The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-12
WITH ShOUTINGS AND TUMuLT
OkLAhOMA'S REPUBLICAN HOUSE
WHEELS INTO LINE

M Y ontlIued from rage Ona)
4 reciprocity. The senate Democrats
gave their minority members nine
committee chairmanshps and approx
mately proportional representation on
the standing committees OF the sen
ate. In the committee list announced
Yesterday by schwabe. not a Demo
orat, heads committee.
The committee on investigation Of
judiciary and executive depat tmeu's
the probing" committee-has as
chairman r. H. Matthews of Nc
Alester. 1t viii be remembered that
Matthews was reputed to be the ori-
ginal choice of the Republican state
committee for speaker. H. T. King
Of Frederick and Porter Newman
OF Durant--lhe, latter considered anti
administration--are the only two
Democrats on the committee Of nine.
The powers Of this committee are
great under the new rules which the
house adopted yesterday Democrats
spoke vigorously against the rule on
Investigations, and sought. on mo-
ton OF Dabney. to have the rule
amended 10 provide Tor public hear
ines and report to the house But the
Republicans voted as unit and the
rule was adopted as reported by
the rules committee. The investigat.
ing committee may investigate whom
1t pleases, when il pleases and how
II pleases.
In the committee assignments, Mrs.
Bessie McColgin, OF Roger Mills coun'
~, was made chairman Of the com
mittee on rural education, and
member OF the committees on educa-
ton, agriculture. roads and highways,
manufacturing and commerce. state
boundary and soldiers relief.
D. s. Hoover of Ardmore, was
placed on the committees on agri-
culture. public buildings. oil and gas.
and tribal relations.
The committees announced by
Speaker Schwabe yesterday
Judiciary No. IA. E. Carver.
chairman; Schofield, Bell, Harris,
hart, Disney, Martin, Porter, New
man.
Criminal jurisprudence l.. Tra-
vathan, chairman; d. o. Jennings,
otto Smith. Ogle, Watson, Salter
Eeim. Smallwood. Stovall, Pendle-
ton. Whitaker.
Legal Advisory--Bruce l.. keenan,
chairman; Hardie, Rogers, Graver
Fl. Jennings. Bell Graham Dyer.
General Appropriateness. d. Bal
ley chairman; Everhart. Caldwell
Bell. Steffens, Hardie. Platt. Locke
Harp Matthews. II. Jennings. Camp
bell Beck. Harrison, Salter, Cum
mings, Sharp, Schofield, Tylee.
Judicial Re.districting-L. h. Sal
ter. chairman; Hardie, Smallwood
Rogers. wismeyer, Admire, Coover
Whitaker. Brice, Nance.
Legislative Re-districting w. A
Schofield. chairman: Otto Smith, Den
ny, Heberling. p z. Newman, White
Ottinger. Tylee. Elmore, Pearson
Dyer.
Public Service Corporations-L. A
Wlsmeyer. chairman; Harris. Camp
bell, Davidson, Craver, Herod, Wat
son. Porter Newman. Brice, Simpson
Revenue and Taxation r. c
JiaIuIt, cIdliiiiin, rsciii' iitpS''"e
Salter, Rogers, James Miller. kee'
nan, Louthan. Nance, Hornbeck.
Education.-Roy V. Sharp, chair
man: II. Jennings, McColgin. Herod
Otto Smith. Sharp. Locke. Hardie
Miller. Cummings. Tylee. Graves. Por
ter Newman. Nance Pratt.
General Agriculture.-T. +. Beck
chairman; Dodd, Everhart, D. o. Jen'
nings. Crockett. p. 2. Newman. Sal
ter, White. Butler. McColgin. Gossctt
Heberling. Coover. Mitchell, Crane
ottinger, Harrison, Dyer, II. r. King
Johnson, Hoover. Simpson.
Banks and Banking, Loan. Trus
and Guaranty Companies-T. w. Har
man, chairman: Keim, Smallwood
Bailey ,Heberllng. Bell, Caldwell
Wismeyer. Taylor, W. p. Miller, Rob
berson, Pratt. jenkins.
State and School Land-Jerry Coov
ar. chairman; Clark, Steffen, David
son. Otto Smith, Crane, Mitchell. Kie
merer, Dodd. Platt, Elmore, Garrison
I.outhan, Strayhorn. Whitaker.
Public guildings-W. p. Kimerer