The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-14

would not be niet with a smile Of con.
tempt and with the plea Chat public
senlimeAt ia against iia enforcement"
/ recommend that you pass 8 law
giving the governor authority to re-
move at once any public Official whose
dnty 4 Is 10 enforce any criminal law,
when be lie convinced Chat such pub
lie official through neglect, failure Of
wilful design. Is not enforcing the
Laws and 10 appoint in his stead q sue
ceHsor Given this authority guar
antee TO you and ID the people OF the
state that we viii have a better en-.
forcement OF the law in Oklahoma dur
ing tile next two years than We have
had during the past two. The present
method Of removal Of officers through
the process Of court proceedings y
30 tedius and cumbersome as to be
practically useless. The method that
propose will work no hardship upon
any honest man; and the public Off
cial whose conduct Is called into ques-
tion Will. In my Judgment, before any
man whom the people Of Oklahoma will
ever elect to the high office Of gov
ernor OF the state receive as patient
and fair hearing as he would receive
through the courts.
EDUCATION
There is probably no one subject
that interests more people in Oklaho-
ma than the subject Of education The
enthusiasm Of our people for higher
educational development has been
made a means BY which selfinterest-
cd individuals have effected an en-
trance into the pockets Of the tax-pay-
ers Of this state 0utrages against the
state and against real educational
progress have been peepetrated in the
name Of education The number OF
we'll informed men IN the state who
believe that the number Of higher ed
ucational institutions we now have are
necessary, Is SO small as to be incon-
siderable There is almost uniform
agreement on the part Of the people
that some Of these schools should be
abolished The trouble is, however,
that there are few men In public life
who have undertaken to designate the
schools that should be eliminated.
Oklahoma has more schools known
as higher educational institutions,
which are supported largely or entire
" BY state revenue, than any other
state 0f like population In the Union,
1t Is hardly probable that Oklahoma
needs this class Of schools more than
any other state; not is It at all true
that il Is able to support more schools
OF this character than other states OF
like wealth and population. The trou-
Bile Eith Oklahoma Is this these
schools in many instances were estab-
lished not because there was general
need OF them, but because some local
ty desired a ntate institution, and
was able to bring enough influence to
bear upon former legislatures to effect
the location of such an institution in
that district.
We have a University, an A. & M
College, a Girls College, a School Of
Mines two University Preparatory
Schools. six District Agricultural
Schools, six State Normals, and an A
4 NJ school for negroes, nineteen
In all. There was appropriated to main
tain these schools for the two years
ending in June S0th, 1913, $1,49600
or an annual outlay Of S74S,00000; and
a recent report submitted by the super
\ intendent Of instruction indicates thai
1t will require this much or more {
maintain these schools during the mex
two years.
Practically thirty per cent Of all ths
revenue collected by the state for gov
ernmental purposes is expended ir
these nineteen schools. The question
is. how long win the people Of Okla
homa stand this sort OF school system
and how long will the legislature O.
the state permit this annual raid upoI
the state treasury?
According to the reports made b!
the presidents of these various lnsti
tutiona, the total number of students
in attendance upon all of them on tn,
5th day of December, 1911, was 1882
the total school population, according
to the census for last year, is more
than 557 600 It is seen therefore tina
less than one per cent of the tota
school population of Oklahoma is re
ceiving the benefits of these highe
educational Institutions.
While we have been generous to thl
point Of extravaganza in providing
funds for these schools the sum tota
Of taxes levied and collected by th'
state for the education Of SO pc
cent Of school ehaldren who canno
attend these schools, for the past year
should every dollar Of taxation b
paid. would aggregate only SS25,O0S
In other words, we are spending r0r
than twice as much of the Decpls'
money gathered BY state taxation Il
help educate one per cent Of the chil
dren of Oklahoma as we are spending
to help educate the ninety-nine pc
cent
/ recommend that you abolish a
least three Of the state normals; bot
OF the University Preparatory schools
and at least five Of the District Agr
cultural schools There is justilica
tion for leaving the District Agricultu
raj school a. Goodwell on account @
its location. condition Of climate. an
the soil OF that section of the state
and the further fact that II is SO e.
pensiye for persons In that section I
attend the A. & NJ. College. j recon
mend that you consolidate the Sehoe
: OF Mines with the State University
+ making Il O department Of the Univel
sity. ! have conferred with the LEAF
ing educators all over the Unite
States, and almost without exceptio
they advise that the number Of moi
,,anfc In a ctafa havintr fha nopuloti Ia