The oasis., 1894-10-04
THE LOAN COMMISSION.


 sue of ex-Governor Murphy's connec- tion with the territorial loan commits sion, charging that in funding the ter ritorial indebtedness under his admin istration there had been an expendi- ture of s26, 900, of which it is charged, SIS, 900 were expended illegally.
 A recent issue of the Saturday Re- view (of Phenix) published what pur- ports to be the official record of some of those expenditures; and that pub lication bears purported certificate of its authenticity by the secretary of the territory. When asked by some of Mir Murphy's friends to be permitted to inspect the records ofwhich he had certified the publication in the Satur- day Review a correct transcript, Mir. Bruce said there were no such records in his office-a remarkable admission truly. In fact it is asserted that MT. Bruce affixed his official certificate to compilation made by a man not in his office, from records which in no way pertained to his office.
 Governor Murphy needs no defense for his conduct of the loan commission. His every act in connection herewith was perfectly legal, and he expended far more money than he received from the territory.
 In their campaign of calumny and traduction the territorial democracy have not only published, garbled and distorted extracts from public records, but they have positively misquoted law. They assert part of the expend- itures of the loan commission were in violation of paragraph 1855 of the re- vised United States statutes. That paragraph reads:
 No law of any territorial legisla- ture shall be made or enforced by which the governor or secretary or the members or officers of any territorial legislature are paid any compensation OTHER THAT PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES"
 In quoting this paragraph the dem ocracy skilfully convey an impression chat the loan commission was crea- ture of the territorial legislature, and that consequently any compensation paid the governor and secretary or other territorial officials as members of such commission, was in direct viO- lation of this paragraph 1855. The di- rect opposite is the fact: the commis- sion was the creature of law of the United States, any compensation paid that commission was authorized by that law, and consequently DOES NOT COME WITHIN THE PROHIBITION OF PARAGRAPH 1855. Paragraph 2064 of the revised statues is the act of con gress creating the loan commission. Section reads as follows:
 "When the sale of said bonds shall be awarded by the loan commission they shall provide and procure the necessary bonds as in this act provid- ed, and any EXPENSE INCURRED BY THEM THEREFOR, for the publication of said notices, cost of remitting funds for the payment of interest or money on said bonds AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY INCIDENTAL EXPENSES un- der the provisions Of this act, shall be paid out of the general fund of the said territory upon the order of the territorial auditor, countersigned by the governor, and a sum Of money sufficient to cover said costs and ex- penses is hereby appropriated out of the said fund"
 The s26,OOO expended by the loan commission was under authority of the enactment above quoted, and as it was expended under authority of a provision of law of the United States, it became a charge allowed by para craph 1855; rather than one prohibited