The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-04-24

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change Tuesday and Immediately
wrote YOU. demanding your immcdi
ate presence before the board We
told you in the letter that We had
discovered your trickcry and that
We were waiting for an cxplaua
tiun. You came before the board
in about half an hour. bringing your
clerk with you. Your first words ON
entering the room were that you
had brought your clerk along be-
cause he had made the change and
you knew nothing about It and want
ed him to explain IT, lie thercupon
proceeded to try to explain, but his
explanation was tmply an admission
that he had mad, the change with.
out the knowledge or consent of the
board and that the effect of the
change would be what all of Us well
knew. Thcreupon. | want to remind
you, that asked YOU to step to
my desk and I showed you your sig.
nature at the end Of the contract
and asked YOU il that was your own
handwriting
lou answered Yes. Of course"
| then showed YOU the inside page
where the words per rcam' were
interlincd, and ASKED YOU il you
could deny that that was also your
hand writing. and that IL YOU did
deny it We would have an expert
in pcnmanship examine the writing
You stood before my desk. pale
as a ghost and trembling like whip
ped cur and admitted In the pres.
ence of the whole membership OF the
printing board, that YOU did intcrlinc
those words yomself
The very wors That would have
given you, out OF the state treas
ury, about fifteen thousand dollars
more than your original bid entitled
you to.
Your only defense was that II
your bid at this increased price was
still the lowest that you were en-
titled to the state work, notwith.
standing YOU had doubled the price
of this important item. over and
above your original bid and that
YOU could not afford to stand by
your original bid then told you
/ that you knew very well that the
contract and bond which you pre-
sented did not comply with the bid
and asked you II you would offer n
contract that did comply with the bid
You said NO"
And thereupon the printing board
rejected all bids and directed that
new bids be advertised for and that
your company be sued upon its thous-
and dollar bidders bond for failure
to comply with the terms under
which your bid was submitted
The above answers every question
you have asked and deals with every
statement you have made, and /
want to say to you right here that
every statement and intimation con
tanned in your paper this morning on
this subject that depart from my
statementin the slightest degree, is
an Infamous falsehood. and not only
that, but you knew they were false
when you published them.
The state printing board proposes
TO protect the state against print.
ing grafters, whether It be you or
somebody else and If the state work
is not bid for by honest, reliable
contractors at honest prices on the
29th day of April, the state print
ing board will ask the legislature to
make small appropriation to in
stall small printing plant at which
the state printing can be done. ant
We want TO warn you know, that any
further attempt on your part to altcl
or change any papers submitted b!
you, will not be so generously deal
with in the future. Your methods o
grating the territorial treasury hay,
already been uncarthed to a sufiicien
extent TO warn US to watch every
thing you do The state is entitled Il
have its work done at honest price
and 10 have the contractors who &c
the work furnish the grade OF ma
terial and the character OF work tina
his contract calls for, just as faitf
fully and honestly as any bushes
man would expect in his priyat
business.
You must treat the state treasur
as honestly as you would any mel
= chant or banker for whom you d
! job printing and no other practice
will be tolerated,