The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-15
Closeup SidelightS From +,
State Legislatures Halls
By G. w. B. KINDS

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE
ing understood that such rcdistrict-
ing must be done at .this session OF
the legislature.
A Joker Pardon Biii.
One OF the big Joker bills was In
troduced by j. Horace Simpson.
Greer county representative. IL pro-
vides for a pardon and parole board
of three members, one Nf whom
shall be an attorney, another a ply
sician and the third Just plain
member OF the folks without any
special qualification to show before
assuming duty.
The members are to by appointed
for six-year terms by the governor.
and the attorney. Is to be president
Of the board and draw stipend OF
$2.750 per annum, the others to re-
ceive IS per day and mileage while
actually at work. The first terms
are givef, az six years for the law
yer, four for the doctor and two for
the common fellow. and the gov
ernor can dispense with the services
OF all or any at WILL
Moreover, the lizard can recon-
mend and the governor can refuse TO
act. Tho only hamper to guberna-
torial clemency Is that he can not
grant II without sanction of the
board.
The measure IN very evidently de-
signed to met the demands OF the
governors message to the. legislators
and can be accepted as carrying out
his request. It will necessitate- a
change in the personnel Of the board
suggested in n former issue OF Tho
World, and. to expedite matters and
get the bill into action, the names
suggested need to be changed in
only two instances. as Brig. Gen. Roy
v. Hoffman IL an attorney and can
act as president and fill the attos-
neyship qualifications.
DR.. Paul Nesbitt, former legisla.
tor from Pittsburg county, now of
Murray. and close associate with
Governor Robertson in the $50. .000.-
900 road bond issue. can qualify rs
a physician. As representative for
the folks, Bill witcher Is friendly TO
tho governor. and sArcessful bust
ness man. AS the manager of tho
truck and automobile fleet furnished
to the state nv the federal govern
ment, Mr.. Witcher developed bust
ness tact. sagacity and osecutive
would prove valuable member Of a
pardon and parole board that es-
pected to establish. precedent.
Hill Surprised Them.
Floor Leader Senator T.. i. j1Iill In
No. 81 proposed to abandon Il num-
ber OF state schools and establish
hospitals in lieu of them. The meas
ure would kin the two minA schools
located at wilburton and Miami. the
military academy at Clare!norc, the
preparatory school at Tonkawa and
thre of the secondary agricultural
sch chools-Cameron at Lawton, that
at Warner and Tishomingo, The
same measure would also fispose of
the normal school at Weatherford.
There is little probability of
abandoning either OF the normals.
Those at Weatherford. Edmond and
Alva are inherited from Oklahoma
territory and those at Tahleduah,
Ada and Durant were established TO
give the Indian territory side OF the
state and equal nymber. There was
no occasion for the six normaIs and
the present attendance at all of them
is light, although four of them are
asking for new edifices. Just what
they are TO be used for being mat
ter Of conjecture as their attendance
does not warrant n further outlay OF
money for buildings
y Making the wildcat Wild.
House Bill 81, by Dawson of Ellis.
Smith OF Dewey and G. II. Leedv of
the senate In n wild measure calcu-
lated to- attroct attention. 1t pro-
vides for another board. this one TO
examine BARRIERS and provides that
no barber can perform on another's
Uranium without first having secured
n license from this honorable board,
the sixtieth unnecessary board To
maintain the whims and fancies of
legislators and executive officers.
Another Auto Measure.
The second automobile bill was
introduced by Platt of Payne, New
OF Bryan and Harris of oklahoma
county. II provides that every auto
mobile dealer must give bill OF sale
with each machine sold, and this
shall be filed with the state high
way department, together with n de-
scription of the vehicle. in order that
Identification will always be posi-
BILE.
A companion bill, No. 60. by the
same authors fixes the penalty for
theft of an automobile Mt not more
than $4,000 fine and 10 years In the
penitentiary: stealing OF parts can