The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-11-06

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
| am proud to stand before this SPLEEN
did audience tonight, the nominee Of
the Republican party for the high office
of governor of this fair young state.
am proud because it means an endorse
ment of my work during the past two
years and a vote of confidence for the
future. | am proud because it means
an endorsement of my efforts to protect
the fair name of our state and uphold
the law, 50 essential to good citizenship
and good government.
The Republican party in convention
has passed judgment on my administra-
ton, and it now rests with the people to
say how we'll l have served them as
chief executive of this great state. Be
fore passing judgment, you are entitled
to know what this administration has
done during the past two years, and
what its promises are for the future,
and it is my duty, coming before you
again asking for your suffrage, to give
a true account of my stewardship of
state affairs during my term as gov
ernor.
PROMISES OF 1904 FULFILLED.
In my campaign two years ago, |
promised the people an economical bus
ines administration and that | would
uphold the laws of the state This
promise / know | have endeavored to
keep, and it will be pleasure for me
to review with you the work of this
administration. In my message to the
legislature l made number of rec
concentrations as to new laws. | am
glad to be able to say that practically
every recommendation made in my mes
sage was enacted into laws at the
Eighth session of the Idaho legislature.
Also at the Eighth session a law was
passed compelling every state Official and
employee to take a receipt for every pen
ny of expenditure. To-day not a dol
lar is paid out by the state without
a receipt showing the purpose of the
expenditure, and that receipt is kept on
file in the auditors office where it can
be examined There was passed at that
session also a law compelling all state
institutions to advertise for competitive
bids for supplies, so that today every
institution in the state buys its supplies
on competitive bids awarded to the low
est responsible bidder. | am satisfied
this law has and will save the state
+1,o,,eo-,Ie % I011ore No
new offices were created at the Eighth
session except pre- they were made
self-sustaining In my message I rec
commended the passage of law creating
the office of State Bank Commissioner.
Such law wax bassed. Through a
system of fees Gagged for examination,
this office is fully sslf-sustaining, and
no state in the Union has a better law
for the protection of its people doing
business with state banks, than Idaho.
The Eighth session also passed law
creating the office of State Examiner,
whose duty it is to inspect the books
and accounts of all departments OF state
twice a year, and all accounts of county
Offices once a year The law also pro-
vides for uniformity of records through
out the state | feel that this is one of
the best laws ever passed in Idaho. In
this the Insurance Commissioner was
made ex-officio State Examiner, so no
new office was created that added an adj
ditional burden to the people. If this
work is properly done in the future, no
state nor county official can go far
wrong before it is discovered by the
State Examiner.