The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-10
hohE TEAPOT TEMPESTS BREW
iNG IN HOUSE; BOMBARMENT
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS
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" project when the senator from thai
district and county was fighting him
Miss Watson, when questioned By
the committee, was not exactly bub
piing over with information, accord
ing to the record of testimony attach
ed TO the report. She said her visit
10 OKmulgee was not on business fol
The highway department.
II the charges of the committee are
wellfounded, the concern over the bill
seems to be q case of much ado about
nothing. The Horner bill--Senate Bill
NO. 375--was not referred to the roads
and highways committee, but to the
committee on state and county affairs
And there Is a strong suspicion that
arrangements had been made or an
understanding reached that the bill
was to pass away peacefully in com
mittee without even u report There
IS even some doubt that Horner wai
vitality interested in the measure. II
1t is true federal aid has been held
up for OlSmulgee county on the al
legged ground. then the ground Is q
mole-hill out Of which a mountain has
been made. OF course, in the fuss
that probably Will follow the com.
mittee report the bill may receive some
real attention.
While on the subject Of investiga-
tions by the house probing commit
tee, it might be well to mention that
two attitudes are taken toward them
by Democrats of the Legislature and
state house-the Democrats who are
regular, on the whole. One wing con.
siders the Investigations wholly poll.
dcal and counsels disregard Of any
disclosures that may be made. The
other school Of thought, while grant.
ing that the Investigations may be in.
spired by political motives, thinks that
II real corruption is brought to light
1t should be dealt with just as vigor.
ously as il it had been unearthed by
a Democratic ferreting body. This diff.
ference of opinion is not openly and
generally recognized by the Democrats
themselves. And it is still uncertain
which school Of thought" win pre-
vail.
The house passed number of bills
yesterday, the most notable of which
were the boxing bill and the measure
providing for the payment OF automo.
bile license fees to county clerks in.
stead Of to the state highway depart
ment. The boxing bill, which estab-
fishes a state athletic commission and
authorizes it to license public boxing
matches, was passed by "a vote of 49
10 &c; the emergency section failed.
Murray Gibbons gave notice that he
would move the vote by which the
bill passed be reconsidered. Because
Of the slight margin in favor of the
bill on its passage yesterday, there is
uncertainty as to whether it will sur.
vive the test of reconsideration.
The senate also passed two bills yes
tcrday of considerable importance. af-
ter long debate. Both have passed
the house. one provides for a thresh-
er's lien on grain and seeds. The
other authorizes the board of regents
of the state university to issue dormi-
tory bonds, sell them TO the board
of commissioners of the land office
sAN fsNAf GNU WIN Nii' pi D''fup Duliu
dormitories. They are limited to the
expenditures for this purpose of $780,
600 year; n further limitation is made
that the outstanding bonds shall never
exceed 100000
The debate on the dormitory bill oc-
cupied practically all the forenoon ses-
sion. w. 7. Clark. Republican, of
Manchester spoke against the bill. He
contended the method of raising money
was wrong; that II dormitories were
to be built money should be appro-
priated for the purpose. Joe Flem-
ing OF Poteau also opposed It, saying
it set a dangerous precedent; it was
an attempt, he asserted, to get around
the fact that the legislature was not
disposed this year to appropriate mon.
ey for new buildings. He termed the
plan "mortgaging the campus" Bob
Davidson OF Tulsa defended the bill.
He said the only chance for the state
to lose on the proposition would he
for the money to be mishandled in
building the dormitories If the dor
mitories did not pay, the state still
would have the buildings to show for
its money. w. IL. Woods added his
support TO the measure, as did Glen
liorner who previously had been
against it. Answering n statement
by Clark that new furniture would
have to be supplied each year because
Of the rough usage it would receive,
he insisted this was not the case, as
college students We're not rough.necks.
Judging from his own experience of
managing dormitories while in college
nj the University of Missouri, he
thought the plan contemplated by the
bill would make 1t possible for stu.
dent to get his room for $50 u school
year.
Another bin making similar pro.
vision Tor the A. NJ. College at Still
water has been introduced by NJ. f..
lngraham Of Sapulpa.
The most vigorous fight OF the day
IN the senate was over the road bond