The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-14

was when Mr.. w. A. Ledbetter came
to my Office long after had request
ed your resignation through him, and
asked me whether or not l would in
terpose objection to you being select
ed as president of one of the state
normal schools. | stated to Mr.. Led
better that ! was not; that that WIS
a matter entirely in the hands Of the
board of education and that if the
board saw fit to select you, it would
meet with no opposition from me. My
statement to Mr.. Ledbetter was 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 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 I 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
have just received from Mr.. Ledbet-
tier:
Referring to our conversation this
morning. during which you read a
paragraph from letter from Mr..
Scott Glen to yourself, in which Mr..
Glen says that you proposed to me,
and later to him, 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..
Glens accepting the presidency of
one of the state schools was not pro-
posed by you, but, nthe contrarz,
was suggested by me-"
The same is true with reference to
the conversation you and 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
idency 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.
len as his successor, and you asked
me IL that would be opposed by me
/ stated to you substantially What
lhad state dto Mr. Ledbetter, that
would not oppose it, and the matter
would be left, so far as l was con
lcerned, entirely in the hands of the
board to deal with. Until the matter
NGs mentioned to me never dream
ed of vacancy occurring in any OF
The mormals. 1t had only been a few
weeks since Mr.. Buck had been re
elected, and the idea that would sig
! s. ist that he must resign to give pllrt
fol you, or to give place to anyone
else, is simply ridiculous. | 10 no
know yet, except what you AMI NJ.
: Ledbetter told me, that the matte o
, esigning was ever considered 5y FRO
fcssor Buck, and if it was considered
, an wholly at loss to know the rea
son therefor, unless it was pre-
al anged plan to afford you an escap
from the effect fthe investigator
Wanted Exoneration.
) know and you know that 80
, were not so firmly fixed in your deter
2 mination to go forward with this in
!, vestigation that you would not h3v
: readily voted for postponement
i by so doing you could have wrun
Z from me a promise that you would b
! exonerated in the investigation tina
had taken place This propositio
2 was conveyed to me directly by you
D attorney just two days before the fina
1 vote was taken, and when | turne
I down the proposition and you foun
B this avenue of escape closed. you the