The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-09

spoke against the Final passage Of
this monstrous appropriation act,
but little short of $1,000. 900 The
democratic leaders who prayed for
the measure to he sent to the house
wer" w. ~. woods. Ifpughon.
.Cordcll. McPhcrrcn. Ratliff and
Davidson the latter chairman OF the
appropriation committee.
Senator John Golobie OF Guthrie
was the lone republican to speak on
the measure, against 10. and he gave
"a warning that continued increase
IN appropriations with the con
tlnucd decrease In the price for
products could only lead to disaster.
on roll call five republicans Joined
the administration democrats and
put the bill over 10y "A vote OF 26 to
l6. The republican senators who
voted with the administration demo
Gratis were:
Cornett OF Pawhuska: Durant of
Miami; Horner Of Okmulgcc; Lynch
OF stroud and T.. +. Woods Of Glare
more.
The six democrats who voted to
XII the hill were:
Fleming of potenu; Hensley OF III
Reno; Iiill OF McAlcstcr democratic
caucus chairman and floor leadcr)
Liliard Of oklahoma city. Ruther-
ford OF MuskOgee, and Wallace OF
Pauls Valley.
1t was peculiar In that IT sent
the great appropriation bill to the
house ot representatives as non
partisan measure, for had the five
republican senator's stood with the
six democratic opponents II could
never have been carried, inasmuCh
as 1t required % votes to pass bin
and there are but p democrats--a
detection Of votes being sufficient
to keep the vote under constitu-
tional majority of the senate.
Where L. the End?
The passage OF this great bill as
non partisan measure leads to fore
bodings as 10 its final outcome. Be
yond doubt It will be amended I'm
the house Of representatives, ard II
the senate refuses tu concur in these
amendments, "A conference must be
held 10y members appointed by the
two houses, and that will result I'm
test OF legislative skin.
In this the senate Will have the
advantage OF the older Legislators,
as the majority Of the house re-
publiCans are new mon. Davidson
Of Tulsa will Of course head the SEN
ate conference committee. being
chairman OF the appropriation .om-
mittee. Bailey OF snyder holds the
same position In the house. ana at
this writing Bailey is the center Of
fire for the reason that he has been
the apparent master of the house
appropriations, perhaps for the rca-
son that he has proceeded slowly and
has been able 10 win the solid sup
port OF his republican colleagues on
that committee.
Briggs Would Curb.
An. apparently innocent measure
has been introduced by Senator
Briggs Of Woodward, 1t provides
that those seeking a bank charter
must first make their desires known
ask for a charter, and the mani
killer in the measure provides that
in the event the state bank commits
sioner does not issue the charter, an
appeal may be taken from his rul-
ing.
lnasmuch as there has been OK
tensiye comment concerning the is
suance of bank charters, the sig
nificance OF the Briggs bill need not
be further elucidated.
one More Medical Act.
Senator Charley Leedy Of Arnett
has another medical bill, framed to
give all practitioners rights with
the Joker in 1t to effect that the
doctors must all be graduates of a
recognized standard school OF medi-
cine. None but the allopaths.
homeopaths and electric schools are
recognized. and the chiros and
osteopaths would have hard sled
ding under the provisions OF the
Leedy bill introduced by request.