The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-09
Says Governor Falsifes Records in
Charging c. O. p. With Extravaganza

for hospitals FOR our former service
men; 1t made no estimate for aid
ing union graded and consolidated
schools; II made no provision for
buildings to house the growing
numbers OF insane. tubercular and
otherwise afflicted wards Of the
state. For three weeks the leglsla-
ture waited for Introduction OF the
budget bills, which the law directs
the governor TO prepare and submit
and II was only after the house had
demanded the submission of the bill
that a reluctant administration pro-
ducd its estimate OF needed appro-
priations. This estimate came in
the form OF two bills, one carry
Ing proposed appropriations for the
state departments and the other for
the state institutions. The bill ap-
propriating for state departments
carried a total as It passed the sem
ate Of s6,S44,7l2.2s: while that fO-
tho institutions totaled sl0,413,-
2G2.93. These bills. representing
only the amount wanted for oper-
ating expense. carried total OF
S17,257.975.2l. There was not n
dollar for completing or erecting
new buildings to care for the states
growing number of wards; not q
dollar for soldiers hospitals or the
| care OF their dependents; not
dollar for the tubercular sanitoria
| buildings or any other buildings
! not a dollar for union graded and
consolidated schools; not dollar
| for anything except the bare ex-
pense OF operating the state gov
| ernment salaries, maintenance
and repairs. The governor and his
| spokesmen knew that the repub-
! lican house would not neglect the
duty OF caring for the insane, the
| deaf, dumb and blind, and the tu-
bercular, by refusing TO provide
| sufficient housing; they knew that
| the republican house would provide
| capitalization for the former serv-
| ice men apd care for their depend
ents, they knew that the republican
house would not neglect the educa-
| tion OF children In the country dis
! tricts. The governor and his spokes-
! men in the legislature knew all
this. but they were more interested
in playing politics than in attending
to the business of the state,
Drained Water From Bills.
what did the republican house
! do? 1t took those two bills and cut
| two million dollars out of them,
most OF II from the state depart
ments including the governors Of
flee, and with that two million dol
lars 1t provided for the needed hos
| pitais. soldiers relief. consolidated
schools and necessary new build
ings, And had a margin left.
1T was because the house stood
pat on this that an adjournment
was forced al the regular session
The senate, which was the COVER
nor's mouthpiece, stood for a totaI
OF Sl7,257,9752l for bare operating
expenses of the departments and
institutions OF the state, The house
which had pledged itself TO econ
omy, stood for total OF $4,000
770.60 for operating expense OF the
state government, a difference OF
s2.227,204.6l, This difference II
proposed to use for the necessary
expenditures, while the senate in
sisted upon 1t being given to pat
rOnage for retalners and henchmen
OF the administration. Upon that
issue the house forced an adjoudn-
ment.
when the special session came
Il found the governor and his sen.
ate more tractable. The house was
able 10 put its program over IL
the main, SO that the total appro.
priations for two years ending june
80, 1923. including the hospitals
school aid and necessary buildings