The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-08
KELLY BROWN
DID NOT TENDER
RESIGNATION
SAYS HE is STILL RESIDENT OF
THIS COUNTY AND WILL BE
PRESENT AT SPECIAL SESSION
If ONE is CALLED.

Carelessly scanning letter that
should have been carefully read was
the cause of the Board of County
Commissioners slipping a cog" yes
terday that raised storm of protest
and comment in the city this morn
ing, especially from Kelly Brown
and his friends, who wanted to know
by what authority the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners had issued the
statement that he had resigned.
Everyone in the county knows that
Kelly Brown is representative from
this county, but very few were aware
of the fact that he was also a mem
Der of the insanity board Qeading
double life, so to speak), but he
was, and, on account of the fact that
he is living so far away from his
native heath at the present time,
thought it advisable to resign from
the board, and so rendered his resig-
nation to the Board of County Com
missioners in writing. When the
board convened Monday this letter
was among a mass of papers to be
considered, and when it was taken
up it was noted that the letter head
bore the names of MaXey * Brown,
and also, at the very end, finished
by stating that he hereby rendered
his resignation to the Board of Coun'
ty Commissioners of Carter county.
The commissioners and clerk were
no better informed of the two of
fees held by the representative from
this county than were majority OF
the citizens, and thought they were
accepting his resignation as repre-
sentative from Carter county. They
promptly accepted it, and recommend
ed that w. Franklin Bourland be
appointed in his place.
This morning things beg"n % hap
nen People were wanting to know
how IT could be. and VI. Brown
teltphoned from Muskogee that Re
I waS still on the job and ha Pct
| rendered his resignation a" repre-
| sentative so persistent did the pop
ulace become that an investigation
was instituted to ascertain just what
happened, and when the document
was forthcoming and read in the
presence of the Board of County
Commissioners, there was dense
silence for few moments, and ther
a big peal of laughter smote the at
mosphere. The commissioners lack
nowledged the corn and stated that
it was through piece of careless
ness that the thing occurred, anc
promised in the future to read every
document through to see that moth
ing more was slipped to the press
before it was ripe for picking.
Mr.. Brown stated over the long dis
tance telephone this morning that HI
| would not resign as representative
from Carter county, but would be OF
the lob when the special session con
yened. that it was not his Intention
when he left here, to transfer hi
citizenship until his term expired
and that the people could rest as
sured that he would be there TO
their interest all the time. If MI
Rrown were to resign, he would ten
der his resignation directly to tn
governor, and not to the Board o
county commissioners, and the onl
wav his successor could be chose
in that event would be by specla
session for the purpose, called D
the governor.
The commissioners came In Tor
good deal of gleeful chatting by TN
officials about the court house thl
morning. but they took it good natul
edly acknowledged that it was Il
| TO them to buy the smokes, and 5
lently vowed that every documen
passing through the hands IN IN
% future would bear the acid test
There is a vast difference betwee
resigning from the insanity hoaro
Carter county and resigning as
member of the state legislature an
| Mr. Brown and his friends want IN
public put right in the premises