The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-01-23
that Observation-Disclosures.


whose misdeeis are to be concealed, and have
long been thu but. of ereryhndyssIrs and the
laughing stock of the country. In oodips mus
c constituted, as matter OF course. in'ei'ec1
and homo. have no place. hence NJ. Buffers
dahnision is the bes: that has yet been rendered.
and in tae case Of the committee (of two re-
Gently appointed by the idaho Council to IA
yes,Icate" our charge that Mr.. Comptroller
Perrault had. according to his report paid his
! fe,on father-in-law more money than his con
tract called for. the term machine" applies
with increased force and accuracy; the TN"
individuals which constituted that committee
| having been less intellectual. than the mechan
| zeal device BY which grindsi"ne is Turned
with the foot. and less honest, say--'han NIL
ton Kelly Having briefly portrayed few OF
the characteristics common to Investigating
committees. We will now devote as little space
| as we can make subserve our purpose. n the
creatures OF the, particular committee OF
the legislative Council of Idaho Territory
| 1t was composed Of. first. one Gnulder. poor
I feather b aimed instrument of hrl!s, who
when the LEGISLATURE was first convened, got
m in his place in the Council and demonstra
ted himself an'ass and an instrument 10 The
hands OF Kelly by introducing resolution re
curing the Territorial Secretary to furnish
the members of the Legislature. each. with
two copies Of the Statesman. at the Terrific
rvs expense OF Mr.. Stalker We know moth
| ing further than that he has permitted himself
| 70 be used In the composition OF commit
tee" instituted for the especial purpose OF cos
ering up. if the comptroilers report is true,
fraud: and that together with his colleague.
Mr. Goulder, be has signed his name "a re
por.-Socalled-in every important particular
mentioned. classifying the report Of the Comp
troer AMI yet in every such particular. false.
We hope Mr. Stalkers past life will not be-
come unpleasantly prom,nea: when the matter
of the Mountain Meadow massacre comes UP
Tor investigation in court OF justice. as II Will
ere long The facts that the comms,'ee" was
composed of fro individuals instead of more.
,ha, ona of those individuals is clearly tool OF
KeIy's who Is party interested IN the con
ceamens of the wrong charged, that the con-
mi.:ee" gave no notice 10 the public of the
time and place. or times and places o' Is SIT
tings, if any il had. that both Of the men com
posing the COMMITTEE" were Doors 70 whom
we were and are unknown, and who were
knaxn 70 us and 10 popular fame in the Terri
tory, all teoi TO show that the whole thing was
q CONSPIRACY and not an yc-tgating commit
tee II there had been any intention on the
part Of Any Of the actors n the dishonest farce
t. do justice Hon. James II. Haaley. Hon.
John McNal.y. or some other gentleman of
would have been appointed on the committee
which would have been composed Of at least
three men. a report b. such gentlemen would
be entitled 20 weight and influence; and if i,
was WORTHY bile To investigate at ALL it was
worthwhile TO investigate properly and fully;
bat this vas not the object, as the report Of
the Comptroller AID that of the committee"
compared will show. Page 10 of Mr. Per-
raul.s report, emitting all entries except print
ing reads:
Jan. 1874 .-.......
NAME rua WHAT PURPOSE. NO. .srr
Milton Eeily for printing and adv. 500. s39 20
Febr AIRY.
Milton Kelly printing. ............ ...so.. 81 20
Milton Kelly, printing for Cons. Once, se5 g., 90
The Comptroller Enthusiastically dates the
three items given above in the months Of Jan
uary and February. 1874 but the acconmo-
dating committee" dsregarding the Comp
troller's report" undertake to say that the
item Of 339 and the one Of s.. 80 were for
printing done in 1873 We will give them the
benefit Of their own language: Concerning
the amount as represented by warrant No. So,
for $780," shy the committee. I'VE find that g of
said warrant was for advertising proposals for
Executive Department for bids on Prison War.
rants, and SIG for Advertising sealed proposals
for Territorial Printing. We further find that
the sl5 remaining to make the 500 was for
printing done in 1873. We also find that War.
rant No. s94, for s37 so, was for printing done
in 1873" The 1903 which we added to the
expense of the Territorial printing for the year
1874. and which possibly should not have been
counted in as portion Of the expense tor that
year. the "comm,ttee" disposes of by saying
the printing was ordered by Governor Bennett
and was done in the year 1873. Evidently,
there is little trouble on their minds about |
that 1903 or It would not have hen referred To |