The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-15
Legislative Jokes and Reali-
ties Working on Per Diem
OF Board and Glory as
the Session Closes
HARRISON'S BILLS
PASSED UPPER HOUSE
CREATES BOARD WHICH SHALL
DETERMINE EXTENT COVER
NOR MAY REACH PAYING
EXCESS APPROPRIATIONS
By Special Staff Correspondent,

By Special Staff Correspondenp
Oklahoma City, March 1.-THE pay
Of members of the Oklahoma legisla-
ture drops today from Sc to 50 day,
with the ending of the 60-day period
provided By the constitution for the
legislative session. Which, Of course,
may have no bearing on the fact that
both houses yesterday did a lot of
work The house convened at 10
o'clock in the morning and did not
adjourn until nearly 6, and broke
all records for the session in disposing
OF more than 40 bills on final roll-call.
The senate called the roll on q score
Of measures.
The hardest fight Of the day was
on Senator Davidsons bill which pro
v.ies for the submission to the people
OF the question of q constitutiona.
convention. In spite Of Davidson's s
PARTY affiliations. the attack on this
measure came from the Democratic
eide of the senate, and on final roll
call cnly six Democrats voted for 1t.
The bill failed OF a constitutional ma
jority the vote being 81 to IS.
Senator Wallace OF Pauls Valley
declared that II constitutional con-
yention were held in the near future
the Republicans think they would
nave a majority OF the delegates ana
would be- able 10 rewrite the const!-
tuition to suit their ideas. Senator Cor
dell OF Aianitou took the same view.
He also expressed the opinion the big
corporations wanted the constitution
changed Jed johnson of Walters in.
sisted the present organic law OF the
state was all right,
Davidson said the fear of Republican
control OF the convention was n buga'
boo: there was no more danger OF
that than OF the Republicans electing
tneii state ticket next election, he as
serted. Oklahoma Is still u Democratic
state In spite OF the results Of tbs
last general election. he argued. 4
strong Republican minority in such {
convention would be- good thing. h'
said. and condemned the idea of letting
politics stand In the way of givins
the people chance TO say whether
they want the constitution revised. H'
called attention TO the fact that ever
IL the partisan fears expressed shoul,
prove well grounded and the Republi
cans should be enabled to write th
new constitution. that instrumen
would not be effective until II ha'
been ratified by popular vote OF
Democratic state. This political ar
gument IS bunk" Davidson declared
There must be a constitutional con
vention by 1927, according to David
son, as provided by the constitution
and the machinery for 1t would prob
ably require several years. Davidso
said the present constitution was great
but not perfect. Changes were needc
he mentioned. in the matter OF prc
visions, for the educational system
courts, elections ana taxation. He sal
he did not altogether believe In N
primary system, as the majority part
suffers from 1t by being subject
factional splits. johnson asked hir
II one OF his purposes in introducin
the bin WIS 10 destroy the primar
system. Davidson said, mo, simpl
! want to give the people chance
say whether they are satisfied wit
the present system of election" Johr
son asked him IL q constitutional cor
vention wouldn't disturb business. an
he replied that It would not. but o
the contrary. wouh help business. II
mentioned that thriving state mu'
consider big business and not try
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