The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-11
SCHOOL BOARD MUSsl
MeMsERs OF THE OLD BOARD
EXPLAIN
Members - the sery Elected bpare
Make Monkeys of Thsmseiys ~
Trying 70 DO Husiness BEFORE
They Have Been svefn
10 - = Hoard

The newly elected Republican school
board has caused itself 70 be made the
laughing stock Of the town. The ne"
members are trying 70 sneak out 81 @
bad afsm by blaming poor Mem Der
Martin oi oiundering and other things
The old board Is trying 70 explain. In
the meantime work on the new school
buildings has been suspended. ana the
people and school children must suffer.
The Taxpayers are Disguised with the
new order Of things" they take no
stock ia school board suarrela. but
want the worth Of their money.
winfield smith is not here 70 toot
his bazoo and Republican rottenness
continues. The old Republican board
Yesterday issued the following roast
70 the new Republican board;
To the public:
Yesterday morning II came 10 the
lsnowledge Of the undersigned that
Martin. Cole, Hougbton, Barton, Fur
row. Brrke and johnson, partly mem
bers-elset and partly bold-over mem
her. Of the board Of education, mot
last Saturday night and proceeded 70
organize the new board Of education.
T6ev organized BY electing Mr.. Mar
lin of The First ward a. president.
Tbev then discussed the matter Of re-
Locating the school buildings, and
AnAliy came 10 The conclusion y
relocate building so !, which "a de-
signed for the central or high school
and locate it on the west side. They
then discussed the matter Of re-locat-
ing the other school houses some
were ia favor Of changing the schools
Ali around, buying new sites etc. but
as we understand IL. they deferred ae-
ton until a future meeting
Now. the questions before the citi-
zens Of Guthrie are.
/. L. the above mentioned board 3
legal body2
3 DO the people want the new
board 70 move the locations and sites
as already madep
4 DO the people want the olo board
20 hold Office until their term expires2
The statutes Of Oklahoma 10 section
says: '"rhe board Of education at its
regular meeting In May Of each shan
organize by the election OF presioenl
and vice president from among It's own
members" This clearly lays down th'
law that the new board would not be
a legal board until the first reguisl
meeting In May.
The new board has dono wrong u
taking the action they have. Ia ou
opinion the majority of the gentlemoi
that met last Saturday night DID no
come Of their own free will and ac
cord. but they were importuned AM
pressed by Martin, who. by M
sa.ctiou Of law. called them 10
gether secretly. Martin sneake'
around town saturday and moye'
heaven and earth 10 got meeting =
that ne could first be elected presi
dent and secondly 10 undo what th'
legal board had done 10 get the hoo
buildings bu,lt
The legal board bought sites, loeat',
the school houses. accepted th" con
Tractors bond AID let the cnpAI---r~s
Ihsxcbool hsAls n ~ .ss.,,ss.ss,r a
way 20 be built AMI wii4 % fo
occupancy when ,he shooi irf
mencea In tue fall but if by The
Of Martin and Others ~ t"rda ..s'fe
the sehoois are delaNrd, Le~h
blsse rest where II bssongs.
lie also wants 40 change the 10
of the school now located on the
nsr OF Noble and Ash 10 u posnt ~
Their north. In the face of the fact tha
the legal board has paid for the abov
sites aud work has already commence
on them. Martin wants to carry 90
his crack Drained. cranky ideas "a
matter who In burt--and himself ben
sftted. Respectfully,
!. \. LroS, " Pre'
VEDER ll PAINE,
Gro. " GRAY,
O. l.. CooPKH
.IoHS CAMMACK,
Members OF the Board Of Education