The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-06

instructions that the appropriations
he scaled down to those MADE by the
1919 legislature, plus the deficiencies
and emergencies which had been
found necessary to augment the 1919
appropriations. This action, he said,
would result in the return to the sem
ate Of a budget bill whose total ap
preparations would be two or three
million dollars less than those now
contained in the bill. Senator w.
II. Woods made a substitute motion
that the bill be recommitted without
Instructions. His motion failed.
There was considerable argument
over Senator LIZARDS proposal Sem
ator Luther Harrison endorsed it,
saying the present budget bill was
padded. Senator Davidson opposed,
declaring 1t would merely be a waste
Of time to recommit. Several who
favored LIZARDS motion called atten-
ton to the fact that the chairman
Of the appropriations committee
(Davidson) had voted for several
amendments seeking to reduce the
appropriations carried in the bill.
s0tIdlOI Cetl lltut W
vote Of 22 to IS. Most Of the Re
publicans voted for It, and a number
| Of the Democrats, including Senator
| h. i. Hill, floor leader. AS soon as
| the vote was announced, Senator
Nichols, who was opposed to recon-
mittment, moved to adjourn sine die
after adopting the appropriation bill
Of 1917 His motion was not In order.
Senator Davidson then got up and
said the senate had done very fool
ish thing The day Of adjournment
would be delayed some two weeks, he
estimated, and no better apprupria-
tion bill would result. He asked that
| he not be made a member Of the
special committee.
Hill disagreed with Davidson. In
spite of the unselfish and arduous
labors of the chairman of the ap-
preparations committee, he said, there
was deep-seated dissatisfaction in
the senate with the budget bill in
its present form.
NJ. w. Pugh, who said he had voted
| for the Lillard motion thinking it ap-
piled only TO the highway department
budget, moved to reconsider the vote
! by which the motion was carried.
Harry Cordell. in endorsing the move
to reconsider. said the minority, with
the aid of some members Of the ma
jority, had got the Democrats in a
hole. Ratliff. at this juncture, made
the speech quoted above. He also
said the Republicans, in seeking to
return to the 1919 appropriations as a
basis for the new bill. were reflecung
on themselves: in the previous legis-
lature the Republicans were in a
hopeless minority. and the appropria-
ton bill Of that session was a Demo-
cratic measure. while in the present
legislature the Republicans have an
important position and should be will
ling to trust their own Judgment.
by this time symptoms Of cold feet
were manifest. Some OF those who
had supported LIZARDS proposition
were Il bit worried over the result.
Davidson's prediction OF long delay in
adjournment probably had something
to do with II. Anyway. when the
vote to reconsider was taken, there
were 90 ayes and 10 nays-in spite
Of the obvious fact that reconsidera-
ton of vote on the same day IL was
taken is contrary TO the rules OF the
senate. Then LIZARDS motion was
put again, and voted down, "a to IS
Ratliff's motion TO postpone further
consideration Of the bill until the next
day failed. and budgeting continued.
Without much discussion. the SEN
ate then adopted the budgets for the
highway department, commissioners OF
the land office. chief mine inspector
state mining board. attorney-generaFs
department. and state market commits
sion. The contingent fund OF tht
state issues commission was increased
from $1,000 n year 20 $4,000 n year
Recommended appropriations for th'
historical society. library commission
department Of charities and correc'
tions were approved. on motion oI
Hill. the entire appropriation for th'
board Of managers OF eleemosnary in
s,itutions. amounting 10 s4,i00 u year