The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02

very strong proba bility that congress
may act in time for redistricting of
the congressional districts. This last
might probably provoke a contest
that would carry the legislative SEES
sion far into the summer Hooked
| on to code revision enterprise, ad-
Journmnt would be about in time for
the next regular legislative session.
At .he last code revision IA commit
tee was appointed to do the work
and the next legislature did the rati-
Tying. 1t saved time and money to
perform that way. but .he code life
was for ten years. and third of
that period had expired before 1t was
officially ready for general use.
Some Dccapitators.
There are also bills which may be
classified decapitators, inasmuch as
they woSld cut off official heads
Even Lieutenant -Governor Trapp
has declared hat the great board Of
affairs has proven OF little value, II
rs a subernatortal right arm, the
three members being appointed by
the governor, and they do the buying
and paying for almost every branch
OF state government and for all OF
the state Institutions. except the A.
and NJ. college and the four second
airy agricultural schools which are
handled through the state board of
agriculture.
| 1t Is statutory board, created
| during the Haskell administration,
and buys and allows for .he institu-
tons which were formerly supplied
through school heads, or boards of
regents. This IL not the first time n
suggestion has been made that the
scheme has been too expensive and
| nf utst III IL
been no general movement. TO dis
pense with 1t. only a little effort
would he necessary 70 give II a rather
Imposing standing.
| Undoubtedly a measure Is 10 come
| in fact is prepared--to dispens
With the sta.e banking board. giving
over that jurisdiction TO the state
examiner and inspector. This would
mot interest 80 many people, but
would interes. the kind OF people
who can match battles and keep
| them going.
| The oil conservation department
given to the corporation com mis-
sloner during the williams admins
tra.ion lis also in danger. In truth
II has few friends among those who
discuss II, and 1t has never been pop
ular, nor has its necessity ever been
discovered. the contitution placing
its real authority In the hands of tht
state mine inspector.
The state insurance board and the
siaN fire marshal offices have been
mrked as targets. They exist be-
cause they exist. Aside from one ad-
ditioral clerk to the state insurance
! com missioner. there IL no possible
excuse for the expenditure of money
10 keep them going.
A running fire is expected on the
innumerahle boards which act for
the widely scattered sta.e instltu-
lions. Some of the smaller state
schools have almost as many mem
bers OF the managing board as they
have pupils. These draw only
mileage and per day when doing the
managing.
| \ really well-grcased machine can
make these managers towering peaks
in the administration juggernau.
This can be done by having the
regents for the east side institutions
from the west side of the state, and
those for west side, residents OF the
east side. II does not help the insti.
tutionS but 1t makes the old "mileage
and per diem" organ grind out many
wheeling tunes.
Appropriations for this enterprls-
ing method OF conducting govern
ment are never excessive and IL can
be truthtXlly said the regents ana
managers have always been polite
enough to see that their deficiencies
have been quite light. The fact that
one Of them could attend to the
work done by half dozen and a
less expense has never dawned OF
those having the laws changed. ant
they have been changed so offer
that no one can tell how many.
This Would Mean War.
There are also several legislators
of the opinion that we have a few
state institutions entirely unneces-
sary. too expensive to warrant main
tenance and which could be dis
pensed with very easily. Establish
ment of state institutions has been a
party pas.ime in times past, The es-
Establishment and the appropriation