The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-03

ance Of absent members before the roll
call was completed. Dahney opposed
this on the ground roll call could not
be interrupted The speaker ruled
against him and he appealed from the
ruling of the chair. The house sustain
ease for an S.ur. AT the end Of which
time the roll call was finished by re-
coriing the votes of Harris. Everhart
and Jenkins.
Hears EyOnOrati0n Vote
Mrs. Robertson and the governor S
daughter We're in the gallery during the
proceedings.
come of the case lasted about a quar-
ter Of an hour
Democratic members of the house Of
fered no particular opposition to the
adoption of the reports on the banking
department and the Creekmore pardon,
contenting themselves with voting
mo-. Both reports were adopted by
viva voce votes. But when charges
against the board of affairs came ur
for consideration, the days fighting
began.
Edwin Dabney of Altus made the
principal speech against the report. He
took up the charges in detail, following
the general lines of the boards reply
to the committee. He said the com
mittee had made mistake in this case
In dealing with the charge that the
board had paid more than ii should for
coffee for state institutions, he pro-
duced samples of coffee and Offered
them to committee members for in
spection. 1t was merely a question OF
the board selecting better grade OF
coffee, he said. He dealt at length OF
the character of the members of the
board-Cieorge Clark, j. w. KaNsei
and II. " Bird. In particular he prais-
ed the clean record of kayser, the Re
publican member
He mentioned the specific fact that
there was no complaint Of Kayser'S
handling Of Lowden's campaign funC
in Oklahoma, and that Jim Harris had
wired him few days ago for endorse
Porter Newman Of the investigating
committee said the report was to show
the house how the board of affairs had
been handling state business. He alsC
took up details Of the charges, and said
the coffee deal was the rawest thing
he ever saw pulled in civilized coun-
try.
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this report.
The report failed of adoption by a
vote of 35 to 46.
Both houses of the Legislature were
in session last night.
The house, in committee of the whole
advanced to final roll call the bill max
ing appropriations for state depart
ments for the next two years. The to-
tai of these appropriations, as passed
by the senate, was $6,S44,7121S. The
house committee on appropriations
struck approximately a million and a
quarter from the bill, leaving the to-
tai s5,554, ,293. so. The committee OF the
whole advanced the bill without amend
ment.
The warehouse bill also was advanc-
ed last night in the house. II was
amended, however, by the addition of
a provision that the proposition Of the
state advancing two million dollars be
referred TO the people.
The senate spent much Of its time
yesterday and last night on the bill
appropriating money for the state in
stitutions for the next blennum. II
advanced the bill after Increasing a
rumber OF the appropriations until the
total exceeds 10 milllons-about a mil
lion more than the bill carried as pas
sed by the house
Late last night the senate went into
executive session 10 consider conflrma-
ton Of the governors appointments.