The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-11
FORMER WILL DETERMINE
CITY GOVERNMENT CLASH
Shall the County or District
Alone Bear Separate School
Expense?

Issues highly Important 70 Guthrie
are 70 be fought to conclusion 10
l0klahona city to9ay. Arguments
lare % be made In The charter cases
land ID the separate school matter
| For the arst tine in twsntv-two
wears Guthrie Il practically without
la supreme court. The offices Of the
Justices here haze been pretty welt
dlsmantled, and an llve cases were
yesterday transferred 10 the clerks
mex quarters 10 Oklahoma City !
large number 0f decisions were nut in
readiness here 10 be- handed down iii
ikIaaoma City TODAY and shen ire
0fsSes here mere closet All Offices
we're vacant today
Justices Kane and Williams are
sTlGA residents 81 Guthrie. Chiet jas
tiee Turner and Justice HAYS have
moved Justice Damn Is in California
for The summer
Part az tEe attorney generals force
and tne Jaw library are alI Chat fe
laaiA 0f the state government here.
The big fight 0ver The possession
Cf sfle city Offices ia Guthrie comes
To 2 show down Tcdag. and Il IS be-
Iiaved tint Supreme court will make
an early decision. The Copeland /
ease tine FIRST fled attacked tine VA
lltifg 81 the charter AMI she legaliFg i
Of tae elections leading % 20 tne +
establishment OF commission govern
ment wn3eh has practically been if /
aEeef tDr t8a weeks The case was
appealed from The superior court. iu +
which Judge Lawrence held t1e
charter binding The Mifeaeli case
Eas appealed from The district court
ID which Judge Huston sustained tae
elections. h0lding that the cons t.ta*
i0n and statutes had been substan-
iaslg complied Wita and THAT fhe 9eo-
lle had adopted commission govern
nent. This s4is began in custer pro
seedsngs bv ~ 81. Carter, commits
iioner OK pMnllc saGe against N n
Mitchell cts marshal Carter won
saa ss4t knocked the cSaS9css ;iss-gssss
'orces out Of control Of the posice de-
1artment The commission then Nlr-
ualv took over ghe whole govern
neHl since that zine there nave
lren uomlnallv two mayors. two fitg
erks. two eltg att0rnegs HEixs1
10lice force commission ana a5
,8gucil
Ia connection vEh tae tFo cases
by order Of the CourE,
he following attended tie hearing t0
av May0g Frank 0ismith. councilss
manic. CRY Clerk e. 81 WipsioH
W. r. Mitchell. mar
hal eCuucilmanjC Councilman Low 4
neF W. Ii Ch4ppea ami I'll DeF-
reaux. attornegs for Mitchell James
fep5urn couRcilmanic city attorney
r Hegier, commission cts att0r-
.ev III Barf0rd and Frank BUR-
ord. attorneys for Carter. r y Dun
am. commissi0n cit{ CLERK
separate School Cases
The supreme court has set To-Day
on 9 hearing iH the separate scaooi
halter. Of great Importance 20 Logan
oBnty Guthrie and tie STATE af larse.
av0lVed is tais proposition. SHAH
be expenses of schools Tor negroes
: ssriss - Eae cnHnt7 at -@rse. 49,
eresofore. or BY t1e indivldaai senoc
istricrs anaer Tx definition ua1e d
le attorney general
Milton Br0Hn. representing rae
la riffs against rEe county officers. {
.eut doEn 10 arE8e for rae iH1lriiuai
.stract side ! IL BFfori aad cia-
Is sg1ear for the 0ffcers. There are
lur eases tfnueht ~ teachers in
5lorez sc1o1ls. ur 81 H0iters ~ var
ants purchased from teachers
Judge Huston decided That the e1 Il
easez ~ separate schools shall ae q
orne b. rae county ar iarse INSTEAD 3
Z b. t1e school districts he held :,
.st he old aFs o. Fhe subject have S
0f been repealed -
u the decision % IRE iisrfilf ful-f Il
sussaiue8 tae separzte saaois5> VII s
2 ran as nos. directly under tie sl
srrisio1 Of the county supeluterd- 3.
-f u there is reversal tie eE- @
auses 0f ne col0ra1 schools aere :
il isH entirely Cd TIE city Gltl- =
e ana ssge-a. townships VIli De IS
.Tf 1ff. while TIRE U-ite townships
il rejoice. These eases are fesr v
.sas The one on Htill Arguments q
.e likely fo be made IS lla- Ef B4r-
II ac insf Olson. coalty ciefs. 10 4.
.uqei t.n To issue warrants against s.
BE- eoenrE for s4ara-e school eN 3.