The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-05
by G. w. KINDS
World Capital Correspondent.

by G. w. KINDS
world Capital Correspondent
OKLAHOMA CITY, March A.
The battle royal of legislation has
not abated In the least and the
struggle OF the Contcndcrs to get all
Of the money out OF the treasury
against those who would halt for "A
moment goes on, although not mer-
rily.
notwithstanding a two o-day battle
to reduce the enormous appropri.
ations Ia the senate general APP
propriation bill tNo. 1850 for tho
departments of highways and board
of agriculture, the net reductions
were few indeed
Bob Wallace got "A reduction from
t24070 for the first year and $2i,-
120 for the second year reduced TO
$4,000 for each year in the bureau
OF statistics department of the board
pf agriculture and Lecdy got the
famous sick bee appropriation re-
duced from $500 per annum to
$500.
Ross LAllard made a brave effort
to have the sick bee treatment post
poncd for two-ycar period bpt
Cordcll insisted this would almos,
tear down the superAtructurc OF
state. Tho hecs will have To staEgor
through on short monetary rations
during the next two years.
Tho grand total Of the appropri-
ations for the board of agriculture
as sent hy the senate to the house
for the hicnnium was s5i5,09G with
the exceptions of Ilc two reductions
mentioned above. This is an excess
over the appropriation Of 1919 OF
$4,000.
The lscnatc bill appropriation for
the state highway department for
the bicnnihm is SG3s.2O0, as against
&23G.OOO for the former two-year
pcriod. Nor does this include the
large sum appropriated TO carry on
the department until Juno 80 OF this
year.
The highway department has so
many bureaus" II Is hard to tell
where one ends and another begins
and there care Contingent FUNDS
for several bureaus, explained as
necessary because when the budget
was made out there have possibly
been things overlooked for which
| the department might De aole "
spend money to obtain.
Desperate efforts on the part oi
| Republican leaders to secure modln'
| cation has won support from demo
cratic floor leader HILL Harris. wal
! lace and Fleming, but president
protempore Simpson was III uh'
chair and started to rush the mighty
| budget through without even haVlne
liz read. Wallace and Harrison
forced reading OF the measure, item
by item, but thai did not secure m
much more than satisfaction TOT
those seeking to reduce the monster
! allowances.
Second Warning.
IL was during the discussion over
reduction of an item in the highway
! budget that Senator Harrison issued
| his second warning to senators that
no man could go home TO his con-
stituents and explain such appropri'
at!ons az now contemplated. He IN
sisted that no republican or demo
cratic senator could have been elect
ed ON any ticket had the people
known he would support such ex
travagance and called on his demo
cratic colleagues to remember ina
he had spoken for them last fall anC
pledged the people economy.
The Harrison warning made th'
appropriation boomers look llttl'
more solemn, but there was more
solemnity than energy in reducing
the allowances as provided for II
| the committee bill.
The fact that during the three
days the senate had under consid
Grafton the appropriation measure
1.-The appropriations have grown in
stead OF decreased Is significant tina
the house OF representatives Is II
have n hard battle to even sc
through with IL in reasonable time
as the measure Is ''beureaued" OF
into so many divisions II takes tim
to see when one contingent tund !
not running neck in neck with an
other, all for the same specified pur
pose.
Preparing for the Future
That preparation is being mad
for the future by those believing II
lbig appropriations and deficiencie
can be found In the treatment grant
ed to Harrison's measure TO preYen
deficiencies. II is Senate Bill 255
and provides that no deficiency ca
Ne created without the written con
sent OF a majority OF a board, con
Sisting Of the governor. auditor. ex
amfner and inspector, treasurer an
attorney general This board mus
meet at stated times and pas
on all claims for deficiencies, an
there is n further provision that tn
dpflciencics to be created shall nc
exceed the sum OF 100000 for an
biennial period. -.
The bill had n fight for its III
in the committee and was FINAL
ealled out to be considered withou
committee recon- mendation. Whe
Harrison called for immediate cor
, s' liberation, some friends wished
amend II, forcing II back TO com