The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-17
ACCUSED Of
PLAYING
POLITICS"
Inquiry Into Charges against
State Board OF Education
Begins Today

Special to The Daily Leader
Oklahoma City, OKLA, Aug. 1.-THE
inquiry into charges made against
members Of the state board of edu-
cation, accusing them of playing
politics la school appointments, is
scheduled to begin before Governor
Cruce this afternoon, A mass of let
tiers and aifidayits has been fled with
1.-THE governor
The greatest amounr of new matter
was contained in affidayits filed very
jrecentiy, by L. ] Abbott. member
of the faculty at the Central State
normal, who was displaced by the
board
Abbott charges that the American
Book company dominates the pres
ent state board OF education, through
Scott Glenn and o. IT, Hayes, mem
bers; that State Superintendent Viii
son Is systematically opposed to- any
man that didn't support him at the
primary; that a crowd of alleged
whiskey promoters headed by w D.
Patton and George Farrar OF Edmond
dominated the board in making APP
pointments.
He alleges that every supporter Of
r. d. Cameron for the state superin-
tendent In the primary, against VIII
son, was rene ed except one, and
that one is al open supporter Of the
American Boo, company. He asserts
that Members Glenn Hayes, Dunlop
and Wilson are trying to build up a
political machine through the eigh-
teen state schools that they now
dominate; that many teachers who
could not qualify as instructors in
various city schools, We're elected TO
places IN the higher institutions;
that Chas, Evans, the new president
OF the Edmond normal is a member
of the Glenn-Wilson political ma
chine and an active friend Of the
American Book company
Letter from Bishop Brooke
Bishop Francis X. Brooke Of Ok
lahoma City filed a communication
the board for its removal
OF Professor Duyal from the faculty
OF the state university.
A letter from 4 r. Corr Of Edmond
charges that Professor Abbott lost
his place because he antagOnized the
bootlegging element.
Wilberforce Jones, county attor-
ney OF Lincoln county wrote that he
understood member OF the state
board of education had signed an ap-
pearance bond for a boOtlegger
A. c. Scott of the board, submitted
Il copy OF a resolution he had pre-
scented to the board asking the gov
ernor to investigate the charges at a
date long before the formal fling
was made
The resolution failed to get sec
ond, and Scott intimated in his let
ter. that another member OF the
board, against whom no charges have
been fled showed lack OF backbone
in not supporting il.
The mass Of evidence in Governor
Cruces hands, also includes letters
and communications from H. L. All
len. William Aitkenhead Lucy A
Barrow and S. M Barrett Norman;
Charles Burks Edmond; w. G. Car
son, Cleveland; Dr. w. II Evans,
Chandler: e. p DuyaL former profes-
sor at Norman: Miss Eaves, Musko-
gee. A. H. Entrekin, Weatherford;
Charles Evans, Ardmore Lawrence
Fowler, c. A. Galloway, Weatheriord;
Arthur Howard Greene. Lynn Glov-
er. r. r Jackson, Ardmore; A. II.
Tonkawa: NJ NJ. May
nard, Chicago: Rufus a. Mock, De
vol: John II. Mcdaniel, j. O. McCol |
lister, Mangum. Prot Henry Meier,
formerly of the state university, j..
G. oliver. Sulphur: B G. Payne, I
Tonkawa; Samuel ugley Chicago
s. w. Reayes, Norman, John A.
Simnson WeatherfOrd Lewis s. salt /
er. Prof Jones. A. Lawtell, Norman; /
j. u Wiley, Muskogee; Senator J. /
j. Williams, WeatherfOrd