The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-09
ALL NOT SERENE
AT THE CAPITAL
Senate Plans to Increase
Size of institutional
Appropriations
HOUSE Is PREPARED
viii he Able to Withstand
the Shock When Senate
Moves TO the Attack
W. 6. W. y. UlNDS
worlds rariiat Correspondent


OKLAHOMA CITY. May a. Tho
points over which tho legislators nrc
io have a contest developed Satur-
d,v. and sunday did not tend to-
Wnrd the mDmhcrH NJ the two
branches of the lrgiuaiivc body hc.
Ing ln any hotter humOr
Saturday. sessions OF III" TWO
bOuape wore infOuacpucnti other
than 10 pass bills further toward the
final stage bat the senate apptoptl-
atloua committee. sitting ON House
1911 No J.. the iuHtitutionhl APP
preparation act was The cause Tor
opening the eyes of thuso who
thought all wnf serene.
As tho bill passed tho house "
carried appropriations for S9.3OO, 900
or $4,000 less than was passed tor
the same purposes nt the regular
session
Senator Bob Davidson was blunt
in stating there had To be amend
mcnts although he did not add that
tho senate has TO make a showing
and We must stand Tor n larger ap-
propriation than we had at the regu-
lar session, or we are lost
However, that was the statement
which was sent nut from the bureau
Of publicity Of the democratic state
machine, and Senator Bob worked
vigorously To- comply with the writ
ten orders OF the supreme council of
the Big Mistake.
To Increase Allowances.
To make "A proper showing. u is
intended 20 put tho entire building
program in the bin. and then therc
are increases In allowances for main
tcnancc over the house schedule.
II is really "A clever political trick.
but its beginning was we'll known to
-. ~ L.. "A Nktl tA
prepared to withstand tlh shock. In
fnct the Fenate, unwittingly, is
marching straight ahead to another
settlement Just like the one which
went before. Also, II the senate
leadership insists on q prolonged
battle over the pork barrel the
house leaders theraten to spend
their spare time In making records
OF what the administration has been
doing with It's Jackson county OIL
leases" and kindred enterprises or a
private" nature.
Senator Horncr, republican, n
member OF the appropriation COM
mlttco, asked that tho institutional
bill remain bercft Of relationship of
tho building. but the democratic APP
preparation chairman has Ideals Of
his own.
Admits Hts Hide Il Thick.
For illustration, one OF the in.
creases PROPOSED and adopted at one
sitting. was To run a four mile cleo
trio line through the country to add
lights to n secondary ata'c institu'
tion. At the next sitting, Davidson
said the committee would have I,
back up, for Tho Tulsa World will
laugh US To n painful ridicule.
Senator Nicnois declared my hid,
is IS inches thick; let 'em laugh"
However, the line was not author
lied. II being decided that $4,000
could be tied on for some other un
necessary thing not quite 80 ridicn
lous.
Another reason ror not lighting
the cornfields around Lawton, was
that farmers complained tho nigh
lights attracted insects which feed on
the growing corn blades, and an in
junction might be sustained against
making the corn fields beautiful by
night.
II is now clear that while the sen.
Gte was at ono time rcconciled To the
Idea OF taking such appropriations
as II could get, that the state ma
chine has concluded 10 make ono
more try. II Is hard to refrain from
an assault on the state treasury wher
there is promise OF funds TO he OBJ
taiued. and, of course, whatever Is
gained, IL lust that much more fol
the pork barrelers,
Sure. Maybe They VIII.
Tho McPhcrren hill for n $4,000,
600 road bond issue has passed th'
senate. In the language In the senate
bill It says the funds may be useC
for federal aid projects"
No more handsome iokcr eve
danced TO entertain legislative an
diencc and those who have been In
ocuiated with the Sizes ought TO h
enthusiastic for the measure. Thos
who have Carr-a'iy studied tn
building and road programs OF thi
adminis,ration. however. \ may hav
some apprehension that all is no
,,s.n tha fapitRI NTunN upl1 IN