The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-19
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Question Whether State Lands
Can Be Sold and Fund
So Applied
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Conduct of States Affairs
Seems to Prove Reiterated
lncapacity Charge
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THAT standing jest Of Republicans
that Democrats do not know
enough to run the government APP
pears to be undergoing IL continuous
process Of yerlficatlon In oklahoma
each succeeding state administration
revealing lamemable weakness In SrN.
eral departments The present admin
istration Is having Its trouble, rms
Is true to the extent aNo, that lt
knows that there Is something wrong
In the system aud IS constantly en-
deayoring TO locate the loose cog
The difficulty appears TO He ln In'
fact, however, that almost the whole
machine appears to be- defective As
soon as patch IS made here some
thing wrong Is discovered over there
Home" Law Involved
The latest discovery Is thut the
operation OF the Home Ownership In"
may be knocked into q cooked hat 10y
recent suggestion, coming from the
president Of the state board " agtl
culture, to the effect that the state
has no right TO sell IT, school lands
aud divert the consequent fund to lh'
carrying out OF lis roclullstlr scheme
He bases is protest On a provision oil
the constitution 10 the effect That such
lands or their proceeds shall not ut dl
yerted from the purpose for when
they were donated to the state In
this he Is supported by decisions In
connection with similar provision IN
the constitution of the state " Texas,
from which the Oklahoma coustltu
ton was largely written
Always the Courts
1t is u matter that likely will be
carried to the courts Almost every
! law framed by the Democrats seems IL
require such process II tue court,
maintain the constitution, which un
doubtedly they will. thc home owner
ship law will become a nullity Insofar
as securing It's funds FROM the STATE
school lands Is concerned Few wei
informed Democrats would regret tina
termination as they realize that th,
Iullruism Intended will fail Of hittlnl
! the mark. The Dallas News tDemu
craticD, commenting on the law, say
that while II would assist IN HON,
/ getting, II makes no provision ~
home keeping, which is plain intina
tiOn Of the fact that the man who 4
thus enabled to secure home cal
turn around and sell 1t Immediately
which the class OF imprOyldent mel
who have been unable to secure home
IN the major portion Of lifetime vii
be inclined to do.
NlisdireCted Altruism
In the enactment Of the measure th
Democrats, although cOndemnlng So
cialism, have taken up plan whicl
IS In every feature Soclallstic and pa
ternal. The intent is COmmendablt
while the result will be, TO very coz
siderable extent failure.
The law Is said to have had the nd
mInlstratiOn's endorsement, and 80
the administration recently criticise
the legislature for It's negligence IN faiI
Ing to provide for tho maintenance q
the state highways department.
Are Both Right
The legislature has shown no NOR
weakness than the administration
which already IL being labeled an Ii
competent by many thoughtful DemC
Gratis Roasting Of It's business abilit!
n has manifested less real busines
ability than any administration sine
oklahoma became a state. what ca
YOU expect" said one department hea
the other day" OF an admlnistratlo
having four heads OF departments VIII
have failed as business men In priyat
Me"
Members Of the legislature critics
the administration, and the admlnlstrI
tlon animadverts upon the negligenC
or incompetency OF the law maxim
body Both may be right. In this
event, the Jest Of the Republicans a
10 the inability OF the Democrats
conduct government has In II MOI
truth than fiction.