Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-06-04

exactly the fees to he charged ny the
secretary of state for All services rem
derd.
Then, toe, the la" requires all fees
collected to he turned into the state
treasury. But still it's All right, for
when the law requires fees collected
to be turned into thu treasury only
such fees NJ are legal are contemplated.
II any money should he received that
is not provided for by law of course it
hence the person receiving it would
have to keep ii safely. lie would
have no right To force it upon the
treasurer Yet the question will
obtrude itself upon the in1uiring mind
"what would an economical, reform,
populist officer do with the money in
such II caSc.'
EVEN PRINTERS WANT PIE.
Printers are peculiar people and
printing companies are peculiar also.
The Sentinel Printing company Is no
exception to the rule. 1t is in favor OF
economy and reform even if it requires
IA reform Legislature to award 1t a con-
tract for legislative printing at higher
figure than eXtravayant republican
printing companies would charge for
the same work but when it secures II
contract for printing the session laws
from "A reform secretary it charges the
same old extravagaut price for copies
of the laws when furnished to the poor
down trodden people. Now in former
days when reformers had the fear of
God in THAR hearts it was said that
there was Il great chanc, for what the
unregencrate called Il "rake ofl' in the
sale of session laws. Particularly was
this the case when the officer VINO had
the letting of the contract confined
the humble to be printed for the state
t. such limits that there would not be
sufficient to supply the officers
requires copy to te furnished.
1t is suggested tina. when Il trained f.
naUcipr steps from t. G bankers coun-
ter to public office he cannot in Il mo-
ment divest himself of those habits
that have fastened themselves upon
hum aud thOt in the administration of
his business he still retains his knOwl-
edge of the value ut careful attention
to detail in financial transactions.
When times are hard and app:opria-
tons for clerk hire, etc, etc, are SO
meagre rs t. he niggardly. n bankers
economical habits are liable to Ike
brougSt into squisition aud his knowl.
edge put t. good use. 1t is barely pos
sible that the late Greatest Modern
Aggrec alton that was on exhibition in
the legisiati e Museum of Idaho
knew the peculiar abilities Of some o
the populist state officers and were
therefore afraid to appropriate for some
offices all that was demanded, fearing
lest frail humanity might he tempted
70 exercise the virtue ct thriftiness
An then, in another view Of the mat
ter, perchance the aggregation wa.
wise In its generation aud felt certain
that hy controlling state printing an
a.tute Iinancier might place contracts
where they would do the most good
for the people Of course-and thereby
compensate for the meagerness of hi
| ~ M "a;
ate subtleties of populistic reasonln,
when p"pnlism is trying to do SINE
thing for the public good.
PECULIAR ECONOMY.
Take, for In stance, the case of on
worthy state superintendent OF publ
instruction, in his efforts to secure
suitable set Ct record books for certain
purposes, for the use of county super
intendents. FIR the purpose of secul
ing the hooks without trouble to tn
; cnunty Officers, the state superintend
ent gave an order himself to II certai
printing house for II supply adequat
tn the needs of the whole state and tn
, books were sent into the counties b
the printing house ut II regular rate {
about So 90. Experience in som
counties has proven that the sam
books. weight Of paper. style of work
character and quality of binding til
same in every particular, can be FL
nished for less than S25. Now such II
incident, ha,. 1t occurred under r,
publican administration, would ha\
, certainly indicated official corruption
, but under existing conditions in ldah
1t points unerringly to pooulistic eco,
, omy and an unselfish desire in II pop,
;, list officer to save trouble and ammo,
, ance to county suwrimtende is.
!. "Fnr ways that are dark
Q And tr. cks that are vain,
;, The reform Office holders peculiar