The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-16


statement to Mr.. Ledbetter vas in
thorough keeping with my policy in
dealing with the board from the time
of its organization.
state to you very frankly that your
board has made a number of appoint
ments that were not satisfactory to me
and appointments that | would not
have made had the matter been left to
me, but | have never, as you well
know, interposed any objection what
ever to appointments that you have
made, nor do | expect to interpose OBJ
lection in the future to appointments
that the board shall make.
Misstatement Charged.
AS evidence that you have mis-
stated facts in this connection, quote
the following from a letter which L
have just received from Mr.. Ledbet-
ter:
Referring to our conversation this
morning, during which you read
paragraph from a letter from Mr..
Scott Glen to yourself, in which Mr..
Glen says that you proposed TO me,
land later to hiHA, that he accept the
presidency of one of the schools, and
thus end the controversy over his
membership on the school board, /
beg to say that the matter of Mr..
lGlen's accepting the presidency of
one of the state schools was not pro-
posed by you, but, o nthe contrarg,
was suggested by me-
The same is true with reference to
the conversation you and l had with
reference to the presidency of the nor
NAL. You brought the matter up your
self and stated to me that Professor
Buck contemplated resigning the pres
lidency of the normal at TahleQuah in
the month of August, and that while
the matter had not been discussed by
the board, it might be arranged
through the board for you to be chos-
en- as his successor, and you asked
lme il that would be opposed by me.
II stated to you substantially what
had state dto Mr.. Ledbetter, that
would not oppose it, and the matter
would be left, so far as ] was con-
board to deal with Until the matter
was mentioned to met l never dreanl-
ed of a vacancy occurring in any of
Tie normals. 1t had only been few
weeks since Mr.. Buck had been re-
: elected, and the idea that / would s'lg
Esst that he must resign to give p!ase
tfol you, or to give place to anyone
else, is simply ridiculous. 1 10 not
know yet, except what you AMI NJ,
4 Ledbetter told me, that the matte of
a .esigning was ever considered oy lro-
I fcssor Buck, and If it was considered
z / am wholly at loss to know the rea
i son therefor, unless it was 4 pre-
n arranged plan to afford you an escape
t from the effect fthe Investigation
u Wanted Exoneration.
know and you know that soI
: were not SO firmly fixed in your deter
mination to go forward with this in
5 vestigation that you would not have
{ readily voted for a postponement il
by so doing you could have wrune
. from me promise that you would be
exonerated in the investigation that
had taken place. This proposition
was conveyed to me directly by youl
r attorney just two days before the final
IS vote was taken, and when | turned
e down the proposition and you found
e this avenue of escape closed, you ther
|, again reversed yourself and voted
g against a postponement. You gave me
l. to understand that you also gave Mr.
p Rowsey to understand, that when The
] test came that you expected to votS
G for a postponement At my residence
y you stated to me that my reasons fol
h a postponement were sufficient; tha
u they had never occurred to you in tha
l. light and that the only objection tha
n you had to voting was that you diC
not like to break with the men on tn,
u board with whom you had aligne'
/ yourself. You remerber also that yol
q suggested to me that send for MI
r Frank Hayes and discuss the matte
e with him, believing that he would
y also vote for postponement when hs
d understood thoroughly my reasons.
d i confess to you that in all my pub
r lie dealings with men | have never
E yet been as completely deceived il
y anyone as have in you. You hav'
IT practiced upon me the most; inexeus
e able deception You have told me ont
II thing and then did exactly the op
g posite; and, after having deceived me
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