The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-07
COST OF SESSION
SAVED BY HOUSE
More Than 100000 Lop-
ped OFF Institutional
Act as Passed Before
SENATE TO ACCEPT IT
Strong Indications That Up.
per Body VIII Row to Low
er's Wish Are Apparent
nc " y IuEDs

OKLAHOMA CrIy, May Gf
peak point ~ tho extraordinary r'a.
sion OF tho Eighth ioFlaitnr. w1#
attained IN tho opening w the .nH'
half of tho second ND,tH session.
Thursday afternoon. WHOM thr
house ~ representatives p'w'd
finally No J.. M, roat irHIutiuu-
al appropriation hIil
Reported hN Iuo upp HpI Iu'I1nH
.ommIrco iu .. committee ut tu"
whole uuuHU chairman bailey r'rI-
~ mr with u1 'up.uUou. fu thor
uuHh' utu iN. appropriation m"tue
hrra attended I, ih. details of tho
hUl
u wus rather remarkable co-
Incidence that .hc BIN received tho
y,'us az an fhp so members pre-
sent At the regular session tho bill
carving almost $4,000 IN excess
of rhr present Uicasure, was fought
desperately on the floor Of tho
house.
At the session Thursday Whit
tinker OF Euflula. Pratt OF Roff and
others offered faw amendments,
hut they we're voted down ana II
was noticeable that the democratic
leaders were sustaining the measure
IN most instances, ana Ia no in
stance did they undertake 10 atop
passage as brought from the COM
mlttco on appropriations. IN fact
u was Perry Miller democrat of
MuakoRoc who, when the committee
Of the whole house had reported.
moved 10 suspend the rules and put
the bill on fina. roll call.
Saves Sessions Expenses.
Tho institutional bill as II passed
the house carries appropriations OF
almost t9,300,O00. while the original
house blll IN the regular session was
in excess of So.i00,0O0, and tho
senate added 100000 TO the total.
u was a coincidence that on. the
Same afternoon the house and SEN
ate confcrecs on house bill 80. ap-
propriatlng $4,000 for tho oxpen.
sos OF the extraordinary session was
accepted by both branches OF the
legislature.
Consequently. ~ nothing moro be
accomplished. the expenses OF the
legislature have been saved on one
OF the big bills. and the good Lord
knows that even now the bin In too
large.
While Senator Bob Davidson did
not acknowledge that the senate
will accept tho institutional bill n,
Il came from tho house. he ala ad'
NIT that there Is "a strong sentiment
To accept II and allow tho house q
bear the responsibility. whether 4
be too large or too email.
Senate Keeping II Up.
The senate hastily cleared Il
calendar and recessed to ascertain
if the house could get more OF II
bills across for action,
bill 40. u deficiency appropriate,
for the negro school at Taft
amounting to $4,000; senate bill IS
Rppropriatlng $4,000 for the stat
highway department, n supplement
AIRY appropriation; senate bill
providing pork barrel. bcin
known as the road bond bill; Il al
lows s1.00o.000 for this fiscal year
and an equal amount for 1922 an
1898. II had been defeated ono
and the motion lodged by McPher
rem, the author, TO reconsider car
ried.
Senate bill rs. allowing Loga
county TO grant tho American legio
use Of certain property was carried
although Senator Golobie. tho au
thor. was absent.
Onbncy Got Unanimous Vote.
floor ieaucf Iohney OF NHo uotnt
cratic minority, was given unan
nous vote on his house bin "a.
carried an appropriation for a a,
ficiency IN tho fire marshars Off
OF 5000, and 5000 to pay certain III
chiefs In villages Ii was pass'
Immediately after No. l had bee
carried when the house member
were In excellent humor.
Departmental Biii VIII Bc last.
The house appropriation commi
tee has tho senate departmental bi
but viii introduce its own measur
approximately as II passed the hou
az the regular session. or in exec
OF s5,G0O,O0O This may not be CO.
sidered until after the building bil
have been passed on. The depar