The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-23
Republicans Are Weary of Try
ing 10 Uphold Church Can
didate LansdOn.
G00DING GANG WOULD
RAISE RATE TAXATION
Nominee for Secretary of State
Shown by Record to Be Just
a Gambler.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
WEISER. Ida, Oct 22-As evidence
Of the manner in which the leading
Republicans of Washington county,
Idaho, regard Robert Lausdon, church
candidate for Secretary of State on the
Gooding ticket, some extracts from the
Official record furnish convincing proof.
The scheme of the GoodIng gang to
grab some more of the State funds Isl
also exposed by the proposed amend
ment to increase the rate of taxation
II is easy 10 read the record Here IL
is:
To the Honorable Board of County Com
mission"TS OF Washington county, Idaho.
Gentlemen: We. the undersigned. bclnS
bondsmen upon lbe official bond OF Robert
Lansdon. Assessor and Tax Collector OF
Washington county. State or Idaho. now
acting and qualified rs such. hereby ask
and request THAI We be released from said
bond and from all liability hereafter there
on and that our reasons tor asking this
IS thnt VIC consider him unsafe person
FOR handling public funds or executing n
public trust, by reason OF his pronigato
habits aud gambling, which. being prohib-
itcd By law, make him appear as not being
lGw-ahldlnE citizen.
Respectfully submitted
WILLIAM r. ALLISON
EDWARD s. JEWELL.
BUDOLPHUS II. MARTIN
The foregoing petition sworn to be.
fore r. e. Wilson. Notary Public, the
oath day OF September, 1904 and lc-
gally served by Sheriff Willoughbv
Adams, September 2S, 1904.
The above is verbatim copy of the
petition on record In the Office of the
County Clerk of Washington county.
The Robert I.ansdon mentioned therein,
Is now the Sheriff of Washington coun-
ty, Republican candidate for Secretary
al Kxrl . nf b.ic
been issued for cmbezzlement, perjury,
and talsifylng the records.
The men whose names are signed to
the petition arc all prominent Repub-
licans of Washington county, and have
held many positions of trust in the
county. Mr. Allison was several times
member of the Legislature, ahd held
also has been an oflice.holdcr OF the
county at various times. Mr.. Martin
is one of the largest farmers and stock
raiscrs of Washington county. All are
among the most respected citizens of
the county.
Lansdon Was Gambling.
During the session of the grand Jury
held in this county nj the time the
District court was In session In this
city in January of this year, IN inves-
tigarion was made of the charges
that gambling was going on in sever
nj portions OF the county. One witness
on being brought before the Jury and
questioned whether he had been gam
bling at a certain time and place stated
that he had. lie was asked to state
with whom he had been gambling. The
reply was with Bob Lansdon. the
Sheriff. - The investigation of that wit
ness was concluded right then and
there.
AS evidence of the graft and greed
Of Gooding and his gang, and e plans
they are laying for the future, the at
attention of the voters of Idaho is
called 10 some of the amend
ments to the Constitution TO be
voted on at the coming election. The
most important is that of the proposed
amendment of section 8 OF article
tue Constitution or the State of Idaho.
The proposed amendment is as follows;
'''rhe rate Of taxation OF real prop
crty for State purposes shall never eX-
ceCd ten (I0) mills on each dollar OF
assessed valuation, unless proposition
20 Increase such rate, specifying the
rate proposed and the tine during
which the same shall be levied, snall
have been submitted 10 the people at
general election. and shall have re-
ccived a majority Of all the votes cast
for and against it at such election.
The following is the section Of the
Constitution now in force which the
Gooding gang propose to amend in or
der that the revenues of the State may
be largely increased, thus giving them
an opportunity TO get their grip on
more money than they can under the
present law, although they have done
pretty well rs 1t is, as every one
knows:
% Section 8, Article Z. The rate of
taxation of real and personal property
for State purposes shall never exceed
ten 10) mills on each dollar of as
sesscd valuation, and if the taxable
prop erty i'll the State shall amount to
fifty millions (5O,O00,00O) dollars, the
rate shall not exceed five (5) mills on
each dollar of valuation, and whenever
The taxable property in the State snail