The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-04
ATTACK ON DOYNF FAILS.
 HE RETAINS PRESIDENCY

:. President Doyne needs no de- es' '. fense before the people of Con- T .y' way, with whom he has lived .s' 7. for the past eight years. The .ss' .s' people of Conway well know 4 ..' the infamous inspiration of the .f' + scandalous charges made .. '.. against him, but, for the sake 'i' + of the Normal School so long 4 + as these charges had not been 4 J. published, they have withheld 4 !. public expression of their just 4 7. indignation. 4 sr The people of Conway know ~ "ss the facts and circumstances T. ... surrounding the employment Of .!' 4 this so-called auditor, 0. r. 4
 Fin3ley. They knew the politi- 4 T cal machnations which brought o,
 !. the dismissal of friendly men 4
 4 and the appointment of men sS
 's' unfriendly to MT. Doyne as .' '. members of the board of trus- T. .... tees. They know that this man T
 't' l!ndley was employed without .& S- authorization from the board <
 Ss. amd without the know ledge of .'
 .. most if not all the members of T,
 ;. the board. or it's executive com T
 .sa mittee. ea
 z. They know that in the report .,
 .ss of Findley wi!ful and premed. e,
 .as itated effort was made to dis .y
 ..' tort every trivial and frivolous :, -.' item in order to make 1t show .E
 .. to the d,scredit of the president ..
 '. of the school. They know that /
 4 no attempt was made to seek .i
 ...' an explanation of the few ap- =
 '' parent and unimp0rtant dis :
 + crepancies found in the books, ov
 's' but on the contrary these items .'
 '..' were seized upon to tarnish If <,
 '. possible the character of ..
 .s' Christian gentleman against ..
 '. whom during third of cen q:
 4 tury of public life no one has ..
 '. ever before dared to utter T .~ word. .f
 4 The people of Conway believe :.
 # and some of them absolutely T 4 know that all of the charges .s 4 which reflect upon the honor < 4 and integrity of Mir. Doyne in T. '..' handling the finances of the in- .r. 7. stituti0n are vicious and wick T. # ed lies, unscrupulOusly cOncOcted T. '. for evil political purposes. 4 4 The State Normal School is I. '..' not only an Arkansas institu- T. '. tiOn but it is a Conway institu- T. '.' tiOn. In it the people of Con- i. 7. way have invested their money; e,. '. to it they have committed the T. '. training of many of their chill .f
 '. dren, and for it they have de- .,' '. vOtiOn that is characteristic of ... T. their love of every institution 7. '. that tends to educate, upbuild Y. '. and ennoble. If there were 4. .S. anything discreditabe or dis .'. '. honorable in the administration T. + of the Normal School, the peo- # + pie of Conway would be quick '. I. to demand that such conditions oi- + be changed. T. <. The people of Conway as well ,y. + as the people of Arkansas are T. '. proud of the magnificent histo- o,. < ry of thls school, which up to T. '. this year has happily escaped T. + the attack of the interruptions # + politician. They are proud of i. + record which is unique in Ar os, + kansas of having each biennial s,. + period turned back unexpended !. .. appropriations into the state .., + treasury and of never having f + had its appropriation bills re- '. + duced by the legislature. They ...-
 T. are proud of the fact that more .,-
 .' than 1000 fine young men and e,.
 | women have passed through this T. + great school and have gone out T. '. better prepared for the training I. '.s of many more thousands of Ar T, + kansas boys and girls. T. + They now not only unani- f '. mOusly endorse the able and ef- T. 'a- hcient administration of Presi- f. '.' dent Doyne in every particular T. '.' but they vigorously resent the f '.' scurrillOus attack which en- T. '.s deaVors to blacken the name of T. '.- an hOnOred fellow citizen and I. '. which seeks for the first time T. <. in its history to bring the high T. + standing of this institution into !. Y disrepute. '. '. j,
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