The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28
VARIED CALLINGS
SEATED IN BODY
New Legislature Not Con-
fined to Any Profession
or Class of Men
'olD FACES ARE GONE.
only Few Familiar Ones Will
pe seen in Capitol Halls
in Next Session

OKLAHOMA CITY Nov. ~
,,.-taII. never in the history OF an
Iitab,tra legislature have the TWO
,v,,isi,,iy, bodies been composed OF
-. varied and widely numbered
1,%,ss % of professions. than in the one
..'Sl1b win answer roll call January
as the Eighth legislature.
n,,p to the fact that the new legis-
.,.,Z has "A makeup that has never
riyalcd since Oklahoma came
hnXratohood. for the first time
f'nrIg with .epublican majority In
49, bnuse Of representative and a
.,rong republican minority In the
s,,,S senate. legislation as we'll as
,,sislafur. offer unique setting
n5,h as keen legislative possibilities.
sconIng the rolls OF both the senate
a,d house there is to be found as
S,ronc,s Of these suppositions. and
,..u founded belief that the coming
.sss,on is 10 prove one of the most
,rteresfiug that has ever faced a
speaker
LAWYERS. large and small, fluent
and influencing, with followings
,rom some Of the most strategic
point. of the state, hold a majority
in professions in the new state sem
Ate 4 few farmers, a sprinkling of
editors and hrrc and there "A retired
uly of the soil, complete the roster.
MS not this branch of the lcris-
attire that offers such divergent
propssious, hut the house. where
many new men, most of them un-
known 60 any present state official,
have the power of action in their
own hands and good authorities pre-
diet that they viii make use of II.
A resume Of the house roster on
what information that is available,
fails TO disclose any leading profess
sion. However. OF those known,
practically every occupation from
country janitor of small school,
house TO dealer in high finance will
be represented No predominating
profession can he found, but COM
bination of many subordinate occu-
pations will form a strong working
force In the house, and II is believed
at the statehouse that this working
force. well-oiled and intelligently
sponsored with legal talent, will be
one of the aggressive factors in forth
coming legislation.
Previous legislators have usually
been old and staid lawmakers who
have spent u lifetime in their COM
munity coming and going with prac-
teal assurance, and prominent in
the eyes OF the state and public as
the senator or representative of this
or that district. Many OF these have
been r2urned. but there are equally
as many and more who were de-
feated and their SUCCESSORS will de-
scend upon the capital of the state
comparatively unknown. and from
sources that harbor new ideas, pos
siby on law governing measures.
Many of the new legislators will for
the first time come into contact with
state executive affairs.
Questions put to close acquain-
tances Of newly elected legislators
or to legislators themselves relative
to his or her ideas of pending lcgis-
lation, all bring forth vollcy of
proposals already in mind and an
avalanche OF data and material that
these individuals have prepared for
presentation before the legislature.
The nature of the recommendation
deal with practically every problem
That affects local as well as state
interest, and many are direct at
tacks on present administrative
measures.
From the scattered interviews on
prospective measures, either in form
or to be drafted, there is left with
out question one Of the largest
budgets of proposed individual
awaiting an oklahoma
legislature. How these amendments
are to be received, and their final
disposal offers another topic for dis
cyslon, No two opinions agree on
any important piece OF legislation
and pages would be required to carry
an tht commentators that at
present are in formation.