The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-29
GREER Is ATTACKED
Senator Clark Calls Up Public
Printing Matter,
MAKES GRAVE CHARGES
Hints at a Case of Forgery in
the Secretary's Books,
BOASTS GREER BITTERLY
Affair Caused Quite a Sensa-
ton in the Council.
BOASTS GREER BITTERLY

Guthrie, o. r. Jan 2s-The Sensational
feature Of the council this afternoon was
the attack made by Senator Clarke upon
she public printer, Frank Greer, in speak
ing to a question Of personal privilege.
FOR the information Of the council the
senator sent to the clerks desk a news
paper clipping from the State Capital
Greer's newspaper. which read as fol-
lows;
SENATOR CLARKE'S MISTAKE"
Senator Clarke Of Oklahoma City. in
speaking upon the resolution Of Senator
Miller yesterday, took occasion to severe
ly criticize the secretary for what he
termed permitting the legislative records
of the last assembly TO be padded. OF
course, in maxim gthe reference, the gen
tleman rejected upon this institution as
wei as The secretary. Had Mr.. Clarke
been better posted on the subject upon
which he volunteered considerable infor-
nation Of an incendiary nature, ne would
doubtless have been compelled to have
complimented Secretary Jenkins for his
saving to the territory.
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and a Democratic secretary in charge of
the printing. the amount expended in
printing was a fraction over One-half
that paid out in 1899. Instead Of padding
the journals Of the house and senate. as
has been the policy OF the preceding
Democratic officials. Secretary Jenkins
and the legislative printing committee
cut out 100 pages Of the house journal and
JIG pages Of the council journal in doing
this the most regid character or editing
these journals was pursued it may also
be said to the credit Of Mr.. Jenkins that
the house journal published in Oklahoma
for 1899 was the smallest one published
10y any state or territor yin the union,
while there were no smaller council jour-
nails. The saving IN printing was equal
ly great, and it is, indeed, surprising that
a man who should he so well posted az
the senator from Oklahoma city Should
not know and appreciate these facts"
When the clerk had finished reading
the newspaper extract, Senator Clarke
continued:
ut viii be remembered that the ,sena-
tor from Payne introduced and the coun-
ell passed. a resolution calling for infor-
nation in regard TO the expense Of pub
lie printing for the biennial period from
November 30 1895. to November 30. 1900
IT wiz also be remembered that the sena-
tor from Payne. in the performance OF
his duty as chairman Of the COMMITTEES
on printing, stated that casual examin-
alton Of tho auditors report showed that
the enormous sum Of about S26.0o0 had
been paid ont Of the territorial treas
ury for printing for the period named in
the resolution, and tina this sum did not
include the s. 500 paid by the United
States.
'Jn support Of the resolution. ] made
some remarks showing how the ordinary
and proper rules of printing had been
outraged by the methods employed In
printing the journal Of the council 10y the
breaking up Of proper sentences. by the
insertion Of blank pages, and by the un-
authorized introduction IL reports and
documents which formed no part of the
official proceedings of the council Il
asked The members of the body to ex-
anime the printed journal for themselves
and see the visible evidence @ fhow IL
mad been plugged and stretched and
padded in such a way as to largely in
crease the cost of the volume over what
it would have cost had it been properly
printed
In furtherance Of a policy 10 carefully
exclude from the reports OF legislative
proceedings an debates and expressions
adverse TO the interests OF the public
printer, the editor Of the State Capital
writes The disingenious screed which has
been read hy the clerk, without publish
irg any portion of the remarks made by
the senator from Payne or myself
"8lr. President the editor OF The State