The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-25
solons Meet at Call Of Governor;
Hear Message on Business for
Transaction: Approprla.
tIon Measures Due
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
WEARING COAT BADGES
Refer 10 Governors Speech; Wolf
Howls Heard Through Cham
ber as Session starts;
Committees Named
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Oklahoma City. April 25.--In 70.
sponse TO the call Issued several
days ago by Governor J. II. A. Rob
ertson, the Oklahoma legislature
convened here In special session to-
day. going into session shortly az
ter o'clock.
The purpose OF the meeting was to
consider principally the major por'
Ton OF the Bills failed Of passage at
Tho recent session because OF dead
lock between the house and the SEN
ate over the sums 10 be allotted In
the departmental and institutional
appropriation bills for various de-
partments and Institutions OF the
state.
There we're "a members ol the
house and 20 senators present when
the legislature was called to order.
The governor began reading his
message at t0:30. In this message
he recommended that the legislature
quickly pass the appropriation meas
ures, deficiency bill and soldier re-
lief legislation. Tho governor also
asked for an appropriation OF $780,
900 as a contingent fund to be used
be Attorney General Freezing In the
Red River boundary case in which
, favorable decision to Oklahoma was
!. handed down by the supreme court
4 recently.
j. "Not conVicts--WoIves"
+ The republican members OF the
] house entered the house chamber
e this morning with badges on their
Q lapels, upon which was printed:
Evolves and Hyenas. Not Convicts."
In speech at McAlester recently.
the governor was alleged to have re-
ferred to members of the house al
WOLVES anu uyVudo.
i Shortly after the house convened,
Representative Platt Of Payne coun'
lty arose and in explaining why the
republicans wore the badges: We
heve been taught in the Bible to be-
ware of wolves only when they ap.
pear in sleeps clothing. The COVER
nor has seen fit to name us wolves,
Z therefore we come out in the open.
a. The republican members cheered
70 Ibis speech and wolf howls rever
s. Iberated through the hall. Pandemon
Iium reigned for several minutes.
ID After Speaker Schwabe had restored
to Iorder. a committee was appointed u
O. notify the members of the senate
that the house was ready to NEE
with that body and hear the COVER
Inor's message.
Committees To Stand.
After the speech by the governo
lSpeaker Schwabe announced that al
" committees, except the committee
Ion appropriations and investigation
'ol would stand as in the regula
re- session.
I'M Representative Bailey, chairman
ht, the house appropriations committe
iss then introduced the institutional a
preparation bill, pr9viding Tor u
an appropriation of $9,4S4,OOO and
ing departmental appropriation bill pr
or viding for the appropriation OF s.
of $4,000. These amounts are the san
ray as the appropriation bills carried
ion the. last session
25c A committee of three from q
house and like committee from
senate were then appointed to &C
fer with the governor anu learn
and any attempt should be made to
and pass approximately IS pills viii
ring failed at the last session because
ocal the sudden adjournment o. the leg