The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-21
BRADY AND
WILLIAMS
QUIT JOBS
MEANS PROBABLE END
OF STATE CAPITOL
COMMISSION
LETTER Of RESIGNATION
FILLED WITH SOME HEAT
Body Has Had Intellectual c.;eer
In Its Ton Months Of
Existence

! After an lneftectnal career OF III
months. the state capitol commission
has disbanded One Of the early de-
yel0pments In the capital gcontest
starting With the election OF June II
iGst year was the formation of a
commission by Ex-Governor Haskell
The twa democratic members. Boone
/ Williams of I.ehigh, and w. r. Brady
lof Tulsa, have resigned Poitictl de
! Yelopments are expected to ensue
TIER appointments and the appoint
meent Of Dir Leo Bennett. the repub
Lean member were made by Cover
nor Haskell
Il is said that the canitol commits.
sicn will be laid off Tor good and that
Governor Cruce will enforce the idea
ot putting the construction OF the cap
| Iital at Oklahoma City In the hands 1t
TIE state board OF affairs.
The Letter of RESIGNATION
Following Is the joint letter OF res
ighation:
Honorable Lee Cruce. Oklahoma
City.
Dear Governor.
The caDitol commission has re-
ceiyed your communication OF the 9Th
In which we .9ke 1t that you nave
notified us Of our removal from Office,
|ahd we are ready TO turn over the
records Of this Office to your board Of
.affairs.
:" If you We're correctly aGoted prior
tc your inauguration. YOU desired
this commission then and you say
you do now, only for the expense. The
people first created the commission,
knowing a board OF affairs was In
existence at that time. and at the ex-
ira session Of the legislature created
the commission. and at the same
TIME discussed the board uf affairs
handling the affair, and again oil the
next session Of the legislature, refus-
ed To abolish the commission, after
you had sent a special message re-
qresting that the commission be aboi-
ished.
Legally wa believe the two or
fees of the capitol commission and
the board 0f affairs are incompatible
and cannot be filled by the same per-
sons. II not so, why should the leg
islature and the ueonle create two
Offices? Your views do not, therefore,
coincide either with the peoples or
she legislatures. and it was Tor this.
reas IL that we thought some ulteriorI
motive was prompting an opposition
to this commission. inasmnch az we
asked for only $4,000 to maintain
the commission for the entire term
when the architects fees alone would
have been thar much
And again. we could not see bow
you could hold 70 the strict terms OIL
the contract that provides that s25.000
month shall be paid into the state
treasury and the paying out Of that
amount without the approval oil thel
legislature. The constitution pr0-I
vides, (Section 5-5l No money shall
he paid out Of the treasury Of the
state or any funds under its manage
ment except In pursuance of an ap-
preparation by law
Cite supreme Court Decision
"The supreme court has construed
this section. making it clear You say
We are harmless, and yon have no oh
lection TO the personnel OF the com
mission. that they are your personal
friends. and that II the commission
was TO have been continued there
would nave been no changes Then,
Shv remove the commission until the
legislature makes the appropriation,
and let them abolish the commission
at that time If they see fit. after com
ing fresh from the peonle2 The dit
ference between the cost oil tine com
mission and the extra force 81 thel
state board OF affairs necessary tol
handle the capitol work. IA so slight
that the people would be willing toI
pay Il fiji order t0 have special
board Study the work ard devote its
time I'd giving them d building that
sreeial study and thought could
evolve. III idaho. now building 4 ST.
0E0 600 building. they have worked
i've and oue-half years and only 23l
per cent b completed and the aunef
infendent writes THIS commission
that they aEree IL " afHA 10 not aassf
Till d permanent special commission
free from constant change,
ssyvhor thp law creating the cais
it0l commission to enactment by tne
legislature, the clause. the term oi
Office of the commission shall be two
years but they shall be subject 10 re.
moyal by the aogernoF at anv time
was amended hY the writing III 'Fof
cause oDis. There were thdae wh0I
then objected strenuogsly to these
words. infimating that they Teure-
aentcdI your views. although y0nI
were not governor. aud The words