The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30
GOVERNORS REQUEST FOR RES
IGNATIoN OF MEMBERS is FOL-
LOWED BY REMOVAL NOTICE.
BOOK CONTRACTS ARE LET
There is Now Every Likelihood That
the Matter viii Be Aired in Court
The Legislature May Also Get in
10 the Game.
(From the Oklahoman)


Governor Cruce took summary ac-
tion Monday in the cases OF Scott
Glen, Robert Dunlop and Frank
HAYES. who refused to resign from the
state board of education in compll-
ancc with the governors wishes. \
long statement in which the governor
made known his findings in the inNes-
tieatlon of members of the school
board last fall. ended with the an
nouny ement that he had removed the
three members from the board. w.
A. Brandenburg, whose resignation
was requested by Governor Cruce on
Saturday, sent letter of resisna-
tion inst n few minutes before the
other letters were sent out to the
board members who We're removed.
II was the letting or the school text
book contracts which brought about
the action of the governor The re-
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charges against individual members
of the board had been held under
cover for several months, with the
idea. the governor says, of not dis
turbing the school affairs within the
state The fact that the board in
sisted upon letting the text book con-
tracts at this time against the wishes
of the governor, caused them TO be
made public sooner than they would
otherwise have been. The removed
members of the board are charged
with having played politics in the
matter of appointments, with having
allowed personal favoritism to play
part in the selection OF teachers, and
the governor further finds that mem-
bers of the board committed perjury
in testifying in regard to the ap-
pointment of +. ID. MurdauSh as pres
ident of the preparatory school at
Claremore or else that the former sec
rotary of of the board, A. c. Persons,
deliberately falsified the records Oh
the board meeting in order to snow
that Murdaugh had been elected by
majority of the votes cast i'll the
board meeting. The governor also
charges that the accused members or
the board have been in collusion with
representatives of the American Book
company in the matter of awarding
contracts for school text books.
The board anticipating some sucn
action as that which was taken by
Governor Cruce, met at o'clock Mon
day morning and at 9:25 it was an
nounced that the awards for the text
| books had been made and that the
board had adjourned sine die.
w. A. BranuenoLrg, who had pre-
| viousN called upon Governor Cruce
with his letter of resignation, was
| not present az the meeting. W. Il
/ Rowsey and J. +. Warren, who voted
to adhere to the governors wishes il
regard to the contracts, came late
/ to the meeting and after being ad-
/ mitted, both refused to take part il
| the proceedings. The awards were
made by State Superintendent VIII
son, Dunlop, Glen and Hayes.
Deposed Members Silent
Governor Cruce placed his letters
to Dunlop, Hayes and Glen in The
hands of Adjutant General Cantor
who, after a long search, found thu
three out not until he had made man.
inquiries and had walked many
blocks.
None of the deposed members o.
the board would express themselves
Monday evening in regard to Cover
nor Cruces action in removing them
II is generally known, however, that
they will resist all efforts to remove
them from the board and it was hint
ed that court action would be neces-
sary to make the governors order
Of removal effective. The board mem
bers insist that their terms of office
do not expire until June 30, 1913, anc
that there is no authority under which
thew can be removed until that time
The order of removal is timed al
nine o'clock at which hour Governor
Cruce called the office of Superin
tendent Wilson and stated that the
three members had been removed. Al
that moment the four members Of the
hoard were in session and makinG
the awards in the book contracts.