The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-23

otto Miller. Mrs. Miller and theil
at Miami. Fla. whore they will spe
balmy atmosphere to keep In condltI,
work great injury aud detrIment 10
private enterprises.
1T Is my intention to submit ~
the comptroller Of currency q state
ment OF the undlsputed facts in a
number OF transactions OF this kind
and inquire whether or not II Ii the
policy Of the federal government to
tolerate this practice.
Il shall do all In my power to
drive certain big national banks and
their satellites out Of state politics,
and TO provide by Legislation severe
penalties against the practice Of Of.
ficers or directors OF the banks
charging extortionate commissions
on loans negotiated through the
banks or with patrons and custo.
mers OF the banks. The Legislative
power which limits the amount Of
interest which a bank may charge
certainly can limit the amount OF
commission which officers and d.
rectors Of banks may charge on
loans negotiated through the banks,
or customers of the banks.
Public Education.
Public education along sane and
practical lines Is perhaps more i'm.
portant today than 1t has ever beei
in the history OF this republic. aud
all the powers of the state must be
exerted to carry the best possible
M thods of education to the masses
of the people, for there can be no
truer statement than that the
schools of the state are the founda-
ton of our civilization and growth.
| therefore assert that the great de-
mand of the future in this state is
the proper. encouragement and de-
velopment of the rural schools. and
II elected governor, | will use the
power of that office. in so far as |
am able, to bring TO every rural
child opportunities equal to those
enjoyed by children in cities and
towns.
81 deplore any effort to retur.l
politics to the schools of the state.
/ take great pride in the fact that
during the last seven years politics
has been eliminated from state
schools, and assert that in no state
in the union are the schools freer
from the pernicious Influence of poll
tics than are the schools of the
state of Oklahoma. The Russell
Sage Foundation a New York con
Germ, basing its report on the census
of 1910, ranked Oklahoma thirty
in education. Since that time
we have had our greatest educational
and advancement but the ,
Russell Sage Foundation has made
no report based on the census OF
1920.
During the time | have been
superintendent | have put
'orth every effort in my power to
establish and maintain a system of
devoted exclusively to the
Test methods of education in all its
ranches. That record has been
made and stands as an open b )ok
,efore the people of the state. Let
i'm who may assail it. | belieye
can rely upon the men and woTol
If the state whose children have been
utored in the schools to vindicate
he against any charge may be
in this campaign on ac.
'ount of my relation with the
chools of the state. AS governor of
he state, i shall continue to exert
very effort in my power to promote
he educational interests.
"The method by which text books
ave been adopted since statehood
! Unsatisfactory. The first statute
on the subject provided
hat books should be adopted each
i've years, and that no contract
hould be made for a longer neriod
han five years. In consequence of
his law, at the end of each five
ears, when a new adoption takes
lace great confusion and unneces-
airy expense to the patrons of the !
chools result. 1 have always op- !
osed this policy and recommended {
, the legislatures Of 1915, 1917 and