The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-02
BILL MURRAY
OUTLINES VIEWS
ON ECONOMY
Outlines Policies Which Should Be
Pursued BY Special Session.

cdIleu Dy GOVeFnOF CTuC6 Oh lHS Sell
ate to confirm certain offices, author.
lied today the following statement:
MY opinion is that none of the
offices reported in the press to be
confirmed by the senate should be
confirmed either now or at any other
session for the soel reason that such
offices should be abolished. To con
firm them would result in legal com,
plications when the question for aboli
ton, to come up in January is reached
ITO illustrate, presume that
neither the governor nor the legisla'
ture will request violation of the
most recent declaration of the demo
cratic platform, adopted last August
to-wit, that the expensive state cleo
ton board should be abolished. The
same convention authorized the selec-
ton, and did select committee, OF
which | have been mare chairman, to
draft new primary law, together with
such amendments of the general cleo
ton law as directed by the conven
ton, on behalf of the committee, and
in obedience to this straight and un'
equivocal declaration of the party,
now protest against the confirmation
of the governors appointments of the
present, or any other election board,
which may be submitted to the legis-
lature, until the legislature shall have
passed measures in obedience to the
expressed party declaration
1T is my opinion further, in view
of the demand for economy, that the
board of public affairs should be abol-
ished, and, in lieu thereof, the ap-
pointment of financial agent, just
as Texas and other states have, to
purchase supplies for the penal and
eleemosynary institutions. He should
be abolished, that l shall pher but
with no assistant or other help. It does
not require board, secretary and a
corps of stenographers and helpers to
purchase supplies at the most advan-
tageous price for the state, Moreover,
one man can the better be held re-
sponsble for honest dealings on be-
half of the state than can group of
men such as provided by the board
of public affairs. This, done, the state
will be saved nearly $40,000,000. My
opinion further is that in the interest
of economy, and because the services
can be performed equally well, that
all eleven of the game wardens should
be also abolished, which cost the state
$30.00000 annually, turning over the
superintendency so far as the state is
concerned, to the president of the
board of agriculture, the question of
directing the enforcement of the game
laws, then by providing that some
county of!ieer-for instance, the coun-
ty clerk-shall collect all hunting Ii
cense fees, an dthat the money col
leeted in the several counties shall
remain and become part of the eoun-
ty funds, which will lgive to each coun-
ty quite revenue. Then provide that
the sheriff and constables shall make
arrests for violations of the game
laws, and that they be given the re-
wards offered by the present law In
addition to the saving of $30,000.00 70
the state, this will be a net gain to
each county, which being financially
interested, will cause every citizen 10
desire the purchase of license by
every hunter
Il would also abolish the state edu-
cational board as now constructed,
because it does not meet the intent
Of the provision of the constitution.
Well do | recall when Senator Van
Deventer requested my opinion of this
measure when it was up in the Third
legislature while on a visit to it. [
told him that he could stake his all in
the opposition that he was making
at the time to the bill, that the gov
ernor would have trouble with such a
board, because it was founded upon
wrong PRINCIPLES, hence this board
should not be confirmed | feel inn
PEELED from a sense of duty to the
people of Oklahoma by reason of the
confidence so recently expressed,
which has resulted from my efforts in
their behalf in the past, to make this
straight declaration of what ought to
be done in the interest of the state
and of economy. There are other
Offices, including courts, which should
be abolished, that l shall not mention
here, but if all the unnecessary offices
were abolished we could keep our