The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-04

of the senate be excused during the
expounding.
The warehouse bill finally has pass
ed the senate. 1t was a close thing.
When the bill was called up for
final roll call yesterday, Davidson
made another attempt to have it re-
ferred TO the people in special cleo
tion. Harry Cordell moved Davidson's
motion be tabled. Cordell's motion
lost. % to 20-and things looked dark
for the bill. But when the vote was
taken on Davidsons motion for
referendum, Holloway switched over.
and voted against II, making the
vote 81 to 81 the chair then ruled
the motion lost. The passage of the
bill then was in order, and the vote
was q ayes and 16 noes. When it
came to the emergency clause. "a
voted for it, and 19 against; the
emergency failed to carry.
An attempt probably will be made
TO have the vote on the emergency
reconsdered. which would prolong the
fight in the senate on this measure.
IL is likely. though the bill will go
to the house before the week is end
ed. and the battle will be trans
ferred to that field. 1t is understood
the opponents of the measure have
started lining up the opposition in the
lower house. The fate of the bill in
the house is doubtful, in view of the
facts that most of the senate repub-
leans were against it, and the house
has q republican majority.
The house yesterday adopted a res
terday adopted a resolution by Eli
Admire Of Creek county, republican,
directing the oil and gas committee
Of the house to make an investigation
in connection with the oil situation in
Oklahoma, which would include an
inquiry into the reduction Of crude
prices by pipe line companies, the
prices charged by the latter for stor
age, their alleged refusal TO take much
Of the production. and the practices
OF purchasing agencies. The commit
lee was authorized to take the usual
investigating measures. such as sum
moning witnesses, administering
oaths. etc, and to examine the books
OF oil companies.
In taking this action the house
seemed to think II was declaring war
on the Standard Oil Company. Rem
ington Rogers of Tulsa asserted the
slump in oil prices and the alleged
practices OF the pipe line companies
was In line with the Standards policy
toward Independents. II was suggest
81 that number Of attempts have
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fall out Of the Standard oil Company
and none has met with conspicuous
success, but several members urged.
Lets try It, anyway and the res
olution was adopted Admire claimed
that about half the tankage In the
state was vacant now. and he said
he state had lost million and
half dollars thus far this year In
gross production taxes from the oil
slump.
The house yesterday also conferred
full investigating power on the spe-
cinl committee which is probing the
charge that improper approaches have
been made to members Of the house
in connection with the chiropractic
bill The committee Is composed Of
A. r. Craver OF Washington county.
W. Perry Miller Of Muskoree. and
j. C.. Graham OF Love county. Miller
and Graham are democrats. J. J..
Trevathan OF Canadian county intro
duced resolution directing the
speaker TO appoint three additional
members on the committee--three
friendly to the bil--and instruct the
committee to also investigate charges
that improper influence had been
used against the bill Later. he
amended the resolution to make IL
merely instruct the present commit
tee to investigate both sides. The
resolution lost Edwin Dabney of
jackson county said Il was under
stood the present committee was to
investigate both sides.
The resolution by Clarence Tylce OF
Okmulgeee county requiring the gov
ernor TO make a complete and de-
sailed report as required by the budg-
ct law was adopted by the house YES
terday.
The house committee on fees and
salaries reported unfavorably on Ben
Harrison's bill to increase the salaries
or state elective officers. A majority
report recommended the bill to pass.
Harrison moved the adoption Of the
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