The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-27
COMMITTEE REPORT
BEFORE THE HOUSE
Impeachment Of Two State Officers
is Recommended Doubtful if
House VIII Give Hear
ing to Them
Special to the Daily Express

Special to the Daily Express
Oklahoma City, Jan. 27 When the
house met this afternoon II was ex.
pected that action on the report Of the
committee on Impeachment regarding
the cases Of Meyer and Farris, would
come speedily and that the entire mat
ter would soon be checked up to the
senate.
Through his attorneys Meyers had
already requested either that he be
given an opportunity to be heard be-
fore the house committee or that they
hasten proceedings that he might an.
swer the charge before the senate
Farrls today submitted a similar RE-
quest In both cases, the report of
the committee recommending inn
peachment, was made without any
hearing being given 20 the accused
officers, and II is regarded as extreme.
ly doubtful If such a hearing win be
given, the view being taken that the
only duty Of the house Is to make tie
accusations, allowing all testimony 20
be presented to the senate sitting as
a court Of impeaehment
Resolutions adopted by the house
committee on Impeachment and &c.
mogal from office recommending i'm.
peachment Of Leo Meyer. state auditor
and Giles ". Farris, state printer, were
filed with the clerk Of the house Sat.
urday night by Representative Chase
OF Nowata eo,'aty as a member OF the
committee Other than Chase, the
resolutions we're signed by Crawford
OF Pontotoo, Bolen OF Oklahoma, Vos.
burgh OF Woodward, Pinkham Of KAY,
McGuire OF Logan and Smith OF POI.
tawatomie
The resolution finds that each OF the
principals be impeached Tor offenses
involving moral turpitude while in Of
flee. for willfuI neglect OF duty and IN.
competency and corruption IN office
IN tie case Of Meyer. Il is charged
that De drew a warrant Tor s2i0 pur
porting 70 1e what was due Miss AL
fretta Jennings for copying records in
the Woodward land office, whereas
in tact. it Is charged, he only paid hei
Sl7s. Further ii Is charged that hi
issued. without the authority Of law
h warrants In connection with the publ
cation Of The Red Book 70 the amount
OF Sl5,4gs upon which the sum Of S.,
1852 has already been paid It il
charged that iu this issue Faris cor
ruplys aided The state auditor Il
also charged with having approves
claims totaling S6.ieS5 in favor Of thl
Leader Printing company Of Guthrie
(which upon their face the report
say, were voidf fraudulent and Coz
rupt"
On January 3, 1914, the charge
that Meyer wilfuly7 exercised tn
functions as assistant secretary Q
state BY indorsing claims as such o.
fieer for printing $50 copies Of the con
stituticu and 1000 extra copies Of hi
report. such Endorsement having bee
made alter Meyers term as assistan
secretary OF state had expired an
Hugh Harrell. the present assistar
secretary of state had been appointed
also that he issued a number OF stat
warrants representing a large sum
money for which no claims or voue
ers had first been filed in the ofiit
D of the state auditor
The charges against Farris inyol'
Endorsements Of warrants on accoui
Of publication Of the Oklahoma r.
Book, In that he is alleged TO ha'
forged an Endorsement to two warran
for $4,000 each and one for $500, sa
warrants being payable to the Dem
crat Publishing comparr )f Tulsa.
A second charge agah,st Farris is
: connection with payment Of a warra
purporting to represent special Sc
vices for stenographer during in
1911, which warrant, the report sa,
was issued ID himself
The committees report went to t
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