The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-09

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LEGISLATORS. The contest fo. me
/ pointive places has SO r. ap'
reached astounding pruporfs,,'. no;
~ there likelihood of u l..,, lor
50. IL Is also true that t,,.. s
Is long time and that u4,, 'at
lean happen to change tho Dff,t''us'
political situation. LooLir. Una
ward, Judging the future Ly .o',''A' Va'A'
the things which are goinp ., basN
pen while this Legislature is ID, lay .
sion are more likely to u.sc "a
situation more clear, bus no NOV
Impeachment Talk.
There IL little effort iu .,r...,
talk of iupeachiug Goycrr.. a."
ertson, Legislators and those o' y|
seek to know what tho l,r..I,t,''
docs openly discuss the s..lt.1.
Even those who understl..l ,"'
whiphand held by Licutcr.., .co cnF
ernor Trapp I'm the scn,,, ,1e.
that Ii the facts Justify th, .na,s
viii not dare refuse to rc.uurd ",
an honest indictment sent .p w.
the mouse OF rupresentatiy,.
That Is piffle Tor the reason tho.
the senators must dctcrmir. al. ~
whether or not the cVidcnp, . sud
ficiont. Trapp. In his d,.nor,,.
tight for control was quoted a...a.
ing this Is my senate"
II IL be his senate. 1t is It,iy 81.
demonstrate with the governor ~.
living too high, but that varr,r,
VIII not be 50 severe as tf. o,'
written ON the wall whom Dulop..
Belshazzar was caught Twins not.
ousE whilst the common v,,pl.
were in want.
Also and moreover or uu.royc. ,
ana also, there is no concealmert a,
the purpose to try and take no tho
pardon orgy and this would ,uuosa
the iicutcnant-govcrnor and senator
! Davidson. Under present arr,rrr.
mcnts they constitute the senate.
Trapp drives and Davidson wat,h,.
from the floor to see that no on.
jumps out Of the caucus" wagon
No one ever charged those tN,
men with being children uayinl
politics and the governor ig "A af'
barrier bctwiN them and invest.
cations which would be displrl.lry
even though they were found tu b.
two innocent little fellows just ou,
for an airing.
II REQUIRES "A two-thirds vote o.
the senate to impcach a governor
and that is considerable. Vhcr, /,
also Il $26.500,00O appropriation
melon wobbling around through th.
house OF representatives ana this Is
the day ut appetite, ambition and
surprise. The lieutenant governor
has been known TO XII OFF bad leg.
islativc grass before it spreads To
the senate; failing in that. he has
| committee pigeonhole system that
has rarely been cquailed and ccr-
tainly never surpassed
II is a mistake to surmise that all
= that is necessary to pass "A bill or &c.
anything through the legislature, is
to Introduce II, make speech or
two, then to vote, 1t must be con.
T. sidcred by the proper committee
Q Sometimes this committee Is dill
, gent, more often it is not. There Is.
, in the house, discussion in com
r mittee of the whole house, often
amendments are made, sometimes
IL n again referred to the commit.
tee. and trio of old Legislators can
= hold anything back for two weeks
, without trying their very best
Il ordinarily all of this spidCrucj
+ work IL done IN the senate. but this
= time the men WHO know how Co
- pun measures supposedly lost are
, ON the side opposed To Trapp, Gha.
= may cause things to appear not at
present on the intended list--it viii
a
I expects less than that about every
+ time the senate meets during h,c
) entire session.
l Other Business.
F, \ Legislative shaking mp has
; brought forth some announcement
T. II will Io recalled that State Su-
| perintondCnt Il. II. Wilson wanted
- to bc candidate for govcruor
That was prior to November =, 1919
Q Following that Catastrophe he WIS
+ somewhat undecided, but since the
legislature convened the state Su-
perin,endent has definitely decided
. that he will refrain from bothcrin-
2 with it,
- John \. Whltchurst, president o,
% the board of agriculture and who
b was ambitious to he governor, has
p lost his appetite for the place. lie
! is not a candidate.
I State Treasurer Arthur Lcccraii
4 still talks Eovcrnorships and l""nN
: afar Oft to see what the wild winds
may bring Of the morning, put h'
} too is less ambitious than he wa
. Attorney :, i. Freezing
) looking for a mechanic VINO GO
l patch up the democrats huildin-
crack, and would like to try out thr
rig, but he ~ "a prudent man ANA
viii await legislative results.
II was not like that in the old da3 a
! as the song writer said, but this 7 20
I new era. Change III sentiment ANA
- the changes yet to come mako Dr.
y impossible for an hunest-tu good
l ness democratic candidate to l'h
y Just whore TO pitch his tent. No'
: can any pcace-loving candidate ]"
assured that the pitilcss battle l".
- ! supremacy may spread so thdt I'
e habitat viii he untcnahl".
Benjamin Where Art Thou.
Another peculiar political angie .
e found in the election of Senator rom
| simpson as president pr"l'up"re'
lie IL unqucstionably the most
l trusted senator so far as Governor
20 Robertson is concerned, u" d''7
D not deny this. Tie is also " nus.
D ness partner OF Ban Lal'al rti', &C."
70 ocratic state committee 'hh'll =.
- While there VAS a time Wh'u Nv
q governor and the state chai ..'"
% we're not rcstful unless in close D. '.|.
nifty, that was more than is mo. 'N'
ago. They are no longer hl"'.
i'm politics; in fact the govern.
] wishes To unscat the state 'h'li""' T..
D ana have man elected who "o"''
20 act in accord with the chI'i 'H''"
tive.
% I,Iroyctte wisely kent out or tN'