The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-31

20 do so vote a lot " appropriations
which arc unnecessary and uncalled
for.
The fact that institutions have won
q victory IS not of a political nature.
Thcy have won whom the demo.
Gratis were in complete control of
both houses and they win win u
The republicans control the lcgs-
ldtiou. Undoubtedly they have won
when tho house Is republican and
,hc senate Is alleged to be demo
cratic. Perhaps 1t is moro illuminat-
ing to state that the institutions have
won aud that the probabilities of
them over losing are SO small that
Il need not take up further space.
To be blunt and brief there is not
at this moment "a hill before either
house ot q constructive nature. APP
propriaiious arc necessary evils ana
are, therefore. never considered only
as a matter OF fact
There have been innumcrablo
measures for this and that. but at
no time have these measures ap-
preached general magnitude. nor IS
| there reason 60 presume that they
will I've successful. There have bocn
| bills introduced in both the house
'nd senate TO regulate affairs Roy
! Harvey of the senate has three
! which If passed, would stop all
| theories Of announcement but he
! has had TO have them introduced
! again in the house, FOR the reason
| that an unfricudly senate commit
/ tee would not make report on
! them.
Lost in the shuttle.
! The increase in salaries, AZ pro-
| posed Ivy Rcprcs, sentative Ben Harri-
| son, has bcen lost IN the shuttle. II
| WAS measure to increase the sal
! aries OF state OfficcrS--to commence
| with the officers who viii he sworn
/ In. in 1922. It had vote IN the
| house but failed to secure the ucCos-
| gary a. votes. It was the third at
| tempt to increase the salaries from
what tho makers Of the constitu-
| tiOn specified and probably will be
| the last. for the reason that every.
! body knows there will be no in
crease until the constitution IS
! amended. Thurc was an increase
voted for the members OF the su-
| premc court, and a special court
! passed on that measure It's de-
! rision has been accepted bx no
! student OF government ever accepted
! u as being sound or any part OF the
law.
TRYING 10 Quit.
| But the present legislature Is not
seeking 10 try ont the fine points OF
| law--it Is trying to quit. Nobody
| expects the legislators TO revOlvc
| around the court OF wisdom for the
salary Of 81 per day. That is i'm
| possible aad It Is likewise true that
| the salary Of 81 per day viii not
allow "A legislator 10 make TX
| penses. There may have been a
season when a legislator could have
made his expenses at that figure,
but II IL now OF the far distant
past. II can't be done now.
Doing Their Rest.
II Is very evident that the ma
| 'ority of the members Of the house
| md senate are coEnlZant that there
must be rotrcnchment and they have
been working in that direction. The
disappointment is due TO the fact
that the people seeking the biz
money are more interested Nthan
those who do not wish II to he spent
II follows that those seeking appro-
priations are on the ground and
know practically what they want
| Anyhow, they are always in posi-.
tion to ask for plenty and they
were never guilty of not asking for
enough.
II Is Big Amount.
II can now he fairly estimated
| what this legislature viii say the
people must pay for government, ana
that estimate can he made in fig
uros which will startle the folks nj
home. II will cost not lesa thar