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

the school i will be noticed that the
bin requires the governor to appoint
the committee within ninety days and
at once prohibited the committee
from ,ctng before August 1O-ovor
1--WE months. This would indicate
that Il was the legislative intention
for Governor Barnes to appoint the
committee. Add to this ,he well
known fact that a number of The legis-
lators and prominent citizens Of the
southwest requested him to name the
committee before his retirement, and
It becomes apparent that he was act
ing with propriety and within The
scope Of The law in naming the com
mittee. Lbout two months after The
passage Of the law, Governor Barnes
named a committee. all Of whom ac-
cepted the appointment at his hands.
Under the law this committee could
do nothing until August 10th, Cover
nor jenkins never intlmated to any
single member Of this committee that
he desired a change Had he done SO,
the gentlemen composing the com
mittee would certainly have rendered
their resignations They all so ex-
pressed themselves last Saturday In.
stead Of his, however, and without
pretense Of objection to the old com
mittee or any sort Of notice to them,
Governor jenkins gave out the names
OF new committee TOR Saturday pub
licaiion. The old committee, having
heard nothing to indicate such a step,
met on Saturday--the very first day
when they were authorized by the law
TO meet-organized and announced
their Intention Of selecting a site dur.
ing the month The law gives the
governor no power to remove THE
commission which was appointed by
Barnes. Il matters little what ideas
as to a suitable site are or were en-
tertained by the Barnes board-some
members may be in favor of Mangum.
some Granite or some even Weather
ford. The board was appointed in due
form to select a site, and merely be-
cause he imagined the site to be select-
ed was not in accord with his IDEAS Of
harmony in the southwest, The gov
ernor had no authority to fire them
bodily without so much as 81 beg
leave, e.c."
We little wonder that the Barnes
locaters are angry The majority are
Republicans and are every bit as in
ured to Republican heresies and
imperialistic notions as are the Repub-
licans-some OF them decidedly new.
by the way-who were appointed by
Governor jenkins The Barnes board
has given on. interviews to the effect
that it win exercise It's rightful author
fly and select a normal site. This
means conflict injunotions and Iii.
CATION It means more unnecessary
costs to he tax payers It means
further loss Of confidence in our public
institu ions and in the men who have
been called upon by Emperor William
to preside ovel the degtinies Of Okla
homa institutions 1t is another case
of boorlsh Amentism manlklnism and
hapdoodl It means that in the end
the people of southwestern Oklahoma
are 90 be cheated out Of a normal
school given them by the last leglsla-
ture.
We are at a loss to comprehend
the workings of the governors mind
i'm this matter Certainly there is lit
tie political sagaci,y manifest to say
nothing Of political ethics. The gov
ernor is undoubtedly allowing him
.self go be led astray by fool friends.
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