The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-02
WAREHOUSE BILL
is READY FOR ITS
Final PASSAGE
Senators ''Hear Voices from
the Grass Roots"
Aids in Last
Decisions
FIGHT ON THE FLOOR HARD
AND STUBBORN. CALL SHOWS
REPUBLICAN, MAJORITY
AGAINST 1T.
(By Staff Correspondent

"a (By Staff Correspondent
N Oklahoma City, Feb 2-Several
M ksenators heard voice from the grass
N roots-or thought they did. And they
n decided it was best to vote as they
"a thought their constituents desired in
|1l spite Of their personal views. AS n
"A consequence, the ware house bill,
Y which seemed on the verge of an un-
"A timely demise last week, Is now ready
u Tor final passage in the senate with
* its vital provisions practically intact
TX Four votes would have turned the
n scale yesterday against the measure
I'in it's present form.
n The fight on the floor Of the SEN
N ate yesterday was hard and stubborn.
X Three distinct attacks were made on
the warehouse bill. First was Harry
N Glasser's attempt to have the ap-
n preparation section stricken. Then
came Bob Davidson's proposal to sub
y NIT the act to the people by referen-
Jdum. And last, Davidson suggested
4 the bill be turned over to n commit
i tee to have its constitutionality in
A vestigated. All failed. Section IL,
carrying the appropriation of two mil
4 lion dollars, and the remaining Sec
\ tions were approved, and the bill was
n advanced to engrossment and third
Il reading.
n The debate and various roll calls
n showed majority Of the senate re-
i publicans against the bill in its pres
n ent form, while q majority of DEM
.t..ssx nv
Il ceptions to this lineup were David
son, democrat, and John Golobie, re-
II publican. Davidson and Chaser led
u the fight against the measure; Colo
II bic spoke and voted for the measure
II The debate was opened by Clark
n Nichols of Eufaula, who asked Glas
n aer if his plan to let each county
Acide for itself whether it wanted
u a bonded warehouse or elevator ano
Il then vote bonds was constitutional
\ Chaser admitted that was question
1 for the supreme court to decide.
Harry Cordell, senate guardian ol
me bill, gave notice he would ask tha'
further consideration of the bill p'
indefinitely postponed if the Glassel
amendment carried. Tom Anglin ac
II cused the republicans of refusing u
help the farmers; he likened the bill
as amended by Giasser's proposal, tt
gift of a Christmas tree withou
any Christmas presents.
Golobie deplored the fact that poll
tics had been dragged into the debate
He said this measure was the mos
beneficial one for farmers ever IN
4" OH "a
|k tho need of cotton farmers for help
when other classes of people, III
said. "are tramped on by those above
they can get even by trampling thos
below them; but when the farmer u
trampled on, all he can do Is trampi
the earth beneath him" He said IN
cry of socialism was not valid ar
yunent against the bill. He deciare'
the Chaser amendment would XII
NJ the measure.
l.. i. West OF Anadarko also accus
cd CHASER Of trying to kill the bill
He said it was a mistake to regar
this as political issue.
Morton Rutherford OF Muskogee III
sisted this was not political nor
section. but a business question. ii
urged the senators TO get away iro'
nrovinclalism, and not seek to rep
resent lust their respective districts
but 20 try to think and act Tor IN
whole state. II the grain men ana w
\ oil men are against the warehouS
II ALL. he declared, they are PUTIN
their provincialism in the way
II someth!ng good for the entire sta''
\ n
ment tc voted down.
Il. Il. Woods of Claremorc asserte
n the problem OF the Oklahoma farme
was not one that could be solved b
this legislature. He said the ware
bouse bill was Inadequate rs rem
ody. and that the legislature was dc
ing harm by holding up TO farmer
Il false hope.
Bob Wallace OF Pauls Valley que
toned the demand for the bill, IN
also It's constltutionallty. lie ais
asserted the CHASER amendment ~
rid of politics in the measure
James Spurlock OF liammon, m
Pete Coyne of Estella added the
condemnation TO the CHASER amen'
ment. Davidson took the floor In SUI
port of the amendment. He term'
the system proposed by the war
II house bill with Its appropriation p'
II ternalistic, and urged the difficult
Of collecting taxes when prices nay
II slumpcd against the appropriation
Ill Nichols then announced that he ha
II changed his mind and was again
II the amendment. lie said state tax
4 couldn't be hurdensomc because th'
N we're limited TO three and one'ha
\ mills. while the county taxes n
v burdensomc. The affect Of the amen
II ment would be. he contcnded, to shi
II the burden from the state. which cou
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