The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-08-04
TEXT OF FRANKLIN LETTER
SCORCHING CRUEL ECONOMY

mnny a. five courts have been la SEES
sion during Il day aud the office has
business with lawyers and lltlRants all
over the state Recently the office set
100 cases During the past six months
the office has sent out over 1900
letters, besides many notices on postal
, cards The help hus been cut down
20 four, or half what is allowed some
" the court clerks for counties In this
state, aud much less than is allowed
In other states having the business
this office has
Approved By Legislature
"You further sny 4 want 10 say
that / thoroughly approve the action
or the Legislature IN lts plan for econ
omy aud efficiency aud think they
we're right
THE efficiency committee ~ the leg.
islHurc more than two year4 ago In
NrStlgnt,d the needs ~ this office and
they recommended and bin was
PASSED und approved allowing all OF
the help that ! um now asking for,
although the work since that time has
been more than doubled The lcgislu.
turc fixed the salaries aud the nun.
her N employees During the last lex.
lslHturc. several members Uf the snIns
urged You 10 allow sufficient help Tor
/ this office uud YOU declared thar you
would veto items NJ appropriation for
more than four employees FOR the ~.
flee Seeing that yuu cou'd carry ont
your thrrnt rs YOU could veto the
Items YOU did nat WHut ~ approve
inter the legislature udloururd an
Item NJ S2,iOU fDr cytru help. when
dormrd necessary upon the approval
~ the supreme court ur majority ~
the members thereof wus inserted I'm
the bill but IN" chairman OF the mp
preparation committee was advised
TINT you would veto the item II II was
not tu be- used subject tu your up
pruNnl ! thought us you was mn exc
"utlNr officer aud ~ This department
~ connected with the judlclnl dcpurt.
lncut NJ the state separate branch
Of uur stntr government yuu could
not object II the necessity for extra
help, nftcr no appropriation was made
Tor two N the positions provided for
by Inv, wuH lrft tU the approval ~
the supreme court or majority NJ
the mrmhcr thpvruf. who urr more
directly concerned and ARE In better
position tO know the n,SSl- II the uf.
flee thuu You are want tu say now
lint our supreme court ~ conn oSpl
uf uhlc, hlgh.mlndrd, patriotic men
and nm not utrnll 10 trust them. aud
. You know that the legislature would
have given this office the help needed
n You Ind not forrWnrn,d sumc NJ the
mcmhcrs Whnt you would du In regard
to thlH office LATER yuu approved
N" hlll with the provision Tor cItra
help uud the snlnrles yuu now insist
should be- rut down.
"lnSOleDce Of tAncled Security"
m In the insulcnrc " fancled Sc
curitF you refuse tu allow the help
provided fur by tho Legislature and
III" work NJ n number NJ high Mlaricd
men, with their clerks. N hnderrd
aud the public loses I'm revenue and
service, do not feel that Just
people viii place the hiumc on me
because / refuse to cut down salaries
fixed by the Legislature and the up.
prupriation therefore approved rs YOU
aud take into the office some chenp
aiid irresponsible help that could not
do the work that i now being done
IN the office.
You further say: The people have
ever heard the old song economy dur.
ing election times The usual custom
NJ forgetting them ns soon Ms the cle,
tlun IS over viii not exist this time.
Il w0nt 10 say that you cannot
cite one instance NJ my failure a.
curry out my campaign pledges. 10
impair efficiency X not economy. But
II you have concluded that II rpduC-
ton NJ the force with which IN prop
crly conduct this office might lessen
the taxes IN the many acres VI land
YOU hold, and Your other property I'm.
tercsts, or might effect others similar
ly situated, | want 10 say that | can
convince any reasonable man that I'm
the loss NJ revenues cold dollars and
ccuts-fur the lack NJ sufficient help
In the office. win morc than equal
the salaries Tor the extra help which
the Legislature contemplated would be
needed. The office Is fnr more thnn
SelfsustRinlnr and litlgants feel that
they should have proper service. While
b the appropriation bill was under con.
slderation, you was advised IA letter
signed by every member NJ the su.
prcmc court that II would hc mis-
take TO reduce the force In this office
aud would work hindrnucc IN the
work NJ the courts aud their predlc
tlon has come true
plays 10 The Gallery"
II do not call this economy. mr. al
lcnst II Is not sane economy. PLAYS
3 to The gallery do not take the place
NJ facts.
You cannot den the facts that the
b work ~ this office cannot he done
with the present helm and that non