had done the
work of the special session.
For the brcvity and the efficient con
duct of the six day extra session of
the Legislature ended Saturday after
noon. Governor Eoh"rson expressed his |
thanks In brief speech brfor" the !
house of r"prcsrntativ"s just h"f"r" ad- |
tournmcnt.
II thank You sincerely for your SER |
vices on behalf of all tn" people of til" |
state" he said. "Yuur huSiurssljk, I, |
manner, your disposition to cCunomi2r
in time az well as in money viii make
the session an asset to IA" Hdmlni&tra-
tion ana Ia yourselves instead of Il lid- |
bilty ! shall tax" every opportunity
TO tell the people of tn" stat" about |
the good work YOU have dou"
"'rh" investigation YOU made at my |
suggestion Was disarr"rahl" and hu-
miliating in tn" "Ntrruir cannot t,iI
you the thuuSauhth part of the tr"uhi,
/ have had personally over TIA" matter
Il want You to know that tE. ,nid"m
and par"l" department is rum on ia"
square, aud every other d'p.r. m, at
here tS ON the Suuarr. trust the i'm
vestirdti"u, IN %ril" "f it's uuuI",-. Mt
ness. may pray" to I've worth VuiI, tr
us and to the state
The ros. - lAr srssirI. iurluiiu- .'-
penscs Of the iu'ml,.rs Iucidrujals upd |
appropriations is approximate, !! SiO7,
1i2. OF th.i am"uu' slG.p"0 rs for +nlt-
ries. tr.tNrl}NE CNp'u',S Hud L'LrIib r'-
penscs for rll" pvri"d, ,ud the re-
maindcr for concentrations. TT" -,.-
sion WdS TIN shortest ever held ia Tine
state.