The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-10

interest b the management OF the ter.
riiorial library and particularly by the a.
Erection OF the late chief justice Dale u
seems to us tina. no portion Of ;he;ef. -
tory Is more deeply interested in re tTr-
ritorial library than the supreme tsvf.
which constitutes ne board OF dissclc5
Of the library a..I yet there seems tc have
been no interest taken by the co-rt In
the control and management OF this In
stitution which ought to be the pride OF
the territory.
They have never audited the accoun, 8
OF the library. Have never required OF
him a final settlement although the evi
dence shows that he has offered to SAID
board OF directors TO settle. but undor
sucn terms and conditions as to his B.,
counts as to make 1t incumbent upon he
directors to practically make up the ac-
counts for him. During his management
OF the library some hundreds OF dollars
worth OF books were stolen there from
the library fr which ne is ready to settle
and claims that after such settlement
there Will still bc due TO him from the
| territory q considerable sum OF money.
The chief iustic. OF the supreme court
| upon this matter takes some issues With
The late librarian and thinks that there
will be found due upon the settlement
Of the accounts some balances &c the ter
ritory. But 1t would seem impossible so
! exactly determine the condition OF these
accounts without more definite idea Of
the number of books that came into the
| hands Of the late librarian. than Il IL pos
sibe TO ascertain from any Investigation
your committee has been able 20 make.
The whole management OF tho territorial
library. both on the part OF the boari Of
directors and Of the librarian himself.
has been unsatisfactory and some OF II
absolutely In violation OF the law There
have been a number Of warrants against
the library fund in the territorial treas-
ury, or rather supposed to be In the ter
ritorial treasury for considerable
amount for the purchase OF books. when
there was no appropriation COR the pu7-
pose and no fund in existenae out Of
which these warrants could ne paid. OBJ
legations have been incurred by the pur-
chase Of books from the Bowen Merrill
law book company and from the West
Publishing company. and there IL dis
pute about the balance due upon each NJ
these accounts.
LACK OF TIME.
Your committee has had no opportunity
nor time to take evidence upon the elev-
enth specification Of the resolutions re-
lative 10 tho pay rolls connected with
the territorial institutions
Upon the twelfth specification In the re-
solutions ns to the fees charged and re-
ccived by members ~ the territorial bank
ing board there seems to have been no
compensation claimed by any member or
the banking board other than the secre-
tary OF the territory and those OF the
bank examiner and upon neither OF these
questions has the committee taken evil
dence although It is matter OF public
record that the fees charged and received
10y the secretary OF the territory for III
ling the various afndavits and reports re-
qulred Of the banks OF the territory upon
incorporation under the banking act
OF 1897 We're wholly unauthorized by law.
These fees amounted to several hundred
dollars.
TEXT BOOK CONTRACT.
Upon the thirteenth specification OF the
resolutions as to the letting Of the CON
tract on behalf Of the territory for the
school text book supply your committee
has had no time to take evidence
RENTAL OF SECTION 10.
AS to the fourteenth specification OF the
resolutions relative to the distribution or
the rentals arising from section 10 and
the retention by the governor Of any sums
of public money in his l.rnds We find by
/ the reports OF the expt.t ACCOUNTANTS
that tho governor has divided the rentals
arising from section ~ as he himself saw
proper. I'm so far as they have been at
all divided, and IL appears from these re-
ports that Of these funds. four thousand
dollars has been paid upon tho contract
/ coming into his hands from tho school
at Alvi. constituting one half OF the to-
TAI cash paid upon that contract The gov
ernor has retained OF the various monies
coming nito his hands from the school
land lease boards sumP of money, an ex-
act account Of which must be ascertained
/ from the report OF the expert accountants
Iexaminng the school land lease boards
/ office. But the account OF a portion or
these funds deposited with the Capital
! National hank of Guthrie shows that he
had on deposit Ia that institution balances
| for large sums of money accurately de-
! tailed In the account submitted herewith
Your committee sought 10 ascertain
whether or not the monies deposited by
the governor out OF the school lard lease
= fund were used by him as a source OF
personal gain and 10 this end subpoepaed
the presidents OF the banks Ia wnicn the
deposits we're made. These banks both
being national banks claimed that they
were exempt from any inqulsltlon upon
this subject
| RE,tsIrSGD TO ANSWER
Your committee reported the fact OF
their refusal 10 answer questions as to
whether or not these Institutions paid
any Interest 10 the governor on his de-
posts Of these monies which was duly
reported 10 the council which thereupon
caused subpoenas TO be served 90 these
{ gentlemen. Mr.. George y. Bnlingsley and
Mr. j. W. -.cNeal. but never took further
= action relative 20 securing the evidence
owing 90 the rush Of legislative business
: occurring at the close OF the session.
These witnesses both refused before th'
committee to giye any Information as q
whether or not they PAID tu tho aoverno
; of the territory any mobsy as compensa
tion 90 MIN far the deposit OF the publ
: funds Thp governor himself was ais
e subpOenaed 90 come before the oommitte
b and give evidence upon this question a
well az upon other matters conoernin
which he alone had Information and d
i | refused "a obev the nrocesg OF the com