The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-02

F@4AtGMt WACNlnG-~ iniFtyTouF TUT
drta salRrler Officers Appointed BY
tho 0Oyernor-Expsnse Of Govern
sF's Office, etc.
Reader, II candidate for public of.
nre will deliberately Try to deceive you
te set your Vote do you believe he
would be honest In serving YOU If
elected?
We consider that the Offices belong
70 the people, not to the candidates,
and unless the truth candidly told to
the people will secure their votes no
honest man would desire the office.
In his printed literature and public
speeches Joe w. McNeal says that I
am natural born machine politician
and that all my plans In official work
are to build up strong political ma
chine to dictate the government of the
state.
Let US see--
Senator LaF'ollette has said that the
Initiative and referendum and manda.
tory primary win destroy any POSSIBLE
ity of political machine control In
asmuCh as assisted TO write both the
initiative and referendum and manda-
tory primary provisions In our state
constitution must have been a fool
for doing so II favored machine poll
tics. and among all the other SANDER
ous things that have been said of me
by the McNeal corporation press bu-
reau do not Remember that they ever
called me fool or COS ard.
TO strengthen his senseless asser-
tion Joe McNeal says Governor Has
kell has appointed an army OF thirty.
four hundred salaried officers. Hs
sometimes quotes it by saying that
Governor Haskell has appointed three
per cent Of All the Democratic voters
of the State 10 esalaried Offices upon
the State pay roll 10
Reader, II Mr.. McNeal desired to
know the truth as to the number Of
salaried officers appointive by the Gov
ernor he could easily and in few
minutes turn to the Constitution and
laws of our state and find the exact
number. If he had investigated then
he knew his statement was a ridicu-
lous falsehood. On the other hand if
be made the statement without inves-
tigation he showed himself to be a
reckless falsifier unworthy of your
trust or confidence. He i.-tended to
impress upon you by his statement
that the Governor has the appointment
Of thirty-four hundred salaried Of.
ficeB the fact that we had built up
reckless and extravagant govern
ment. for In addition TO such large
number appointiye by the Governor
would be added all the other officers
throughout the state, counties and
precincts elected by the people or ap-,
pointed or employed by other officers
or boards, state or local
But what 10 the tfuth7
Eere is the entire list of regular
on = appointive by the Governor. CIV
Ing he name OF the present incum-
bent and the Office that be fills.
]. 2. connors. Chairman Board of
Agriculture.
J. c. Mahr. Commissioner of Health.
X. w. Dick, Warden Penitentiary.
Clyde Reed. Warden Reformatory.
E. B. cockrell, Bank Commissioner.
J. A. Smith, Grain Inspector.
William Mnrdock, Superintendent
State Agency.
]. s. Askew, Game Warden.
Seth X. Gordon, T. ]. Leahy, Jake
L Hamon. Election Board; Secretary
Board.
Vacant now. State Printer.
Frank NJ. Canton, Adjutant General.
Fred s. Caldwell, Enforcement At
torney.
R. J. Allen, ]. J. Quarles, ]. T. Dick
erson, Board OF Public Affairs.
]. P. Connors Office is elective at
the next general election, the Cover
nor simply making the first appoint
ment.
There is also 8. o. Dawes, the State
Librarian. There was some doubt in
the beginning as TO whether the Gov
ernor or the Supreme Court should
appoint the State Librarian, therefore
the Governor Joined In the appoint
ment. It has since been ascertained
that the Supreme Court makes that
appointment.
There Is temporary Board of three
Capitol Commissions which serves
only for limited length of time and
then passes out OF existence. but the
state does not pay that board single
penny
Also Inc three Criminal Court OF Ap-
peals Judges and the nine Superior
Court Judges and the vacancies on the
District Court bench we're filled by the
Governor until their successors are
elected n
The above constitutes every salaried
ul'flcer appointiye by the Governor.
There are then various boards of
regents and trustees of the higher ed
vocational institutions and the char
itabAs institutions. Text Book Com
mission. Mining. Medical, and other
state Boards which are honorary posi-
lions, draw no salary, some of them
only get pay for the days they attend
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