Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-05-26
KINcAID. WARRANTS AND THE
SCHOOL LAND RING

When ever you End man sEhtinl
KiDcaid you can Safely ssy - th'
| people that that man has either bl7-r
trying % get soule 10 and has oser
disappointed or fhIt he has been ifs.
iug % get pull az tbe state trfasu-g
% get through son5e UniaWfUl bill 20
claim ard has been chased away frs %
the public treasury by kiueaid.
Flagg hts KInc1id because K'1.
] aid WON'T dr4E 4 NIrrant on tis'-
state treasury 10 favor - FlaIg f.f
40 unlag fgl Dill fOr priDtiog fjr A.
tOrDey Genersl Ijlemsn. The ia
as tnat al printIng shall b. duD-
az the state printing once, yet Flag
I1sisis on letting ply f.r work dpur
out side Of that office 10 clear viola
tion u Law. a1da5u>es the Secretary
'Kincaidj because o. sDI'J alln
FItx.'s ci tia,.
Klnc4id dye. lave tie cl * Z N.
land office collect deed ie,-- for hitu
They are snJwe Dy Law. They ar,
paid b. rich lad specUiatJrs aud o..
objection il made except Dy &. a.
CO1swell. A Cleveland democrat wh
got s2.OJJ sJe.I out % tue l.9j iegis
laturr. aqd By tnis man Fiagg
Whether Ac1ride collected FOR these
deeds j. DDt known. oui 70 known
that the land clerk, under McBuI
collected thousands VI dollars tor 10
eating" land Tor spectators an
charged side fee Of sl.2j PEI acre fOI
nearly every acre sold, and ia one in-
stance sold the same piece Of land or
"Base"fve times, and 10 many instan.
ces several times, maxi ng scandal
Known all over the.state. Mr. Rex
Davis, the present secretary Ct the
Republican party In Marion county,
vas one OF the clerks 10 the Office and
understands all about this matter.
Kincald charg,s no fee for many
things for which the Law allows fees.
Military boys receive their commits
siOns free; 50 do agricultural society
appOintee; no fee has eyer been ccllec-
ted for a pardon or for commission
is y - 4 person appointed 70 a ben
eyOlerJ Oinse. Whenever fee has 10
be paid BY poor mdn KincaiI makes
IL free. For every fee collected there
Is receipt issued saying that IL is
"Fees allowed by law"
Morris s. Whitehead carried case
through the supreme court compelling
the Issue OF state warrants for all
claims specifically or implied allowed
by law against the state. Morris g.
Whitehead are very wealthy bankers
Of Chicago and other Eastern cities,
and foreign cities. The object Of this
was TO get interest at s per cent.
When this script is issued 1t is taken
~ the treasury where there Is over
100000 lying idle, and the treasurer
stamps on each warrant the words
Not paid for want OF funds" and the
date. The warrant then draws in
terest from that date at 8 per cent.
approximately half million dol
lars ia warrants has been drawn and
the state Is right now paying say
$4,000 year interest with the state
treasury groaning full Of twenties.
over one hundred dollars day inter-
est. Between 800 and 5000 state war.
rants nave been Issued. They haYe
been mostly bought by Mr.. Rex Davis,
secretary OF state Republican county
committee In Marion county. He has
been buying these warrants for the
bankers, Morris * Whitehead above
mentioned. For many months he was
la the state house corridors during
business hours each day and as man
would come out OF the state treasury
with warrant, he would step up to
him and offer TO buy IL aud in very
many cases did get the warrants. He
would pay for these warrants with
check written on different banks, but
usually In the First National OF Sa-
lem, Hon; T.. p. Mccormack the presi-
dent Of that bank being also the resi-
dent Salem agent for the firm OF
la pEera ~ Morrfa 4, mhitahoad