The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-03
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Board Of Inquiry Appointed By
Governor Haskell Sub
mlts Report

The commission recently appointed
by Governor Haskell TO investigate
the condition which has arisen out
of the examination of he state
agency system by the state examiner
and inspector. who reported irregu-
hrities and mismanagement during
the Lozier administration of the
agency, filed their report covering
ten typewriter pages with Cover
nor Haskell al o'clock this after
noon.
The report goes into full details
and with it are eighty-five typewrit-
ten pages of testimony taken at the
hearings conducted by the commits
sion in the governors office.
Concerning the report of the state
examiner the commission says: I'VE
wish at this point to commend the
report as a painstaking, explicit and
correct, so far as pages l TO 3S in
elusive are concerned. and We find
there Is no disagreement with these
figures, and no question of the cor
rectness Cf his report as shown on
pages 10 3S inclusive. by any of
the departments or persons interest
ed in this general subject"
The commissions report criticises
pages A, b. c and d of the examn-
er's report containing tho state
ments and conclusions with refer
ence to conditions by declaring that
these statements and conclusions
reflect very seriously upon public Of
ticias. insofar as to their manner
OF accounting for disbursements oi
tie stlte funds which passed through
their hands The report does not
state that this part of the examiners
report is not true. bur claims they
were not based upon clear and undis.
puted facts
As to the attorney generals con.
nection the commission reports the
vouchers of the attorney general and
those checked up by the examiner
from the auditors office 10 CORE.
sp0nd. amounting to S3402.92. The
commission reports finding vouchers
In the attorney generals office. with
complete statement Of tae dishurse
mens and as having found salts
factory evidence that the money was
properly expended and properly ac-
counted for in every instance. As
to the examiners statement thai he
found no Information showing that
the claimants (detcctiyes) had re-
ceived tAeir pay which was drawn
in the name Of Erforcemenf Attor
ney Caldwell, the commission saws.
We have in our possession complete
records Of Mr Caldwell furnishing q
complete accounting Of the expendi
lures of all moneys that were paid
out under his direction for law en-
toreement ThTe was no contro.
versy over the amount Of disbnrse
ment between the examiner and
MIR Caldwell The commission alsC
reports finding complete evidence OF
the proper expenditure of The funds
by Caldwell receipts for the same
being on file i'm his office.
In regard TO that part OF the ev
amner's report criicising the meth
cd OF accounting ana bookkeeping
~ NV TAhA' ttta' Ni' ? Ntiftft tNi i.hHtf
adminisi liOn the report SAYS.
Our investigation shows that the
renarl Of The state examiner is on
tirely correct as to the poor meth
ods of bookkeeping in the state
agency during The time MIR l.oziel
was superintendent"
Referring 10 the press reports
calling attention to the specific word
ing of the examiners report as {,
acid being used on the books. th'
commission reports that they mad'
special investigation and that &C
cording TO Roy Burkes. the agency
bookkeeper during the l.0zler al
ministraton on frequent occasions
he had used acid instead of Al
eraser in order "to keep the book
clean We condemn the praC
tice, say the commission "hut ihinl
the state examiner should have lef
this out of the report in such shap
as 10 create a suspicion of irregu
larity"
Continuing on the acid matter tn
report says Careful investigation O
the books did not disclose an In
stance where acid was used wit
the intention OF covering up an
thing.
As to the large salary voucher
spoken of In the examiners repor
drawn in the name Of I.Ozier, III
commissions report SAYS: This no
tion Of .he report has subjected Nj
Lozier and agency TO severe crit
cism in the public press. We foun
upon investigation that the saarie
of the entire agency foece were draw
in one check. and in some instance
the money was dlsbursed to the On
ployes in cash, but in most case
each employe was given a check o
Mr.. Loziers private account TIL
commission reports finding caneellc
checks to employees, but adds tha
the practice is not a good one an
is rightiullg condemned by the e