The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-24
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V. McClintic OF Snyder and Senator
George l.. Aycock of Texhoma,
Wltnholds Consideration.
The senate, in executive session,
Wednesday afternoon, decided to with
hold further consideration of the gov
ernnr's appointments of members
of the state board of education until
the governor submits the names of
two men from the west side of the
state. Four of the appointments have
been confirmed and none of them
Is from a point further west than
Oklahoma City. The remaining two
to be confirmed who have been sug.
gested by the governor are from the
east side.
The matter was referred to a spec
ial committee, composed of Senators
Barrett McChntic Board and Horton,
which made the following report, sug
gesting the appointment of two west
side men in place of L. II. Hester and
{. j. Muesseler, and the report was
adopted;
W.e your special committee, appoint
ed to investigate into the character
Of Mr.. Hester and Mr.. Muesseler. who
have been appointed as members OF
the board Of education, subject to the
confirmation of the senate, beg to
herewith submit the following report:
First-We find that in the appoint
ment of the board of education that
all of the respective members of said
board reside in that portion of the
state east of the central part OF the
state.
To Avoid Partially.
SecOnd-That said board of educa-
tion has in charge Of the various
educational institutions in western Ok
lahoma, and there should be some
members of this board residents of
that section Of the state in order that
the personnel of said board may never
be accused Of showing any partially
in the manage ment of the said state
educational institutions.
Third-The educational institutions
of this state at this time are being
threatened by legislation looking to
the eradication Cf certain SCHOOLS,
and unless every section of the state
is represented on the board of educa-
ton, should this question come to an
issue and certain schools in western
Oklahoma be abolished, charges OF
unfairness may arse that will hav
tendency to throw sections of the
state into strife and discord, aud
to cause one side of the state to dis
credit the action of the other.
Therefore, we recommend to the
senate the policy of giving to every
section Cf the state fair representation
in the appointment of members to
the board of education, and that the
senate, before considering these nomi-
nations for confirmation, return the
same to the governor and as k that he
select two members from that section
of the state that has no representation
on the board of education"
Would Recall Bill,
Senator Gid Graham made an unsuc
cessful attempt at the morning session
of the senate to have passed a reso-
luton recalling from the governors
possession the bill making an appro-
priation of the preparatory school at
Claremore. This action by Senator
Graham, he said, was prompted by
information he had received to the
effect that the governor intended to
veto appropriations for certain state
educational institutions unless the
question Of abolshng them was pre-
sented to the people for a vote. Sew
eral senators speaking on the resolu-
tiOn declared they also had heard that
the veto power would be used eXtel-
sively on school appropriation bills
unless the abolition question is sub
mitted to a vote of the people
Most of the time of the senate We'd
nesday afternoon was taken up in
consideration in executive session the
governors appointments. Late in the
afternoon the consideration of appro-
preparation measures was taken up
and continued until adjournment.
ACTION In HOUSE.