El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-24
Gov. LARRAZ0LO
FIRES REGENTS
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In its expenditures shall exceed the
appropriations authorized and the
funds available from other sources,
no matter what may be the motives
OF the board directing the excess eN-
pendftures. That law s one OF those
which / have sworn TO uphold no mat
ter how disagreeable the task may
be-
says They should Have Resigned.
These three men had an opportun-
ity to have themselves and myself
from an embarrassing and disagree
able situation. They might have re-
signed and a great deal Of this furry
would have been avoided 1 made II
plain that unless they did resign II
would be my duty to remove them
from office Fred CrOllott, Of Berna-
lilo. and Jose A. Baca, of San Miguel.
offered their designations at the close
Of the meeting on May p, and there
fore have not been involved in this
controversy
IF this agricultural college board
had a right TO exceed the appropria-
ton and other funds available. for
what was believed to be the good Of
the institution, then every other state
board has a right 10 ignore the law
II / failed to remove this board
would have no right to act IN the
enforcement Of other laws For such
failure ! would have no adequate de-
fence.
Credit balance Denied
''The statement Of the three regents
denies that any deficit exists and de-
clares that, on the contrary, the col Z
lege has a credit balance OF more
than $4,000. If that is true. It is
singular that the auditor OF the insti- !
tuition should be so badly misinformed |
as is also president Clothier- I have a |
report made by r n. Hendricks, col I
lege auditor. on June 10 which shows /
the status Of the accounts as accur- /
ately as can be done before the books /
are closed at the end OF the present /
fiscal year. You may recall that after /
the conference in this office on May I
%, IL was announced that the deficit j
was something more than $4,000. /
Auditor Hendricks's report shows 1
that on June 10, the total Of liabilities ]
lied expenditures. was Sill, 1000. To I
offset this there are assets which 1
reach a total Of S52.747-S5; which /
leaves a deficit Of s5S,672-555- This is
about $4,000 greater than the deficit /
that was announced Nay %. Conser-
that viii be necessary viii bring the
total Of the deficit up 10 $4,000 by
July l.
4 cannot disregard this report.
prepared by the accountant Of the
college. I am afraid the credit bal
anee referred to by the three regents
is more imaginary than real though
I have no doubt Of their good inten-
tons in claiming a credit balance.
Report From President
1T is unreal enable 10 believe that
the president OF the college does not
have access to dependable informa-
ton. Here is a letter to me from
president Clothier, dated Nay IS. No
tice that in the first line he declares
that on taking charge Of the institu-
ton on April IS, one Of the first
things he discovered was that there
existed a deficit Of approximately !
S45, 600. Much has been made OF the
penditure had to be made on account
Of the war work in which the college
was engaged The college did do a
wonderful work in preparing New
Mexico for full participation in the
war. Nobody is no prouder OF that
does not explain the present deficit
Early in 1913, a short time after I
assumed the duties OF governor, Dr.
Austin d. Grille. then president OF
the college, reported that the college
then had a considerable deficit I
said 20 him II that deficit is charge
able TO war work make a statement
that II is and ! viii auth
prize a voucher FROM the war fund
10 cover it. He prepared the state
lEuL IN QELa4lr SNOW ALE LnE net AE- ]
iicit on account OF war work TO be
S23.305-7S. There was issued to the
college, under my authority, a v0uch-
sr from the state war fund for $685.
BOO. and that was not all the financial
aid the college received from the war
,und- A report I have here from the
state auditors office sho VS. that from
Nay 81. 1917, until July 1. 1913. the
agricultural college received from the
state war fund, under authority OF
.ormer governor Lindsey and myself ]
he sum Of S73.679.49.
No Politics. He Says.
THE gist OF the whole situation
las been here given with the sup
porting document II there are per-
ions who persist in reading a political
situation into the removal OF these
hree men who have given 50 gen
,rously OF their time in an effort to
ierve New Mexico. then I have to !
ay that such persons so far beyond !
he record. II the discharge OF this {
unpleasant duty should bring about a ]
condition which should prevent the I
Republican convention from renomi- 2
lating me for governor OF New Next {
%, / shall have to face defeat but
.ould do so with the comfort that
omes from the knowledge that dis
harged the duties OF my office in
ulfillment Of the oath took when !