The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-03-02
THAT COLLEGE INyEsrrGArIoN

The saltwater Agricultural and Me
chanical college has been investigated
and the investigation throws bomb
into the Republican camp The Lead
er believes the report of the Joint
house and council committee is fair
and impartial, that it is free Of polit-
ical bias and was made only after deep
and painstaking research by this COM
mittee and the expert accountant s
II. Kelsey.
As The Leader maintained last year
year when the old boa,d of regents
and hangers-on were fired from Office,
the saltwater institution was vilely
mismanaged by the Republican admin
istratiDn. 1t was conducted by these
comorants as a salary grabbing insti-
tuition and the appropriations were
eaten up by such men as Ewing, Win.
berly, ct al, in buying handsome bug.
gics and harness and in taking pleas
ure trips.
The report OF the committee com
N ends in So many words the manage
m mt OF the college since it has been
in Democratic hands In fact but
twp points are made against the pres.
eat efficient board Of regents One is
that farmer useless oHice?l is en-.
ployed at the college. But thi, is not
bad when one learns that the office"
OF farmer was created by the Republi-
can board; another point is raised that
the Office OF secretary held by +. NJ.
Upshaw, is useless, but hoev the coll
lege can get along without secretary
and boolSkeeper we cannot understand
Charges were hurled at Upshaw for
incompetency, but the expert account
ant holds that Upshaw's books are
well kept, and that he CLEANED more
from them than from any other set of
books maintained a. the college This
Is all that the committee can find
against the present administration
On the other hand vile mass of Re-
publican corruption and eNtravagaEoe
Is brought 10 light The committee
finds that the present board has in the
banks SIS, 900 Of funds, while on the
other hand the old board uey er had a
cent to deposit During the old
boards regime few II any records of
/ the expenditure OF funds aud the gem
cral business OF the college were kept.
Offices were created with reckless
abandon aud money was spent ike
water for the personal benefit of the
/ regents and their friends. After the
/ college had been filled with officers
purchasing agents were created to
help spend the appropriations aud eat
mp the revenues. Wimberly never
missed a day TO line his pockets with
college money, while Ewing was not
far behind When bounced from of
flee Ewing maintained that he was
short 81, 4Op and that that sum was
due him for salary lie kept no check
stubs or vouchers. The committee
/ tiuds.that Ewing is short SIl, OOl TIE
whole history of the Saltwater insti.
tuition under Republican management
is a mass Of boodling and corruption
aud smells 10 heaven.
The college was run in the interest
OF Seay, Ewing, Wimberly 4 Co., who
had charge OF the appropriations and
the power 10 create office
No blame whatever attaches TO the
present Democratic board of regents
who have been clearing away the de-
bris caused by the Republican corrupt
ionists. In one or two instances some
spite work bobs up, where one college
official has been knifing another but
aside from this the college is and has
been in excellent shape since the pres
ent administration came into power.
The joint committee has performed