The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-02-16
A COUPLE OF WORTHLESS.

Mr. Controller Cram Of Boise City, who has
the indecency to hold on to position for which
he has been twice rejected by the Legislative
Council Ga body which, under the provisions Of
the Organic Act of Idaho, has an equal voice
in the appointment of persons to fill Terrific
rial positions), sets at defiance the laws OF the
Territory, which he has sworn to support.
The late Legislature passed an Act, which
was approved by the Governor and became o
law, on the 9th day of January last, under the
provisions of which it became the duty OF the
Territorial Controller to advertise in some
newspaper during the month of January, at
least once week, for three successive weeks
for sealed proposals for the printing of oil the
blanks required to be furnished by the office OF
which Mr.. Cram is the illegal incumbent lie
had ample time, during the month of January
to have made the publication required by law
but in the light of recent developments we are
constrained to cay that we believe him guilty
of wiIlful and deliberate violation of his
sworn duty as public officer. No notice was
published in any paper until the 2lst of Janu-
airy. twelve days after the approval of the Act
by the Governor. and too late in which to CON-
ply with the statute requiring the three weeks
publication to be in the month of January. AT
that time notice is inserted in the Weekly
Statesman, paper which has little, if any, cir
culation in the Territory;-one which is not
sent to the other printing Offices in exchange,
and not one number of which is known to come
to Idaho City. TWAS doubtless, and with very
good reason, believed by Cram, as well as by
Reynolds, that notice thus published would
not fall under the observation of any one con-
nected with the other printing offices of the
Territory. and, therefore the Statesman bid for
the printing would be the only one received by
Cram, the other Offices being ignorant of the
publication of any such notice.
1t was a we-concocted scheme to give the
Statesman another fat job; but
"The best laid plans of mice and men
Gang aft agee."
The proprietors of the Democrat-accidentally
We presume,-ran across the advertisement,
and prepared themselves to put in bid in &C.
cordance with the notice as published; but Mr..
Boyakin, upon offering his bid, took Cram by
surprise: Reynolds had not put in his Bid. He
was caught in his own trap; and the only way
he could extricate himself, so as TO give Reyn-
olds show. was to decide that the notice had
not been published often enough and that the
matter would have to be postponed. Accord
ingly we find in the Ti- Weekly Statesman Of
February 18th the original notice, with the
postponement until February 18th. We know
of no authority vested in Mr.. Cram by which
he can postpone receiving proposals, and thus
give FIVE weeks notice, instead of three as re-
quired by law, unless it is the general authority
which Reynolds exercises over Radical officials
generally at the Capital Cram is either the
tool of Reynolds or Reynolds is the tool of
Cram; we don't know which: but in this bust
ness we do know that they have both been
tools in q dirty and vllainous job. which Is in
tended to secure the printing to Reynolds. as
against his Democratic contemporaries, in vio-
jation of law and of every principle of justise.
honesty, and fair dealing.
The proprietors of the WORLD did con-
template putting in q bid, but were ignorant of
the publication Of the notice by the Controller
until after the Democrat had unearthed this
nice little stealage game of Cram and Reyn.
olds, and marked copy of the Weekly States
man was sent US through the mail by some
person. The WORLD proprietors will not now
put in bid, as they believe the Democrat emit.
lied to the printing, it being their good fortune
10 discover the notice, and they were on hand
with their bid at the time required But we
will wager something that the Statesman will
be awarded the contract Cram and Reynolds
have proven themselves two worthless equal to
In emergency, and that they are capable of
,oneocting any viainous scheme necessary to
accomplish their purposes.
The facts in this case show to what lengths
'ome people will 20 in any kind of rascality
whereby they may swlndle other people out of
heir just dues. and thus put money in their
avn pockets.
The smotherine of legal publications by the
is not new trick for that institu.
Jon. We know of . certain divorce suit in
ida county last Fall, wherein an affidavit was
made by the editor of the Statesman that the |
summons in the case was published in the
Weekly Statesman for two successive months,
'etween certain dates. We have seen copies
II the WeRkIu Statesman iasuad hafuaan fhosa