The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-29
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FILING CHARGES AGAINST
ADMINISTRATION
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RADICALS HARD PRESSED
FOR CAMPAIGN MATERIAL
Matters That Have Been Fully
Exploited and Exploded
and Explained
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Having voted Solldly IN tne. mouse
OF representatives against the Demo
cratic resolution appointing commit
tee to investigate expenditures OF
public funds, and now since the Dem
ocrats have appointed the committee,
being confronted with the dire neces'
slty OF filing charges against the
Democrats or going back to their
constituents as having approved the
Democratic state administration by
their silence, the Republican minority
of the house, aided and abetted BY
their state organization and Chair
man James Harris, today revampeo
all the old reports of State Examiner
and Inspector G. A. Taylor that they
could find, and have filed them with
the investigating committee as charg-
es against Governor Haskell, the state
banking board, Representative w. B.
Anthony and others.
The charges are practically the
state examiners reports taken entact,
with the words "misappropriation,"
and "mismanagement plentifully be-
strewn in between at every opportu-
nsty. and state that the governor mis-
used the territorial audit fund in pay
-iag. the expenses of c. A. Lawler, an
Cklahama City detective; also the
I special delegate fund, in paying John
w. Flenner of Washington, d. c.. a
newspaper man, various sums as sta
tistical clerk. out of another appro-
priation, and paying the salary, or
special expenses Of 0. t. Smith, g'i.
bernatorial attorney, out of the same
fund. Representative Anthony Is
charged with violating the consttu-
tion in acting as the governors sec
retary, and the banking board in do
ing the same in paying the salary OF
Lieutenant Governor George w. Bel
lamy. when chairman.
Another Item Mentioned.
Another item mentioned is $500,
paid w. r. Hutchins, Muskogee
attorney, one of the prominent Okla
homans whom the Federal govern
ment has been prosecuting in con-
nection with the alleged town loi
frauds at Muskogee. The Republic
ans allege that the money was paid
out of The county seat election fund,
and that Mr.. IIutchins never did any
legal work relative 10 county seat
e'ec.ions.
The total sum which the Republic.
ans allege has been misused aggre-
gates about $500.
The charges were filed by Rene,
sentative Lester A. Marls. Republic
on representative from Kay county
and were prepared by the Republican
state chairman and others. To gei
the charges were easy, as the only
thing the Republicans did was to go
to the state examiners office and
COPY his reports. and fewrte them
But they have been up against the
proposition of getting some one to
swear TO them. and only after three
caucuses. of the last three nights
have been able TO find man who
was willing TO make himself the mar
tyr. since swearing to charges in
volving the word misrepresentation
lends man q fine opportunity to be
prosecuted for libel and perjury as
his charges are proven false. After
considerable exGor,aton from Chair
man james Harris as to a mans
duty to his party, Representative Ma
ris arose in caucus and offered him
self for the lob.
M, l.. Mock. Guthrie notary.
swore to the charges, which were
framed by Judge John II. Burford.
and other Republicans.
Governor Makes Reply
Relative 10 the charges filed
against his administration this morn
ing. Governor Haskell submits the
following signed statement:
To The Leader:
I'm answer to your inquiry as to
what think Of tile charges iiled by
the nof-paitisan Knockers Club
against fhe expenditures made by my
office In the last tweniy-six months,
which am toid aggregate five thou
sand. eight hundred and fifty dollars,
which they say has beer paid for un-
necessary o. unauthorized clerks and
detectives and attorneys, have not
seen the charges. but ! am very glad
indeed they have been filed. II will
enable me to show BY records and
sworn testimony that every dollar
spent by this Office has been econom-
ically and iudiciously spent for the
welfare Of the state OF Oklahoma and
enables me to smoke this bunch oil
"Knockers" out in The open where
the whole people OF the state can
learn the truth. and hereafter dirty