The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Sample of Misstatemcnt of Facts by
Organs of the Republican Party.

The Republican press OF the state Is
making every possible attempt to dis
credit the Fusion Administration in the
estimation of the public, and to this end
statements are put out which have no
foundation in truth whatever. Unless
these falsehoods happen to bear on their
face evidences of unreliability they are
liable to do damage to the cause OF the
Peoples Party for the reason of the wide
circulation OF opposition newspapers.
The following is a sample of these false
accusations:
at IS a cold day when some blunder
OF the recent Fusion Legislature is not
discovered. The latest thing in this line
is developed by the suit of Supreme
SQUIRT Reporter Kreider His salary was
raised to $1,000 a year but the appropria-
ton for Its payment was left at the OLD
figure of $500, and Kreider has secured
his dues at the end of a suit, which the
state must stand the expense.'-Tacoma
Ledger. July q.
Following are the facts:
The first Legislature Republican, of
Washington created the Office OF Supreme
Court Reporter and fixed the salary at
$500 per year (see page 800 Session Laws
of lSs9-gO, but appropriated s2.7 65 to pay
said salary from the date the state was
admitted into the Union up to April /,
1891, or at the rate of $1,000 per annum.
(See page 30, Session Laws ofssS9-N) In
this case all money IN excess OF SlJD per
annum was illegally paid out.
The Legislature of 1891 (Republican) in
creased the salary of said reporter to
$1,000 per year. (See page 1W of the Ses-
sion Laws OF 1s9D, and appropriated
5000 with which to pay said salary. (See
page pol Session Laws OF 1917
The Legislature of 1898 (Republican) ap-
| propriated but $1,000 per year tsee page 454
| of the Session Laws OF 1899 to pay a SAL
airy which the statutes provided should be
| 5000 which act of inoompetency necessi-
! tated a deficiency appropriation Ito cover
period of ls93-95J of $1,000, with an addi-
tional amount of 800 for interest on said
amount. (See page SIS of the Session
| Laws of 1881
Leaving the law still unrepealed the
Legislature Republican) of 1895 again APP
| propriated but $1,000 per annum to pay said
| salary (see page 429 Session Laws of 1885,
| Notwithstanding the fact that a similar
| blunder by the Legislature of 1893 had
made necessary a deficiency approprla-
ton of $500 TO cover the period from 1893
| to 1895 by this same Legislature, and not
wthstanding the further fact that it is
well-known settled proposition of law
that the courts will compel the payment
! of the full amount of an officers statutory
salary whether the legislative body APP
propriates a sufficient amount Of money
| or not.
|
| OF 1887 (Fusion) was to repeal the law of
| 1891, which fixed the salary of the Supreme
| Court Reporter at $1,000 per annum, and
| 10 substitute therefor salary of 5000.
| (See page 3s Session Laws of 1872 The
! Legislature then appropriated $4,000 for the
| biennial term to pay said salary (see page
| 1886 Session Laws of 1870. an amount In
| conformity with the provisions of the
| statute fixing said salary.
| Now these are the facts, and only a
| person whose conscience has become cal
! loused by association with the party held
| together by the cohesive power of plum
| der would have the effrontery to make
4 the assertion in the above quotation. The
| Republican Legislature of 1885, derellct in
| this as in other things, failed TO make
| the amount of money appropriated con-
| form to the amount provided in the stat
| ute. The reporter then exercised his I'M
! questioned prerogative and sued the state
| for the difference between what the Re-
| publican Legislature agreed to pay him
| and what they actually did pay him. The
| responsibility, therefore, for this judy
| ment against the state rests upon the sew
| eral Republican Legislatures and the Flu
sionsts are in no way responsible there
| for