The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-11-20
CHARGES SEEMWElL FOUNDED
Governor IN a Speech to tho School
superintendents Attacked Their
Work and That Of tho Mic
sionaries Of Churches.



welt has summoned him to Wash |
ington to show cause, practically. |
why he should not be relieved Of his |
Office.
Substantially. the trouble In which |
Governor Post finds himself is an.
Swettenham OF Jamaica. lie evi-
Swenttcnham o.fJa malca. lie eyi.
IDENTITY has been too deeply impressed
with his authority and has talked
more than was wise.
Last september. Governor Post
made a speech to the school super
intendcnts of Porto Rico. From all
reports he spoke not wisely. but
he In given to that sort OF utter
ance. The speech created such row
in Porto Rico that the matter was
turned over to Secretary Garfield.
OF the interior department, for an
investigation. He has reported to the
president that the charges against
Governor Post are well founded and
the president promptly called on the
governor to come TO Washington
to make a personal explanation. Mott.
fication by cable has been received
that tho governor will be here In
the course of the next week. No
determination of the matter will be
reached until Governor Post has told
the president his side of the story.
Porto Rican newspapers have been
received In Washington which indi-
cate pretty clearly that Governor
Post has been indiscreet as to his
utteranccs In the course of his ad-
dress he made an attack. according
to the accounts published. not only
on the superintendents ~ education
In the island. but on the missionaries
OF various churches. lie declared. in
substance. that the work OF the de-
partment OF education In the island
had been worse for the people than
any other influence. except the mis-
sionaries The attack was SO bitter
and virulent that every one of the
officials of the department of edu-
ignatlon. Pending a final adjustment
OF the trouble by a higher authority.
the designations have been withheld.
but the trouble with the missiona.
ries still is acute. One minister
of Importance prayed that men of
sense and character might be sent
TO Porto Rico"
\ part of the speech which Gre
atcd the furorc was reported as
follows.
The school superintendent It the
island are set of Pharisecs. and
they have failed To cooperate with
NJ" as they should Not one of YOU
has ever written to me letter
telling me of policeman who was
running a gambling hail, Of a rev
Cnuc agent who was drunk, or an
acaldc who was not performing his
duty Lord is Phariscc and always
has been one. You fellows should
cruelty yourselves and when YOU
get ON the cross then III help you
down"
The Lord referred To is DR. Lord.
who has been ON the island In edu.
cational work for seven years and
who, further along in his speech,
Governor Post declared to have been
"A d-d failure" Continuing. the
governor is reported TO have said
The school superintendent have
done, more. next to the missionaries.
10 bring about the anti,American feel.
ing in the island. than anything
else-you, next to the missionaries
they are the worst. | am after you.
boys, and I'll get YOU or break
YOU"
subsequently. IL Is reported Cover.
nor Post apologized for his state,
ments. but that has not allayed the
feeling against him. His friends main,
tain that the whole affair is the
work of his enemies, but the evi
dence is that, granting the contention
To be true, he has played directly
into their hands. The indications
are that the trouble will have far
reaching consequences as to Ameri
can administration in Porto Rico