The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-20

be In tho thick of the fight for
the pcnuant Bad luck can't stick
to one team all the time
visions OF the 1919 statute. II was
to have been printed and placed on
! the legislative desks five days after
| the Legislature convened. In eN-
/ tending patronage to lame ducks,
I however. the governor appointed 80
many on the committee to prepare
! il. there was no money left to pay
| for printing the budget. so one copy
/ was lett with the speaker and one
with the presiding officer OF the
/ senate. both typewriter. Two budg-
/ ct clerks preceded Mr.. Butler who
| prepared H. The first two knew
| there was a budget law but did not
| know a budget They took down
! good salaries and later II was found
necessary to actually, prepare a
budget
Governor Robertson recommends
a change in the law, but whether
this IL to provide for more lame
! ducks or to actually prepare n
| budget was not disclosed in his
communication.
Introduction Of Bills.
The introduction of bills at the
| beginning of the third week of the
session found rather large number
of measures pertaining to local con-
| ditions.
Jess Pullen OF Murray county, by
request. introduced a measure for
| the establishment of a negro agri-
| cultural school at Bookertee. Okfus-
| kee county, and the act caTies with
| 1t an appropriation OF $4,000. II
| does not follow that Representative
! Pullen intends to make this meas
ure his sole desiration OF the ses-
siGl.
Representatives. Coover OF Wood
ward and w. T. Graves of Washita
sent in the bill appropriating s47O,-
600 for new buildings at the western
hospital for insane at supply. This
| institution, where the majority OF
the insane criminals are quartcred,
has subsisted on the husks in former
times. on account of being practic-
ally inaccessible and due to the fact
that IL is off the beaten paths OF
| travel the supply hospital, although
located in the most healthful sec
/ tion OF the state, has been Il sort
. of nightmare and its upkeep has
been sorely neglected since estab-
lishment in 1905.
Ben Harrison has introduced a
bill which appropriates S2,OOO,O0O
for state aid TO rural schools for
the ensuing biennium. This bill IL
i to become one of the features OF
house legislation and surrounding
its passage is TO be one OF the line
domar kations expected within the
| next fortnight
whitaker OF Mcintosh has joint
resolution proposing TO limit the
terms OF member of the state cor
pOration TO two years
A republican was elected for a
siX-year term in November.
A house concurrent resolution
bearing the names OF Plat. Pratt.
Harris. Newman and Robertson OF
the House, and Harvey, lngraham
and Hensley of the senate offers a
constitutional amendment prevent
ing establishment Of a superior court
In any county without first seCur-
ing the consent OF a majority OF the
voters at an election held for that
purpose.
A Real Bill.
Senator W. H. Woods OF Purcell
In No. Sc has a proposal for regula-
ton of public utilities that requires
notice, II provides that any corpor-
alton, firm or association serving the
public is a public utility and subject
to the same laws and regulations as
corporations or firms and assoCia-
tions now listed as public utilities.
Under the terms OF the Woods bill
almost any concern transacting
business in the state would be a
public utility and the restrictions
concerning them would he the same
AS is now true Of the actual utilities
serving the public wholly.
Ginger In the Jiggcr.
/ Another measure with teeth
occupied the senate at the opening
Of this week--the Lillard sherman
bin which relates to profiteers and
provides that only a gross profit of
% per cent can be charged on any
commodity, Ordinarily this would
come under the head OF a sandbag.
ger, but II did not receive that kind
OF consideration. Davidson, Draug
han and other Of the conservative
senators waterlogged the measur,
and finally succeeded in having Il
lrecommltted to "A committee Cor fur,
ther handshaking before placed on
final passage,
Senator Lillard explains that the
purpose of the measure Is to pre-,
vent profiteering and to remedy The
defects in the laws which prevented
action during the period just fol
lowing the world war. Opponenti
explain that II will prove detri
mental to the mercantile world, In
asmuch as the day of big profits hal
gone and the average merchant Il
nov taking a real loss.
one OF the peak features is tina
1t will reduce the price of peanuts
\ five cent package OF peanuts ac
tually costs the Staler one cent anC
the consumer will be able 20 pur
chase -four packages for five cents
whereas he now gets but one. Goob
er consumers, however, have not ap
peared as lobbyists for the meas