The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-23
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The Worlds capital Correspondent
OKLAHOMA CITY, March ga
The legislative week started OF with
expected tcnsity for the senate, but
the house was moro quiet than
usual. due TO a large extent to the
fact of the committee hasing the
big institutional appropriation bill
under discussion. 10 can also be
added that since the house appro-
priation committee 'sent its budget
bill to the whole house. the big fea-
turc card has been the presentation
OF reports by the special invcstigat-
ing committee, appointed to asccr-
tain what the state official family
had been doing with the money
and conducting themselves.
In truth the house investigating
committee Is limelishting these glad
spring days. when it IL not interro-
eating a witness, u can prepare "A re-
port. then present the report to the
house. or 90 over TO the east side OF
the fourth floor OF the state capt.
tul and try 10 convince the sCna-
tors that impeachment convictions
are in this season OF the year a
public necessity.
However, the first, day at bat with
the senate was not an cventful one,
except for tho fact that tho big
lawyers representing Lieutenant
Governor NJ T.. Trapp and the house
prosecutors took up a whole after
noon In sparring for points. In this
Lydick scored heavily on motion
to quash tho Indictment. filing a
statement to the effect that Trapp
had been Improperly indicted and
that even II that were not true, the
senate had no authority to sit as a
court on questions which do not re-
late to any official act OF tho off
cial charged with wrongdoing.
Porter Newman asked for a day
to answer this request, on the
ground that the house prosecutors
had not been give notice of the ef-
fort, and Chief Justice John Il. Har-
rison stated this was correct, but
IT was then when the test vote came
on the motion for another day for
the house TO prepare an answer.
The vote was 20 for delay and
22 against. Two republicans, Cor
nett and Durant, voted against the
delay as asked for by /the house
board OF managers, the following
democratic senators voted for the
house request. Cartwright, F1em-
ing, Harrison, Hill Rutherford and
Wallace.
Read I'm But ExpunSed.
This was the nearest approach
that came to a test OF strength az
to the manner or holding the trial,
and very clearly indicated that on
methods of procedure there Is a
clearly divided line OF opinion.
When tho rules were adopted last
week. "A provision was made where
| by demurrer against the evidence
submitted might be made, which, II
sustained, would preclude tho in
| PRODUCTION of testimony, and there
| fore would be OF tremendous effect
II was the first time the senate had
ever worked under this rule. and IL
was under II that Traps attorneys
! +. +. Lydick, Il. Il. Hood OF Okla
/ homa City, and Ben william oi
| Norman, commenced their cases be-
| fore the senate court.
| Failure for the delay of a day
| brought the request from Repre-
sentative Newman that the house
managers be given an hour TO pre-
pare for the new emergency, and
| this was agreed. When the senate
reconvened as "A court of impeach-
| meni. the house managers made a
request to ask questions as tc
whether certain senators Cart
wright and Nichols), could sit In
/ the court of impeachment.
! Justice Harrison pulled that tho
/ constitution gave no one authority
! to question a senator's right. where
upon the house managers asked that
| their petition be read into the rec
ord, but while this was being done