The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-30
Persistent Deadlock May Cause
Defeat of Two Soldier Hospital
Measures; Legislators Log.Roll
debate and Caucus While White
Plague Keeps Up Deaths Roll
WITH CLINTON.SuLPHuR WAR.
FARE on WILL POLITICS BAR
GATEWAY TO RELIEF FOR Oh.
LAHOMA'S TUBERCULARS?

Oklahoma City. March 3O.-The Clin-
ton-Sulphur fight Is on In earnest 1t
reached the stage Of open warfare yes
tcrday in IN" senate. And while the
Legislature debates. confers, scaucuses
and log.rolls in trying to decide whether
the state shall build tuberculosis san
itorum for ex-seryice men AT sulphur
or enlarge the Clinton sanuorum for
them. or provide for both. the sulphur
hospital for soldiers and the Clinton
one fGr civilians. the session draws TO
q close, and Il persistent deadlock may
cause both propositions TO be defeated.
The original plan was TO complete the
Clinton sInitorum and equip 10 10 care
for tubcrculur world war veterans The
senate passed bin appropriatng $780,
900 Tor this purpose. In tnc house. how
ever. q new plan was evolved which
called Tor the construction OF the hos
pith go sulphur and bin TO this ef-
lrct was passed by the house. with
thr support Of the Republican mem.
beers. 10 became noiacd about that 1t was
the purpose of house Republicans 10
refuse any aid to the clinton hospital
lin fact the original sulphur bill pro
NijvI Tor removal of the equipment
from clinton TO sulphur, but This pro.
vision was stricken before the biI. was
PASSED.
Yesterday the senate passed b.l tu
provide Tor the completion. olgippIng
and maintenance u the clinton SAME
tor-um The house bill To- provide for
The erection of soldiers tuberculosis
hospital ut sulphur was on The senate
calendar under general order. After
th" Clinton bill had been passed Sem
atpr James Draughon n Davis. Demo.
craL asked that the sulphur bill De
rjyaucci 20 third reading. And business
picked up
senator clark Nichols 81 Eulaula
raised point of order against the AL.
v1uccmrut oi th" bill becaus. it had not
been acted un by the committee ON ap.
propriatiUus. ON motion OF Senator
Daushon. the senate voted 20 suspend
thr rules. Then came the question vf
advancing The bi,l beyond the amending
stage
Then. Also, Came the Speeches
senator Tom simpson of Thomas.
president protein OF the senate. led
tHe nehi against immediate c5nstlcra.
zion ot the sulphur measure Tho Clin-
Som hospital is in his district. lie fears
tat if the senate passes the sulphur
b.l thu house will kil the clinton ape
preparation. lf the senate dcfers action
until tine house considers the Clinton
uiU Iu agreement might boz possible 10y
which tho senate would pass the sui
phur measure 90 tho house would pass
tau clinton onc. Al least that is the
Inference from yesterdays develop.
mpnf.
Senator S.mps n told the senate he
Eu.N Whu, the house would do to his
clinton hU AFTER the senate passed the
luIhI N'. n can't even got local
1 hII plasp,i over there" he eaid. fie sahi
/ Do, was willing f,r the soldiers hospital
60 bc Dul- at Sulphur. but he didn't
want ihe clinton institution ignored.
Senator Nichols rallied to the sup
port Uf simpson. lle moved considrra-
I lion oi ihe bIl be- temporarily postpon-
. DE- he is member uf the American
I Legion and has consistently fought for
seion measures He saii hy didn't want
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