The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-31
Oklahoma House Saved
the Big Sensation for
Tail-End Joker Session

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Leedy said ii had been in committee
since March /, and the senate rules
provided bill could be called out after
committee had had it 10 days.
Tom Anglin OF Holdenville moved to
table the Leedy motion. The motion
TO table lost by vote of Is TO 19, u few
Democrats and all Republicans voting
against il.
Then the vote was taken on the mo-
ton to call from the committee This
motion lost by vote of IS TO 19.
Followed motion by Leedy to call
the registration bill from committee;
this bill, he asserted, had been in com
mittee since February II, Anglln then
moved the bill be reported out do not
pass" William a. Briggs Of Wood
ward raised point of order against
the Anglin motion, saying there was
no parliamentary law by which a bill
could be reported "do not pass" by
the senate, before il had been report
ed by the committee to which 1t was
referred
Tom Simpson, in the chair. refused
TO sustain the point of order.
Anglin's motion carried by a vote of
90 TO 16, which was strictly partisan,
except that Joe Fleming of Poteau
voted mo-.
DO Not Pass"
Ross Lillard Of Oklahoma City then
moved the election bill be reported "do
not pass" This motion also carried,
the vote being % to 16, Morton Ruther-
ford of Muskogee, who had been alb
sent when the previous roll was called.
having returned and voted aye I.eedy
filed a minority report recommending
the bills do pass, but it is conceded the
senate has spoken on the election bills.
Democrats contend the two measures
would place control of elections in Re
publican bands and would remove limi-
tations from negro suffrage.
State Bank Examiner
In regard TO the investigation Of the
state bank commissioner, the recon-
mendationS of the investigating com
mittee were substantially as follows
Every applicant for a bank charter
be required to state in his application,
under oath, the names Of all parties to
whom he has paid or agreed to pay
anything to assist in obtaining a char
ter, and the amounts
The governor be requested to require
the bank commissioner to recover from
j. f.. Buck Of Shawnee, $l2. 900 which
was paid from the guaranty fund after
the failure Of the Secruty State bank
Of Shawnee
The governor be requested 10 call on
the attorney general TO take steps TO
protect the guaranty fund from loss
due to the fund being used to reimburse
other than bona.fide depositors and TO
require banks which were permitted TO
charge back re-diScounts and create an
alleged overdraft against the Citizens
State Bank Of Coalgate TO repay the
fund
Legislation which would prohibit Of
ficcrs and employees OF the banking de-
partment from becoming interested in
state banks under criticism of the de
partment
Probing Committee Confers
The probing committee conferred
with the state banking board and The
executive council Of the State Bankers
Association in this investigation, ac-
OF the executive council gave its views
on the matter in a report which is in
cludeI in the report filed yesterday.
The effect of the subcommittee re-
port is to exonerate Fred Dennis. bank
commissioner. from charges Of corrup-
ton or dishonesty. The opinion was
expressed that he had acted in what he
considered the best interests of the
guaranty fund.
The Subcommittee found no proof
that Dennis had been influenced in
his official duties by the law firm Of
Hoffman & Buford, or by an "un-
named banker of oklahoma City, men
tiun cf whom had been made by the
investigating committee.
The subcommittee agreed that Buck
should repay the S12, 700 paid to him
out Of the guaranty fund and stated
that Dennis 'had taken steps to have
it returned. In regard to overdrafts
being accepted as deposits in the Coal
gate bank by the Willtin-Hale state
bank the subcommittee seemed to
question the policy Of the bank COM
missioner, but decided he had acted
with a desire to do the best he could
with the situation
The investigating committee report
referred TO the alleged influence of
political attorneys" over Dennis, and
questioned the proprlety Of his buying
commercial paper and selling 1t to
banks.
Reply Of Board 0f Affairs
The printed reply Of the board OF af'
fairs TO charges of the investigating
committee was distributed In the house