Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-05-15
OREGON fNrLSENCE.

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It's psfnicious Effect 81 Idaho PortiCs'
Men WAs Csntrel che Territorial Government
How dser,s PAraen was Procured-OovernOr
Thempssn
rive coty5 today, in full, letter
published In the San Francisco Csron-
ice Of May 9TH, which is somewhat
scathing. If the statements are trues
the people should know them; Il un'
true they may be refated. Here Is
the letter: Ata >sL q
BOISE Cry, Idaho, April l4th'
In communication to yonr paper
recently ] noticed briefly the defalca'
ton. trial, sentence, imprisonment,
and, finally. the unlocked for pardon OF
one J. C. Geer, who was at one time
Internal Revenue Collector for the
District of Idaho. AS stated then, his
pardon was surprise, for it was not !.
known to the public or the bondsmen
of Geer that an application for execu-
tive interference had been made, An
expose of the modus operandi oy
which such results are accomplished
in Idaho, in crooked politics and crook
ed mining speculations, would I'LL a
large book, that might be interesting
to the general reader and highly IN
structiye to, the student OF fraud. u
is evident that Oregon influence crops
out oconspicuously in nearly all our
peculiar ways and cuoping tricks.
Oregon has furnished Idaho with a
great many officers. Oregon sent US
]. C. Geer, and Oregon with tn. the aid
of few Idaho Federal officers, most
of whom came from Oregon, procured
the pardon of J. @. Geer. Shortly at
ter Geer's conviction one D. ?. Thomp-
son, who has successfully manipulated
many fat Government contracts, be-
came Governor of Idaho, which posi-
ton he held until it became known at
Washington that Thompson the con-
tractor and Thompson the Governor OF
Idaho were one and the same Thomp-
soa. Then Thompson the Governor
concluded that he had best resign his
gubernatorial honors and Responsible
ties, and let Thompson the contractor
continue h manipulations around the
departments at Washington. So Gov
ernor Thompson's successor was APP
pointed, and, thanks to our good for
tune, for once this successor did not
not come from Oregon, nor was he ap.
pointed through Oregon influence, nor
will he be likely to be influenced by
the will of Oregon, expressed through
this channel. But in reference to the
pardon of Geer, let us follow D. p.
Thompson and other Federal officers
GALL from 0regon) to the United States
Prison shortly after Mr.. Geer's incar-
ceration and listen attentiveIy, and
we will find that Mr.. Geer is assured
by these officers of the Government
that he shall be pardoned as soon as
the Presidential election is over.
MR.. GEER BOASTS OF THIS -
to one of tile Keepers of the prison,
and also makes the daring assertion
boastingly that he will be "well fixed"
when he comes out. One of the Gov
eminent officers was informed of this
boast, but no notice was taken of it,
but further assurances of pardon were
given, and in the fullness of time
these assurances were verified, and be-,
fore the embezzler of $4,000 of Gov
ernment money had served one year Of
the four to which he had been SEN
fenced, the announcement fell on the
ear of the public like thunderclap in
u clear sky that Geer had received his
pardon and was on his way to Oregon.