The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-30
Legislative SidelightS
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rior would not vote against the
opinion of the democratic chief
Justice of the supreme court. nor
would he cast a vote that appeared
to be in contrast with precedents
hitherto established.
The average layman will find It
hard to understand Just what the
fine legal point was that caused the
change In the senate, and yet, In
the event that one traces the lines,
it is not hard to determine. To com
init an impeachable offense an Off
Ger must do II officially. and. while
this may not be the ham and cabbage
Interpretation OF all, 1t appears as an
an illustrative point that can be
understood by the commonality.
Here's the Plain Facts.
III an official 80 much as takes n
cigar from a person who desires to
have something official done, that
officer could be impeached for thus
transgressing the law.
While taking the cigar, II he sent
a man out and stole carload OF
hogs, it would be crime, but he
could not be tried in the impeach-
ment court unless 1t was first proven
that he had stolen the porkers and
been convicted in a court OF COM
pctent jurisdiction.
In other words, as n layman seeks
to convey the information. a state
officer can work on the outside as
private and not be a stateofficer
on the inside he is. This may not
be plain to all OF the folks, but The
World correspondent cant help II.
lie Is not popular with the state
administration. However, n new pre-
cedent has been established, and
there Is no occasion to worry, FOL
the world will Jog along anyhow
and the sun will shine all right or
all wrong, just according to the
state of mind of the one gazing at
her glories.
House Managers Escaped.
Due, probably, TO the astute
leadership of u. II. Matthews. man
ager OF the house members sent over
to prosecute the case OF the lieuten'
ant governor, the house manageri
escaped without losing their liberty
lie moved to dismiss the eighth
charge against Trapp and the senate
court allowed this to be done.
Judge Harry Jennings OF Clare
more had not been present at tho
last sitting OF the court, but Mat
thews, Newman, Scofield and Drake
were allowed to go without molesta'
tion.
But Trouble Follows.
But while the senate was closing
the Trapp trial, the house was hear
ing a report from the investigating
committee about the state board OF
affairs.
This report shows that the hous
investigating committee does no
allow for mathematical errors. Ac-
cording to the report the board OF
affairs has generally accepted the
highest bid when 1t was in the
market. It was, IL the house report
be correct. very probably an over
sight. as the law says the affairs
board must take one end of the line
of figures and IL 1t was commenced
at the top 1t can very clearly bt
defined as an oversight.
The report recommends that Com
missioners Clark, Kayser and Byrt
be fired--or, to be more polite, tha
the governor Immediately reorganiz'
the DOfy.
There are several things in thu
report of the committee which car
be explained, for illustration, th'
item charging that the board pur
chased coffee for state institutions
for IA cents a pound when as a mat
| ter of record. It could have obtained
| 1t for IL cents.
But the bourd could not get II
cent coffee in Chandler, the county
seat of Lincoln county. and this II
LINCOLN county administration. NJ
reasonable person would expect
Chandler grocer TO sell the coffee as
cheap as a Wholesale house, there
| fore the count should not be allowed
to remain in the record.
The Chandler Boyd.
1t was no mistake to state this II
n Lincoln county administration
| General Roy Hoffman, chief adviser
to all of the boys in command, wal
for many years a resident of LincolI
county.
Governor Robertson came from
| Lincoln.
George Clark, chairman Of tn
state board of affairs. is a Lincolr
Fred Dennis, state bank commits
| sioner, is from Lincoln county
| Hugh Johnson, the general com
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