The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-14

would not be me; with smile Of con-
i tenlpt and with the plea that public
eentiment is against It's enforcement
| recommend thar YOU pass a law
giving The governor authority 10 re
move at once amy public Oficia whose
duty il is TO enforce any criminal law.
when he is convinced that such pub
lie official through neglect, failure on
wiltul design. is not enforcing the
laws and to appoint in his stead a sue
cessor. Given this authority ! guar
antee to YOU and to the people OF the
state that we will have a better en-
forcement Of the law m Oklahoma dur
ing the next two years than we have
had during the past two The present
method of removal OF officers through
the process of court proceedings Is
SO tedius and cumbersome as 10 be
practically useless The method that
! propose viii work no hardship upon
any honest man. and he public olh-
cial whose conduct is called into ques-
tion Will, in my Judgment before any
man whom the people OF oklahoma VIII
+ ever elect to the high office Of gov
ernor Of the state receive as patient
and fair a 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 self-iuterest-
ed individuals have e1ected an en-
trance into the pockets of the tax pay
ers of his state Outrages against the
state and against real educational
progress have been perpetrated In the
name of education, The number OF
Nell informed men in the state who
believe thar the number Of higher ed
ucati0nal institutions we now have are
necessary is so small as 10 be incon-
siderable. There is almost uniform
agreement ON he 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
ly BY state revenue, than any other
state of like population in the Union.
II is hardly probable that Oklahoma
needs this class of schools more than
any other state: not is it al all true
that il is able TO support more schools
of his character han other states of
ike wealth and population The trou-
Bile with Oklahoma is this these
schools In many instances We're estab-
lished not because there was general
need Of them. but because some local /.
ity desired state institution. and (
WAS able 10 bring enough influence to +
bear upon former legislatures to effect K
the location OF such an institution in
that district
We have a University, an A. & NJ
College. Il Girls College, a School OF
Mines TWO University Preparatory
Schools. six District Agricultural
Schools. six state Normals. and an A
& NJ school for negroes. nineteen
in all There was appropriated to main
tain these schools for the two years
ending in June 30th, 1913, 81 .496 000,
or an annual outlay Of S74S, 10000, and
Il recent report submitted by the super
intendent Of instruction indicates that
it will require this much or more 10
maintain these schools during the neNi
Two years
Ffactlcally thlr'y per cent OF an me
revenue oollectsa py the state OF SoN-
erhinehtal purposes ls expended ID
lhese hile'eeh schools ne question
~ now 4on8 VIII the people ol Ohla-
hoiila slaid thls sorl ol school system.
ana how long Wall the legislature of
lhe s1ale permit ihls ahhuai falu upon
the state treasury
According :" me reports maze oE
lne pfeAIuehts oL lheSe various lhS'i-
.ulohs' the lota' NUMBER OF students
~ attendance upon an OF them on me +
D ua1 OF JeceIuuer' lSlI' was f96S'
ne total schooI Popula'loh' according
o the census lot Ia7l YEAR is more
nan % "VOV. IL is seen therefore mat
ess man one per cent OF the total
'chooI popuiatloh OF Oklahonla is re-
ieiFhs the dement's oil these higher
sd4cdi ioAdI INSTITUTIONS
" me we nav peFi generous 10 the
oolnl o. eAtfaF aeahce III providing
uhds LOT these scnoois ihe sum total {
u taxes ieliea ana corrected by the
'late lot the education OF " per {
ehl OF schooI cnaIdreh VINO cannot
.tteua lhese scho0iS LOT me past year !
houiu every doilar OF taxation pc I
ela' "oulH hssFesate only S@2o'O0o. !
n olher words we are spending more {
nan lWlce as hiuch oI lhe people g
loheF gathered Dl state laAal ION 70
eip eauc@l7 one per cent OF lhe chll q
rem OF ohlaholha as we are spending Q
Ae'p educate lue hlhety'hlhe per u