The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-09

doing the work could be prosccut-
cd for cruelty to animals.
calling the Roll
How much in earnest and how far
apart these democratic factions are
could be easily discerncd Tuesday,
when Bob Wallace, speaking on the
question of his own nomination tor
president protcmporc, deliberately
and almost cruelty spcarcd the hopes
and ambitions Of other senators,
when ne told why he could not On
ter the administration caucus, told,
and mentioned the names of those.
known to be on the payroll - other
1 departments, ana called the names
OF senators who had profited be-
cause they had been able to secure
pardOns for wcll-to-do convict Cli-
cnts.
This was never before done in an
Oklahoma senate session. IL was a
strained situation. this spectacle of
a senator boldly telling what has
been gplug ON and why it had been
done. such scars are never healed,
and no one knows better than the
! pauls Valley senator that they are
deadly .with them unChallcnged
and supported hy the official rec
ords, those assailcd can never cX-
.
/ ghosts of the past haunting their
| political beds by night.
Republican Advantage.
And while the democrats are more
widely separated than before. the
J republican senators placed them
selves in Il very advantageous posi-
tion. In standing sturdily for the
statohousc cleansing plan, they gave
assurance to the people who elected
them that their confidence had not
been misplaced. They can. being "A
minority party, escape the things
which the democratic senators must
| face, and are facing divided into two
factions .
Had the II republican senators
with the democratic minority been
able to control the senate. the repub-
/ licans would have shared in the re-
/ sporslbility for the work of that
/ body during the session, Compris-
: ing the larger number. they would
have been compelled to shoulder at
least an equal amount of response
bility as their democratic colleagues.
They have come through the first
skirmish line unsCathcd ana occupy
u rather easy position. Naturally,
. II men will not always vote one way
on all measures, but when the politi-
Ioal lines are drawn. II Is certain the
republicans viii present solid front
against the Robertson maChinc--the
majority OF them were elected to the
senate on the expressed pledge that
such should be true.
/ II Is presumed that the house Of
representatives, controlled by the re-
. publicans. can not make record so
good as the senate. There are too
many 81 thcm--too many state inst-
tutiuns whose heads want big APP
preparations for the hous" republic
cans TO sit tight all through the scs-
sion.
hut very few republicans can stray
far from tn, party pledge To help
cleanse the statchOusC,' No we'll
informed person longer processes to
! doubt that Oklahoma state govern
mout is in a very sad condition, In
I competency and Indifference We're
welded and the offspring is a mon
strosity no one really wishes To see.
Nor have these facts come from
without. Senator Gulohic stated the
truth ON the opening day when he
declared that the "littlc which is
known ON the outside comes from
rho fact that those on the inside
HAY, accused each other and finally
convinced the outside that things are
bad: too bad for. this era. and de-
mandinE am honest ana courageous
inquiry upon the part Of the lcSlsla-
tors, without regard TO politics
Danger in Strength.
An ~ the foregoing points to
Ipromise OF republican success two
years hence and the promise may
ho the very undoing OF that party
Il has many very estimablc gentle
men who have been waiting To hear
the Call OF the people for lo these
many years. While they We're walt
ing the procession has gone for
ward. II hair dozen OF thes" esu-
.ma0ic and forgotten gentlemen con-