The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-25
SPECIAL SESSION
OF STATE SENATE
Governor cruce Calls Upper House to
Convene Here December B.
Questions LeealiuS

'Ohleiaoma City, Nov. 16.--A special
fsession of the Oklahoma state senate,
Eprescmably to settle the state board
of education fight, Saturday was called
fby Governor Dse Cruce 10 convene in
tOklahoma City ON December 8. Ii Is
Understood thar the governor will ask
the senate to confirm the appointment
of the members favorable to his peii-
cIes and thus defeat decisively, the
three depoSed members of the board
and State Superintendent r. H. Will
tson, who have made strenuous effarts
to retain control.
/ The legislative oact creasSng the
Estate board of education provided that
lthe members Should be appUinte4i by
1.-THE governor and sfheir appointments
approved hy the f7state senate. All
members were appointed since the
Ilegislature last assaiourned and those
tapprored by the senate win have clear
Illegal rights to the Office
The gsHernor evidently lis taking n
Ibold step and aims to strike quickly
lending with onermove, the hong drawn
tout conflict betTeen the adniinstTa-
ltion and board faction since the 40.
poiufmezt of .the members in tie
lspring of 1911.
The question hsss been RAISED ,aghSCh-
Ter the senate can convene separately
from The houseAtut there is little legal
doubt on this point. Another is
whether the members of the senate in
attendance can secure remuneration
for their work. isuch bills requiring
joint action on the part Uf the awo
houses lItwifEg< the old senate which
win convene ans the legality of the
new legislature making an appraFria.
tio1 uogpy members of flFe old iisfwiesl
toned
Charges oreate Rupnure,
iFhe slifferenoe between 'Govsgnor
CrUee and the board faction compnsed
of State Superintendent Wilson, State
Treasurer Robert Dunlop, Scott Glen
of Shawnee and f. 0. Hayes of Chand-
Ter, came up soon after the new men
took dfEiee and made a number (of
changes in the faculties Of the state
schools Including the removal oof DR..
A. k1raHt Evans as president OF the
university of Oklahoma at Norman
Dr. Evans together with Uther mem
bers prefsrred charges of B1Iitfcai ac-
tivity on the part of the new board
in making appointments, and q hear
ling before the governor followed. No
decision ever was made by the gov
ernor but. be indicated at vai5ous stxnes
that i'm his mind, the charges @ere
proven. Later the controversy con-
tinuea when the governor asked the
board to postpone the letting of con-
tracts for school Asoks and ON fts1is
the board openly defied the executive.
Requests for the lreai gnatioD OF Nun-
after tAeir srefusal, the governor de
clared then offices vacant and saD-
pointed new members including ira
F Cain of Muskogee; D. l. JCaanst@n
af Oklahoma zty .andiRev C. C. Weith |
Of ArdmOre
The other members Of the board, ".
"A. Brandenburg of Oklahoma City, Wi
~ Rowsey of NiHskogee and J. +. War
ren of oklahoma City have suppOstelII
the governor in most of the disputes.
After the appointment c0f new mem
bers the old board brought action in |
the district court ST '0klah0ma county |
to prevent the new appointees taking |
office Judge Clark denied the petit
tion kat later IN order to make way
for a settlement of the case before the
court granted a temporary in
junction to Wilson and the other three
members of the faction.