The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-11-03

Vantage IN hle oiutf aldltt II tur
truth was told and the dirty zlandereI
destroyed.
] have a letter from ap old friend in
the otate Of Indiana, enclosing clip
ping from the Guthrie State Capital
the substance OF which is that our
higher educational institutions In Ok
llahoma have become disgrace and
even our own people are taking their
children away and sending them 70
similar institutions In other states.
In Joe McNeai's platform he says. in
substance. that these institutions are a
disgrace and avoided By our own peo-
pie who have children desiring 10 at
tend our own grade Of educational In
stitutlons.
say look at the record Of the State
University last Territorial wear. Uni
versity students proper two hundred
eighty-eight compared with last year
under Statehood four hundred eighty
eight.
State Normal students Of the three
old Normsls the increase from the last
year Of Territorial government up to
last year under State government the
increase has been thirty-three per cent
Notwithstanding the fact that three ad
ditional Normal schools have been
created in the Indian Territory and al
though not fully in operation were pat
ronized by new pupils 70 make the to
tai increase over the last year Of Ter
ritorial government more than double.
while in our Agricultural and Meehan-
ical College attendance there are today
four times as many students In the
several Agricultural and Mechanical
Colleges OF the state as there were in
the year Of the greatest attendance un-
der Territorial government.
Reader. shall the statement Of one
who would slander and destroy the
good name OF his own state be taken
in preference to the official records
which speak the truth2
Agricultural Department.
The State Of Oklahoma, in a printed
circular issued by Joe McNeal, is criti-
cised because il spends one hundred
two thousand, seven hundred fifty dol
AnA - q NE0Nl w pAVAGOlC HAAA EnNOuA NfN
the agricultural and stock raising in
dustries OF our state, whereas McNeal's
circular says that Kansas spends only
fourteen thousand, three hundred
eleven dollars year for the support
of its state agricultural department.
We meet this criticism with the ad-
mission that Joe McNeal's figures in
this instance are probably correct and
the state administration Of Oklahoma
has no apology to make. Agriculture
and stock raising are the industries
which furnish seventy-fiVe per cent Of
all the prosperity and wealth Of our
state. We are proud OF the fact that
our state Constitution placed the Board
. of Agriculture with all OF the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Colleges under
the control Of Board the members OF
J which are selected by the farmers
! themselves, and there Is not living
, man in Oklahoma today who can show
that ever have sought In any way to
I influence the election by the farmers
! Of single member Of that Board.
! Joe McNeal and Jim Harris cannot
; make this statement for II is known
! to thousands Of farmers Of this state
: that McNeal and Harris sought TO t,Irn
the State Board of Agriculture into
] politics by sending word throughout
+ the state to Republican farmers to
+ send none but Republican delegates te
! their district and state farmers as
\ semblies They tried In this contemp
{ tible partisan effort to destroy the ef
/ ficiency of the State Board Of Agri
culture by seeking to drag it into poll
I tics after its members became elec
: tive when /, as Governor, charged with
the duty OF appointing the first list Of
E members in the beginning. set the ex
ample of appointing three Republican
members upon that Board.
!. Yes, we repeat what we have otter
said the State OF Oklahoma devotes j
! larger per cent Of its entire cost Of
! state government TO promoting the In
I terest Of the farmer than any Republi
! can state in the entire union, and from
4 | McNeals own figures, although the to
+ tai cost OF government in the State a
4 Kansas is almost twice as much as the
! government of the State of Oklahoma
a yet Oklahoma devotes more than sever
! times as much to the support, mainte
n nance and encouragement Of agricul
] ture and stock raising as does tbs
\ State Of Kansas.
4 State Capitol.
We will take little time to repeat ths
i story that is now well known TO eyery
citizen OF Oklahoma.
i Joe McNeal and Jim Harris say thai
r. the people are being grated on ths
a state capitol question. II by the nams
n state capitol they mean the newspa
d per published at Guthrie ! would read
3 fly concede hat 1t was CRATER, but {
= they mean the building which is to b.
/. owned BY the people Of the state ans
4 wherein the state officers will conduc
\ our government then let me propouns
q this question.
The people OF the STATE OF okIahomI