Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-26
Goodin9's Business"
Administration
A. F. PARKER GIVES A FEY FIGURES SHOWING HOW MANY
OF GOODINGs CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS ARE TRUE
Grangeville, Idaho, October %, 1906.

Grangevile Idaho October 23 1906.
To The Public: -
In his campaign addresses Gov Gooding urges his
election upon the proposition he given the good
busnesske administration 1t is significant that his speech
Gov Goodng upon the financial features his
mnsraon He does not tell the people anything about the
of bonded Indebtedness under his administration
anything about the increase of appropriations made
by the legislature four and two years ago.
These matters interest the taxpayers and Gov
Goodng failed throw any light thease features, will
do it for him.
the appropriations made by the three legislatures
1901 Democratic, ................$ 85333L19
1903 Republican, 81, ,290 54205.
1905 Republican, 81, ,631 541.50
will that the appropriations for 1905 very nearly
twice great 1901 and there furthermore enormous
increase in the state nerestbearng debt incurred by the eg
latures of 1903 and 1905.
taxpayers Idaho county they have paid
than $4 900 the state treasury the years the
Godng administration than in former two Here
the figures since 1900:
Apportionment of State taxes to Idaho County:
For the year 1900 Steunenberg Democratic $40 O21 4
For the year 1901 Hunt Democratic $40 3456 g.
For the year 1902 Hunt, Democratic 421 81
For the year 1903 Morrison Republican $11 3942 27
For the year 1904 Morrison Republican -. S11 8O4 "a
For the year 1906 Gooding Republican $19 389 49,
For the year 1906 Gooding Republican SIT 49,
From the foregoing figures taken from county records
will be that the taxpayers paying $1,000 per year more
under Goodng than in former The legislature of 1903
increased the salaries of officers very largely salary of
the being increased from $4,000 to $4,000 and other
officers in like proportion For this large salary the people
of the have right expect administration that shall
carefully watch the interests of the taxpayers of the
his addresses Gov Goong claims because he
banks of the $5OOOOO at %
per interest Why then necessary Gov Goodng
six months ago to appeal to the banks of the state to subscribe
$2500O0O of Deficiency bearing per interest
If this 5O 100000 belongs to the permanent fund.- the
state has better investment by oanng first farm mortgages
at six or eight per cent
If the money belongs general fund it should be used to
call for payment the outstanding of the which
bear six per cent interest
belongs the sinking fund.- there are plenty of ineres
bearing state bonds which the state option
redemption thereby reducing the principal stopping interest
that the valuation of properv
available for taxation increasing all year by year
Under busneske administration the people would naturally
expect material reduction of taxation instead increase
Idaho County has paid the Goodng administration more than
S400000 than statehood This
Goodng administration has received more than
paid former administration do charge dishonesty
graft But do claim there has been some excessive e
avagance the part of the legislatures which Gov Goodng
through the veto power, could have prevented.
There hard times ahead and the taxpayers
after their state and couty closely unless
people go broke through have shown
the record and taxpayers Judge themselves that Governor
Goodng not entitled to reelection in view of what
shown
Another the Goodng administration shown in pro-
posed amendment state constitution whereby adopt
ed the taxes for state purposes will be doubled The present
limit under the constitution five mills the dollar and the
proposed amendment carries, it will be ten mills.
Here is the clause in the present constitution:
Article 2, Section g.
he taxation personal property purposes
shall never exceed ten O mills each dollar
the taxable property fifty million dollars
the rate shall not exceed five L6 mills valuation
whenever the taxable property in the shall
million uOOOOOOOO dollars, 8 mills on
each dollar of valuations and whenever property
8OOOOOOOO dollars the rate
shall thereafter exceed one and onehaf 16l
valuations unless proposition specifying the rate
and the time during which haye
been submitted the people election
The proposed amendment reads as follows:
sh the state of Idaho be so
property purposes to ten mills
each 81 assessed valuation except by of the people"