Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-11-12

ton. The kiII 6l particulars against
! the kevefnof me adas many things
not contained IN tie formal charges
lnreferred VheA the recall Nas inytked
matEeEs which pertain to hls fitness
TO hold the office Of chief ekeeufiee
d any 51fiea. his settled antsgonisni
/ 70 our educational system ard his IN
natural ambition TO afr6kate 70 hiIa-
saIf the powers ef the coordinate
branches Of the state eovefnment.
Governor Hartley hes bean IN o.
ice less than two years. yet II that
time he has raised q etaxes So .600, :
00B, has demonstrated his utter IN
rapacity for administrative work and
has proved BY his official uttefanees
and acts that he Is menace 60 our
/ institutions.
Governor Unprepared;
Legislature Adj0urns
When Roland n Hartley entered
upon bis duties as governor, he found
every public spirited organization in
the state ready and willing to cooper
ate with him for the general welfare.
No chief executive ever began his
tenure Of office under fairer auspices,
and whether his administration was
success or & failure rested with him.
One by one he alienated the support
and sympathy of various elements Of
the population He was unwilling to
! work with ether elected state officers
or with tie people Representa-
ID the LegislatpreI Fl eusuFped pow
ct which rishtfnliy belonged to other
departments and BY his abuse of his
associates IN the state government
created m atmosphere Of discord, dis
trust and hatred.
At the regular session Of the Legis-
lsture n 1926 Covefnef Hartley
showed 80 little grasp Of the func-
tI0ns and needs Of the varions de-
partments Of government that he
made the rather helpless and fatnous
request that the Legislature adjourn
and 80 home. He promised definitely
TO make Z survey Of the vari00s a
paftments and institutions ii order
that ha might submit constructive
suggestions TO the Legislature. So
willing and eager were the members
Of the Legislature TO work for the
general welfare that they agreed to
an early adjournment and to wait for
the expected message an action un-
precedented in the history Of the state
When the Legislature finally was
convened in extraordinary session,
Governor HartIey, who had devoted
the intervening time largely to per-
sonal politics, had no plan worthy the
name. However, he did reveal de-
Termination to strike at the school
system Of Washington which has long
/ enjoyed the distinction Of being the
finest in the United States. Instead
Of offering the constructive ideas
promised when the, Legislature oblig-
ingly adjourned the regular session,
he reached high tide in his message by
proposing a super-board Of his own
choosing to have charge Of the eduea-
tional system in Washington a'frem
the kindergarten to the University, !,
as he expressed it in message to
the Legislature.
Department Heads
On Political Errands
How Governor Hartley lost the con-
fidenee Of his fellow state Officers
and of the Legislature is matter Of
recent history. His rage ct being
baked ia his attempt to control the
schools was immoderate. Finding
himself with less than a third Of the
Legislature with him and barely upon
speaking terms with other elective
state officers, Governor Hartley pre-
pared 10 continue his destructive work
IN spite Of all opposition or friendly
counbeI.
The people Of the state have OBJ
served with growing concern the
lengths to which tie governor would
/ 20 to attain his vengeful purpose.
Six members Of the Legislature who
had supported his ine1ensabIe vetoes
were rewarded with appointments to
lucrative positions on the public pay
! roll. For months At : time depart
ment heads under the control Of tie
governor have neglected the public
! business TO run his political errands.
+ THE ahoIe machinery Of the state de-
] Iptmsnts controlled b1 The govern
or has been made into q political ba-
reau for the furtherance Of his fren-
/ zied ambition Governor Hartley's
/ vneReful purpose Of running the edu-
cati0h4 institutions Of the state ac-
cordins 70 his peculiar ideas was
shown in his Dismissal Of Charles
Meyers. of Davenport from the Board
ot Trustees ~ the Cheney Normal
School and hi1 re1nofal q ". A. RuDp
/ 81 Aberdeen. J i. D4tis of Tacoma
and a. Q. Fechter 81 Yakima, from
the Board q Regents Of the Unia err
sity Of Washington.
comsaen sehoeIH Would
TIE fact that TIE eogelaa has
given his vindictive attention 10 the