The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-09

jcurned during the month of August
and can in no way be attributed to-
the clerical force of the office. He
challenges Franklin to point to a
single instance where the office has
failed to receive revenue by reason
of the short force.
Governors Letter.
In his letter to Franklin the govern
or says:
September s, 1915.
Honorable William NJ. Franklin,
clerk of the supreme court, Okla
homa City, Okla.
"Sir-ln your annual report as clerk
OF the supreme court and criminal
court of appeals to ME as governor
of the state you have attached a no.
tation that is not part of your Of
ficial report proper which, in sub
stance, is as follows:
Receipts June, 1915 (month prior
to the reduction of the force in the
office, one.third in number), S5,O2055
July, 1915 (after reduction of force in
Office, $4,5OS.S4; August 1915,
$4,35722.'
And you make the notation:
1.-The above figures show grad
ual reduction in the revenues from
what they were for the month prior
to the time the force in the office
was reduced one-third in number, but
these figures show only small part
of the loss in revenue as much of
the pecuniary loss cannot he determ-
ined by the monthly receipts
Wants Details.
II ask you to point OUT IN 1etai1
what revenues have been lost on ac-
count of the reduction II force, Civ
ing me the names Of the parties that
you did not get revenue from on ac-
count of the inefficient force, so !
can verify this. | want to call your
attention to the fact that the months
of July and August are months in
iourned and a great many OF the law
yers, and especially those who repre-
sent corporations and firms, who have
the greatest amount of business with
your office, are away on vacations,
and for that reason your office could
not expect as much business to be
done during July and August as in
June What | want are facts and
you disclose the facts that justify
the additional help and you will get
it.
"I am not going to have contro-
versy with you. Submit the facts. 1t
is for me to determine this ques-
ton, under my oath and under powers
vested in me by law, and | am going
to do that as | see it to protect the
taxpayers of the state.
To Check office.
".Just as soon as | can am going
to have your office checked up by an
expert from the state examiner and
inspectors office with the request
that he prescribe the details for econ
omizing labor in your office so as
to bring about efficiency with the
least cost and ! shall ask some of the
commercial organizations TO lend as
sistance in this.
at is my purpose not to have con-
troversy but to bring about efficiency
in the departments of government and
at the same time have it done with
the least expense | shall insist that
half holidays on Saturdays be dis
pensed with and that all the en-
ployes work eight full hours each
day. In other words for every full
days pay a full days work.
81 call your attention &c the fact
that / have repeatedly expressed a
willingness to give you additional
helm on a proper scale Of compensa-
ton my contention being that you
favored excessive salaries. My inten-
tons are to protect those that bear
the burdens of the state. | am en-
titled to your friendly cooperation
in carrying out such a purpose.
very truly yours,
"R. L. WILLIAMS, Governor