The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-14

within ninety days. Your appointment
OF the second committee was made
more than five months after the said
act became a law, ana is therefore
void.
And now. allow me TO take up some
Of the reasons given TO the public as
explaining your unusual action in this
matter.
First. The Guthrie Daily Leader Of
August 10. contains the following.
which II alleges was obtained from you
in a personal interview
"Iu en- interview with a Leader rep
resentative this afternoon Governor
5enklns advanced his reasons for ap-
pointing another commission that the
old commission had not indicated any
purpose OF performing the duties i'm
posed upon them and that public policy
required that the Normal School site
be selected at once
The old commission had received,
Unanswered and considered the cOmmun-
Iications OF ever ytown which Is a
candidate. Every member OF the last
| legislative assembly had been COM
munlcated with, and an attempt made
TO ascertain what in his opinion was
the true intent and scope Of the bill
August 10 had been agreed upon as the
date Of meeting
Quoting from the act The said COM
mittee when so appointed. shall, be-
tween the 10th day Of August, 1901 and
the twentieth day of September In
the same year, visit said southwestern
portion OF Oklahoma Territory and
I a.f.n. srFH. 4 d HH..N.
said Southwestern Normal" VIII you
explain what you expected the com
/ mittee TO DO prior 10 August 10? IL ia
my individual Judgment that the legis-
lature had IN mind when ne act was
passed that on August g. 1901, at latest
! three large counties would be added tC
southwestern Oklahoma" and that
these counties should be considered a
part Of the Territory within which
such instituted might be located Did
YOU desire that the rights Of these
counties TO consideration be cut off by
premature action Of the committee
The committee met for business on
the first day that il had a legal right
| 70 take official action. II met al
Guthrie for the purpose of organizing
consulting you, and making the pre-.
/ liminary arrangements to perform ite
duties under the law. II met without
official or private knowledge OF your
! action cleaning IT'S first knowledge OF
The same from the morning newspapers
after its arrival In the city. Consider
| ing that these men We're not unfriendl,
| 90 You, the insult was gratuitlous anC
apparently prcmeditatad
Second IL rs quoted as coming di
rect from YOU that in your Judgment
| Governor Barnes should not have ap.
| pointed a committee for this purpose
/ but have left the matter OF appolntine
| such a committee 10 you. @. M Bame.
was governor when this act was I'm.
uoduced into the legislature and a,
! was governor when it became law
! Was the legislature looking ahead {,
| your inauguration on May l3 "a that
time' DO YOU credit Il or anyone else
| with such extraordinary powers o.
claravoyance' Rather. was not a tim,
limit on the exercising of the delegat.
ed power fixed FOR the purpose of re-
| quiring Governor Barnes 10 appoint
such committees / further submit thal
/ the author OF this bin. together WITH
! others of the southwest portion Of IN,
! Territory iuterosted In its passage ant
the succefs OF the institution. person.
ally called upon Governor Barnes ant
urged him TO name the committee be.
fore his retirement and this statement
IS referred TO the gentlemen them,
| selves
Third. You are quoted as statlnf
that YOU are in receopt OF numerou,
/ letters from citizens of the town.
which are candidates urging you q
take the action which you have taken
This statement can be verified b ythe
production OF the letters. The citizens
of the communities from which they
are supposed 20 emlnate have means
~ knowing whether or not it Is cor.
rect let me only add that I trust
that the most touching and convincing
Of ,hese written opportunities do mol
eminate from the representatives OF
some one OF the three railway com
panies anxious 10 secure the location
Of this institution on their line Of