The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-03

~NIiNIUNuu NfHNINI. IN N"fNthA"N
refuted the statement that otto Wet
laufer had been foisted upon the cot
lcxe a. reeistfar through b efforts
OF r.. n. u. smith. president OF the
dtfunct bank. aud assumed fun re-
sp%onslblnty for that act himself. :"
suggested him to the board on the
county clerk he said. 'and III
thought he was a good man" Reia-
tive 10 assertions which he said had
been made that he. Lleweiiyn. had
threatened 60 get rid OF The forrner
president ef the state college. DR.. w
v. Garrison. Mr.. Llewellyn said. 1T
h true. plead guilty to that charge.
I wanted to be rid Of him because OF
his pernlcious political activities"
President suprcme Head.
Mr.. Llewenyn said II came onto
The hoard In July. 1919. when Mr..
sutherland. Mr.. Arnot Dr. Mcbride
and Professor Hadley were on H. The
policy Of the board adopted At that
time a 10 employ a president h
should be supreme. The board was
to be q sort Of visiting committees. ,
I'VE had a deficit OF about $4,000
when the present board went into OF
flee. The financial policy OF the in
.stitution had been a sort % n budget
The accretary-treasurer was
10 deposit the money where ne
thought u best and the president IN
an open meeting stated that he
thought the board should not dictate
10 the treasurer about his o. Il might
yitiate his bond
New Financial Policy.
Mr.. Lleweilyn then retailed a state
ment BY J. q. Miller. formerly regis
trar, as TO the manner OF orlgin of
the deficit mentioned and that TO
reven any further such occurrences
depending the same money twice) the
board adopted q new policy and en-
ployed Mr.. GuiIfoii. WHO devised an
entire new accounting system for the
college before going out OF office.
"His successor. Mr.. Wctlaufer,
MFR. Lieweiiyn continued. had been
deputy county clerk OF Dona n
county and ! deemed him an efficient
man. Neithcr r. r. ~. smith nor
other man In Dona Ana county
dictated to the board about tho APP
pointmeni OF a registrar. assume
the entire responsibility for his selec-
ton by the board as registrar. !
thought he was efficient and I rec
commended him. ! did Il on his rec
ord as deputy county clerk"
Mr.. Liewcllyn then said that under
the college accounting system the
president was supreme In the matter
OF reuuisitions. IT heard things
about Mr.. wetiaufer.' the witness
continued. and ! wrote Mr.. Paxton
in Santa Fe about H. ! told him the
should be audited. and they
were. and that audit IL available for
his committee now" Questions
brought out the facts that this audit
was made by Mr.. Guilfoil and that
Il was on file al the college.
Regarding the holding up Of re-
QUESTIONS Mr.. Lleweilyn said. Il did
not hear OF his until after he had
left the college. when the board OF
regents itself took action that showed
up what Wetlaufer was doing.
Former President n Politician.
THE charge has been made that
the school has been run for political
purposes. Tbs former president, Or
w. =. Garrison, a Republican. ran
on a partisan ticket for the constitu-
tional convention and went up Ia that
convention and served his term and
/ presume drew his money for u. He
drew pay from both sources. | be-
iieve. the college and the state. at
that time"
The witness was interrupted by a
question as % whether he had said
that when Mcdonald was elected
governor ne would make Or. Garri-
son walk The plank.
Licssellyn opposed Garrison.
~ plead guilty 10 that charge, he
said. The college. In my opiniUg or
that of the board Of regents. was not
being run for its true purpose. Dr.
Garrison, was q highly educated man.
what IL termed in slang usage O
'high-brow.' He was neglecting the
agricultural and mechanical part of
tire school He changed the name
from agricultural and mechanical
college to state college In 1911
and 1912 the members Of the faculty
and regents were active workers az
the polls. This condition has noe ex-
isted since 1912"
The witness was asked whether Il
was not true that the present presi-
dent Of the board of regents was
chairman Of the Democratic party
and admitted that II was. lie said
he knew the party Affiliations Of but
two men at the college and when
employing men there never made in
quiry as to their politics. 1t has
been our policy he said, TO make
the president supreme--alwnys hold
ing out the right Of appeal
Mr.. Llewellyn was severely grilled
as TO the requisition matter. stating
that Dr. Ladd was supreme In h
matter and that he was present at
the adoption by the board Of the sys-
tenn that mikes him so.
IIewcIiyn's bond.
Taking up the matter Of the can
collation. Of Mr. Liewellyn's bond IN
the Fideiity-Guaranty company. MI
Holloman qui1zed him closely regard
ms the dnte of an alleged visit of
Harold Pierce, Of Albuquerque, 20
Las Cruces aud whether that visit
was not prior 10 Llewellyn's cancel
iation of the bond In that company
Replying la questions, Llewellyn
stated that ne had taken out a new
bond wits the southwestern company
before ne cancelled the old one. and
told OF the procedure of cancellation
lie denied hat the new bond had
barn uuIHnrIgaH hu ufre uyheu tho old